10.2. Alphabetical Listing of Keywords [F-O]

Table 10.2: Alphabetical Listing of Keywords [F-O]

Keyword

Definition

FAZE

Reactor Property

Specifies a fixed-phase constraint on the equilibrium calculation. Species that are initially in the gas phase will remain in the gas phase and species that are originally in a condensed phase (that is, bulk species) will remain in that condensed phase. If there is only one phase in the chemistry set, the phase constraint has no effect.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, phase equilibrium as well as composition equilibrium is determined.

Reactor Models

  • Chemical and Phase Equilibrium Calculations

FGM_EXPORT

Reactor Property

Write a Flamelet Generated Manifold file.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

--

Required when writing an FGM file

--

FGM_EXPORT

Keyword Usage

Optional.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion Flamelet Generator

FICA0

Inlet Property

The start of injection crank angle of the injection.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injection name

Required

--

FICA0 main -21.5

Crank angle

Required

degree

FICA0 main -21.5

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

FIDUR

Inlet Property

Duration of injection in number of crank angles of the injection.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injection name

Required

--

FIDUR main 7.5

Number of crank angle

Required

degree

FIDUR main 7.5

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

FIEQM

Reactor Property

Specify the eEQMqual-mass spray parcel formation option in the DI engine model. This option must be used together with the user-defined injection mass rate profile for the injection. By default, the spray parcels are formed and released at constant time interval; that is, the parcels might not have the same liquid mass if the injection rate profile is not constant. When the mass injection rate profile is uniform (that is, no user-profile is used), the spray parcels always contain the same liquid mass and are released at the same time interval.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injection name

Required.

--

FIEQM pilot 1

1

Required.

--

FIEQM pilot1 1

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Default: OFF, that is, the spray parcels are created at the same time interval.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

FILFY

Inlet Property

Initial liquid fuel component mass fraction of the injection

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injection name

Required

--

FILFY main decalin 0.5

Liquid component name

Required

--

FILFY main decalin 0.5

Mass fraction

Required

--

FILFY main decalin 0.5

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

FIMAS

Inlet Property

Total liquid mass of the injection.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injection name

Required

--

FIMAS main 0.055

Total injection mass

Required

g

FIMAS main 0.055

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

FINJP

Inlet Property

A piecewise-linear continuous profile can be used to describe a non-uniform injection rate profile. The piecewise profile should be given by a series of data points of normalized crank angle and injection rate pair. The normalized crank angle (CA) data must be arranged in ascending order from 0.0 to 1.0. The injection rate data are in arbitrary units and the direct injection (DI) engine model will rescale the injection rate data to match the total injection mass. By default, a uniform injection rate profile based on the total injection mass and the duration of injection is assumed.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injection name

Required

--

FINJP injection1 0.5 0.75

Crank angle

Required

--

FINJP injection1 0.5 0.75

Injection rate

Required

--

FINJP injection1 0.5 0.75

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

FINRD

Inlet Property

Number of divisions (rings) in the radial direction to be applied to the injection. The injection/spray is divided into parcels. The total number of parcels is determined by multiplying the number of divisions in the radial direction by the number of divisions in the time/injection direction.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injection name

Required

--

FINRD main 10

Number of divisions

Required

--

FINRD main 10

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

FINTL

Inlet Property

Number of divisions in the time/injection direction to be applied to the injection. The injection/spray is divided into parcels. The total number of parcels is determined by multiplying the number of divisions in the radial direction by the number of divisions in the time/injection direction.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injection name

Required

--

FINTL main 10

Number of divisions

Required

--

FINTL main 10

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

FITMP

Inlet Property

Initial liquid temperature of the injection.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injection name

Required

--

FITMP main 345.5

Liquid temperature

Required

K

FITMP main 345.5

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

FIXT

Reactor Property

Specifies a fixed-temperature boundary condition on the upper wall (only used for non-symmetric cartesian coordinates).

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Temperature

Optional, if a temperature is not specified, the value of the inlet gas temperature will be used (TINL)

K

FIXT 400

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, a zero temperature gradient is enforced if FIXT is omitted (adiabatic upper wall)

Reactor Models

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

FLAM

Reactor Property

Position and fixed-temperature value for calculating strained, lifted flames. In this case, the inlet gas velocity is calculated (rather than fixed) based on a fixed location of the flame front. The flame front location is specified by giving a location and value of a temperature (above the inlet temperature value) to fix at this position.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Flame position

Required

cm

FLAM 0.5700.

Temperature

Required

K

FLAM 0.5 700.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, no temperature is fixed in the calculation.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

FLINJ

Inlet Property

Assign an injection to an injector.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injection name

Required

--

FLINJ modelX pilot1

Injector name

Required

--

FLINJ

modelX pilot1

Keyword Usage

Reqired keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

FLRT

Inlet Property

The mass flow rate into the reactor for an optionally specified inlet stream. For Premixed Laminar Flame calculations, this is mass flux at the inlet (mass flow rate per area) and there is no option for inlet stream name.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Inlet stream name (Not valid for Premixed Laminar Flames)

Optional

If there is no stream name then the mass flow rate applies to the default or to all defined streams.

