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Old   November 7, 2013, 05:36
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Hi Tobi,

what I meant was to increase the write-precision and not the time-precision. At least that helps me a lot when restarting simulations.
Perhaps you could also try with larger time-steps. Your Courant-number is extremely low. Maybe it's also worth trying with nNonOrthogonalCorrectors > 0 (I reckon your mesh is not 100% orthogonal?).

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Hi Hannes,

I increased the "writePrecision" and not the "timePrecision"
At the moment I increased both to 15, set my dT lower and the nonOrthogonal to 1.

My mesh is good:
Code:
Time = 0

Mesh stats
    points:           1420256
    faces:            3787230
    internal faces:   3501625
    cells:            1185217
    faces per cell:   6.14980632238653
    boundary patches: 3
    point zones:      0
    face zones:       0
    cell zones:       0

Overall number of cells of each type:
    hexahedra:     981723
    prisms:        108684
    wedges:        0
    pyramids:      0
    tet wedges:    42
    tetrahedra:    0
    polyhedra:     94768
    Breakdown of polyhedra by number of faces:
        faces   number of cells
            4   746
            5   920
            6   27064
            7   14
            9   38347
           11   7
           12   25377
           15   2055
           18   231
           21   4
           24   3

Checking topology...
    Boundary definition OK.
    Cell to face addressing OK.
    Point usage OK.
    Upper triangular ordering OK.
    Face vertices OK.
    Number of regions: 1 (OK).

Checking patch topology for multiply connected surfaces...
                   Patch    Faces   Points                  Surface topology
                    wall   285437   286422  ok (non-closed singly connected)
                   inlet       72       77  ok (non-closed singly connected)
                  outlet       96      108  ok (non-closed singly connected)

Checking geometry...
    Overall domain bounding box (-0.32 -0.32 0) (0.320385 0.32 2.07)
    Mesh (non-empty, non-wedge) directions (1 1 1)
    Mesh (non-empty) directions (1 1 1)
    Boundary openness (2.28798557816184e-15 4.72323772349634e-15 -2.4044112705264e-16) OK.
    Max cell openness = 3.29050685177786e-16 OK.
    Max aspect ratio = 10.1120918504922 OK.
    Minimum face area = 2.78885395035561e-07. Maximum face area = 0.000490145875985542.  Face area magnitudes OK.
    Min volume = 2.16128484755706e-10. Max volume = 9.89733961507632e-06.  Total volume = 0.637961111300693.  Cell volumes OK.
    Mesh non-orthogonality Max: 59.6160360035141 average: 9.19242164777073
    Non-orthogonality check OK.
    Face pyramids OK.
    Max skewness = 2.68658486302931 OK.
    Coupled point location match (average 0) OK.

Mesh OK.

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At least I tried to switch of the gravity again but without success.

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The idea of PIMPLE is to combine the PISO and the SIMPLE algorithms. You iterate several times over one time step and use underrelaxation to get a stable solution. Of course, if you only did one iteration per time step + underrelaxation your solution would not be correct. Therefore, you do multiple iterations (check your residuals).

So I would suggest, set nOuterCorrectors to e. g. 20 and and for the relaxation factors something like that:
Code:
relaxationFactors
{
    fields
    {
        rho             0.5;
        p_rgh           0.5;
    }
    equations
    {
        "(h|e)"         0.5;
        T               0.5;
        U               0.5;
        "(k|omega)" 0.5;
    }
}
You probably have to adjust these factors. See also the tutorials for pimpleFoam (.../OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.x/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleFoam/...)


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Hi,

PIMPLE and underrelaxation?
Is underrelaxation not changing the real solution (accuracy in time)?

Well I used nOuterCorrectors > 1 but without success anyway. The error is different. I reach the maximum iteration in the temperature calculation:

Code:
Courant Number mean: 6.92740210013e-09 max: 4.85034908134e-06
deltaT = 1.199999616e-07
Time = 1.2e-07

diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
PIMPLE: iteration 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 4.38718521517e-07, Final residual = 4.38718521517e-07, No Iterations 0
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 4.74501872065e-07, Final residual = 4.74501872065e-07, No Iterations 0
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 1.12086811751e-07, Final residual = 1.12086811751e-07, No Iterations 0
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 3.35094034737e-06, Final residual = 2.93432135474e-18, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.997921524511, Final residual = 0.00514407773528, No Iterations 3
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 1.62324329599e-14, global = 2.43019772121e-17, cumulative = 2.43019772121e-17
PIMPLE: iteration 2
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 8.49053274605e-06, Final residual = 1.56889161256e-18, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 9.2706169794e-06, Final residual = 1.7128784731e-18, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 2.42439406856e-06, Final residual = 6.15472389836e-19, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 9.4741734031e-05, Final residual = 4.43794077117e-17, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.19770073244, Final residual = 0.00135321069298, No Iterations 3
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 7.92499613563e-15, global = -2.83812616391e-17, cumulative = -4.07928442704e-18
PIMPLE: iteration 3
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 5.83420314596e-06, Final residual = 9.42862909442e-19, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 6.40245339442e-06, Final residual = 1.01498615559e-18, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 1.25166849944e-06, Final residual = 2.97094658592e-19, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.999998344609, Final residual = 1.3555675042e-14, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.999975236161, Final residual = 9.72118583228e-07, No Iterations 53
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 9.88922463867e-14, global = -5.09467127861e-15, cumulative = -5.09875056304e-15
ExecutionTime = 55.77 s  ClockTime = 56 s

