[openFuelCell] Fuel Cell Simulation in OpenFOAM

ramakant · May 9, 2017, 08:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krebsmann

To download the specific branch you have to use the following command:

git clone -b V3 git://git.code.sf.net/p/openfuelcell/git openfuelcell

Then you follow the directions given here: http://openfuelcell.sourceforge.net/doc/quick-start

Thanks @wyldckat for the hint with the new version! OF 3.0.x builds fine on my system (Arch Linux, Kernel 4.10), and the Openfuelcell solver also seems to work (I don't see any fields besides temperature in Paraview in the moment, but I guess I'll sort this out quickly).

I will definitely try this on OpenFOAM 3

That will work on OpenFOAM 3 only?

cfdGeek · June 11, 2017, 03:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Greetings Krebsmann,

Many thanks for posting your question, because I had thought the code was not available online any more. But after reading your post, I've followed the instructions at http://openfuelcell.sourceforge.net/doc/quick-start and was able to download the source code using git!

I've updated the wiki page https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Contrib/OpenFuelCell - after inspecting the git repository. It looks like the code has been upgraded to build with OpenFOAM 3.0.1 and that is available in the "V3" branch, which you can checkout with the following command:

Code:

git checkout V3

I've tested building it with OpenFOAM 3.0.x and it also built successfully. However, it did not build with OpenFOAM 4.1.

Right now I don't have time to try and update the source code to build with OpenFOAM 4.1. And since you didn't indicate which operating system you are using, I'm unable to suggest a specific way to build OpenFOAM 3.0.1 from source code.
However, you could create a container in Docker that uses Ubuntu 14.04 and then install OpenFOAM 3.0.1 as instructed here: https://openfoam.org/download/3-0-1-ubuntu/

Best regards,
Bruno

Hi,
I was wondering if you can suggest a way to install openFuelCell on OF v 4.1 and Ubuntu 16.04 ?

wyldckat · June 25, 2017, 09:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by cfdGeek

I was wondering if you can suggest a way to install openFuelCell on OF v 4.1 and Ubuntu 16.04 ?

At the moment, there is no quick way that I'm aware of to install openFuelCell with OpenFOAM 4.1. There are several changes that need to be done and then it's necessary to validate if the results are still the same or not.
A few weeks ago, I exchanged emails with one of the persons responsible for this project and I was informed that this project is only updated when the specific version of OpenFOAM is installed on their cluster... which means that at the time of those emails, they had not yet installed OpenFOAM 4.1.

You can try and install OpenFOAM 3.0.x on Ubuntu 16.04, by following the instructions provided here: https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/I...u#Ubuntu_14.04

r2d2 · July 13, 2017, 11:16

Hi guys, just in case anyone needs to move up one version ( to openfoam-v3.0+) all I needed to do was to follow the V3 branch of git and afterwards adding to the "options" file of the library, i.e.

openfuelcell/src/libSrc/Make/files

a new line pointing at

-I$(LIB_SRC)/meshTools/AABBTree \

just before

-I$(LIB_SRC)/meshTools/AMIInterpolation/patc....etc...

Afterwards, compile as indicated.

wyldckat · August 27, 2017, 10:05

Greetings to all,

For anyone interested in attending a workshop about openFuelCell, please see this announcement: openFuelCell workshop on the 24th and 25th of October 2017

@r2d2: Many thanks for sharing your solution! I'll add to the wiki at openfoamwiki.net as soon as I can.

Best regards,
Bruno

ramakant · September 27, 2017, 02:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krebsmann

To download the specific branch you have to use the following command:

git clone -b V3 git://git.code.sf.net/p/openfuelcell/git openfuelcell

Then you follow the directions given here: http://openfuelcell.sourceforge.net/doc/quick-start

Thanks @wyldckat for the hint with the new version! OF 3.0.x builds fine on my system (Arch Linux, Kernel 4.10), and the Openfuelcell solver also seems to work (I don't see any fields besides temperature in Paraview in the moment, but I guess I'll sort this out quickly).