--

FLRT secondary_air 0.13

Mass flow rate or Mass flux (for Premixed Laminar Flames)

Required

g/sec

g/(cm2 ⋅ sec)

FLRT secondary_air 0.13

FLRT 0.04

Keyword Usage

PFRs and Monolith Reactors: Flow specification via one of VEL, VDOT, VDOTPRO SCCM SCCMPRO FLRT, or FPRO is required. PSRs and PaSRs: Optional keyword. If none of TAU, FLRT/FPRO, SCCM/SCCMPRO are specified or are nonzero, then a closed-system is assumed. FLRT/FPRO or SCCM/SCCMPRO is required for each INLET stream defined. Premixed Laminar Flames: Required keyword. Stagnation Flow CVD Reactors: FLRT / FPRO or SCCM / SCCMPRO or UINL is required for each inlet stream defined. Rotating Disk CVD Reactors: Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Honeycomb Monolith Reactor

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Plasma PFR

  • Plasma PSR

  • Multiphase PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

FLTB_FGM

Reactor Property

Specifies the name of the Flamelet Generation Manifold (FGM) file.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

FGM file name

Required when writing an FGM file

--

FLTB_FGM Diffusion_FGM.fla

Keyword Usage

Optional.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion Flamelet Generator

FLT_NPOINTS

Reactor Property

Species number of grid points in the progress-variable space.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of progress variable points

Required when writing FGM file

--

FLT_NPOINTS 50

Keyword Usage

Optional. The default value is 50.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

FLT_PVSPEC

Reactor Property

Species name and its mass-fraction weighting factor to be used in the calculation of the rate-of-progress variable when generating flamelet tables (for premixed flames).

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Species name

Required

--

FLT_PVSPEC CO21.2

Mass-fraction weighting factor

Required

--

FLT_PVSPEC CO2 1.2

Keyword Usage

Required keyword when generating flamelet table.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

FLTB

Output

Export one-dimensional flamelet tables in the standard flamelet format to the specified file. The file will be created in the working directory.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Flamelet table filename

Required

--

FLTB flamelet.txt

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, no flamelet table is exported. The name of the flamelet table file generated is FileName_1.FileExt (where FileName is the user-provided name; FileName= flamelet and FileExt=txt in the example given here.) When continuations are used, the filename is appended with "_n" where n is the continuation number+1 . For extinction studies, the flamelet files are generated based on input "Step Interval for Saving (EXT_SAVEINT)". Thus, " _n" in the flamelet filename generated in the extinction study indicates the (total steps/EXT_SAVEINT).

Reactor Models

  • - Opposed-flow Flame Simulator

FLUX

Reactor Property

This keyword indicates that a flux balance will determine the mass fractions of the species at the inlet (rather than a fixed composition). If FLUX is specified, the REAC keywords are used to determine the convective mass flux in, which is balanced against diffusive fluxes to dynamically determine the inlet gas composition. See Equation 15–21 of the Chemkin Theory Manual .

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, a flux balance is solved at the inlet. See also COMP.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

FLXB

Reactor Property

Use extrapolation to obtain species mass fractions at the outflow (or hot) boundary. By default, PREMIX assumes all species have zero mass fraction gradients at the outflow boundary. However, for pollutant species such as NO, their concentrations are still growing in the post flame region so that their mass fraction profiles have positive gradients at the outflow boundary. The extrapolation boundary condition provides a proper outflow treatment when mass fraction gradients are not zero at the outflow boundary.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, zero mass fraction gradient is used as outflow boundary condition

Reactor Models

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

FPRO

Inlet Property Profiles

Used to specify a transient profile or function of mass flow rate vs. time for an inlet stream. The profile specified will be interpolated linearly from the FPRO points provided.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Inlet stream name

Optional

If there is no stream name then the reactant and mole fraction apply to all streams.

--

FPRO purge 0.19 29.0

Time

Required

sec (cm for flow reactors)

FPRO 0.1929.0

Flow rate

Required

g/sec

FPRO 0.19 29.0

Keyword Usage

PFRs and Monolith Reactors: Flow specification via one of VEL, VDOT, VDOTPRO SCCM SCCMPRO FLRT, or FPRO is required. PSRs and PaSRs: Optional keyword. If none of TAU, FLRT / FPRO, SCCM / SCCMPRO are specified or are nonzero, then a closed-system is assumed. FLRT / FPRO or SCCM / SCCMPRO is required for each INLET stream defined. Premixed Laminar Flames: Required keyword. Stagnation Flow CVD Reactors: FLRT / FPRO or SCCM / SCCMPRO or UINL is required for each inlet stream defined. Rotating Disk CVD Reactors: Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Honeycomb Monolith Reactor.

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Plasma PFR

  • Plasma PSR

  • Multiphase PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor (PFR)

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

FREE

Reactor Property

Specifies that the equilibrium species composition will be calculated. See also FROZ.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the composition will be calculated.

Reactor Models

  • Chemical and Phase Equilibrium Calculations

FREE

Reactor Property

Specifies the problem type, which will be to solve for a freely propagating flame to determine flame speed.

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

Notes

  • The problem-type can be changed for a restart run. See also BURN.

FROZ

Reactor Property

Specifies that species composition will be frozen or fixed during the equilibrium calculation. See also FREE.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the composition will be calculated.

Reactor Models

  • Chemical and Phase Equilibrium Calculations

FUEL

Inlet or Reactor Property

Defines the fuel mole fraction composition for an inlet stream in an open system or for the initial conditions in a closed system, when an equivalence ratio is specified ( EQUI). It must be followed by a species name and then the mole fraction. One of these FUEL inputs must appear for each fuel species, which are used to determine the inlet composition based on an equivalence-ratio calculation. Any given species can participate simultaneously as a fuel, oxidizer, or product. The sum of all the fuel mole fractions should equal one. If it does not, a warning message will be printed and the mole fractions will be normalized so the sum does equal one.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Inlet stream name (PSRs only)

Optional

If there is no stream name than the fuel mole fraction compassion applies to the default or all defined streams.

--

FUEL mixture1 C2H2 0.5

Species name

Required

--

FUEL C2H20.5

Fuel fraction

Required

mole fractions

FUEL C2H2 0.5

Keyword Usage

Required keyword when EQUI option is used for an inlet stream or for the initial conditions in a reactor.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Honeycomb Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

Notes

  • The mole fractions are of the fuel itself, not for the entire composition.

  • The FUEL keywords must be changed as a set, not individually for a restart run.

