I am trying to add ARGON to the list of species my PHOENICS/CHEMKIN model will solve but am encountering "Error reading chemkin link file" from Earth after I successfully create the link files and try running it. Has anyone encountered similar errors? I am running PHOENICS 3.3(1).

THANKS! PattiMichelle

A little more looking around showed this problem is similar to Known Problem:U32-001 - except that I am using version 3.3(1) nonrecompilable, so I can't implement the discribed fix anyway. I tried running case C201 and it failed with:

******** INITIAL FIELDS ******** FLOW FIELD AT ITHYD= 1, IZ= 1, ISWEEP= 1, ISTEP= 1

IY P1 V1 H2 H O2

2 1.000E-10 0.000E+00 2.570E-02 0.000E+00 2.056E-01

1 1.000E-10 1.000E-10 2.570E-02 0.000E+00 2.056E-01

IY O OH HO2 H2O N2

2 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 7.687E-01

1 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 7.687E-01

IY SPH1 QDOT ELO ELN ELH

2 1.256E+07 1.000E-10 1.000E-10 1.000E-10 1.000E-10

1 1.256E+07 1.000E-10 1.000E-10 1.000E-10 1.000E-10

IY TEM1 DEN1

2 1.700E+03 1.538E-04

1 1.700E+03 1.538E-04

GROUND from G13S21 & grex3

but no setting made. Please check. PATCH NAME = OB2 INDVAR = 149 GROUP NO= 13 SECTN NO= 21 vals = 755 IX= 1 0.000E+00 IY= 1

...I also tried remaking (via CKI.bat) the CHEMKIN mechanism files supplied with PHOENICS 3.3 (ho11.ckm) and after successfully creading ho11ckln and ho11mcln, Earth continues to report:

GXCHKI - CHEMKIN LINK FILE:

ho11ckln Error reading Chemkin Linking file.

Logically this means that CKI.bat and/or its supporting files are not correctly making ho11ckln and ho11mcln. Has anyone run into this problem?

I encounter the same error. \phoenics\d_earth\d_opt/d_chem/ho11ckln Error reading Chemkin Linking file. I just use CKI to create the link files, using the mechanism file ho11.ckm. And replace the original link files with these files.

Have you solved this problem?

thanks! Rui Yang