reactingFoam crashes with no iterations

uckmhnds · January 11, 2020, 13:40

Dear Foamers,

I have been using OpenFOAM for about 2 years (I have OF version 7 installed in Ubuntu 16.). I normally use classical N-S compressible / incompressible solvers. However, it is first time for me to utilize reactingFoam to simulate multi-species transport with no reactions / combustions. My real case have 3 pipes. One pipe has mass flux of 2 kg/s of species (CH4, O2, N2). Other two pipes have totalPressure inlet of 1.2 bar of species (CH4, O2, N2).

My methodology is that:
- Set up a small cell size case to check compatibility of boundary conditions for U, T and p first in rhoPimpleFoam since reactingFoam uses PIMPLE algorithm. (Therefore i used blockMesh and sHM to create a small pipe mesh with surroundings and simulate it with those conditons.)

- Implement those correct (which i guess) boundary conditions into reactingFoam tutorial "membrane"

- Set the mass fractions for species in species field files for reactingFoam

- Turn off reactions and combustion in constant/*

- Start simulation. And if the set up is correct, implement all into my real case (which is classifed so i am not allowed to share it).

BUT. I failed because reactingFoam crashes before running the iterations. I have checked the membrane tutorial case to comprehend at which step it crashes and found out that it is just before the step;

"Reading fields U"

So i predict that I make a mistake about boundary conditions for velocity. Please HELP!!

Here my set up in 0/ folder:

p

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  7
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volScalarField;
    location    "0";
    object      p;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [1 -1 -2 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform 1e5;

boundaryField
{
    pipe_in
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    pipe_out
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    pipe_ss
    {
        type            totalPressure;
        p0              uniform 1.2e5;
    }
    pipe_walls
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    downStream
    {
        type            totalPressure;
        p0              $internalField;
    }
    upStream
    {
        type            totalPressure;
        p0              $internalField;
    }

}


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

T

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
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   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  7
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volScalarField;
    location    "0";
    object      T;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [0 0 0 1 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform 293;

boundaryField
{
    pipe_in
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           $internalField;
    }
    pipe_out
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           $internalField;
    }
    pipe_ss
    {
        type            inletOutlet;
        inletValue      $internalField;
    }
    pipe_walls
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    downStream
    {
        type            inletOutlet;
        value           $internalField;
        inletValue      $internalField;
    }
    upStream
    {
        type            inletOutlet;
        value           $internalField;
        inletValue      $internalField;
    }

}


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

U

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  7
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volVectorField;
    location    "0";
    object      U;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [0 1 -1 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform (0 0 0);

boundaryField
{
    pipe_in
    {
        type                flowRateInletVelocity;
        massFlowRate        2;
    rhoInlet            1.0;
    }
    pipe_out
    {
    type                flowRateInletVelocity;
    massFlowRate        2;
    rhoInlet            1.0;
    }
    pipe_ss
    {
    type fluxCorrectedVelocity;
    phi phi;
    rho rho;
    value uniform (0 0 0);
    }
    pipe_walls
    {
        type            noSlip;
    }
    downStream
    {
        type            pressureInletOutletVelocity;
        value           $internalField;
    }
    upStream
    {
        type            pressureInletOutletVelocity;
        value           $internalField;
    }

}


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

CH4

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  7
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volScalarField;
    location    "0";
    object      CH4;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [0 0 0 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform 0.0;

boundaryField
{
    pipe_in
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform 0.0;
    }
    pipe_out
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform 0.0;
    }
    pipe_ss
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform 1.0;
    }
    pipe_walls
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    downStream
    {
        type            inletOutlet;
        inletValue      $internalField;
        value           $internalField;
    }
    upStream
    {
        type            inletOutlet;
        inletValue      $internalField;
        value           $internalField;
    }
}


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

N2

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  7
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volScalarField;
    location    "0";
    object      N2;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [0 0 0 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform 0.0;

boundaryField
{

    pipe_in
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform 0.79;
    }
    pipe_out
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform 0.79;
    }
    pipe_ss
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform 0.0;
    }
    pipe_walls
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    downStream
    {
        type            inletOutlet;
        inletValue      $internalField;
        value           $internalField;
    }
    upStream
    {
        type            inletOutlet;
        inletValue      $internalField;
        value           $internalField;
    }
}