Courant Number mean: 8.77396468445e-05 max: 0.116223720973
deltaT = 5.162455599e-08
Time = 1.71625e-07

diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
PIMPLE: iteration 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.157070886327, Final residual = 5.76405070912e-06, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.150534403994, Final residual = 6.62063104725e-06, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.0099884610888, Final residual = 9.50614332261e-07, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.999999999998, Final residual = 1.22959247587e-07, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.999999956955, Final residual = 0.00978329204882, No Iterations 132
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = -0.00980931633566, global = 1.15347141494e-05, cumulative = 1.15347141443e-05
PIMPLE: iteration 2
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.999932390446, Final residual = 0.0990621421236, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.999999756929, Final residual = 0.0923265680759, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.998134013837, Final residual = 0.046339171224, No Iterations 3
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 1, Final residual = 0.0804871336416, No Iterations 25


--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: 
Maximum number of iterations exceeded

    From function thermo<Thermo, Type>::T(scalar f, scalar T0, scalar (thermo<Thermo, Type>::*F)(const scalar) const, scalar (thermo<Thermo, Type>::*dFdT)(const scalar) const, scalar (thermo<Thermo, Type>::*limit)(const scalar) const) const
    in file /home/shorty/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.x/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 76.

FOAM aborting

#0  Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) in "/home/shorty/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.x/platforms/linux64Gcc47DPOpt/lib/libOpenFOAM.so"
#1  Foam::error::abort() in "/home/shorty/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.x/platforms/linux64Gcc47DPOpt/lib/libOpenFOAM.so"
#2  Foam::species::thermo<Foam::hPolynomialThermo<Foam::icoPolynomial<Foam::specie, 8>, 8>, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>::T(double, double, double, double (Foam::species::thermo<Foam::hPolynomialThermo<Foam::icoPolynomial<Foam::specie, 8>, 8>, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>::*)(double, double) const, double (Foam::species::thermo<Foam::hPolynomialThermo<Foam::icoPolynomial<Foam::specie, 8>, 8>, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>::*)(double, double) const, double (Foam::species::thermo<Foam::hPolynomialThermo<Foam::icoPolynomial<Foam::specie, 8>, 8>, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>::*)(double) const) const in "/home/shorty/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.x/platforms/linux64Gcc47DPOpt/lib/libfluidThermophysicalModels.so"
#3  Foam::heRhoThermo<Foam::rhoThermo, Foam::pureMixture<Foam::polynomialTransport<Foam::species::thermo<Foam::hPolynomialThermo<Foam::icoPolynomial<Foam::specie, 8>, 8>, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>, 8> > >::calculate() in "/home/shorty/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.x/platforms/linux64Gcc47DPOpt/lib/libfluidThermophysicalModels.so"
#4  Foam::heRhoThermo<Foam::rhoThermo, Foam::pureMixture<Foam::polynomialTransport<Foam::species::thermo<Foam::hPolynomialThermo<Foam::icoPolynomial<Foam::specie, 8>, 8>, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>, 8> > >::correct() in "/home/shorty/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.x/platforms/linux64Gcc47DPOpt/lib/libfluidThermophysicalModels.so"
#5  
 in "/home/shorty/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.x/platforms/linux64Gcc47DPOpt/bin/buoyantPimpleFoam"
#6  __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
#7  
 in "/home/shorty/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.x/platforms/linux64Gcc47DPOpt/bin/buoyantPimpleFoam"
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Hi Joachim,

I know that the PIMPLE solver is a combination of PISO + SIMPLE. But your hint makes sence.

To your suggestion to have a look at the tutorials.
In the incompressible solver there are given the relaxation factors but always no underrelaxation. The factors always set to 1. In all other tutorials (used PIMPLE) its the same.

But as I said befor your hint makes sence to make nOuterCorrectors = 20 or bigger to resolve the underrelaxation.