  • The FUEL keywords must be changed as a set, not individually for continuation run.

FVCP

Reactor Property

Specify the piecewise linear profile of the friction velocity coefficient when the wall-function heat transfer correlation is used to compute wall heat loss rate. Note that Chemkin requires the friction velocity to be given in cm/sec. Although the friction velocity coefficient f should be dimensionless, users should scale its value to convert the units of the friction velocity to cm/sec. For more information about this heat transfer correlation, see the Chemkin Theory Manual .

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Crank angle

Required

degree

FVCP -120.2 10.0

Friction velocity coefficient

Required

--

FVCP -120.2 10.0

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Simulator

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

GASW

Reactor Property

Estimated gas-phase mole fractions at the wall boundaries, which may be helpful to aid in convergence. The sum of all the GASW values should equal one. However, if they do not, a cautionary message will be printed and the mole fractions will be normalized so the sum does equal one. The actual gas mole fractions at each wall at the initial condition of the boundary-layer calculation will be calculated via the Twopnt procedure (unless the NOTP keyword appears).

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Gas species name

Required

--

GASW SIH21.0E-4

Mole fraction of gas species

Required

mole fractions

GASW SIH2 1.0E-4

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, values given by the REAC keyword will be used.

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

GDOT

Reactor Property

This keyword may be used to specify explicitly the net surface production rates of gas-phase species at the substrate, instead of using Surface Kinetics. In order to use this option, the Surface Kinetics input file must be empty, which means that the number of surface reactions, surface site species and bulk species must all be zero in the Surface Kinetics input file.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Species name

Required

--

GDOT H -1.3E-7

Net surface production rate

Required

mole/cm2sec

GDOT H -1.3E-7

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the net surface production rate is 0.0.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

GEN

Output

Controls the printing of general information about the chemistry set. It also controls the printing of summary tables about the reaction thermodynamics. The ALL option produces all of the general information tables. NONE will suppress this output. If only GEN is given on the input line, ALL is assumed (the default). The GEN information is printed by default unless explicitly turned off.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

ALL option

Optional

--

GEN ALL

NONE option

Optional

--

GEN NONE

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the table output is determined by the ALL or NONE keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Mechanism Analyzer

GFAC

Reactor Property

This keyword specifies that the rates of all gas-phase reactions will be multiplied (scaled) by the factor GFAC. This option is sometimes useful if convergence difficulties are encountered due to unusually large reaction rates. Using GFAC, the problem can first be first solved with artificially reduced reaction rates, which then can be increased in subsequent continuations or restarts until GFAC is one. In addition, setting GFAC and SFAC to zero for a perfectly stirred reactor simulation, enables the Non-reactive Gas Mixer Reactor Model.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Multiplier value

Required

--

GFAC 2.0

Reactor number (PSR clusters only)

Optional

If no number is given, values are assumed to apply to all reactors in a cluster.

--

GFAC 2.0 1

Keyword Usage

General: Optional keyword. By default, the multiplier value is set to 1.0.

Non-reactive Mixer: Required keyword, must be set to 0.0 to enable this Reactor Model.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Honeycomb Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

GMHTC

Reactor Property

The reactor wall temperature will be obtained by solving energy conservation equation for the reactor wall. It uses the heat transfer coefficient between the inner wall surface and the gas mixture inside the reactor specified by GMHTC. The initial wall temperature is the surface temperature. When this option is used, all the external heat fluxes, that is, heat loss to the environment and heat exchange between the reactors in a network, are applied to the wall energy equation instead of the gas phase energy equation. The heat generated by the surface reactions will also be included in the wall energy equation.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Material name

Optional.

If no material is specified, the same value will be used for all materials.

--

GMHTC material10.1

Heat transfer coefficient

Required

cal/(cm2-K-sec)

GMHTC 0.1

Reactor number (PSR clusters only)

Optional.

If no number is given, the keyword is assumed to apply to all reactors in a cluster.

--

GMHTC material1 0.1 1

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. This keyword must be used with MMASS . By default, the wall energy equation will not be solved and the reactor wall temperature is equal to the gas temperature in the reactor unless the surface temperature is specified.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Honeycomb Monolith Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

GRAD

Reactor Property

Parameter that controls the degree of mesh adaptation based on the maximum first derivative, or gradient in the solution. A reasonable value is usually between about 0.1 and 1.0, where no adaptation based on gradient is specified with 1.0.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Gradient of mesh adaptation

Required

--

GRAD 0.5

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the gradient is set to 0.1.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

Notes

GRAV

Reactor Property

The value of the acceleration of gravity. The buoyancy term can only be included in the boundary-layer equations if gravity acts parallel to the principal flow direction. Thus, GRAV 980 may be used to describe flow vertically upward, or GRAV -980 for flow downward. Omitting this keyword neglects the buoyancy term.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Acceleration of gravity

Required

cm/sec2

GRAV -980

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the acceleration of gravity.is zero.

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

GRID

Reactor Property Profiles

Specifies a point on an initial grid. Up to NTOT of these GRID inputs can be included. Each GRID entry contains the spatial coordinate of a mesh point. The GRID keywords are a grouped list and the grid coordinates must appear in ascending order.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

mesh point coordinate

Required

cm

GRID 0.0

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. If no GRID keywords are included, the grid will have equally spaced grid points based on the value of NPTS.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

GRXN

Output

Prints out a table of reaction rates and other pertinent information for each gas-phase reaction. The ALL option is the default and produces tables for every gas-phase reaction. The NONE option suppresses output for all of the reactions. If reaction information is desired for only certain reactions, they may be optionally specified by their number (given in the Pre-processor output) or by typing an exact duplicate of the reaction expression (see example input).

