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Class
Foam::wallBoilingModels::filmBoilingModels::BreenWestwater
Description
Boiling film correlation.
A correlation for boiling film modelling
based on Breen & Westwater (1965) for boiling flows.
References:
\verbatim
Breen B.P. & Westwater J. W. (1965)
Effect of diameter of horizontal
tubes on film boiling heat tranfer.
Chem. Eng. Progr. 58. No 7.
\endverbatim
Usage
Example of the model specification:
\verbatim
filmBoilingModel
{
// Mandatory entries
type BreenWestwater;
// Optional entries
Cn ;
an ;
bn ;
n ;
}
\endverbatim
where the entries mean:
\table
Property | Description | Type | Reqd | Deflt
type | Type name: BreenWestwater | word | yes | -
Cn | Model coefficient | scalar | no | 0.37
\endtable
SourceFiles
BreenWestwater.C
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#ifndef BreenWestwater_H
#define BreenWestwater_H
#include "filmBoilingModel.H"
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
namespace Foam
{
namespace wallBoilingModels
{
namespace filmBoilingModels
{
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
Class BreenWestwater Declaration
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
class BreenWestwater
:
public filmBoilingModel
{
// Private Data
//- Model coefficient
scalar Cn_;
// Private Member Functions
//- No copy construct
BreenWestwater(const BreenWestwater&) = delete;
//- No copy assignment
void operator=(const BreenWestwater&) = delete;
public:
//- Runtime type information
TypeName("BreenWestwater");
// Constructors
//- Construct from a dictionary
BreenWestwater(const dictionary& dict);
//- Destructor
virtual ~BreenWestwater() = default;
// Member Functions
//- Calculate and return the nucleation-site density
virtual tmp htcFilmBoil
(
const phaseModel& liquid,
const phaseModel& vapor,
const label patchi,
const scalarField& Tl,
const scalarField& Tsatw,
const scalarField& L
) const;
//- Write
virtual void write(Ostream& os) const;
};
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
} // End namespace filmBoilingModels
} // End namespace wallBoilingModels
} // End namespace Foam
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
#endif
// ************************************************************************* //