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Old   February 7, 2011, 07:31
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HI GUYS

I am a new user of OpenFOAM and would like to solve an unsteady energy equation for a compressible gas through a porous media.

I have basic knowledge of C++ prograqming, please help.

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Old   February 8, 2011, 03:24
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Hi semaviso,

have a look into the rhoReactingFoam application to see how its done there.
This is the general way to go. Look whether theres something you need.

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Old   February 16, 2011, 09:21
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thanx Kathrin

I checked it out and now I want to understand the meaning of:

00008 volScalarField rUA = 1.0/UEqn.A();
00009 U = rUA*UEqn.H();


from rhoReactingFoam/pEqn.H

How can I write Darcy's formula (U_gas = (-permK/mu)*grad(p) )
U_gas being the gas flux or velocity in m/s
in OpenFOAM to use with the mass transport equation.

thanx again for your help.
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Old   February 16, 2011, 10:48
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1. Question
This is part of the pressure velocity coupling see:
http://powerlab.fsb.hr/ped/kturbo/Op...jeJasakPhD.pdf
for details.

What is done:
UEqn.A() gives you the central coefficient of the the fvMatrix (fv=finiteVolume) UEqn.
UEqn.H() gives you the H operator which is basically
H(UEqn)=source(UEqn)-diagonal(UEqn)U

in that way the velocity is evaluated by U = rUA*UEqn.H();

ok?

2. Question
I'm not really sure what your trying to do. Can you specify a little?
Do you want to use your U_gas in the continuity equation?
Why?

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Hi semaviso!

There are several way to solve your problem:

- either your add a source term in an existing momentum equation (for example rhoReactingFoam as suggested by Kathrin, or may be rhoPisoFoam will be easier to begin) :

Code:
    fvVectorMatrix UEqn
    (
        fvm::ddt(rho, U)
      + fvm::div(phi, U)
      + turbulence->divDevRhoReff(U)
     ==
        rho*g
      - fvm::Sp(mu/K,U)
    );
or you code your own porous media solver. For a incompressible flow, you have to solve the following diffusion equation on P variable :

Code:
solve
(
    fvm::laplacian(-K/mu,P)
);
It is not very difficult to adapt this porous solver to compressible flow (Darcy's law replaced within continuity equation).


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Old   February 17, 2011, 03:40
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Maybe you want to have a look into rhoPorousFoam. I never worked with it. But it sounds promising.

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Old   February 22, 2011, 09:21
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thanx guys it worked.

another question is, how do I add a source term to an energy balance equation if the source term is as follows: [deltaH - T(Cp_ss - Cp_s)]

deltaH : Heart of reaction
Cp_ss : saturated solid (porous media) heat capacity
Cp_s : solid (porous media) heat capacity
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Old   February 23, 2011, 03:10
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Which variable are you solving for in your energy equation T or h?

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Old   February 24, 2011, 04:09
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Hi Kathrin

I want "T" but I had used the energy equation with "h".
since h = Cp*T.

thanx in advance
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could you post the equation you have?
Do you reconstruct the Temperature from the energy?

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the equation is from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/er.919/pdf

equation 1 of this publication.

I have decided to use h becouse i found a lot of hEqn.H file that I think have something almost similar to this equation.
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Hi semaviso!

You should try something like that:

Code:
fvm::ddt(rho*Cpg,T)
+fvm::div(phi,T)
-fvm::laplacian(lambda,T)
==
fvm::Sp(m_dot*(Cpg-Cps),T)
-m_dot*dH0
where the flux phi is defined as:
Code:
surfaceScalarField phi = rho*Cpg*linearInterpolate(U)&mesh.Sf();
(if rho or Cpg are volScalarField, you must use:

Code:
surfaceScalarField phi = fvc::interpolate(rho)*fvc::interpolate(Cpg)*linearInterpolate(U)&mesh.Sf();
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Old   August 2, 2011, 08:50
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thank you a lot,

I have been tryin to modify the porousExplicitSourceReactingParcelFoam to solve for a compressible gas inside a porous reactor.

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