I will give it a try.
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Hi all,

there is something strange in my simulation.
After changing the fvSolution with underrelaxation and using nOuterCorrections you can see that p_rgh is divergating:

Code:
Starting time loop

Courant Number mean: 6.92740348560543e-07 max: 0.000485035005140737
deltaT = 1.1999904000768e-05
Time = 1.1999904000768e-05

diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
PIMPLE: iteration 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.000227906917869276, Final residual = 8.00197958041733e-15, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.000242870336814764, Final residual = 5.81998985128184e-15, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.0478932507424256, Final residual = 1.49170377519507e-12, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 2.84115059167819e-06, Final residual = 3.20991914926062e-15, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.498391513070369, Final residual = 0.0048072398384564, No Iterations 15
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 4.71166386208481e-11, global = -3.72967327420773e-13, cumulative = -3.72967327420773e-13
PIMPLE: iteration 2
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.00297239339105636, Final residual = 8.87766177859976e-13, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.00322895267974367, Final residual = 7.2022976930579e-13, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.000379378167045237, Final residual = 1.64098927658491e-13, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.00583615033699652, Final residual = 5.04571824401549e-12, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.683706329213839, Final residual = 0.00636112847281219, No Iterations 3
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 4.35850102227062e-11, global = -1.00955438062397e-11, cumulative = -1.04685111336604e-11
PIMPLE: iteration 3
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.00120007723564343, Final residual = 1.41567527398776e-13, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.00126819150460156, Final residual = 8.52119948782395e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.000132513009886713, Final residual = 1.20612194921868e-13, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.999999998726388, Final residual = 1.07128788541726e-11, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.912844010131718, Final residual = 0.00372321844237935, No Iterations 25
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 1.56611538047759e-10, global = 6.42629601365956e-12, cumulative = -4.04221512000088e-12
PIMPLE: iteration 4
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.20194298245027, Final residual = 2.76331484073829e-06, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.202183852081353, Final residual = 3.09369505797864e-06, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.011558443777556, Final residual = 2.1117721551109e-07, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.999999988990808, Final residual = 2.34718589851968e-08, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.998398747386878, Final residual = 0.00508283293858129, No Iterations 22
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 0.000223240394694745, global = 1.23595272869451e-05, cumulative = 1.235952324473e-05
PIMPLE: iteration 5
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.471230394911473, Final residual = 0.025384850908797, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.473116888057838, Final residual = 0.0265424633310726, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.00122668676570402, Final residual = 0.000118580949836749, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.999995067819933, Final residual = 0.0405102898366022, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.989682031159005, Final residual = 408.300070365686, No Iterations 1000
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = -1057.20006941247, global = -1.28054489666432, cumulative = -1.28053253714107
PIMPLE: iteration 6
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.381749758427118, Final residual = 0.0226744526047933, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.388689320231996, Final residual = 0.0258482539592854, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.0150666652678197, Final residual = 9.55394848855047e-05, No Iterations 2
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.999999999998639, Final residual = 0.0746556981472783, No Iterations 1


--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: 
Maximum number of iterations exceeded
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Add the following line to your thermophysicalProperties:
Code:
dpdt no;
see: http://www.openfoam.org/version2.2.0/thermophysical.php
Quote:
Pressure-work in Enthalpy Equations

Under certain conditions it is preferable to solve for enthalpy but without including the pressure-work term (dpdt), e.g. when solving steady-state gaseous flow. An optional dpdt switch is available in the thermophysicalProperties file that will deactivate the pressure-work term if set to no; by default, it is set to yes.
dpdt no;

Example vertical channel -
$FOAM_TUTORIALS/lagrangian/LTSReactingParcelFoam/verticalChannel
Then your case is running (with the "vanilla" buoyantPimpleFoam solver). Here is my fvSolution file which I also changed (nNonOrthogonalCorrectors, the values of the relaxationFactors) but which might also run with your settings:

Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.2.2                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    location    "system";
    object      fvSolution;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

solvers
{
    "rho.*"
    {
        solver          PCG;
        preconditioner  DIC;
        tolerance       1e-6;
        relTol          0;
    }

    p_rgh
    {
        solver          GAMG;
    tolerance    1e-06;
    relTol        0.01;
    
        smoother    GaussSeidel;
    cacheAgglomeration true;
    nCellsInCoarsestLevel 10;
    agglomerator faceAreaPair;
    mergeLevels     1;
    }

    p_rghFinal
    {
        $p_rgh;
        relTol          0;
    }

    "(U|h|e|k|epsilon|R)"
    {
        solver          PBiCG;
        preconditioner  DILU;
        tolerance       1e-6;
        relTol          0.1;
    }

    "(U|h|e|k|epsilon|R)Final"
    {
        $U;
        relTol          0;
    }
}

PIMPLE
{
    momentumPredictor yes;
    nOuterCorrectors 20;
    nCorrectors     1;
    nNonOrthogonalCorrectors 2;

}
relaxationFactors
{
    fields
    {
        rho             0.2;
        "p_rgh*"           0.2;
    }
    equations
    {
        "(h|e)*"         0.2;
        "T*"               0.2;
        "U*"               0.2;
        "(k|omega)" 0.2;
    }
}
// ************************************************************************* //
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Hi Joachim,


thanks for having a look at the case.
Its working ? On my computer its not working

I changed the fvSolution to yours and added the additionally line in the thermodynamics to switch the pressure-work off.

