Problem with frictional stress model in twoPhaseEulerFoam

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 May 11, 2015, 07:48 Problem with frictional stress model in twoPhaseEulerFoam #1 New Member   Giovanni Tretola Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0 Hi everybody, I run simulations about a bubbling fluidized bed with a central jet trough the solver twoPhaseEulerFoam, with OpenFOAM 2.3.0 . With the same model proposed in the respective tutorial there are not problem. When I try to use the fictionalStressModel proposed by Scaeffer, instead of Sinclair and Jackson model, the error below appeares: Code: MULES: Solving for alpha.particles MULES: Solving for alpha.particles smoothSolver: Solving for alpha.particles, Initial residual = 0.000210983, Final residual = 9.29629e-10, No Iterations 33 alpha.particles volume fraction = 0.299921 Min(alpha1) = 1.6525e-28 Max(alpha1) = 0.63922 smoothSolver: Solving for e.particles, Initial residual = 0.181574, Final residual = 5.93711e-07, No Iterations 16 smoothSolver: Solving for e.air, Initial residual = 0.795681, Final residual = 1.13052e-07, No Iterations 4 --> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function thermo::T(scalar f, scalar T0, scalar (thermo::*F)(const scalar) const, scalar (thermo::*dFdT)(const scalar) const, scalar (thermo::*limit)(const scalar) const) const in file /home/sergio/rpmbuild/BUILD/OpenFOAM-2.3.0/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 76. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) in "/share/apps/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.0/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libOpenFOAM.so" #1 Foam::error::abort() in "/share/apps/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.3.0/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libOpenFOAM.so" I try to change relaxation factor, to reduce relative tolerance and increase numbers of outer correctors. The results is that the source of the error changes: initially it was energy equation, reducing relaxation factor alpha equation became the error, and so on. Mesh is perfect orthogonal. Anybody knows why changing the frictional stress model, I get this error? Thank you.

 August 17, 2015, 05:36 #2 New Member   Ramon Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Eindhoven Posts: 25 Rep Power: 5 Hello gianniTre, I am a little bit confused about your settings. I know the Schaeffer frictional stress model. However I do not know the Sinclair and Jackson frictional stress model, I assume you mean Johnson and Jackson? Note the warning, maximum number of iterations exceeded. Looks like your pressure solution is not converging... can you try decreasing your time-step, or maybe even increasing your number of corrector loops for the pressure if the decrease in time-step alone does not help? Kind regards, Ramon

 October 20, 2015, 06:37 #3 New Member   Giovanni Tretola Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0 Hello Ramon, thank you for your reply, and sorry for the delay in getting back to you. About Sinclair and Jackson frictional stress model you are right, I mean Johnson and Jackson, I mixed up with the name! I think that I have resolved my problem: About correction on pressure loops or decreasing of time step, I tried but the errors did not disappeared. I obtained convergence only if I use a value of 0.6 for the threshold value of alpha (\alpha_{s,fr,min}) instead of the value usually used in literature (0.63). If there were errors also for this value, for example if I tried different value of inlet velocity or change mesh parameters, I obtained convergence decreasing time step and increasing number of corrector loops for the pressure, but this set up gives a high computational time. I found strange that I can obtain convergence only for that value of \alpha_{s,fr,min} (in fact if I tried different value errors remains) so I tried to change the solver in the fvSolution for the equation. Originally a smoother solver was used, I use a PCG solver, and I obtained a fast convergence. When some problems arise , I resolved giving a lower value for tolerance of alpha equations or reducing the max Courant number is enough to convergence. The fact that change the solver was enough and I never thinking about it, demonstrates that I am a beginner! In any case thanks for the reply. Kind regards, Giovanni

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