BreenWestwater Class Reference

Boiling film correlation. A correlation for boiling film modelling based on Breen & Westwater (1965) for boiling flows. More...

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Public Member Functions

 TypeName ("BreenWestwater")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 BreenWestwater (const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from a dictionary. More...
 
virtual ~BreenWestwater ()=default
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual tmp< scalarFieldhtcFilmBoil (const phaseModel &liquid, const phaseModel &vapor, const label patchi, const scalarField &Tl, const scalarField &Tsatw, const scalarField &L) const
 Calculate and return the nucleation-site density. More...
 
virtual void write (Ostream &os) const
 Write. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from filmBoilingModel
 TypeName ("filmBoilingModel")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 declareRunTimeSelectionTable (autoPtr, filmBoilingModel, dictionary,(const dictionary &dict),(dict))
 Declare runtime construction. More...
 
 filmBoilingModel ()=default
 Default construct. More...
 
virtual ~filmBoilingModel ()=default
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual tmp< scalarFieldhtcFilmBoil (const phaseModel &liquid, const phaseModel &vapor, const label patchi, const scalarField &Tl, const scalarField &Tsatw, const scalarField &L) const =0
 Calculate and return the film boiling correlation. More...
 
virtual void write (Ostream &os) const
 Write. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from filmBoilingModel
static autoPtr< filmBoilingModelNew (const dictionary &dict)
 Select default constructed. More...
 

Detailed Description

Boiling film correlation. A correlation for boiling film modelling based on Breen & Westwater (1965) for boiling flows.

References:

    Breen B.P. & Westwater J. W. (1965)
    Effect of diameter of horizontal
    tubes on film boiling heat tranfer.
    Chem. Eng. Progr. 58. No 7.
Usage
Example of the model specification:
filmBoilingModel
{
    // Mandatory entries
    type            BreenWestwater;

    // Optional entries
    Cn              <scalar>;
    an              <scalar>;
    bn              <scalar>;
    n               <scalar>;
}

where the entries mean:

Property Description Type Reqd Deflt
type Type name: BreenWestwater word yes -
Cn Model coefficient scalar no 0.37
Source files

Definition at line 105 of file BreenWestwater.H.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ BreenWestwater()

BreenWestwater ( const dictionary dict)

Construct from a dictionary.

Definition at line 55 of file BreenWestwater.C.

◆ ~BreenWestwater()

virtual ~BreenWestwater ( )
virtualdefault

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

◆ TypeName()

TypeName ( "BreenWestwater"  )

Runtime type information.

◆ htcFilmBoil()

Foam::tmp< Foam::scalarField > htcFilmBoil ( const phaseModel liquid,
const phaseModel vapor,
const label  patchi,
const scalarField Tl,
const scalarField Tsatw,
const scalarField L 
) const
virtual

Calculate and return the nucleation-site density.

Implements filmBoilingModel.

Definition at line 68 of file BreenWestwater.C.

References cells, basicThermo::Cp(), e, g, liquid::kappa(), L, Foam::mag(), Foam::max(), phaseModel::name(), Foam::pow(), Foam::pow3(), tmp< T >::ref(), basicThermo::rhoEoS(), liquid::sigma(), Foam::sqr(), tCp, and phaseModel::thermo().

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◆ write()

void write ( Ostream os) const
virtual

Write.

Reimplemented from filmBoilingModel.

Definition at line 126 of file BreenWestwater.C.

References os(), and ObukhovLength::write().

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