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May 20, 2009, 10:47 Best CFD software to model phase change #1

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Ana Catarina Marques

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Hello all. Im really new to CFD.At the moment Im trying to figure out which CFD software to go for. I havenarrowed it down to CFX, Fluent, Star CD and CF Design.Among those CF Design seems the easiest to learn but Im not sure it can handle

multiphase flow; does anybody have any experience on this? I will be mostlymodelling a phase change material with a moving solid/liquid interface. Any adviceon the best CFD package for multiphase flow would be much appreciated. Thanks

May 22, 2009, 10:13 #2

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Nuno Gomes

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Hi

Im new on CFD but i have seen some interesting work about multiphase flow onFluent.

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May 25, 2009, 06:40 #3

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Originally Posted by anaHello all. Im really new to CFD.

At the moment Im trying to figure out which CFD software to go for. I have

narrowed it down to CFX, Fluent, Star CD and CF Design.

Among those CF Design seems the easiest to learn but Im not sure it can

handle multiphase flow; does anybody have any experience on this? I will be

mostly modelling a phase change material with a moving solid/liquid

interface. Any advice on the best CFD package for multiphase flow would be

much appreciated. Thanks

My suggestion is that you write to the companies and ask them how they wouldsolve your problem and about the capabilities of their software.

In our group we use Fluent and Phoenics. If you are not afraid to write your ownsubroutines then both software would be fine. If you do not want to write your ownsubroutines then I can not recommend any of the two for multiphase flow withphase change.

__________________"Trying is the first step to failure." - Homer Simpson

June 2, 2009, 11:54 #4

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Rachel VoglJoin Date: Jun 2009Posts: 48Rep Power: 6

I would say consider OpenFOAM. It has some phase change applications and someothers are under development by users.The big advantage is that you would be able to implement the models you like.The disadvantage is the learning curve. However now there is a GUI for OpenFOAM,which solves a lot of beginner problems, but you have to pay for that.

June 5, 2009, 10:35 #5

valgrindaMember

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Try Star-CCM+, they are pretty strong for free surface calculatiions, they use VOF. Iyou prefer the level set method, this code may be right for you:http://wissrech.iam.uni-bonn.de/rese...DGPF/index.htm

June 10, 2009, 07:43 #6

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Originally Posted by anaHello all. Im really new to CFD.

At the moment Im trying to figure out which CFD software to go for. I have

narrowed it down to CFX, Fluent, Star CD and CF Design.

Among those CF Design seems the easiest to learn but Im not sure it can

handle multiphase flow; does anybody have any experience on this? I will be

mostly modelling a phase change material with a moving solid/liquid

interface. Any advice on the best CFD package for multiphase flow would be


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much appreciated. Thanks

Try MFIX, it is free, and it was developed for multiphase flows.

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