Dear All

While i am trying to install the OpenFuelCell, i am getting error.

git clone -b V3 git://git.code.sf.net/p/openfuelcell/git openfuelcell
Cloning into 'openfuelcell'...
fatal: unable to connect to git.code.sf.net:
git.code.sf.net[0: 216.34.181.155]: errno=Connection timed out

huangzp · March 25, 2018, 03:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramakant

Dear All

While i am trying to install the OpenFuelCell, i am getting error.

git clone -b V3 git://git.code.sf.net/p/openfuelcell/git openfuelcell
Cloning into 'openfuelcell'...
fatal: unable to connect to git.code.sf.net:
git.code.sf.net[0: 216.34.181.155]: errno=Connection timed out

Dear friend,
I encountered this problems before, and that's internet problem. You should try again.

huangzp · March 25, 2018, 03:22

Dear All,
I got openfuelcell by typing :git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/openfuelcell/git openfuelcell. My openfoam version is openfoam-v1706 in ubuntu 16.04. The class:CFD with OpenSource Software of Chalmers University of Technology show a way to apply openfuelcell in openfoam-v1706 and openfoam-5.0x. The solution is by typing
git checkout -b V5
git apply OF1706+_Grimler.patch
But when I failed to get this patch as the picture shows

ramakant · March 25, 2018, 03:52

[QUOTE=huangzp;686449]Dear All,
I got openfuelcell by typing :git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/openfuelcell/git openfuelcell. My openfoam version is openfoam-v1706 in ubuntu 16.04. The class:CFD with OpenSource Software of Chalmers University of Technology show a way to apply openfuelcell in openfoam-v1706 and openfoam-5.0x. The solution is by typing
git checkout -b V5
git apply OF1706+_Grimler.patch
But when I failed to get this patch as the picture shows[/Q

Will it install on OpenFOAM (V1712) for windows also?

huangzp · March 25, 2018, 04:01

[QUOTE=ramakant;686451]

Quote:

Originally Posted by huangzp

Dear All,
I got openfuelcell by typing :git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/openfuelcell/git openfuelcell. My openfoam version is openfoam-v1706 in ubuntu 16.04. The class:CFD with OpenSource Software of Chalmers University of Technology show a way to apply openfuelcell in openfoam-v1706 and openfoam-5.0x. The solution is by typing
git checkout -b V5
git apply OF1706+_Grimler.patch
But when I failed to get this patch as the picture shows[/Q

Will it install on OpenFOAM (V1712) for windows also?

may be it's ok. It's easy to install openfoamv1712 on ubuntu just follow the website
https://www.openfoam.com/download/install-source.php
you can try to type
git clone -b V3 git://git.code.sf.net/p/openfuelcell/git openfuelcell

best wishes

ramakant · March 25, 2018, 23:33

[QUOTE=huangzp;686453]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramakant

may be it's ok. It's easy to install openfoamv1712 on ubuntu just follow the website
https://www.openfoam.com/download/install-source.php
you can try to type
git clone -b V3 git://git.code.sf.net/p/openfuelcell/git openfuelcell

best wishes

Will it install in OpenFOAM 5.0

huangzp · April 9, 2018, 05:49

[QUOTE=ramakant;686494]

Quote:

Originally Posted by huangzp

Will it install in OpenFOAM 5.0

yes, it can run in openfoam 5.0, openfoam_dev and openfoam v1706 as long as you get the patch(OF1706+_Grimler.patch) which can be found in the following website:
http://www.tfd.chalmers.se/~hani/kurser/OS_CFD/

there is a case:An openFuelCell tutorial, Henrik Grimler, Slides, Report, Files. the Files is the patch(OF1706+_Grimler.patch). If you have any question, read the report and slides or fuel cell-gettingStarted_Cell268_OF21x.

ramakant · April 9, 2018, 22:05

[QUOTE=huangzp;688095]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramakant

yes, it can run in openfoam 5.0, openfoam_dev and openfoam v1706 as long as you get the patch(OF1706+_Grimler.patch) which can be found in the following website:
http://www.tfd.chalmers.se/~hani/kurser/OS_CFD/

there is a case:An openFuelCell tutorial, Henrik Grimler, Slides, Report, Files. the Files is the patch(OF1706+_Grimler.patch). If you have any question, read the report and slides or fuel cell-gettingStarted_Cell268_OF21x.

How to run in OpenFOAM 5.0.Is the patch for OpenFOAMv1706?

huangzp · April 10, 2018, 03:22

[QUOTE=ramakant;688187]

Quote:

Originally Posted by huangzp

How to run in OpenFOAM 5.0.Is the patch for OpenFOAMv1706?

the patch is for openfoam v1706 and openfoam 5.0
if you still have probem, emaill 923209042@qq.com. I don't how to send picture here

ramakant · April 19, 2018, 21:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krebsmann

To download the specific branch you have to use the following command:

git clone -b V3 git://git.code.sf.net/p/openfuelcell/git openfuelcell

Then you follow the directions given here: http://openfuelcell.sourceforge.net/doc/quick-start

Thanks @wyldckat for the hint with the new version! OF 3.0.x builds fine on my system (Arch Linux, Kernel 4.10), and the Openfuelcell solver also seems to work (I don't see any fields besides temperature in Paraview in the moment, but I guess I'll sort this out quickly).

