diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0cf13d37fc78822dbaea8ffa47dbf28810edb2e6..1857eeab408e7bf87ce0849a1d0a3eae9ce36a6e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Hydrogen-Real-Gas-Model -In this repository, a new real gas model for hydrogen based on the REFPROP database is provided for OpenFOAM v2012. +In this repository, a new real gas model for hydrogen based on the Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties Database (REFPROP) v10.0 is provided for the use in the simulation software OpenFOAM v2012. *** @@ -12,7 +12,16 @@ In this repository, a new real gas model for hydrogen based on the REFPROP datab ## Tutorial -In a tutorial case, the usage of the new real gas model is shown. +In a tutorial case of the flow through a critical flow Venturi nozzle, the usage of the new real gas model is shown. + +For the start of the simulation, do the following steps: +1. run <blockMesh && extrudeMesh> +2. run either: + a) <sonicFoam> or + b) <decomposePar> and then <mpirun -np 4 sonicFoam -parallel> + +For the post-processing, you might need to: +3. run reconstructPar (if your case was decomposed before) ## Acknowledgments This work was supported through the Joint Research Project “Metrology infrastructure for high-pressure gas and liquified hydrogen flowsâ€. This project (20IND11 MetHyInfra) has received funding from the EMPIR programme co-financed by the Participating States and from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.