I did not pass the first iteration
Code:
Starting time loop

Courant Number mean: 6.92740348560565e-07 max: 0.000485035005140737
deltaT = 1.1999904000768e-05
Time = 1.1999904000768e-05

diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
PIMPLE: iteration 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 8.42413507755248e-05, Final residual = 3.54729103609964e-13, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 9.21378139634789e-05, Final residual = 1.82525530651333e-13, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.0187168161980647, Final residual = 6.06353742754268e-11, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 2.51634465379983e-05, Final residual = 1.56279104603086e-12, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.580699975182104, Final residual = 0.00478720965181613, No Iterations 12
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.334415330256829, Final residual = 0.00194091937705147, No Iterations 4
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00898117679195753, Final residual = 7.41856296605531e-05, No Iterations 25
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 4.77991013424088e-13, global = 7.57329170739056e-16, cumulative = 7.57329170739056e-16
PIMPLE: iteration 2
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.000680942944125076, Final residual = 1.76114642617064e-10, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.000790443785879614, Final residual = 2.74873946883088e-11, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.00892150262682482, Final residual = 3.51531774000921e-11, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.000930309879599932, Final residual = 1.85820310760487e-10, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.638129166520357, Final residual = 0.00461673233068237, No Iterations 12
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.276067203051502, Final residual = 0.00160361243232873, No Iterations 4
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00626050873130121, Final residual = 5.55945635793244e-05, No Iterations 26
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 4.17070327305022e-13, global = 7.55545489361245e-16, cumulative = 1.5128746601003e-15
PIMPLE: iteration 3
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.0011395760233973, Final residual = 2.3652677798002e-10, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.00131451841255039, Final residual = 3.5459694893589e-11, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.00211693777561587, Final residual = 5.12024918394817e-11, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.00157011429103543, Final residual = 2.23495757487066e-10, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.582881869836832, Final residual = 0.0047754812909206, No Iterations 11
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.187053430058256, Final residual = 0.00122013761404655, No Iterations 4
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00460434224989363, Final residual = 3.04689519445376e-05, No Iterations 25
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 2.26499270303041e-13, global = 7.51819694696299e-16, cumulative = 2.2646943547966e-15
PIMPLE: iteration 4
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.00134051101572924, Final residual = 2.31123511653502e-10, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.00154057920561374, Final residual = 3.37560804094569e-11, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.00167728822715795, Final residual = 6.05329331640972e-11, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.00386886101388262, Final residual = 7.3395771670127e-10, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.428119251009807, Final residual = 0.00330107855087453, No Iterations 10
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.102997075578967, Final residual = 0.000913027858903973, No Iterations 4
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00305980243329896, Final residual = 1.69264833389649e+22, No Iterations 1000
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 4575673.39169354, global = 0.999999960825977, cumulative = 0.999999960825979
PIMPLE: iteration 5
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.119374031126277, Final residual = 0.00177263203267028, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.100299258671754, Final residual = 0.00143605435012423, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.00310684451551815, Final residual = 7.37944329478499e-05, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 1, Final residual = 0.0751911356351347, No Iterations 15
[1] 
[1] 
[1] --> FOAM FATAL ERROR: 
[1] Maximum number of iterations exceeded
[1] 
[1]     From function thermo<Thermo, Type>::T(scalar f, scalar T0, scalar (thermo<Thermo, Type>::*F)(const scalar) const, scalar (thermo<Thermo, Type>::*dFdT)(const scalar) const, scalar (thermo<Thermo, Type>::*limit)(const scalar) const) const
[1]     in file /home/shorty/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.x/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 76.
[1] 
FOAM parallel run aborting

I did not change the standard OpenFOAM solver!
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The only other change I made was that I run the case on 6 processors in parallel (as specified in your decompseParDict). Here are all changes:
Code:
diff -uBbwr case_schichtspeicher/constant/thermophysicalProperties case_schichtspeicher_new/constant/thermophysicalProperties
--- case_schichtspeicher/constant/thermophysicalProperties      2013-11-07 17:35:53.000000000 +0100
+++ case_schichtspeicher_new/constant/thermophysicalProperties  2013-11-07 18:38:24.942474560 +0100
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
     energy          sensibleEnthalpy;
 }

+dpdt off;
+
 mixture
 {
     specie
Only in case_schichtspeicher_new: log
diff -uBbwr case_schichtspeicher/system/controlDict case_schichtspeicher_new/system/controlDict
--- case_schichtspeicher/system/controlDict     2013-11-07 17:35:52.000000000 +0100
+++ case_schichtspeicher_new/system/controlDict 2013-11-07 20:37:36.257611022 +0100
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@

 deltaT          0.00001;

-writeControl    adjustableRunTime;
+writeControl    timeStep;

-writeInterval   0.5;
+writeInterval   1;

 purgeWrite      0;

diff -uBbwr case_schichtspeicher/system/fvSolution case_schichtspeicher_new/system/fvSolution
--- case_schichtspeicher/system/fvSolution      2013-11-07 17:35:52.000000000 +0100
+++ case_schichtspeicher_new/system/fvSolution  2013-11-07 18:32:27.697339449 +0100
@@ -64,22 +64,22 @@
     momentumPredictor yes;
     nOuterCorrectors 20;
     nCorrectors     1;
-    nNonOrthogonalCorrectors 0;
+    nNonOrthogonalCorrectors 2;

