user defined enthalpy and Cp
Altair EmployeeAll,
I am trying to write a user defined function for Cp and enthalpy, but I found the documentation a little confusing.
the enthalpy and Cp data i have is obtained from RefProp (NIST Reference Fluid Properties database) and attached to this post.
from heat transfer/Thermodynamics equations: deltaH = Cp(T) * deltaT. But, Acusolve's documentation states that for a user defined function, both enthalpy and Cp must be provided:
'acuSolve has no way of calculating the specific heat from the enthalpy, so both must be supplied by the user defined function' - from the Command Reference Manual.
from the file I attached, a Cp and H are provided at a given temperature. However, I do not know if I should just provide those values to Acusolve, or is there a relationship that i'm missing? I want to stay away from the phase change and address the latent heat issue later. For now, i want to focus on either all liquid or vapor analysis.
I come from a structural background, and my CFD skills are a little rusty. So far, I've been able to write user defined functions for density, viscosity, and conductivity, which are working. I have also been staying away from the phase change temperature, so the problems i've been running stay in the liquid phase. ultimately, I would like to address the phase change, but that is another problem for another day.
hopefully i was clear enough for somebody to help me.
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Altair EmployeeAcupro,
i considered that, unfortunately, I forgot to mention that I also have temperature dependent data at several pressures. The ultimate goal was to create a user defined functions to account for the pressure.
Ideally, I would like to use a user defined function that mimics a piecewise linear relationship, but uses different parameters for different pressures.
Altair EmployeeThere is an example of a UDF for specific heat in the Command Reference Manual - same chapter to which you referred earlier. In the element loop it defines both cp[elem] and outvec[elem] which would be the enthalpy. You may be able to use that as a guide. You may be better off contacting the support team for assistance.
Given that you have enthalpy as a function of temperature, you should be able to use piecewise linear enthalpy for the specific heat type rather than user function. The curve fit variable will be temperature.