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May 18, 2015, 13:38 |
Fan in buoyantPimpleFoam
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Tom M
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Greetings Foamers!
A quick question to see whether I'm barking up the wrong tree: I'd like to model fan driven mixing of flow over a heating element. I am using the cyclic fan BC a-la the TJunctionFan tutorial. I have used -- successfully in isolation -- pimpleFoam with a fan in the correct place in the geometry and also buoyantPimpleFoam on the same geometry to model the buoyancy driven convection. Both work reasonable well. I have been unable to get the fan to work in buoyantPimpleFoam. Is it possible to do this, or is this not an available approach? I will add further details as requested when I get home. Thanks in advance Tom |
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January 12, 2016, 15:23 |
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Amir Abbas Aliabadi
Join Date: Mar 2013
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Hello Tom,
I am actually trying to do the same. I am solving using buoyantPimpleFoam and I want to apply a fan cyclic BC at the inlet and outlet to induce a pressure jump. I was wondering if you have had any developments for this since your posted. Regards, Amir |
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January 12, 2016, 17:23 |
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Amir Abbas Aliabadi
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 33
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Hello Tom,
I attempted the same "fan" BC for use in buoyantPimpleFoam in OpenFOAM 3.0.1. However, it did not work. Alternatively I tried the "fixedJump" BC for this solver and it worked properly. Please mind that I have this cyclic condition at my cyclic inlet and outlet BC. Regards, Amir |
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buoyantpimplefoam, cyclic bcs, fan, heat transfer modelling, pimplefoam |
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