 }
 relaxationFactors
 {
     fields
     {
-        rho             0.5;
-        "p_rgh*"           0.5;
+        rho             0.2;
+        "p_rgh*"           0.2;
     }
     equations
     {
-        "(h|e)*"         0.5;
-        "T*"               0.5;
-        "U*"               0.5;
-        "(k|omega)" 0.5;
+        "(h|e)*"         0.2;
+        "T*"               0.2;
+        "U*"               0.2;
+        "(k|omega)" 0.2;
     }
 }
 // ************************************************************************* //
I checked again and it also runs as a single process.
My OpenFOAM version is the commit 9f19321c01ca1e30d339b48eef3f70f5534ca7f4 from the 2.2.x branch at github.

And here the log (single process) until I stopped the run with CTRL+C:
Code:
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.2.x                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Build  : 2.2.x-221db2718bbb
Exec   : buoyantPimpleFoam
Date   : Nov 07 2013
Time   : 20:29:13
Host   : "lincl-gar99"
PID    : 7556
Case   : /fsgarwork/hej/OpenFOAM/hej-2.2.x/run/case_schichtspeicher_new
nProcs : 1
sigFpe : Floating point exception trapping - not supported on this platform
fileModificationChecking : Monitoring run-time modified files using timeStampMaster
allowSystemOperations : Disallowing user-supplied system call operations

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
Create time

Create mesh for time = 0


Reading g
Reading thermophysical properties

Selecting thermodynamics package 
{
    type            heRhoThermo;
    mixture         pureMixture;
    transport       polynomial;
    thermo          hPolynomial;
    equationOfState icoPolynomial;
    specie          specie;
    energy          sensibleEnthalpy;
}

Reading field U

Reading/calculating face flux field phi

Creating turbulence model

Selecting turbulence model type RASModel
Selecting RAS turbulence model laminar
Calculating field g.h

Reading field p_rgh

Creating field dpdt

Creating field kinetic energy K

No finite volume options present

Radiation model not active: radiationProperties not found
Selecting radiationModel none
Courant Number mean: 6.92740348560595e-07 max: 0.000485035005140766

PIMPLE: no residual control data found. Calculations will employ 20 corrector loops


Starting time loop

Courant Number mean: 6.92740348560595e-07 max: 0.000485035005140766
deltaT = 1.1999904000768e-05
Time = 1.1999904000768e-05

diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
PIMPLE: iteration 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 9.1163630481814e-05, Final residual = 5.1193175231975e-16, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 9.71490848695474e-05, Final residual = 3.72481419404164e-16, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.0187538865453022, Final residual = 9.35541487983718e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 1.76831741796161e-05, Final residual = 2.67228746299042e-15, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.642251839912398, Final residual = 0.00606170016183952, No Iterations 12
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.263340985713119, Final residual = 0.00128423498480519, No Iterations 5
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.0094694014915167, Final residual = 9.38713762319944e-05, No Iterations 10
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 7.35784709563305e-13, global = -1.85799499346502e-14, cumulative = -1.85799499346502e-14
PIMPLE: iteration 2
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.000686775855395583, Final residual = 7.14396564266084e-15, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.000794366042970502, Final residual = 7.67124530401523e-15, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.00895359057081986, Final residual = 3.06238604879054e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.000858241068750189, Final residual = 2.21595842009871e-13, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.684628929599244, Final residual = 0.00600288778007521, No Iterations 12
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.221360640023605, Final residual = 0.00215099578466949, No Iterations 2
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00588179229227761, Final residual = 4.38185421689043e-05, No Iterations 10
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 4.07269703829333e-13, global = -2.36291161416501e-14, cumulative = -4.22090660763003e-14
PIMPLE: iteration 3
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.00113985058441466, Final residual = 3.39453599622536e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.00131143105708394, Final residual = 2.83695907589603e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.00213051004644595, Final residual = 4.87634302488784e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.00131987080423691, Final residual = 2.07612675430487e-12, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.619999889569158, Final residual = 0.00601747915483503, No Iterations 11
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.158771748997878, Final residual = 0.00151027382652094, No Iterations 5
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00554752021932156, Final residual = 4.77057661398407e-05, No Iterations 8
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 4.04720483404779e-13, global = -2.17775905294083e-14, cumulative = -6.39866566057086e-14
PIMPLE: iteration 4
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.00134457549675224, Final residual = 5.15202105577183e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.00154116265898411, Final residual = 4.27055662165159e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.00168344966711099, Final residual = 4.73616888210978e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.0030725107370483, Final residual = 6.84440257652529e-13, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.463912159501019, Final residual = 0.00412087485939903, No Iterations 9
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.095802803028836, Final residual = 0.000450164304916792, No Iterations 6
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00379183328240838, Final residual = 3.20874453068772e-05, No Iterations 14
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 2.33338002294485e-13, global = -7.05884179281619e-15, cumulative = -7.10454983985248e-14
PIMPLE: iteration 5
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.00132358885145769, Final residual = 5.02572591500388e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.00151469150052342, Final residual = 4.27040369829544e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.00309141934215543, Final residual = 4.73606704650387e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.00423053333647794, Final residual = 5.31883164969322e-13, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.31553478013289, Final residual = 0.00242434318098542, No Iterations 8
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.0375850916881401, Final residual = 0.000280647329191612, No Iterations 6
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.0024286729121287, Final residual = 2.36607945170241e-05, No Iterations 7
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 1.40641933350117e-13, global = -6.71637389855192e-15, cumulative = -7.77618722970767e-14
PIMPLE: iteration 6
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.00114933316427106, Final residual = 3.52188561423197e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.00131541601380186, Final residual = 3.10533766890295e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.00302926592587962, Final residual = 1.82377683537736e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.00457292206305569, Final residual = 4.9050421883915e-13, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.207251334185455, Final residual = 0.00140326652548671, No Iterations 8
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.0150022362729806, Final residual = 0.000107645936085827, No Iterations 6
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00162956850473228, Final residual = 9.01740404987871e-06, No Iterations 6
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 4.48392766489955e-14, global = -1.26739448691108e-15, cumulative = -7.90292667839878e-14
PIMPLE: iteration 7
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.000903791946432484, Final residual = 1.68167675426977e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.00103572270814686, Final residual = 1.55461471360026e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.00227116122272187, Final residual = 6.36529643342747e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.00431659166765035, Final residual = 6.52883734499076e-13, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.155353314726842, Final residual = 0.0012535018150181, No Iterations 10
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.0393566739412764, Final residual = 0.00021399861689955, No Iterations 6
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00204648560880461, Final residual = 1.69133035163225e-05, No Iterations 7
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 7.28222153789903e-14, global = 4.14777380999866e-15, cumulative = -7.48814929739891e-14
PIMPLE: iteration 8
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.000656461251872167, Final residual = 4.68091222293737e-15, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.000753363951284882, Final residual = 4.56550326819808e-15, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.00135864839506408, Final residual = 7.11696732449413e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.00372942778773862, Final residual = 6.89130623295454e-13, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.180962310789521, Final residual = 0.00160395784679058, No Iterations 10
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.0476639702954349, Final residual = 0.000236999978140721, No Iterations 7
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.00250092661516854, Final residual = 1.80658102856342e-05, No Iterations 8
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 6.81750621896981e-14, global = 2.06687052300283e-15, cumulative = -7.28146224509863e-14

...

PIMPLE: iteration 20
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 8.45302689107386e-05, Final residual = 2.55448166154299e-13, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 8.91296100181636e-05, Final residual = 1.53097949219376e-13, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 1.30213145200845e-05, Final residual = 4.61166001820522e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.000412508974183904, Final residual = 2.36980416126873e-11, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.919292093709393, Final residual = 0.0046168991139576, No Iterations 3
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.0982067389495213, Final residual = 0.000599694904119355, No Iterations 8
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.0185352617464535, Final residual = 5.87076693520767e-07, No Iterations 30
diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 2.5545981302749e-15, global = -8.3055810216029e-17, cumulative = -3.18310651239291e-14
ExecutionTime = 935.46 s  ClockTime = 939 s

Courant Number mean: 1.43623019227783e-06 max: 0.0010605794458006
deltaT = 2.4882045429521e-05
Time = 8.92959320643111e-05

diagonal:  Solving for rho, Initial residual = 0, Final residual = 0, No Iterations 0
PIMPLE: iteration 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 0.000645140198227976, Final residual = 4.88850257396712e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 0.000725049928641916, Final residual = 4.57045281358977e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for Uz, Initial residual = 0.000138206854662912, Final residual = 3.66943814316356e-14, No Iterations 1
DILUPBiCG:  Solving for h, Initial residual = 0.00018004401459, Final residual = 7.01266999185591e-13, No Iterations 1
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.979818275773936, Final residual = 0.00645209010331692, No Iterations 4
GAMG:  Solving for p_rgh, Initial residual = 0.0316252767907005, Final residual = 0.000254600336052926, No Iterations 6
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Hi,

my fault was the entry in the thermodynamics...
Code:
dpdt    no;  // wrong
dpdt    off;  // correct
Thanks for your help!
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Now I am really confused:
off or no shouldn't matter.

But it should read dpdt not dtdp.

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Hi,

my fault was the entry in the thermodynamics...
Code:
dtdp    no;  // wrong
dtdp    off;  // correct
Thanks for your help!
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Hi,

that was a mistake I made. I corrected it in the last post.
That "no" "false" "off" should be the same is correct. I made any other strange mistake that I can not say at the moment. Maybe I wrote dtdp instead of dpdt in the thermodynamics ?!


