April 6, 2020 Software Open Access

Numerical framework for a morphology adaptive multi-field two-fluid model in OpenFOAM

Meller, Richard; Schlegel, Fabian; Lucas, Dirk; Tekavčič, Matej

This development is further maintained under the following software publication: https://doi.org/10.14278/rodare.767

A solver for multiphase flows based on the incompressible Eulerian multi-field two-fluid model for the OpenFOAM release of The OpenFOAM Foundation for numerical simulations of multiphase flows with morphology changes and resolved interfaces.

Features:

• morphology adaptive modeling framework for modelling of dispersed and resolved interfaces based on Eulerian multi-field two-fluid model
• compact interpolation method according to Cubero et al. (Comput Chem Eng, 2014, Vol. 62, 96-107), including virtual mass
• numerical drag according to Strubelj and Tiselj (Int J Numer Methods Eng, 2011, Vol. 85, 575-590) to describe resolved interfaces in a volume-of-fluid like manner
• n-phase partial elimination algorithm for momentum equations to resolve strong phase coupling
• bubble induced turbulence model of Ma et al. (Phys Rev Fluids, 2017, Vol. 2, 034301)
• turbulent wall functions of Menter according to Rzehak & Kriebitzsch (Int J Multiphase Flow, 2015, Vol. 68, 135–152)
• free surface turbulence damping for k-ω SST (symmetric and asymmetric damping, Frederix et al., Nucl Eng Des, 2018, Vol. 333, 122-130)
• dynamic time step adjustment via PID controller
• selected test cases:
  • a two-dimensional gas bubble, rising in a liquid, which is laden with micro gas bubbles, and
  • a two-dimensional stagnant stratification of water and oil, sharing a large-scale interface
  • a two-dimensional stratified flow based on WENKA experiment (Stäbler, Ph.D. thesis, 2007)