Species definitions

Enabling the species mass fraction solver and specifying species model options.

Description

Type

Default

species.solve

Specified name of the species or None to disable the species solver. The name assigned to the species solver is used to specify species inputs.

String

None

The following inputs must be preceded by the “species.” prefix

Description

Type

Default

[specie0].molecular_weight

Value of species molecular weight. [required if fluid.molecular_weight=’mixture’].

Real

0

diffusivity

Specify which diffusivity model to use for species [required]. Available options include:

  • ‘constant’ for constant diffusivity model

String

None

diffusivity.constant

Value of constant species diffusivity. [required if diffusivity_model=’constant’].

Real

0

specific_heat

Specify which specific heat model to use for species [required if fluid.molecular_weight=’mixture’]. Available options include:

  • ‘constant’ for constant specific heat model

  • ‘nasa7-poly’ for NASA7 Polynomials model

String

None

[specie0].specific_heat.constant

Value of constant species diffusivity. [required if diffusivity model=’constant’].

Real

0

[specie0].specific_heat.NASA7.a[i]

Value of i-th coefficient, with i=0,..,6 for NASA7 polynomial coefficient [required if specific heat model=’NASA7-Poly’].

Real

0

[specie0].enthalpy_of_formation

Value of constant enthalpy of formation. [required if specific heat model=’constant’].

Real

0

Below is an example for specifying species solver model options.

species.solve = O2  CO  CO2  Fe2O3  FeO

species.diffusivity = constant
species.diffusivity.constant = 1.9e-5

species.specific_heat = NASA7-poly

# Oxygen
species.O2.molecular_weight = 31.99880e-3
species.O2.specific_heat.NASA7.a0 =  3.78245636E+00    3.66096065E+00
species.O2.specific_heat.NASA7.a1 = -2.99673416E-03    6.56365811E-04
species.O2.specific_heat.NASA7.a2 =  9.84730201E-06   -1.41149627E-07
species.O2.specific_heat.NASA7.a3 = -9.68129509E-09    2.05797935E-11
species.O2.specific_heat.NASA7.a4 =  3.24372837E-12   -1.29913436E-15
species.O2.specific_heat.NASA7.a5 = -1.06394356E+03   -1.21597718E+03

# Carbon monoxide
species.CO.molecular_weight = 28.01040e-3
species.CO.specific_heat.NASA7.a0 =  3.57953350E+00    3.04848590E+00
species.CO.specific_heat.NASA7.a1 = -6.10353690E-04    1.35172810E-03
species.CO.specific_heat.NASA7.a2 =  1.01681430E-06   -4.85794050E-07
species.CO.specific_heat.NASA7.a3 =  9.07005860E-10    7.88536440E-11
species.CO.specific_heat.NASA7.a4 = -9.04424490E-13   -4.69807460E-15
species.CO.specific_heat.NASA7.a5 = -1.43440860E+04   -1.42661170E+04

# Carbon dioxide
species.CO2.molecular_weight = 44.00980e-3
species.CO2.specific_heat.NASA7.a0 =  2.35681300E+00    4.63651110E+00
species.CO2.specific_heat.NASA7.a1 =  8.98412990E-03    2.74145690E-03
species.CO2.specific_heat.NASA7.a2 = -7.12206320E-06   -9.95897590E-07
species.CO2.specific_heat.NASA7.a3 =  2.45730080E-09    1.60386660E-10
species.CO2.specific_heat.NASA7.a4 = -1.42885480E-13   -9.16198570E-15
species.CO2.specific_heat.NASA7.a5 = -4.83719710E+04   -4.90249040E+04

# Hematite
species.Fe2O3.molecular_weight = 159.68820e-3
species.Fe2O3.specific_heat.NASA7.a0 =  1.52218166E-01    2.09445369E+01
species.Fe2O3.specific_heat.NASA7.a1 =  6.70757040E-02    0.00000000E+00
species.Fe2O3.specific_heat.NASA7.a2 = -1.12860954E-04    0.00000000E+00
species.Fe2O3.specific_heat.NASA7.a3 =  9.93356662E-08    0.00000000E+00
species.Fe2O3.specific_heat.NASA7.a4 = -3.27580975E-11    0.00000000E+00
species.Fe2O3.specific_heat.NASA7.a5 = -1.01344092E+05   -1.07936580E+05

# Wustite
species.FeO.molecular_weight = 71.84440e-3
species.FeO.specific_heat.NASA7.a0 =  3.68765953E+00    1.81588527E+00
species.FeO.specific_heat.NASA7.a1 =  1.09133433E-02    1.70742829E-02
species.FeO.specific_heat.NASA7.a2 = -1.61179493E-05   -2.39919190E-05
species.FeO.specific_heat.NASA7.a3 =  1.06449256E-08    1.53690046E-08
species.FeO.specific_heat.NASA7.a4 = -2.39514915E-12   -3.53442390E-12
species.FeO.specific_heat.NASA7.a5 = -3.34867527E+04   -3.30239565E+04