plasmaReactingFoam removes mvConvection from ne transport and electron drift Courant Number

applications/solvers/combustion/plasmaReactingFoam/YEqn.H

@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ tmp<fv::convectionScheme<scalar> > mvConvection
 
         if (Y[i].name() == electronSpecie)
         {
-            Udrift = - linearInterpolate(mue*E/ng);
+            Udrift = - linearInterpolate
+                ((mue/ng)*E + ((De/ng/Te)*fvc::grad(Te)));
             ve = (Udrift & mesh.Sf()) + q;
 
             // Wall electron flux correction
@@ -166,7 +167,6 @@ tmp<fv::convectionScheme<scalar> > mvConvection
                 (
                  fvm::ddt(ne)
                  + fvm::div(ve, ne)
-                 // - mvConvection->fvmDiv(fvc::interpolate(De/ng/Te*fvc::grad(Te)) & mesh.Sf(), ne)
                  - fvm::laplacian(De/ng, ne)
                  ==
                  electronR

applications/solvers/combustion/plasmaReactingFoam/createFields.H

@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ volScalarField Phi
 );
 
 Info<< "Creating field electric field\n" << endl;
-volVectorField E(
+volVectorField E
+(
     IOobject
     (
         "E",

applications/solvers/combustion/plasmaReactingFoam/electronCourantNo.H

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+  =========                 |
+  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+   \\    /   O peration     |
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011 OpenFOAM Foundation
+     \\/     M anipulation  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+License
+    This file is part of OpenFOAM.
+
+    OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+    for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Global
+    CourantNo
+
+Description
+    Calculates and outputs the mean and maximum Courant Numbers from electron flux.
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+scalar CoNumVe = 0.0;
+scalar meanCoNumVe = 0.0;
+
+if (mesh.nInternalFaces())
+{
+    scalarField sumPhi
+    (
+        fvc::surfaceSum(mag(ve))().internalField()
+    );
+
+    CoNumVe = 0.5*gMax(sumPhi/mesh.V().field())*runTime.deltaTValue();
+
+    meanCoNumVe =
+        0.5*(gSum(sumPhi)/gSum(mesh.V().field()))*runTime.deltaTValue();
+}
+
+Info<< "Electron Courant Number mean: " << meanCoNumVe
+    << " max: " << CoNumVe << endl;
+
+// ************************************************************************* //

applications/solvers/combustion/plasmaReactingFoam/plasmaReactingFoam.C

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     {
         #include "readTimeControls.H"
         #include "compressibleCourantNo.H"
+        #include "electronCourantNo.H"
         #include "setDeltaT.H"
 
         runTime++;

applications/solvers/combustion/plasmaReactingFoam/setDeltaT.H

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ if (pulseTimeStep)
 }
 else if (adjustTimeStep)
 {
+    CoNum = max(CoNum, CoNumVe);
     scalar maxDeltaTFact = maxCo/(CoNum + SMALL);
     scalar deltaTFact = min(min(maxDeltaTFact, 1.0 + 0.1*maxDeltaTFact), 1.2);