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Old   July 29, 2013, 12:41
Default Building a solver with fixedTemperatureConstraint using fvOptions
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Dear Foamers,

I have been using OpenFOAM for several months for a student project. Everything has been working quite well. But at the moment I am a bit stuck at a problem. Maybe someone can help…

For version 2.2.0 OpenFOAM seems to have introduced a very nice new feature of fvOptions called ‘fixedTemperatureConstraint’, to ‘to fix the temperature to a given value’ (see http://www.openfoam.org/version2.2.0/fvOptions.php). I would like to use this feature to set the temperature of air flowing through a heater to a fixed temperature instead of having to model the heater as a heat source.

My input for the fvOptions file would look like this

Code:
 fixedTemperaure1
  {
      type                      fixedTemperatureConstraint;
      active                    true;
      selectionMode         cellZone;
      cellZone                 heater;
   
      fixedTemperatureConstraintCoeffs
      {
          mode              uniform;
          temperature     350;
      }
  }
I would like to include the fixedTemperatureConstraint to a self-built solver for a decoupled, steady state, incompressible temperature equation. The solver is working already. It is just missing the handling of sources. So, here is what I did:

  • add fvOptions(T) to the temperature equation
  • add fvOptions.constrain(TEqn) to TEqn.H
  • #include "fvIOoptionList.H" to solver .C file
  • #include "createFvOptions.H" to solver .C file
The code of the TEqn file looks like this now (not showing the definition of the coefficient alphaEff):

Code:
      fvScalarMatrix TEqn
      (
          fvm::div(phi, T)
        - fvm::laplacian(alphaEff, T)
        ==
        fvOptions(T)
      );
   
      TEqn.relax();
   
      fvOptions.constrain(TEqn);
   
      TEqn.solve();


Compiling of the solver works fine. But when trying to run a case, I get the following error massage.


Code:
  --> FOAM FATAL ERROR: 
   
      request for basicThermo thermophysicalProperties from objectRegistry region0 failed
      available objects of type basicThermo are
   
  0
  (
  )
From my understanding of this error message, OpenFOAM is missing a thermophysical model. So I am wondering:


Is there a thermophysical model necessary for the implementation of the fixedTemperatureConstraint?

If not, do you have any hints where the error messages might come from?

Thank you very much for your help!
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Old   July 30, 2013, 09:08
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Hello,

My guess is you forget the "-I$(LIB_SRC)/fvOptions/lnInclude" in your Make/options file.

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Old   July 30, 2013, 22:36
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Hey!

You have a simple transport equation for a scalar T, so you have to use the explicitSetValue fvOption. The fixedTemperatureConstraint is for energy equations.
Check also the post of olivier about the wmake options.

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Hello,

My guess is you forget the "-I$(LIB_SRC)/fvOptions/lnInclude" in your Make/options file.

regards,
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Hello Olivier,

thank you for your idea!
I checked the options file once again. The fvOptions entry is there. So, that's not the problem...

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Hey!

You have a simple transport equation for a scalar T, so you have to use the explicitSetValue fvOption. The fixedTemperatureConstraint is for energy equations.
Check also the post of olivier about the wmake options.

regards,
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Hello Andre,

thank you for the info!

If the fixedTemperatureConstraint is made for energy equations, the call for a thermophysical model makes sense somehow. Can I find this information somewhere inside OpenFOAM (without having to dig deep into the code) or somewhere else?

I will try the explicitSetValue option now...

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There was a little error in my original post. The error message does not appear when compiling, but when running a case with the compiled solver. So, compiling of the solver works, without any errors.
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Hello Andre,

thank you for the info!

If the fixedTemperatureConstraint is made for energy equations, the call for a thermophysical model makes sense somehow. Can I find this information somewhere inside OpenFOAM (without having to dig deep into the code) or somewhere else?

I will try the explicitSetValue option now...

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You don't have to dig that deep :-)

Code:
void Foam::fv::fixedTemperatureConstraint::setValue
(
    fvMatrix<scalar>& eqn,
    const label
)
{
    const basicThermo& thermo =
        mesh_.lookupObject<basicThermo>("thermophysicalProperties");

    if (eqn.psi().name() == thermo.he().name())
    {...
This is a part of the member function that sets the value. As you see it looks for some thermophysicalProperties and then it checks your equation for a part called psi and so on. So this fixedTemperatureConstraint is a little more complicated than what you need.

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You don't have to dig that deep :-)

Code:
void Foam::fv::fixedTemperatureConstraint::setValue
(
    fvMatrix<scalar>& eqn,
    const label
)
{
    const basicThermo& thermo =
        mesh_.lookupObject<basicThermo>("thermophysicalProperties");

    if (eqn.psi().name() == thermo.he().name())
    {...
This is a part of the member function that sets the value. As you see it looks for some thermophysicalProperties and then it checks your equation for a part called psi and so on. So this fixedTemperatureConstraint is a little more complicated than what you need.

Regards, Andre
Ok. I had not looked at the .C file yet (or not close enough). But it is quite obvious from code you posted that OpenFOAM would look for a thermophysical model. Thanks!

Meanwhile I tried the explicitSetValue option. I just changed the input in the fvOptions file to:
Code:
source1
{
    type            scalarExplicitSetValue;
    active          true;
    selectionMode   cellZone;
    cellZone         fluid-porous;

    scalarExplicitSetValueCoeffs
    {
        volumeMode      absolute;
        injectionRate
        {
            T              323;
        }
    }
}
And...it works perfectly! :-)

So, thank you again!

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Dear All,

I am trying to do something like what you did, but instead of temperatures, I wanna add in a certain cellSet a constant bodyForce.

Do you have an idea about I can do this?

Thanks a lot,
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Ok. I had not looked at the .C file yet (or not close enough). But it is quite obvious from code you posted that OpenFOAM would look for a thermophysical model. Thanks!

Meanwhile I tried the explicitSetValue option. I just changed the input in the fvOptions file to:
Code:
source1
{
    type            scalarExplicitSetValue;
    active          true;
    selectionMode   cellZone;
    cellZone         fluid-porous;

    scalarExplicitSetValueCoeffs
    {
        volumeMode      absolute;
        injectionRate
        {
            T              323;
        }
    }
}
And...it works perfectly! :-)

So, thank you again!

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Hi,i know i am digging into old thread but i am not able to set "scalarExplicitSetValue" in my fvOptions.

any help is appreciated.

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