We are pleased to release OpenQBMM 5.0.0 for OpenFOAM 7. Notable changes in this release: A new size-velocity quadrature algorithm has been implemented relying on the hyperbolic conditional quadrature method of moments (HyCQMOM). This approach allows the description of particulate flows over a wide range of volume fractions, incorporating the effect of size distribution. The […]
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The new repository for OpenQBMM at the OpenFOAM Foundation is now live and can be found at https://github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenQBMM. Certain the benefits of working with the OpenFOAM Foundation will be significant for the community, I take this opportunity to summarize the project status and the steps forward. OpenQBMM is the joint work of myself (Alberto Passalacqua), Prof. […]
Contributing OpenQBMM to the OpenFOAM Foundation
We are pleased to release OpenQBMM 4.0.0 for OpenFOAM 6.x. This release includes several new developments and improvements to existing algorithms to improve their robustness. Notably: A new algorithm was implemented in the poly-disperse gas-liquid solver to remove inconsistencies between the transported moments and the two-fluid model used to solve for the mean flow. The […]
OpenQBMM 4.0.0 for OpenFOAM 6.x is now available
We are pleased to announce that Iowa State University signed the OpenFOAM Foundation contributor agreement for the OpenQBMM project. This will enable us to contribute relevant parts of the project of general interest to the OpenFOAM Foundation. More information to follow.
OpenQBMM and Iowa State University signed contributor agreement
We have made the decision of basing our development branch on the stable version of OpenFOAM, rather than OpenFOAM-dev. This reduces the amount of work required to constantly adapt the OpenQBMM code base following the frequent changes to OpenFOAM-dev. It also simplifies the process of verification and validation of our code base, and helps users […]
Changes to development branch
We have updated the installation instructions of OpenQBMM, providing guidance on how to use it on the following platforms: Windows 10 (via Windows Subsystem for Linux) Other Linux distributions, building OpenFOAM from source In case you experience difficulties following these instructions, please report them on the issue tracker.
Updated installation instructions
We are pleaded to announce the release of OpenQBMM 3.0.0. Major changes are summarized below: Multiphase solver polydisperseBubbleFoam for gas-liquid systems based on the solution of a generalized population balance equation for a joint size-velocity NDF (Contributed by Jeffrey Heylmun). The computational model allows each bubble size to have its own velocity (polycelerity), and relies […]
OpenQBMM 3.0.0 released
We are happy to welcome Alessio Domenico Lavino, from the Politecnico di Torino, in our research group. Alessio is joining us for a six-month stay to collaborate on OpenQBMM applied to mixing and population balance equations.
New visiting scholar working on mixing and population balance equations
New documentation on case setup and numerical settings is being added to the User’s guide. The code documentation has also been updated to reflect the recent changes to the development branch of OpenQBMM.
User’s guide
We are happy to welcome Ehsan Askari Mahvelati, from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of the University of Sherbrook, in our research group. Ehsan is joining us for a two-month stay to collaborate on OpenQBMM applied to bioreactors.
Visiting student working on OpenQBMM
The pre-print of our paper “An open-source quadrature-based population balance solver for OpenFOAM”, on population balance modeling with OpenQBMM is available on HAL. Please, find it at this link https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01481110.
Preprint of paper on population balance modeling with OpenQBMM
The OpenQBMM live distribution provides rapid access to OpenQBMM, without requiring to build the per-requisites of the code, and, eventually, without installing a Linux distribution. It is ideal for learning about OpenQBMM, and for training purposes. Several formats are available, as illustrated in the dedicated page. The images are created with SUSE Studio, and are […]
OpenQBMM live distribution
Windows 10 (Anniversary update or following) users can now run OpenFOAM and OpenQBMM. The steps to follow are simple: Install WSL as explained here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about Start Ubuntu for Windows Add the repository for OpenFOAM provided by the OpenFOAM foundation sudo add-apt-repository http://dl.openfoam.org/ubuntu sudo sh -c “wget -O – http://dl.openfoam.org/gpg.key | apt-key add -“ Refresh the […]
Run OpenQBMM on Windows 10
OpenQBMM 2.0.0 is now available! A list of the major changes follows. A general framework for the solution of evolution equations involving a distribution function was implemented (univariatePDFTransportModel). Turbulent mixing models: a new solver, mixingTransportFoam, is provided to solve turbulent mixing models using velocity fields obtained from RANS flows solvers. The following mixing models are […]
OpenQBMM 2.0.0
OpenQBMM will be presented at the 11th OpenFOAM Workshop on June 28th, 2016, in Guimarães, Portugal.