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Old   October 1, 2023, 04:48
Default Struggling to add custom ParticleCollector to RuntimeSelectionTable
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Hi All

I'm using OpenFoam 10 and need to make a custom ParticleCollector. As a first step I copied the standard ParticleCollector and renamed everything myParticleCollector and it compiles. I do add the library to my controlDict but the solver still can't find myParticleCollector to use.

I believe I need to use addToRunTimeSelectionTable for which CloudFunction appears to have a macro: makeCloudFunctionObjectType, which is used in the form: makeCloudFunctionObjectType(ParticleCollector, CloudType); However, when I try to use this (as makeCloudFunctionObjectType(myParticleCollector, CloudType); added to the end of myParticleCollector.C) I get a lot of errors, starting out with CloudType does not name a type. I tried to move the line to the myParticle constructor with the idea that it can use the template argument CloudType and that it gets executed when myParticleCollector is created, but this did not work.

I'm sure I'm missing something simple. Should I start higher up in die code hierarchy instead of just trying to compile my library, i.e. start modifying something that includes the standard particleCollector and replace it with myParticleCollector?
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Old   October 8, 2023, 14:58
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OK simpler question: I got it to compile by going up the code hierarchy somewhat to makeReactingParcelSubmodels.C. I'm still not getting it in the list. One question I have: how do I know which CloudType my solver uses? I've tried reactingParcel (which didn't work) but there are also collidingParcel, momentumParcel, mppicParcel, reactingMultiphaseParcel, sprayParcel and thermoParcel in the lagranian section of the directory.

I'm using buoyantReactingFoam.

Edit: It's part of the log: "Selecting parcelCloud reactingMultiphaseCloud"

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Old   October 16, 2023, 12:11
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For any future strugglers: In OpenFoam 10 (and possibly past and future versions, I did not check), the templated (by cloudtype) cloud submodels are used in various make(CloudType)ParcelSubmodels.C file, makeReactingMultiphaseParcelSubmodels.C in my case. What ended up working for me is make my own mymakeReactingMultiphaseParcelSubmodels.C, within which I included only the modified versions of files to compile my custom myParticleCollector, whilst deleting the files for the other submodels (to avoid duplication at runtime).
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