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There is a useful debug switch in the global controlDict:
Code:
InfoSwitches
{
    writePrecision  6;
    writeJobInfo    0;
    writeDictionaries 1;

    // Allow case-supplied C++ code (#codeStream, codedFixedValue)
    allowSystemOperations   0;
}
This global controlDict has to be copied from $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/ to $HOME/.OpenFOAM/2.2.x (or what ever version you use). Then make the changed marked in bold font above. All dictionary files willl be printed to STDOUT whenever they are (re)read. This is very useful if you want to know which settings you really used for a simulation.
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Hi Tobi,

I have a similar application and want to study the degradation of the stratification in the storage tank. I have initialized a temperature profile and want to see how the heat loss and the convective mixing currents at the wall affect the stratification under no-flow conditions. My case works well with buoyantBoussinesqPimpleFoam. Now I want to run it with buoyantPimpleFoam because I want use chtMultiRegion later. The simulation stops after a couple of iterations due to pressure problems.

Could you please summarize your steps?
- Are you using now the solver with the changed createFields.H and have you initialized p or p_rgh?
- What boundary conditions are using for p and p_rgh?
- I have seen that you are using GAMG for the pressure, while this solver works quite good for my incompressible case, it does not work with buoyantPimpleFoam.
- Could you post your fvSolution and fvScheme?

I have also disabled dpdt and use polynomials in the thermophysical properties.

I tried to download your zip file but it is not available anymore.

Thanks and best regards

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Dear Bernhard,

I think in your case it is possible to start with your steady-state solution, arent you?

Can you give me a hint why you have to use buoyantPimpleFoam befor using cht?

How are your Settings of the fvSolution / pimple algorithm and your Relaxation factors?

What about your schemes?

Is is a forced or buoyancy driven flow?

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It is a buoyancy-driven case, the geometry is a cylinder as wedge with upper, lower and outer wall. There is no inlet or outlet. I use setFields and funkySetFields to initialize a temperature profile so that the upper region is 823 K and the lower 563 K and a transition zone in between (my fluid is molten salt). I use groovyBC for the outer wall to apply a variable gradient. The aim is to investigate the influence of the wall currents caused by the heat loss on the stratification. The result for the incompressible case is looking like that.
T.jpg

U.jpg

If I switch now to buoyantPimpleFoam and make the necessary changes for the BC's the simulation is not really running (only for some iterations). I am using fixedFluxPressure for p_rgh (for the walls) and calculated for the p. I tried to initialize a hydrostatic pressure for p with funkySetField but it does not help. While I was using a linearUpwind Scheme in the incompressible case for U and T, I have set all div schemes to Gauss upwind for the buoyantPimpleFoam case. I am using further a lowRe turbulence model. Increasing the number of correctors did not really help.

This is my fvSolution file:
Code:
solvers
{
    "rho.*"
    {
        solver          PCG;
        preconditioner  DIC;
        tolerance       1e-6;
        relTol          0;
    }
    
            p_rgh
    {
        solver           GAMG;
        tolerance        1e-8;
        relTol           0.01;

        smoother         DICGaussSeidel;

        cacheAgglomeration true;
        nCellsInCoarsestLevel 10;
        agglomerator     faceAreaPair;
        mergeLevels      1;
    }

    p_rghFinal
    {
        $p_rgh;
        relTol          0;
    }

    "(U|h|e|k|epsilon|R)"
    {
        solver          PBiCG;
        preconditioner  DILU;
        tolerance       1e-8;
        relTol          0.1;
    }

    "(U|h|e|k|epsilon|R)Final"
    {
        $U;
        relTol          0;
    }
}

PIMPLE
{
    momentumPredictor yes;
    nOuterCorrectors 1;
    nCorrectors     2;
    nNonOrthogonalCorrectors 0;
}
and these are the thermophysical properties
Code:
thermoType
{
    type            heRhoThermo;
    mixture         pureMixture;
    transport       polynomial;
    thermo          hPolynomial;
    equationOfState icoPolynomial;
    specie          specie;
    energy          sensibleEnthalpy;
}


mixture
{

    specie
    {
        nMoles          1;
        molWeight       91.4;
    }
    equationOfState
    {
        rhoCoeffs<8>    ( 2263.7234 -0.636 0 0 0 0 0 0 );
    }
    thermodynamics
    {
        Hf              0;
        Sf              0;
        CpCoeffs<8>     ( 1515 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 );
    }
    transport
    {
        muCoeffs<8>     ( 0.00163 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 );
        kappaCoeffs<8>  ( 0.522  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 );
    }
}

dpdt    off;
So far, to keep it as simple as possible, only the density depends on the temperature.
The fvSchemes are quite simple
Code:
ddtSchemes
{
    default         Euler;
}

