Heat transfer archive

OpenFOAM is able to deal with a large range of Heat Transfer problems, from basic ones to complex multi-physics systems. Below there is a list of tutorials related to Heat Transfer.

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Heat transfer

Solving problems

• Free convection - Sergey Strijhak gives an introduction to free convection in a chamber with heating from the bottom and a step-by-step guide to run the simulation via buoyantPimpleFoam solver.
• Conjugate Heat transfer (CHT) - Bruno Santos presents in this tutorial the concept and application of Conjugate Heat Transfer

Models Implementation

• Thermophysical models in OpenFOAM - Isabelle Choquet and Håkan Nilsson teach how to implement a new thermophysical model.
• Coupled heat transfer in gas and solid - Ilia Marchevsky and Matvey Kraposhin teach how to implement a coupled heat transfer in gas and solid model in OpenFOAM.
• The humidityRhoThermo Library - In this tutorial you will learn about humidity modeling in OpenFOAM.