Solver: Comparison Multiphase - Phase Change Solvers Comparison
Phase Change Solvers In this group, we have included solvers implementing Phase Change models to handle cavitation, and surface evaporation/condensation (liquid and its vapor phases).
Phase Change - Cavitation
- cavitatingFoam 2 immiscible fluids, dedicated to cavitation, Homogeneous Equilibrium Model (HEM)
- interPhaseChangeFoam 2 immiscible fluids, dedicated to cavitation, VoF, Phase Change Models: Schnerr-Sauer, Merkle, Kunz
- cavitatingDyMFoam extension of cavitatingFoam with DyM
- interPhaseChangeDyMFoam extension of interPhaseChangeFoam with DyM
- overInterPhaseChangeDyMFoam extension of interPhaseChangeFoam with Overset, DyM
Phase Change - Condensation / Evaporation
- interCondensatingEvaporatingFoam 2 immiscible fluids, phase changes (evaporation and condensation) between a fluid and its vapor phase
- VoF - Volume of Fluid
- DyM - Dynamic Mesh
- Overset - also known as Chimera Grid (Method)
- 1. All solvers are transient and capable of accommodating buoyancy forces.
- 2. Additionally, these solvers support:
- RANS/LES turbulence models
- Porosity models
- MRF (except cavitatingFoam and cavitatingDyMFoam)
- Passive scalar
- Custom source term (except cavitatingFoam and cavitatingDyMFoam)