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

ALL option

Optional, default is ALL

--

GRXN ALL

NONE option

Optional, default is ALL

--

GRXN NONE

Gas reaction number list

Optional, default is ALL

--

GRXN 2 5

Gas reaction expression

Optional, default is ALL

--

GRXN CH4+H<=>CH3+H2

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the table output is determined by the ALL or NONE keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Mechanism Analyzer

GTHB

Output

Create an extra table of the reaction rates for those reactions that involve third bodies. This option employs the bath-gas composition (specified by the XBTH keyword) to yield effective reaction rates. The ALL option is the default and produces tables for every gas-phase reaction. The NONE option suppresses output for all of the reactions. If reaction information is desired for only certain reactions, they may be optionally specified by their number (given in the Pre-processor output) or by typing an exact duplicate of the reaction expression (see example input).

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

ALL option

Optional, default is ALL

--

GTHB ALL

NONE option

Optional, default is ALL

--

GTHB NONE

Gas reaction number list

Optional, default is ALL

--

GTHB 2 5

Gas reaction expression

Optional, default is ALL

--

GTHB 2H+M<=>H2+M

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the table output is determined by the ALL or NONE keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Mechanism Analyzer

GVEL

Reactor Property

Activate the Woschni correlation for the average cylinder gas velocity. This keyword can only be used in conjunction with the ICHT keyword. Internal Combustion Engine Model of the Chemkin Theory Manual .

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

C 11 in the average gas velocity correlation

Required

--

GVEL 2.28 0.308 0.324 0

C 12 parameter in the Woschni correlation

Required

cm/(sec ⋅ K)

GVEL 2.28 0.308 0.324 0

C 2 parameter in the Woschni correlation

Required

 

GVEL 2.28 0.308 0.324 0

Ratio of swirl velocity to mean piston speed

Required

--

GVEL 2.28 0.308 0.324 0

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the setting is GVEL 1 0 0 0.

Reactor Models

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

HIMP

Reactor Property

Use the Huber correlation to calculate the characteristic gas velocity used by the Woschni heat transfer coefficient formulation.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

IMEP

Required

atm

HIMP 10

Keyword Usage

This keyword is optional and works when the Woschni heat transfer formulations (ICHT, ICHX, and ICHW) and the Woschni gas velocity correlation (GVEL) are also in use.

Reactor Models

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Engine

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

HITE

Reactor Property

The channel height (for cartesian coordinates), or the reactor radius ( cylindrical coordinates), or distance between the channel wall and the symmetry line for a symmetric planar channel.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Channel height or radius

Required

cm

HITE 2.0

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

H0

Solver

The initial distance step size used by the transient solver.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Initial time step size

Required

cm

H0 1.0E-4

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the initial time step size is set to 1.0E-6.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

HP

Problem Type

Constant pressure and enthalpy constraints.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. Exactly one problem type keyword must be included.

Reactor Models

  • Chemical and Phase Equilibrium Calculations

Notes

  • PH keyword is equivalent.

HSEN

Output

Calculate the first-order, heat-of-formation sensitivity coefficients (that is, with respect to the gas-phase and surface species heats of formation) for species fractions and for other dependent variables in the system. Sensitivity results will be included in the XML Solution File.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

String indicating for which variables sensitivity coefficients will be saved or printed. The string is a space-delimited list containing species names and any one of the following: ALL, AVEL, RVEL, CVEL, FLRT, or TEMP (see Notes)

Optional

If no string is given, then ALL is assumed.

--

HSEN OH

HSEN TEMP

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, no sensitivity coefficients are computed or printed.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

Notes

  • This keyword can be added but not removed from a continuation or restart run

  • See also EPSS, EPSG, EPST, SENG, and HSEN for other sensitivity options

The optional parameter strings are defined as follows:

  • ALL: all species and all other dependent variables in the solution

  • AVEL: axial velocity (Plug Flow, Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flames, Rotating Disk, and Stagnation Flow CVD Reactors only)

  • CVEL: circumferential velocity (Rotating Disk and Stagnation Flow CVD Reactors only)

  • RVEL: radial velocity (Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flames, Rotating Disk, and Stagnation Flow CVD Reactors only)

  • FLRT: mass flow rate (Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation only)

  • TEMP: gas temperature

HSWC

Reactor Property

Specifies the crank angle when the entire wall heat loss will be switched from the unburned zone to the burned zone. HSWM , HSWT , and HSWC are mutually exclusive.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Crank angle

Required

degree

HSWC -0.4

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

HSWT

Reactor Property

Specifies the burned mass fraction value at which the entire wall heat loss will be switched from the unburned zone to the burned zone. HSWM , HSWT , and HSWC are mutually exclusive.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Temperature

Required

K

HSWM 0.05

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

HSWM

Reactor Property

Specifies the burned mass fraction value at which the entire wall heat loss will be switched from the unburned zone to the burned zone. HSWM , HSWT , and HSWC are mutually exclusive.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Burned mass fraction

Required

--

HSWM 973.15

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

HTC

Reactor Property

The overall, per-area, heat-transfer coefficient for convective or conductive heat transfer out of the system. This keyword is only relevant when the energy equation is being solved.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Material name

Optional.

If no material is specified, the same value will be used for all materials.

--

HTC material1 1.E-4

Heat transfer coefficient

Required

cal/(cm2 -K-sec)

HTC material1 1.E-4

Reactor number (PSR clusters only)

Optional.

If no number is given, the keyword is assumed to apply to all reactors in a cluster.

--

HTC material1 1.E-4 1

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. This keyword must be used with TAMB. By default, the heat loss from the reactor will be zero. See also QLOS and QPRO .

