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cantera/Cantera/python/examples/stflame1.py
Dave Goodwin d77534a8ef minor cleanup
2005-01-05 21:04:52 +00:00

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#
# STFLAME1 - A detached flat flame stabilized at a stagnation point
#
# This script simulates a lean hydrogen-oxygen flame stabilized in
# a strained flowfield at an axisymmetric stagnation point on a
# non-reacting surface. The solution begins with a flame attached
# to the inlet (burner), and the mass flow rate is progressively
# increased, causing the flame to detach and move closer to the
# surface. This example illustrates use of the new 'prune' grid
# refinement parameter, which allows grid points to be removed if
# they are no longer required to resolve the solution. This is
# important here, since the flamefront moves as the mass flowrate
# is increased. Without using 'prune', a large number of grid
# points would be concentrated upsteam of the flame, where the
# flamefront had been previously. (To see this, try setting prune
# to zero.)
from Cantera import *
from Cantera.OneD import *
from Cantera.OneD.StagnationFlow import StagnationFlow
################################################################
#
# parameter values
#
p = 0.05*OneAtm # pressure
tburner = 373.0 # burner temperature
tsurf = 600.0
# each mdot value will be solved to convergence, with grid refinement,
# and then that solution will be used for the next mdot
mdot = [0.06, 0.07, 0.08, 0.09, 0.1, 0.11, 0.12] # kg/m^2/s
rxnmech = 'h2o2.cti' # reaction mechanism file
comp = 'H2:1.8, O2:1, AR:7' # premixed gas composition
# The solution domain is chosen to be 50 cm, and a point very near the
# downstream boundary is added to help with the zero-gradient boundary
# condition at this boundary.
initial_grid = [0.0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08, 0.1,
0.15, 0.2] # m
tol_ss = [1.0e-5, 1.0e-13] # [rtol atol] for steady-state
# problem
tol_ts = [1.0e-4, 1.0e-9] # [rtol atol] for time stepping
loglevel = 1 # amount of diagnostic output (0
# to 5)
refine_grid = 1 # 1 to enable refinement, 0 to
# disable
ratio = 5.0
slope = 0.1
curve = 0.2
prune = 0.05
################ create the gas object ########################
#
# This object will be used to evaluate all thermodynamic, kinetic,
# and transport properties
#
gas = IdealGasMix(rxnmech)
# set its state to that of the unburned gas at the burner
gas.setState_TPX(tburner, p, comp)
# Create the stagnation flow object with a non-reactive surface. (To
# make the surface reactive, supply a surface reaction mechanism. see
# example catcomb.py for how to do this.)
f = StagnationFlow(gas = gas, grid = initial_grid)
# set the properties at the inlet
f.inlet.set(massflux = mdot[0], mole_fractions = comp, temperature = tburner)
# set the surface state
f.surface.setTemperature(tsurf)
f.set(tol = tol_ss, tol_time = tol_ts)
f.setMaxJacAge(5, 10)
f.set(energy = 'off')
f.init(products = 'equil') # assume adiabatic equilibrium products
f.showSolution()
f.solve(loglevel, refine_grid)
f.setRefineCriteria(ratio = ratio, slope = slope,
curve = curve, prune = prune)
f.set(energy = 'on')
m = 0
for md in mdot:
f.inlet.set(mdot = md)
f.solve(loglevel,refine_grid)
m = m + 1
f.save('stflame1.xml','mdot'+`m`,'mdot = '+`md`+' kg/m2/s')
# write the velocity, temperature, and mole fractions to a CSV file
z = f.flow.grid()
T = f.T()
u = f.u()
V = f.V()
fcsv = open('stflame1_'+`m`+'.csv','w')
writeCSV(fcsv, ['z (m)', 'u (m/s)', 'V (1/s)', 'T (K)']
+ list(gas.speciesNames()))
for n in range(f.flow.nPoints()):
f.setGasState(n)
writeCSV(fcsv, [z[n], u[n], V[n], T[n]]+list(gas.moleFractions()))
fcsv.close()
print 'solution saved to flame1.csv'
f.showStats()