phaseChange.H

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Class
    Foam::fv::phaseChange
 
Description
    Base class for phase change models
 
SourceFiles
    phaseChange.C
 
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#ifndef phaseChange_H
#define phaseChange_H
 
#include "hashedWordList.H"
#include "massTransfer.H"
#include "ThermoRefPair.H"
 
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namespace Foam
{
 
class basicThermo;
class fluidThermo;
class multicomponentThermo;
class fluidMulticomponentThermo;
 
namespace fv
{
 
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
                          Class phaseChange Declaration
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class phaseChange
:
    public massTransfer
{
private:
 
    // Private Data
 
        //- The thermo references
        const ThermoRefPair<basicThermo> thermos_;
 
        //- Names of the energy fields
        const Pair<word> heNames_;
 
        //- The names of the transferring species
        hashedWordList species_;
 
        //- The indices of the transferring species in the two phases, or -1 if
        //  the phase is not multicomponent
        List<labelPair> specieis_;
 
        //- Whether or not to linearise the energy source
        bool energySemiImplicit_;
 
 
    // Private Member Functions
 
        //- Non-virtual read
        void readCoeffs(const dictionary& dict);
 
 
protected:
 
    // Protected Member Functions
 
        //- Read the names of the transferring specie
        wordList readSpecie(const dictionary& dict, const bool required) const;
 
        //- Read the names of the transferring species
        wordList readSpecies(const dictionary& dict, const bool required) const;
 
        //- Re-read the names of the transferring specie
        void reReadSpecie(const dictionary& dict) const;
 
        //- Re-read the names of the transferring species
        void reReadSpecies(const dictionary& dict) const;
 
        //- Set the names of the transferring species
        void setSpecies
        (
            const word& name,
            const word& modelType,
            const wordList& species
        );
 
        //- Set the names of the transferring species
        void setSpecies(const wordList& species);
 
        //- Re-set the names of the transferring species
        void reSetSpecies(const wordList& species);
 
        //- Access the pressure field
        const volScalarField& p() const;
 
        //- Add a boundary field to the given internal field
        static tmp<volScalarField> vifToVf
        (
            const tmp<DimensionedField<scalar, fvMesh>>& tvif
        );
 
        //- Remove the boundary field from the given geometric field
        static tmp<DimensionedField<scalar, fvMesh>> vfToVif
        (
            const tmp<volScalarField>& tvf
        );
 
 
public:
 
    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("phaseChange");
 
 
    // Constructors
 
        //- Construct from explicit source name and mesh
        phaseChange
        (
            const word& name,
            const word& modelType,
            const fvMesh& mesh,
            const dictionary& dict,
            const wordList& species
        );
 
 
    // Member Functions
 
        // Access
 
            //- Return the thermo references
            inline const ThermoRefPair<basicThermo>& thermos() const;
 
            //- Return the fluid thermo references
            const ThermoRefPair<fluidThermo>
                fluidThermos(const bool, const bool) const;
 
            //- Return the multicomponent thermo references
            const ThermoRefPair<multicomponentThermo>
                multicomponentThermos(const bool, const bool) const;
 
            //- Return the fluid multicomponent thermo references
            const ThermoRefPair<fluidMulticomponentThermo>
                fluidMulticomponentThermos(const bool, const bool) const;
 
            //- Return the names of the energy fields
            inline const Pair<word>& heNames() const;
 
            //- Return the names of the transferring species. Empty if neither
            //  thermo is multicomponent.
            inline const hashedWordList& species() const;
 
            //- Return the indices of the transferring specie in the two
            //  phases, or -1 if the phase is not multicomponent
            const labelPair& specieis(const label mDoti = -1) const;
 
 
        // Evaluation
 
            //- Return the temperature at which the phases are considered to be
            //  changing. By default this is considered to be the temperature
            //  of the "source" phase (i.e., the phase for which mDot is
            //  negative), but this can be overridden to account for heat
            //  transfer modelling or similar.
            virtual tmp<DimensionedField<scalar, fvMesh>> Tchange() const;
 
            //- Return the fraction of the latent heat that is transferred into
            //  the second phase. By default this is weighted by the phase
            //  thermal conductivities, but this can be overridden to account
            //  for heat transfer modelling or similar.
            virtual tmp<DimensionedField<scalar, fvMesh>> Lfraction() const;
 
            //- Return the latent heat
            tmp<DimensionedField<scalar, fvMesh>> L
            (
                const label mDoti = -1
            ) const;
 
            //- Return the latent heat for a given changing temperature
            tmp<DimensionedField<scalar, fvMesh>> L
            (
                const volScalarField::Internal& Tchange,
                const label mDoti = -1
            ) const;
 
            //- Return the latent heat for a patch and a given changing
            //  temperature
            tmp<scalarField> L
            (
                const label patchi,
                const scalarField& Tchange,
                const label mDoti = -1
            ) const;
 
 
        // Sources
 
            //- Return the total phase change rate
            virtual tmp<DimensionedField<scalar, fvMesh>> mDot() const;
 
            //- Return the mass transfer rate of a specie
            virtual tmp<DimensionedField<scalar, fvMesh>> mDot
            (
                const label mDoti
            ) const;
 
            //- Override the energy equation to add the phase change heat, or
            //  the species equations to add the relevant mass sources
            void addSup
            (
                const volScalarField& alpha,
                const volScalarField& rho,
                const volScalarField& heOrYi,
                fvMatrix<scalar>& eqn
            ) const;
 
 
        //- Read source dictionary
        virtual bool read(const dictionary& dict);
};
 
 
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} // End namespace fv
} // End namespace Foam
 
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#include "phaseChangeI.H"
 
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#endif
 
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