Dear All
i am getting error while running the openfuelcell code ?
Found 0 processor directories

#0 Foam::error:

rintStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:?
#1 Foam::sigSegv::sigHandler(int) at ??:?
#2 ? in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
#3 ? at ??:?
#4 ? at ??:?
#5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
#6 ? at ??:?
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
make: *** [reconstruct] Error 139

ramakant · July 16, 2018, 08:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krebsmann

To download the specific branch you have to use the following command:

git clone -b V3 git://git.code.sf.net/p/openfuelcell/git openfuelcell

Then you follow the directions given here: http://openfuelcell.sourceforge.net/doc/quick-start

Thanks @wyldckat for the hint with the new version! OF 3.0.x builds fine on my system (Arch Linux, Kernel 4.10), and the Openfuelcell solver also seems to work (I don't see any fields besides temperature in Paraview in the moment, but I guess I'll sort this out quickly).

Dear All

After simulation of the coFlow model(tutorial) from openfuelcell code. What is the procedure to plot the polarization curve(x-y).

Thank you

AmBeWo · September 20, 2018, 11:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Greetings Krebsmann,

Many thanks for posting your question, because I had thought the code was not available online any more. But after reading your post, I've followed the instructions at http://openfuelcell.sourceforge.net/doc/quick-start and was able to download the source code using git!

I've updated the wiki page https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Contrib/OpenFuelCell - after inspecting the git repository. It looks like the code has been upgraded to build with OpenFOAM 3.0.1 and that is available in the "V3" branch, which you can checkout with the following command:

Code:

git checkout V3

I've tested building it with OpenFOAM 3.0.x and it also built successfully. However, it did not build with OpenFOAM 4.1.

Right now I don't have time to try and update the source code to build with OpenFOAM 4.1. And since you didn't indicate which operating system you are using, I'm unable to suggest a specific way to build OpenFOAM 3.0.1 from source code.
However, you could create a container in Docker that uses Ubuntu 14.04 and then install OpenFOAM 3.0.1 as instructed here: https://openfoam.org/download/3-0-1-ubuntu/

Best regards,
Bruno

Hello together,

I want to install openfuelcell under OFv3.0.x but when I try to the following command:

Code:

git checkout V3

I got the error:

Code:

error: pathspec 'V3' did not match any file(s) known to git

Can someone help?

Thanks in advance

Amadeus

wyldckat · September 23, 2018, 14:44

Quick answer: The branch V3 has been deleted. And from what I can figure out just by looking at the git commit messages, OpenFOAM 5 and 6 are the currently supported versions, as provided in the "master" branch.

ramakant · September 23, 2018, 23:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Quick answer: The branch V3 has been deleted. And from what I can figure out just by looking at the git commit messages, OpenFOAM 5 and 6 are the currently supported versions, as provided in the "master" branch.

Where is the master branch?

wyldckat · September 26, 2018, 17:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramakant

Where is the master branch?

Quick answer: The "master" branch is the default branch that is checked out when you run the git command that is stated in the official instructions for OpenFuelCell.

edit: I'm referring to these instructions: http://openfuelcell.sourceforge.net/doc/quick-start

July 13, 2017, 11:16	of-v3.0+	#24
r2d2 Member Radu Mustata Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 99 Rep Power: 17	Hi guys, just in case anyone needs to move up one version ( to openfoam-v3.0+) all I needed to do was to follow the V3 branch of git and afterwards adding to the "options" file of the library, i.e. openfuelcell/src/libSrc/Make/files a new line pointing at -I$(LIB_SRC)/meshTools/AABBTree \ just before -I$(LIB_SRC)/meshTools/AMIInterpolation/patc....etc... Afterwards, compile as indicated. wyldckat likes this.

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wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,982 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	Greetings to all, For anyone interested in attending a workshop about openFuelCell, please see this announcement: openFuelCell workshop on the 24th and 25th of October 2017 @r2d2: Many thanks for sharing your solution! I'll add to the wiki at openfoamwiki.net as soon as I can. Best regards, Bruno __________________ OpenFOAM: FAQ \| Getting started Forum: How to get help, to post code/output and forum guide Read this before sending me PM

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huangzp New Member huangzhipeng Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 8	Dear All, I got openfuelcell by typing :git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/openfuelcell/git openfuelcell. My openfoam version is openfoam-v1706 in ubuntu 16.04. The class:CFD with OpenSource Software of Chalmers University of Technology show a way to apply openfuelcell in openfoam-v1706 and openfoam-5.0x. The solution is by typing git checkout -b V5 git apply OF1706+_Grimler.patch But when I failed to get this patch as the picture shows ramakant likes this.

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