[duncan21187]

Hi OF community!

Hoping for some help with a multiphase case I’m trying to set up of an emulsion of oil/water in a pipe. The intention is to assess where the water will collect once the pipe is in shutdown (i.e no end-end flow) and the emulsion separates.


I was hoping to do this using interFoam, but was wondering if there was a function similar to (or within) setFields that would allow me to randomly distribute the dispersed phase based purely on the phase fraction (10%ish in this case) to give me a realistic initial condition?


Any answers very welcome!

[Andrea1984]

Maybe you could code something using funkySetFields? Try to have a look at this thread: how to initialize a random velocity field with funkySetFields

Not exactly what you are trying to do but it might give you an idea.

Andrea

[kcjarvis56]

Consider using multiphaseInterFoam. I would suggest looking at the tutorials and try to develop a simple case to prove the concept you are trying to achieve. There are other multiphase solver that might also work.

[Andrea1984]

Why using multiphaseInterFoam if you only have to model two phases, i.e. oil and water? I think interFoam should be enough.

One possible issue I see (depending on how finely dispersed your emulsion is) is that you are probably going to need a very fine mesh in order to resolve the interface between the two phases properly in a VoF approach. Maybe a multifluid solver like twoPhaseEulerFoam might be a computationally cheaper option?

Andrea

[kcjarvis56]

Attached is a test case that should get you started in the right direction using multiphaseEulerFoam. I understand it could also be done with a two phase solver also. It will run with v1806.

[Sulis]

Originally Posted by kcjarvis56

Attached is a test case that should get you started in the right direction using multiphaseEulerFoam. I understand it could also be done with a two phase solver also. It will run with v1806.

Hello, I wonder if this is a case of emulsion? I keep getting errors when running it with v2312.Error message indicating that the file could not be found：constant/phaseProperties