[mgab]

Hi,
i modified the icoFoam solver to solve the temperature following this wiki:
https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/H...ure_to_icoFoam
I run the cavity example and looks OK.

Now i'm trying to simulate a mixing elbow in which the two flows have different temperatures and the tube is adiabatic.
(I know icoFoam is only laminar but i'm learning this and then i'll move to simpleFoam to account the turbulence)

The simulation runs without errors but the results are incorrect (see attached image)

This is the solver:

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Application
    icoFoamT

Description
    Transient solver for incompressible, laminar flow of Newtonian fluids with temperature field.

\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

#include "fvCFD.H"
#include "pisoControl.H"

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    #include "setRootCase.H"
    #include "createTime.H"
    #include "createMesh.H"

    pisoControl piso(mesh);

    #include "createFields.H"
    #include "initContinuityErrs.H"

    // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

    Info<< "\nStarting time loop\n" << endl;

    while (runTime.loop())
    {
        Info<< "Time = " << runTime.timeName() << nl << endl;

        #include "CourantNo.H"

        // Momentum predictor

        fvVectorMatrix UEqn
        (
            fvm::ddt(U)
          + fvm::div(phi, U)
          - fvm::laplacian(nu, U)
        );

        if (piso.momentumPredictor())
        {
            solve(UEqn == -fvc::grad(p));
        }

        // --- PISO loop
        while (piso.correct())
        {
            volScalarField rAU(1.0/UEqn.A());
            volVectorField HbyA(constrainHbyA(rAU*UEqn.H(), U, p));
            surfaceScalarField phiHbyA
            (
                "phiHbyA",
                fvc::flux(HbyA)
              + fvc::interpolate(rAU)*fvc::ddtCorr(U, phi)
            );

            adjustPhi(phiHbyA, U, p);

            // Update the pressure BCs to ensure flux consistency
            constrainPressure(p, U, phiHbyA, rAU);

            // Non-orthogonal pressure corrector loop
            while (piso.correctNonOrthogonal())
            {
                // Pressure corrector

                fvScalarMatrix pEqn
                (
                    fvm::laplacian(rAU, p) == fvc::div(phiHbyA)
                );

                pEqn.setReference(pRefCell, pRefValue);

                pEqn.solve(mesh.solver(p.select(piso.finalInnerIter())));

                if (piso.finalNonOrthogonalIter())
                {
                    phi = phiHbyA - pEqn.flux();
                }
            }

            #include "continuityErrs.H"

            U = HbyA - rAU*fvc::grad(p);
            U.correctBoundaryConditions();
        }

        fvScalarMatrix TEqn
        (
            fvm::ddt(T)
            + fvm::div(phi, T)
            - fvm::laplacian(DT, T)
        );

        TEqn.solve();

        runTime.write();

        Info<< "ExecutionTime = " << runTime.elapsedCpuTime() << " s"
            << "  ClockTime = " << runTime.elapsedClockTime() << " s"
            << nl << endl;
    }

    Info<< "End\n" << endl;

    return 0;
}


// ************************************************************************* //

Info<< "Reading transportProperties\n" << endl;

IOdictionary transportProperties
(
    IOobject
    (
        "transportProperties",
        runTime.constant(),
        mesh,
        IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED,
        IOobject::NO_WRITE
    )
);

dimensionedScalar nu
(
    "nu",
    dimViscosity,
    transportProperties.lookup("nu")
);

dimensionedScalar DT
(
     transportProperties.lookup("DT")
);

Info<< "Reading field p\n" << endl;
volScalarField p
(
    IOobject
    (
        "p",
        runTime.timeName(),
        mesh,
        IOobject::MUST_READ,
        IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
    ),
    mesh
);

Info<< "Reading field T\n" <<endl;
volScalarField T
(
    IOobject
    (
         "T",
         runTime.timeName(),
         mesh,
         IOobject::MUST_READ,
         IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
     ),
     mesh
);

Info<< "Reading field U\n" << endl;
volVectorField U
(
    IOobject
    (
        "U",
        runTime.timeName(),
        mesh,
        IOobject::MUST_READ,
        IOobject::AUTO_WRITE
    ),
    mesh
);


#include "createPhi.H"


label pRefCell = 0;
scalar pRefValue = 0.0;
setRefCell(p, mesh.solutionDict().subDict("PISO"), pRefCell, pRefValue);
mesh.setFluxRequired(p.name());

And this is the temperature BC:

dimensions      [0 0 0 1 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform 0;

boundaryField
{
    wall
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }

    inletSmall
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value            uniform 40;
    }

    inletBig
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value            uniform 20;
    }

    outlet
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
}

Does anyone know how to help me?
Thanks!

[agustinvo]

Hi,

at what time did you take that image? If you are working in unsteady, and you know your mass flows from the two inlets, you can have an idea about when you should compare. It seems it is still a bit soon to compare.

[mgab]

The image is taken at time=1 second.
The fact is that there is no variation from t=0

[agustinvo]

And the peaks of temperature you see close to the inlets? Are they related with the mesh? What are the dimensions and the velocity you have?

[mgab]

Those are the boundary conditions. If I change the visualization to T with the cube the domain if completely uniform.
Inlet velocities are 0.4 m/s for the big inlet and 1.2 m/s for the small one.
Attached it's the velocity field