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Honeycomb Monolith Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Engine

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

HTCPRO

Reactor Property Profiles

The profile of the overall heat transfer coefficient for convective or conductive heat transfer out of the system. Each HTCPRO entry represents a point in a piecewise-linear profile. The keyword is only relevant when the energy equation is being solved.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Time or Distance value (depending on Reactor Model)

Required

sec or cm

HTCPRO 5.0E-5 2.0

Heat transfer coefficient per area

Required

cal/cm2-K-sec

HTCPRO 5.0E-5 2.0

Reactor number (PSR clusters only)

Optional

If no number is given, the profile described by the first two values is assumed to apply to all reactors in a cluster.

--

HTCPRO 5.0E-5 2.0 1

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, there is no heat loss from the reactor. See also HTC, QLOS, HTRN, and QFUN.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Honeycomb Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Engine

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

HTRN

Reactor Property

The heat transfer coefficient and ambient temperature for specification of the heat loss from the reactor along the external surface area, at an optionally specified surface material. This keyword is only relevant when the energy equation is being solved.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Material name (0-D and Plug Flow systems only)

Optional

If no material is specified, the same value will be used for all materials.

--

HTRN material1 1.E-4 298

Heat transfer coefficient

Required

cal/(cm2⋅ K ⋅ sec)

HTRN 1.E-4 298

HTRN 1.E-4

Ambient temperature (0-D and Plug Flow systems only)

Required

K

HTRN 1.E-4 298

Reactor number (PSR clusters only)

Optional

If no number is given, the keyword is assumed to apply to all reactors in a cluster.

--

HTRN material1 1.E-4 298 1

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the heat loss from the reactor will be zero. See also QLOS and QPRO.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Honeycomb Reactor

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

ICHF

Inlet Property

Use the wall function heat transfer correlation to compute the wall heat loss rate for the internal-combustion engine models. For more information about this heat transfer correlation, see the Chemkin Theory Manual .

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Dimenstionless temperature inside tubulent thermal boundary layer

Required.

--

ICHF 100.0 0.125 400.00

Exponent of the viscosity ratio

Required

--

ICHF 100.0 0.125 400.0

Wall temperature

Required

K

ICHF 100.0 0.125 400.0

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Simulator

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

ICHH

Reactor Property

Use the Hohenberg formulation to calculate cylinder wall heat transfer coefficient.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

parameter_a

Required

--

ICHH 130.0 -0.06 0.8 -0.4 1.4 400.0

parameter_b

Required

--

ICHH 130.0 -0.06 0.8 -0.4 1.4 400.0

parameter_c

Required

--

ICHH 130.0 -0.06 0.8 -0.4 1.4 400.0

parameter_d

Required

--

ICHH 130.0 -0.06 0.8 -0.4 1.4 400.0

parameter_e

Required

m/s

ICHH 130.0 -0.06 0.8 -0.4 1.4 400.0

ambient_temperature

Required

K

ICHH 130.0 -0.06 0.8 -0.4 1.4 400.0

Keyword Usage

This keyword is optional and works with IC engine models only. All IC engine heat transfer coefficient options (ICHT, ICHX, ICHW, ICHH, HTC, HTCPRO, and QFUN) are mutually exclusive.

Default: the Hohenberg heat transfer coefficient formulation is NOT used.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Honeycomb Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Engine

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

ICEN

Reactor Property

The transient internal combustion (IC) HCCI engine model will be implemented. The solution will be obtained with the volume as a function of time, where the function of time is determined by an engine model that defines the volume as a function of user-specified engine parameters. The equations solved are those of a specified volume function of time, but the user does not need to provide a subroutine or volume vs. time profile for this calculation. This problem type is only allowed for closed (zero flow-rate) systems.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, a constant pressure, constant volume, steady-state problem is assumed.

Reactor Models

  • IC HCCI Engine

Notes

ICHT

Reactor Property

Convective heat transfer correlation for the transient IC HCCI Engine model, using the following generalized convective heat transfer correlation: . Where is the Nusselt number for heat transfer, is the Reynolds number, and is the Prandtl number. For more information on the usage of these parameters, see Internal Combustion Engine Model of the Chemkin Theory Manual .

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

The value a in heat transfer correlation

Required

dimensionless

ICHT .035.5 .33 10. 350.

The value b in heat transfer correlation

Required

dimensionless

ICHT .035 .5.33 100 350.

The value c in heat transfer correlation

Required

dimensionless

ICHT .035 .5 .33 10. 350.

Bore diameter

Required

cm

ICHT .0350.5 .33 10. 350.

Wall temperature

Required

K

ICHT .035 .5 .33 10. 350.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, an adiabatic (zero heat loss) condition is assumed. See also GVEL for Woschni correlation extensions.

Reactor Models

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

ICHW

Reactor Property

Use the dimensional Woschni formulation to calculate cylinder wall heat transfer coefficient.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

parameter_a

Required

--

ICHW 3.26 0.8 -0.53 400.0

parameter_b

Required

--

ICHW 3.26 0.8 -0.53 400.0

parameter_c

Required

--

ICHW 3.26 0.8 -0.53 400.0

ambient_temperature

Required

K

ICHW 3.26 0.8 -0.53 400.0

Keyword Usage

This keyword is optional and works with IC engine models only. All IC engine heat transfer coefficient options (ICHT, ICHX, ICHW, ICHH, HTC, HTCPRO, and QFUN) are mutually exclusive. By default, the dimensional Woschni heat transfer coefficient formulation is NOT used.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Honeycomb Reactor

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

ICRD

Reactor Model or Reactor Property

Flag to specify coordinate system, which determines the Reactor Model and symmetry assumptions for shear-layer flow.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Coordinate flag indicating Planar Shear Flow Reactor, with, non-symmetric boundary conditions

Required

--

ICRD PLAN

Coordinate flag indicating Planar Shear Flow Reactor, assuming symmetry with respect to the center axis

Required

--

ICRD SYMC

Coordinate flag indicating Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor, using radial coordinates

Required

--

ICRD RAD

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

Notes

  • Only one-half of the physical domain is used for the radial or symmetric channel case, and the lower boundary is the symmetry line

IEM

Reactor Property

Flag indicating that the interaction-by-exchange-with-the-mean (IEM) model will be used to simulate the molecular mixing within the computational particle.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, a well mixed model is assumed.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

IGRIDMETHOD_n

Reactor Property

Choice for the initial grid profile. Integer n can be 1, 2, or 3 and mean uniform grid, biased grid, and read from an input file, respectively. In general, the uniform grid is not very useful and a biased grid should be used. The bias is created with respect to the location of the stoichiometric mixture fraction.

