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== Short description ==
 
== Short description ==
  
A steady-state incompressible laminar flow solver with scalar transport and mass transfer coefficient and Sherwood number calculation.
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A steady-state incompressible turbulent flow solver with scalar transport and mass transfer coefficient and Sherwood number calculation.
  
 
== Compilation ==
 
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\nabla \cdot \left(\mathbf{U} T\right) - \nabla^2 \left( D_T \cdot T \right) = 0
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\nabla \cdot \left(\mathbf{U} T\right) - \nabla \cdot \left( (D_T + \nu_{turb}/Sc_{turb}) \nabla T \right) = 0
 
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* 2009-06-15: Second version
 
* 2009-06-15: Second version
 
* 2009-01-19: Initial upload
 
* 2009-01-19: Initial upload
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[[Category:Incompressible flow solvers]]

Latest revision as of 10:17, 21 October 2013

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1 Short description

A steady-state incompressible turbulent flow solver with scalar transport and mass transfer coefficient and Sherwood number calculation.

2 Compilation

Do the following steps:

  • Download the solver package
  • tar xzf SimpleScalarFoam.tar.gz
  • cd simpleScalarFoam
  • wmake

3 Physics

The solver is based on simpleFoam, with the transport of a scalar T having a mass diffusion coefficient D_T:

 
\nabla \cdot \left(\mathbf{U} T\right) - \nabla \cdot \left( (D_T + \nu_{turb}/Sc_{turb}) \nabla T \right) = 0

The mass transfer coefficient is determined at each wall by assuming that the value of T at the wall is zero:

k_c=-\frac{D_T}{T_b} \frac{\partial T}{\partial y}|_{y=0}

where T_b is the bulk value of T and y is the direction normal to the wall.

The Sherwood number is then determined by:

Sh=\frac{k_c d}{D_T}

where d is the characteristic dimension.

In order to use the solver, you should add D_T, T_b and d to the transportProperties dictionary.

4 Download

The most up-to-date version of the sources can be downloaded below:

5 History

  • 2009-06-15: Second version
  • 2009-01-19: Initial upload