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

O2

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  7
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volScalarField;
    location    "0";
    object      O2;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [0 0 0 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform 0;

boundaryField
{
    pipe_in
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform 0.21;
    }
    pipe_out
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform 0.21;
    }
    pipe_ss
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform 0.0;
    }
    pipe_walls
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    downStream
    {
        type            inletOutlet;
        inletValue      $internalField;
        value           $internalField;
    }
    upStream
    {
        type            inletOutlet;
        inletValue      $internalField;
        value           $internalField;
    }
}


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

include

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  7
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    location    "0";
    object      include;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

pipe_in
{
    CH4 0.0;
    O2  0.21;
    N2  0.79;
}
pipe_out
{
    CH4 0.0;
    O2  0.21;
    N2  0.79;
}
pipe_ss
{
    CH4 1.0;
    O2  0.0;
    N2  0.0;
}

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

Ydefault

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  7
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volScalarField;
    location    "0";
    object      Ydefault;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [0 0 0 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform 0;

boundaryField
{
    pipe_in
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           $internalField;
    }
    pipe_out
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           $internalField;
    }
    pipe_ss
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           $internalField;
    }
    pipe_walls
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    downStream
    {
        type            inletOutlet;
        inletValue      $internalField;
        value           $internalField;
    }
    upStream
    {
        type            inletOutlet;
        inletValue      $internalField;
        value           $internalField;
    }
}


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

Here my set up in constant/ folder

thermophysicalProperties

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  7
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    location    "constant";
    object      thermophysicalProperties;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

thermoType
{

    type            hePsiThermo;
    mixture         multiComponentMixture;
    transport       sutherland;
    thermo          janaf;
    energy          sensibleEnthalpy;
    equationOfState perfectGas;
    specie          specie;

}

species
(
O2
CH4
N2
);

inertSpecie N2;

O2
{
    specie
    {
        molWeight       31.9988;
    }
    thermodynamics
    {
        Tlow            200;
        Thigh           5000;
        Tcommon         1000;
        highCpCoeffs    ( 3.69758 0.00061352 -1.25884e-07 1.77528e-11 -1.13644e-15 -1233.93 3.18917 );
        lowCpCoeffs     ( 3.21294 0.00112749 -5.75615e-07 1.31388e-09 -8.76855e-13 -1005.25 6.03474 );
    }
    transport
    {
        As              1.67212e-06;
        Ts              170.672;
    }
}

CH4
{
    specie
    {
        molWeight       16.0428;
    }
    thermodynamics
    {
        Tlow            200;
        Thigh           6000;
        Tcommon         1000;
        highCpCoeffs    ( 1.63543 0.0100844 -3.36924e-06 5.34973e-10 -3.15528e-14 -10005.6 9.9937 );
        lowCpCoeffs     ( 5.14988 -0.013671 4.91801e-05 -4.84744e-08 1.66694e-11 -10246.6 -4.64132 );
    }
    transport
    {
        As              1.67212e-06;
        Ts              170.672;
    }
}

N2
{
    specie
    {
        molWeight       28.0134;
    }
    thermodynamics
    {
        Tlow            200;
        Thigh           5000;
        Tcommon         1000;
        highCpCoeffs    ( 2.92664 0.00148798 -5.68476e-07 1.0097e-10 -6.75335e-15 -922.798 5.98053 );
        lowCpCoeffs     ( 3.29868 0.00140824 -3.96322e-06 5.64152e-09 -2.44486e-12 -1020.9 3.95037 );
    }
    transport
    {
        As              1.67212e-06;
        Ts              170.672;
    }
}


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

turbulenceProperties

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  7
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    location    "constant";
    object      turbulenceProperties;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

simulationType  laminar;