Keyword Usage

Required keyword. The default value is IGRIDMETHOD_2, indicating a biased grid.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion Flamelet Generator

INIT

Reactor Property

The initial gas mole fraction of the given species in the reactor for a transient simulation. There may be as many INIT lines as there are species in the problem.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Species name

Required

--

INIT N20.79

Gas fraction

Required

Mole fraction

INIT N2 0.79

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, if no INIT entries are made, the inlet gas properties will be used. When some INIT entries are present, species not explicitly entered are taken as having a mole fraction of 0.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Normal Incident Shock

  • Normal Reflected Shock

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

INJM

Reactor Property

Total mass flow rate of the injected gas. See Equation 15–5 of the Chemkin Theory Manual .

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Mass flow rate

Required

g/(cm2 ⋅ sec)

INJM 0.15

Keyword Usage

Required keyword when INJS is used; otherwise it is ignored.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

INJS

Reactor Property

Injection of gas species at a location along the axis of symmetry can be included using one or more INJS keywords. The injection is specified as a spatially distributed Gaussian source. INJM is the total mass flow, that is, the spatial integral of the mass flow function. This source term will be added to Equation 15–5 of the Chemkin Theory Manual . INJS specifies the species composition of the injected flow, in mole fractions.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Species name

Required

--

INJS H20.5

Species composition

Required

mole fractions

INJS H2 0.5

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, there is no mass injection along the flow axis.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

INJT

Reactor Property

Temperature of the injected gas.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Temperature

Required

K

INJT 300.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, no enthalpy is added to the energy equation with the injected gas. If INJS is not included, this keyword will be ignored.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

INJW

Reactor Property

Half-width of the Gaussian gas-injection source. See Equation 15–5 of the Chemkin Theory Manual .

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Half-width

Required

cm

INJW 0.07

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the width is 0.0. Keyword is ignored unless INJS is present.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

INJX

Reactor Property

Height above the disk which is the center of the Gaussian-shaped injection source. See Equation 15–5 of the Chemkin Theory Manual .

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Height

Required

cm

INJX 0.6

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the height is 0.0. Keyword is ignored unless INJS is present.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

INLET

Reactor Property

Specification of a reactor inlet stream. Specify an optional name for the stream and a reactor number. For each INLET stream defined, you must also specify the corresponding inlet temperature ( TINL), composition ( REAC), or set of EQUI / OXID / FUEL / CPROD / ADD ), and flow rate ( FLRT or SCCM).

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Inlet stream name

Required

--

INLET secondary_air2

Reactor number (PSR clusters only)

Optional

If no number is given, values are assumed to apply to all reactors in a cluster.

--

INLET secondary_air 2

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. If no streams are defined, the program will assume there is a single inlet for the first reactor in series or that the system is a single closed reactor (if FLRT, SCCM and TAU are not defined).

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Plasma PSR

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

Notes

  • This keyword can not be changed for a restart or continuation run.

INLT

Inlet Property

Temperature of the specific phase in the inlet stream.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

inlet stream name

Required

--

INLT C1_Inlet1 Gas 300.0 1.0

phase name

Required

--

INLT C1_Inlet1 urea 300.0

temperature of the specific phase

Required

K

INLT C1_Inlet1 urea 300.0

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default the inlet emperature is 300 K.

Reactor Models

  • Multiphase PSR Reactor

INLTPRO

Inlet Property

Temperature profile specified as a function of time of the specific phae in the inlet stream.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

inlet stream name

Required

--

INLTPRO C1_Inlet1 Gas 0.0 300.0

phase name

Required

--

INLTPRO C1_Inlet1 urea 0.0 300.0

time value

Required

sec

INLTPRO C1_Inlet1 urea 0.0 300.0

temperature of the specific phase

Required

K

INLTPRO C1_Inlet1 Gas 0.0 300.0

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default the inlet temperature is 300 K.

Reactor Models

  • Multiphase PSR Reactor

INTM

Reactor Property

The estimated peak mole fractions values for "intermediate" species. One of these INTM inputs should appear for each intermediate species desired. It is usually better to estimate values somewhat higher than those that are actually present in the flame. For example, INTM HO2 0.001 gives an estimate fraction of 0.001 for the intermediate HO2. Any given species can participate simultaneously as a reactant, intermediate, or product.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Species name

Required

--

INTM HO20.001

Estimated fraction

Required

mole fraction

INTM HO2 0.001

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the estimated fraction is set to 0 unless the user has set a minimum threshold to a non-zero value on the Reactor panel (see XIMN to set a non-zero threshold value).

Reactor Models

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

Notes

IONE

Reactor Property

Specified energy loss to ions in the sheath for each ion lost at a specified material. The energy that the ions gain in the sheath is specified in electron Volts. For example, "IONE material1 30" would result in an ion energy gain of 30 eV as it crossed the sheath near the material material1. This energy gain for the ions results in a reduced effective power deposition to the electrons (unless ELSH is also specified), as described in Electron Energy Equation for Plasma Systems of the Chemkin Theory Manual .

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Material name

Optional

If there is no material name than the specified energy loss applies to all materials.

--

IONE material1 30 1

Specified energy loss

Required

eV

IONE 30

Reactor number (PSR clusters only)

Optional

If no number is given, values are assumed to apply to all reactors in a cluster.

