cantera/Cantera/python/examples/flames/fixed_T_flame.py
2006-06-10 17:07:07 +00:00

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Python

#
# FIXED_T_FLAME - A burner-stabilized, premixed methane/air flat flame
# with multicomponent transport properties and a specified
# temperature profile
#
from Cantera import *
from Cantera.OneD import *
from Cantera.OneD.BurnerFlame import BurnerFlame
from string import atof
# read temperature vs. position data from a file.
# The file is assumed to have one z, T pair per line, separated by a comma.
def getTempData(filename):
# open the file containing the temperature data for reading
f = open(filename)
z = []
t = []
lines = f.readlines()
# check for unix/Windows/Mac line ending problems
if len(lines) == 1:
print 'Warning: only one line found. Possible text file line-ending'
print 'problem?'
print 'The one line found is: ',lines[0]
for line in lines:
if line[0] == '#': # use '#' as the comment character
pass
else:
try:
zval, tval = line.split(',')
z.append(atof(zval))
t.append(atof(tval))
except:
pass
print 'read',len(z),'temperature values.'
f.close()
# convert z values into non-dimensional relative positions.
n = len(z)
zmax = z[n-1]
for i in range(n):
z[i] = z[i]/zmax
return [z,t]
################################################################
#
# parameter values
#
p = OneAtm # pressure
tburner = 373.7 # burner temperature
mdot = 0.04 # kg/m^2/s
comp = 'CH4:0.65, O2:1, N2:3.76' # premixed gas composition
# The solution domain is chosen to be 1 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, 0.0025, 0.005, 0.0075, 0.0099, 0.01] # m
tol_ss = [1.0e-5, 1.0e-9] # [rtol atol] for steady-state
# problem
tol_ts = [1.0e-5, 1.0e-4] # [rtol atol] for time stepping
loglevel = 1 # amount of diagnostic output (0
# to 5)
refine_grid = 1 # 1 to enable refinement, 0 to
# disable
################ create the gas object ########################
#
# This object will be used to evaluate all thermodynamic, kinetic, and
# transport properties. It is created with two transport managers, to
# enable switching from mixture-averaged to multicomponent transport
# on the last solution.
gas = GRI30('Mix')
gas.addTransportModel('Multi')
# set its state to that of the unburned gas at the burner
gas.setState_TPX(tburner, p, comp)
# create the BurnerFlame object.
f = BurnerFlame(gas = gas, grid = initial_grid)
# set the properties at the burner
f.burner.set(massflux = mdot, mole_fractions = comp, temperature = tburner)
# read in the fixed temperature profile
[zloc, tvalues] = getTempData('tdata.csv')
# set the temperature profile to the values read in
f.flame.setFixedTempProfile(zloc, tvalues)
f.set(tol = tol_ss, tol_time = tol_ts)
# show the initial estimate for the solution
f.showSolution()
# don't solve the energy equation
f.set(energy = 'off')
# first solve the flame with mixture-averaged transport properties
f.setRefineCriteria(ratio = 3.0, slope = 0.3, curve = 1)
f.setMaxJacAge(50, 50)
f.setTimeStep(1.0e-5, [1, 2, 5, 10, 20])
f.solve(loglevel, refine_grid)
f.save('ch4_flame_fixed_T.xml','mixav',
'solution with mixture-averaged transport')
gas.switchTransportModel('Multi')
f.flame.setTransportModel(gas)
f.setRefineCriteria(ratio = 3.0, slope = 0.1, curve = 0.2)
f.solve(loglevel, refine_grid)
f.save('ch4_flame_fixed_T.xml','multi',
'solution with multicomponent transport')
# write the velocity, temperature, density, and mole fractions to a CSV file
z = f.flame.grid()
T = f.T()
u = f.u()
V = f.V()
fcsv = open('flame_fixed_T.csv','w')
writeCSV(fcsv, ['z (m)', 'u (m/s)', 'V (1/s)', 'T (K)', 'rho (kg/m3)']
+ list(gas.speciesNames()))
for n in range(f.flame.nPoints()):
f.setGasState(n)
writeCSV(fcsv, [z[n], u[n], V[n], T[n], gas.density()]
+list(gas.moleFractions()))
fcsv.close()
print 'solution saved to flame_fixed_T.csv'
f.showStats()