gradSchemes
{
    default        Gauss linear;
}

divSchemes
{
    default         none;
    div(phi,U)      Gauss upwind;
    div(phi,K)      Gauss upwind;
    div(phi,h)      Gauss upwind;
    div(phi,k)      Gauss upwind;
    div(phi,epsilon) Gauss upwind;
    div(phi,omega) Gauss upwind;
    div((muEff*dev2(T(grad(U))))) Gauss linear;
}

laplacianSchemes
{
      default         Gauss linear corrected;
}


interpolationSchemes
{
    default         linear;
}

snGradSchemes
{
    default         corrected;
}

fluxRequired
{
    default         no;
    p_rgh           ;
}
I tried a lot of settings but the pressure blows up everytime.
However, if I change the patch type for the upper boundary (the upper face area of the cylinder) from wall to patch and use an outletInlet BC for U instead of a no-slip condition and a fixedValue or totalPressure for the p_rgh the simulation is running. I dont know if these BCs are suitable to treat the upper boundary as an opening representing a free surface if the storage is not completely full.

While the GAMG solver for the pressure was not working at all for the case with only walls as boundaries, it is faster than the PCG solver with the top patch as opening.

I am using buoyantPimpleFoam to check the required settings before I switch to cht.

I would be thankful for some hints.
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Hi,

1. your controlDict
2. fvSolution - was that all? Did you not use underrelaxation?

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Hi Tobi,

thats my ControlDict
Code:
 libs (
     "libOpenFOAM.so"
    "libcompressibleRASModels.so"
     "libgroovyBC.so"
       );

application     buoyantPimpleFoam;


startFrom       latestTime;

stopAt          endTime;

endTime         28800;

deltaT          0.001;

writeControl    adjustableRunTime;

writeInterval   10;//300;

purgeWrite      0;

writeFormat     ascii;

writePrecision  6;

writeJobInfo    0;

writeDictionaries 1;

writeCompression off;

timeFormat      general;

timePrecision   10;

runTimeModifiable true;

adjustTimeStep  yes;

maxCo           0.1;

maxDeltaT       0.1;
Even adding relaxation factors and increasing the number of correctors does not help
Code:
PIMPLE
{
    momentumPredictor yes;
    nOuterCorrectors 20;
    nCorrectors     3;
    nNonOrthogonalCorrectors 1;
}

relaxationFactors
{
    fields
    {
        rho             0.05;
        p_rgh           0.1;
    }
    equations
    {
        "(h|e)"         0.1;
        T               0.1;
        U               0.1;
        "(k|epsilon)" 0.1;
    }
}
I have the feeling that the p_rgh BCs are not suitable. I am using fixedFluxPressure for all the wall boundaries similar to the hotRoom tutorial. I think I have to change the BC or even the patch type for the top face of the cylinder.

I've attached my case, if you want to have a look, it contains an Allrun script which does more or less everything such as initializing pressure and temperature by funkySetFiels. The parallel configuration uses 4 processors.

Maybe you can have a look.

Thanks

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Hi Bernhard,

1. your mesh is not okay for a rotation 2d case:

Code:
Checking geometry...
    Overall domain bounding box (0 0 -0.0436194) (0.999048 2 0.0436194)
    Mesh (non-empty, non-wedge) directions (1 1 0)
    Mesh (non-empty) directions (1 1 1)
    Wedge front with angle 2.5 degrees
 ***Wedge patch front not planar. Point (0.229781 0 0.0100325) is not in patch plane by 3.97086e-08 meter.
This should be the first point to clear.


2. your pressure gradient is 100000 Pa to 89.4 Pa ? That makes no sence to me

3. why do you use a turbulence model ?

4. what fluid do you have?

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Thanks for the hint, I actually thought that I have checked the mesh but I found a little mistake in the blockMeshDict, the z-points for all the arcs were wrong. After the change the mesh passed checkMesh, however, after executing ./Allrun and checking the mesh again I had the same error, so I removed the renumberMesh -overwrite and now it also passes checkMesh after Allrun. Is seems the renumberMesh is mixing something up.
Anyway that is the new mesh file. mesh.txt
I have initialized p by calculating the hydrostatic pressure with the average density of my fluid (1822 kg m-3). The density is 1740 kg m-3 in the upper region of the storage at 550 °C and 1905 kg m-3 at 290°C in the lower region.
With a storage height of 2 m, I would expect a pressure of approx. 35750 Pa, what is shown in ParaView if I have a look at cell center values, if I switch to interpolated values, the values I have specified for the BCs of p are mixing that up. So I have manually set the values for top (0 Pa) and bottom (35747.64 Pa) and the value for the side wall to 0??? What should be the inital value for the side wall? I probably have to restructure my Allrun script and use $internalField.

My fluid is molten salt, it is a heat transfer fluid and heat storage medium used in solar thermal power plants, withstanding temperatures upto 600 °C.

I have found some literature for water storages at stand-by conditions and there was a good agreement between numerical simulation (with low-Re model) and experimental data. Thats more or less the reason for the turbulence model.

I will check if the changes in p have some effect...
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