--

IONE material1 30 1

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the ion energy is determined by the ELSH keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

IPSR

XMLI

Use this keyword to specify which PSR to use for the initialization ( XMLI), when more than one PSR is stored on the XML Solution File that is used for initialization (i.e. on XMLdata.zip).

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

PSR number

Required

--

IPSR 2

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the last PSR saved in the XML Solution File is used.

Reactor Models

  • Chemical and Phase Equilibrium Calculations

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Honeycomb Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Mechanism Analyzer

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Normal Incident Shock

  • Normal Reflected Shock

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

IRET

Solver

Number of time steps to be taken in Twopnt’s pseudo time stepping algorithm before increasing the time step.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of time steps

Required

--

IRET 200

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the number of times steps is set to 25 or 50 depending on the Reactor Model (See Notes below).

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Plasma PSR

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

Notes

  • Default value is 25 for PSRs and 50 for all other reactors listed above.

ISHK

Problem Type

Inclusion of this keyword designates an incident shock problem without boundary layer correction.

Keyword Usage

Required keyword. Either ISHK or ISKB must be included to indicate a Normal Incident Shock problem type. See also RSHK.

Reactor Models

  • Normal Incident Shock

ISKB

Problem Type

Inclusion of this keyword designates an incident shock problem with boundary layer correction.

Keyword Usage

Required keyword. Either ISHK or ISKB must be included to indicate a Normal Incident Shock problem type. See also RSHK.

Reactor Models

  • Normal Incident Shock

ISTP

Solver

Specifies the number of initial pseudo time steps that are taken by the steady-state TWOPNT solver, prior to attempting a Newton iteration. Normally, the Newton iteration will be attempted first, with time steps invoked only if the Newton iteration fails. Nevertheless, there may be circumstances where initial time stepping is desirable. The time step size is specified with the TIM1 or TIM2 keyword. The ISTP keyword only applies to the first grid network, not the subsequently refined ones. If need to find a steady state solution via pure time integration, please refer to the TRAN option.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of initial time steps

Required

--

ISTP 100

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the number of initial time steps is set to 0.

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

JJRG

Restart

On continuations or restarts, the number of mesh points can be reduced. Twopnt itself does not remove grid points. Therefore, on a sequence of continuation problems the number of grid points can grow because the region where they are needed may change. JJRG thus provides a capability to remove grid points. The old solution is adaptively interpolated onto a new grid of JJRG points. When JJRG is added, its effect is carried over to the subsequent continuations, if any. Often this is not desired. To prevent its operation, JJRG can be set to a high value, such as the maximum number of grid-points. The reduction of grid points then does not happen since JJRG does not add grid-points.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of mesh points

Required

--

JJRG 40

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the number of grid points will be the same as in the previous solution.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

KLIM

Output

Calculate the ignition delay as the time when the fraction of the specified species reaches its maximum value. Only applicable when you are solving the energy equation with transient solver.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Species name

Required

--

KLIM OH

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. See also TIFP .

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Honeycomb Monolith Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

KMASS

Reactor Property

Mass transfer coefficient used to calculate rate of mass exchange between two phases involving gas-liquid or liquid-liquid. This optional keyword follows the line with VLE inputs. A separate KMASS is specified for the product phase and the reactant phase. The Model parameter specifies which mass transfer model to use. Parameters and units vary depending on specification of model.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Material name (reactant or product)

Required

--

KMASS/ o2(l) CONDL 1.0e-4 0.01/

KMASS/ o2 CONK 1.0e-3/

Model

Required

The model is specified by using one of these Model parameter keywords as the first parameter.

CONK: Constant value of mass transfer coefficient.

CONDL: Use two-film theory with (i) constant diffusivity and (ii) length scale.

CONDT: Use penetration theory with (i) constant diffusivity and (ii) time scale.

mass transfer coefficient: cm/s

diffusivity: cm2/s film thickness: cm contact time: s

KMASS/ o2(l) CONDL 1.0e-4 0.01/

KMASS/ o2 CONK 1.0e-3/

Model parameters

Required

For CONK, the mass transfer coefficient for that phase is specified by one value. Units are cm/s.

For two-film and penetration theories, diffusivity is the first parameter with units of cm2/s.

The last parameter is either film thickness (in cm) or contact time (in s).

K

KMASS/ o2(l) CONDL 1.0e-4 0.01/

KMASS/ o2 CONK 1.0e-3/

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the heat loss from the reactor will be zero. See also QLOS and QPRO.

Reactor Models

  • Multiphase Reactor

KNMN

Reactor Property

The minimum Knudsen number, above which the wall slip-velocity model will be used.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Minimum Knudsen number

Required

--

KNMN 10

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. It is relevant only when the slip velocity model is used. See also SLIP .

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

KOUT

Output

List of species names whose mass fractions will be printed to the diagnostic output file for Premixed or Opposed-flow Flames or to the history.plt file for PaSRs. A maximum number of 5 species can be included on a single line.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

List of species names

Required

--

KOUT H2 O2 H2O H OH

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, none of the species fractions are printed.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Closed Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

LGDT

Solver

Controls the time interval for data to be written to the XML Solution File (for example, XMLdata.zip) using a logarithmic time scale.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Logarithmic time-step

Required

ALOG10(sec)

LGDT 1.0

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. If neither DTSV nor LGDT are set, then the time step used is ending time minus the beginning time, divided by 100.