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

My numerical ste up in system/ folder

fvSchemes

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  7
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    location    "system";
    object      fvSchemes;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

ddtSchemes
{
    default         Euler;
}

gradSchemes
{
    default         Gauss linear;
}

divSchemes
{
    default         none;

    div(phi,U)      Gauss upwind;
    div(phi,Yi_h)   Gauss upwind;
    div(phi,K)      Gauss upwind;
    div(phid,p)     Gauss upwind;
    div(phi,epsilon) Gauss upwind;
    div(phi,k)      Gauss upwind;
    div(((rho*nuEff)*dev2(T(grad(U))))) Gauss linear;
}

laplacianSchemes
{
    default         Gauss linear orthogonal;
}

interpolationSchemes
{
    default         linear;
}

snGradSchemes
{
    default         orthogonal;
}


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

fvSolution

Code:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  7
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    location    "system";
    object      fvSolution;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

solvers
{
    "rho.*"
    {
        solver          diagonal;
    }

    p
    {
        solver           PCG;
        preconditioner   DIC;
        tolerance        1e-6;
        relTol           0.1;
    }

    pFinal
    {
        $p;
        tolerance        1e-6;
        relTol           0.0;
    }

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

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

    "Yi.*"
    {
        $hFinal;
    }
}

PIMPLE
{
    momentumPredictor yes;
    nOuterCorrectors 1;
    nCorrectors     2;
    nNonOrthogonalCorrectors 0;
}


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

uckmhnds · January 12, 2020, 04:30

This is the error i get;

Code:


#0  Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:?
#1  Foam::sigFpe::sigHandler(int) at ??:?
#2  ? in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
#3  Foam::DimensionedField<double, Foam::volMesh>::operator/=(Foam::DimensionedField<double, Foam::volMesh> const&) at ??:?
#4  Foam::GeometricField<double, Foam::fvPatchField, Foam::volMesh>::operator/=(Foam::GeometricField<double, Foam::fvPatchField, Foam::volMesh> const&) at ??:?
#5  Foam::multiComponentMixture<Foam::sutherlandTransport<Foam::species::thermo<Foam::janafThermo<Foam::perfectGas<Foam::specie> >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > >::correctMassFractions() at ??:?
#6  Foam::multiComponentMixture<Foam::sutherlandTransport<Foam::species::thermo<Foam::janafThermo<Foam::perfectGas<Foam::specie> >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > >::multiComponentMixture(Foam::dictionary const&, Foam::fvMesh const&, Foam::word const&) at ??:?
#7  Foam::heThermo<Foam::psiReactionThermo, Foam::SpecieMixture<Foam::multiComponentMixture<Foam::sutherlandTransport<Foam::species::thermo<Foam::janafThermo<Foam::perfectGas<Foam::specie> >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > > >::heThermo(Foam::fvMesh const&, Foam::word const&) at ??:?
#8  Foam::psiReactionThermo::addfvMeshConstructorToTable<Foam::hePsiThermo<Foam::psiReactionThermo, Foam::SpecieMixture<Foam::multiComponentMixture<Foam::sutherlandTransport<Foam::species::thermo<Foam::janafThermo<Foam::perfectGas<Foam::specie> >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > > > >::New(Foam::fvMesh const&, Foam::word const&) at ??:?
#9  Foam::autoPtr<Foam::psiReactionThermo> Foam::basicThermo::New<Foam::psiReactionThermo>(Foam::fvMesh const&, Foam::word const&) at ??:?
#10  Foam::psiReactionThermo::New(Foam::fvMesh const&, Foam::word const&) at ??:?
#11  ? at ??:?
#12  __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
#13  ? at ??:?
Floating point exception (core dumped)

uckmhnds · January 12, 2020, 04:44

Yes. I have found what the problem is. The trick is to give some specie into internal field. Otherwise, OF would think (which i guess) the domain as an empty space where continuum physics is not valid.

sandBo · July 17, 2022, 19:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by uckmhnds

Yes. I have found what the problem is. The trick is to give some specie into internal field. Otherwise, OF would think (which i guess) the domain as an empty space where continuum physics is not valid.

Do you mean the 0-folder files of the species?

To set the option "internalField" from "0" to a certain value unlike 0?

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January 12, 2020, 04:44		#3
uckmhnds New Member Gazi Yavuz Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 8	Yes. I have found what the problem is. The trick is to give some specie into internal field. Otherwise, OF would think (which i guess) the domain as an empty space where continuum physics is not valid.