On non drag interfacial force and thermal phase change modelling of reactingEulerFoam

The reactingEulerFoam framework included in OpenFOAM releases since 3.0.0 provides a highly flexible platform for the modelling of multiphase flows. Extensive selection of interfacial force models is provided along with alternate turbulence models. The thermal phase change capability [1,2] was first introduced in OpenFOAM 3.0.1 [3] and has since been extended and refined in subsequent releases.
The current OpenFOAM 7 release features include support for non-equilibrium wall boiling, n-phase thermal phase change and for bubble diameter modelling algebraic, IATE and inhomogeneous class method models are supported.The present simulations have been carried out with the OpenFOAM Foundation development release [4]. The goal is to aid those that intend to use the publicly available reactingEulerFoam by providing a summary of the models and demonstrations of a few modelling details by expanding upon tutorials recently added to the OpenFOAM Foundation development line.
DEDALE experiments [5] are used as a reference for the non-drag interfacial force modelling.
Subcooled nucleate boiling simulation results with different models combinations are compared to the DEBORA experiments [6,7]. Finally, a more complex direct contact condensation simulation of SEF-POOL test facility [8] is presented and results are compared to the experiment.

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