Blowing gas into a liquid

OpenFOAM 4.x

Case directory

$FOAM_TUTORIALS/multiphase/twoPhaseEulerFoam/laminar/injection

Summary

We calculate the air blowing into a container that is 80% filled with water for 10 seconds. The container is assumed to have opened upper surface (region "outlet"), and the calculation is performed as a two-dimensional problem with a single mesh in the Z direction.

Model geometry Model geometry

The location and conditions for air generation are set in the file "constant/fvOptions" as follows.

injector1
{
    timeStart       0.1;
    duration        5;
    selectionMode   points;
    points
    (
        (0.075 0.2 0.05)
    );
}

options
{
    massSource1
    {
        type            scalarSemiImplicitSource;
        scalarSemiImplicitSourceCoeffs
        {
            $injector1;
            volumeMode      absolute;
            injectionRateSuSp
            {
                thermo:rho.air     (1e-3 0); // kg/s
            }
        }
    }

    momentumSource1
    {
        type            vectorSemiImplicitSource;
        vectorSemiImplicitSourceCoeffs
        {
            $injector1;
            volumeMode      absolute;
            injectionRateSuSp
            {
                U.air           ((0 -1e-2 0) 0); // kg*m/s^2
            }
        }
    }

    energySource1
    {
        type            scalarSemiImplicitSource;
        scalarSemiImplicitSourceCoeffs
        {
            $injector1;
            volumeMode      absolute;
            injectionRateSuSp
            {
                e.air      (500 0); // kg*m^2/s^3
            }
        }
    }
}

The physical properties of the air and water are set in the files "constant/phaseProperties", "constant/thermophysicalProperties.air", and "constant/thermophysicalProperties.water".

The meshes are as follows, and the number of mesh is 1875.

Mesh Meshes

The calculation result is as follows.

Volume ratio of air (alpha.air)
Volume ratio of air at initial time (alpha.air) Volume ratio of air at initial time (alpha.air)
Volume ratio of air at 1.2 sec (alpha.air) Volume ratio of air at 1.2 sec (alpha.air)
Volume ratio of air at 5 sec (alpha.air) Volume ratio of air at 5 sec (alpha.air)

Commands

cp -r $FOAM_TUTORIALS/multiphase/twoPhaseEulerFoam/laminar/injection injection
cd injection

blockMesh
setFields

twoPhaseEulerFoam

paraFoam

Calculation time

1 minute 37.64 seconds *Single, Inter(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz 3.40GHz