Reactor Models

  • Normal Incident Shock

  • Normal Reflected Shock

LINE

Reactor Property

An indicator that a linear profile is used for the initial gas species distribution along the reactor center line. For Opposed-flow Flames, the mole fractions vary linearly from one inlet to the other, with inlet values forming the end points. For transient CVD Reactors, the mole fractions vary linearly from the inlet values, specified by keyword REAC, to the INIT value at the surface.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, a plateau profile is used for Opposed-flow Flames ( PLAT). For transient CVD Reactors, the default initial gas species profiles are assumed axially uniform with mole fractions specified by INIT ; the keyword is ignored for steady-state CVD Reactor simulations.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

LMLM

Reactor Property/Model

Minimum amount of liquid mass to activate the vaporization model.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Minimum total liquid mass

Required

g

LMLM 1.0E-7

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. Default is 1.0E-8 g.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

LODR

Reactor Property

Piston offset to crank radius ratio.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Ratio of piston offset to crank radius.

Required

None

LODR 0.1

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. Default = 0.0.

Reactor Models

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Multi-zone HCCI Engine

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

Notes

  • The absolute value of LODR must be less than the value of LOLR minus 1.0:

    |LODR| < (LOLR - 1).

LOLR

Reactor Property

Ratio of the length of the engine connecting rod to the crank radius.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Connection rod to crank radius ratio

Required

--

LOLR 5.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, this ratio is 33.3.

Reactor Models

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

LPRT

Output

Printing control LPRT turns on extensive printing that provides information on rates of progress of individual surface reactions. This can be informative in understanding the surface reaction behavior.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, there is no extended printing of surface rate information.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

LSCL

Reactor Property

Sets the length scale (cm) for the calculation of gas and surface Damkohler numbers.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Length scale

Required

cm

LSCL 3.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the length scale is 1 cm.

Reactor Models

  • Mechanism Analyzer

LUMPTO

Reactor Property

This is an optional approach to species mass conservation closure. In this case, the selected species is assumed to be a diluent and its fraction is set to one minus the sum of all others

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Species name

Required

--

LUMPTO AR

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

MAJ

Reactor Property

Sets the "Major Species". This is only used to calculate an effective diffusion coefficient when non-dimensionalizing the reaction rate constants.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Species name

Optional

--

MAJ CH4

Species number

Optional

--

MAJ 1

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. The default is to use the gas species with the second largest mole fraction (from the XBTH input) in the bath-gas composition. If the gas-phase bath-gas composition is not specified, the default is to use the second species in the mechanism.

Reactor Models

  • Mechanism Analyzer

MASSFRAC

Reactor Property

Mass fraction of a bulk phase in the reactor. This specifies the overall composition of the reactor in terms of different bulk phases including gas, liquid, and solid.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Mass fraction of a bulk phase within the reactoR

Required

MASSFRAC Gas 0.6

MASSFRAC JjetFuel 0.4

Keyword Usage

This keyword is used to specify the composition of the entire reactor. Bulk phase name follows the keyword. "Gas" indicates the gas phase. The composition is normalized to 1 at the start of simulation.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MASSTRAN_CEOF

Reactor Property

User-specified mass transfer coefficient for the bulk phase. The same value applies to all phase exchange reactions given by the VLE keyword.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Use specified mass transfer coefficient for the bulk phase

Optional

--

MASSTRAN_CEOF jetFuel 1

Keyword Usage

This keyword indicates that the mass transfer coefficient value is provided as input. Bulk phase name and value follow the keyword.

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Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MASSTRAN_MECHANISM

Reactor Property

Use the mass transfer coefficient from the kinetics input file..

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Phase name

Required

--

MASSTRAN_MECHANISM GAS

Keyword Usage

This keyword indicates that the mass transfer coefficient value is provided as input. Bulk phase name and value follow the keyword.

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Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MASSTRAN_LEN

Reactor Property

Length scale when two-film theory is used to calculate mass transfer coefficient.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Length scale for the given bulk phase

Optional

cm

MASSTRAN_LEN Gas 0.01

Keyword Usage

his keyword indicates use of the mass transfer coefficient from the kinetics input file.

Bulk name must follow the keyword. The same method must be used specified for both the phases involved in the mass transfer process. "Gas" indicates the gas phase.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MASSTRAN_TAU

Reactor Property

Time scale when two-film theory is used to calculate mass transfer coefficient.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Time scale for the given bulk phase

Optional

cm

MASSTRAN_TAU Gas 0.01

Keyword Usage

This keyword is used when penetration theory is used to calculate mass transfer coefficient between gas-liquid and liquid-liquid bulk phases. Phase name follows the keyword. "Gas" indicates the gas phase.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MAXIT

Solver

Controls the maximum number of iterations the integrator solver can take per step to solve the transient problem. The default is 4 and you should increase this value to give the integrator greater chance to solve your problem if it is very hard to solve (stiff or very nonlinear or discontinuous) or if the run fails with a "nonlinear solver failed to converge repeatedly" message.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Iteration number

Required

--

MAXIT 10

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Partially Stirred Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Honeycomb Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Engine Simulator

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Multiphase PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

MAXTIME

Solver

The maximum number times the steady state solver TWOPNT will use its pseudo-time stepping algorithm. You may need to increase this value for very stiff problems to allow TWOPNT to find a solution by letting it switch between steady state searching and time stepping more than 100 times.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Maximum steady state iterations

Optional

--

MAXTIME 200

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the maximum number of time stepping operations is 100.

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

Notes

  • SSMAXITER must be >=1.

MCUT

Reactor Property

Minimum number of particles required to "switch on" the surface rate calculations (coagulation and surface reaction). The default value is 1 [particles/cm3 ].

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Material name

Required

--

MCUT C(B) 100

Cutoff number density

Required

particles/cm3

MCUT C(B) 100

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Honeycomb Monolith Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

MIX

Reactor Property

Use a mixture-average model for calculating the transport coefficients and diffusion fluxes.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, mixture-averaged transport is used.

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

MIX

Reactor Property

Flag indicating a mixing-only problem, where chemistry will be ignored.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. This is the default. See also CHEM and EQUI.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

MIXFRACBIAS_FUEL

Reactor Property

Bias factor for the grid on the fuel side, that is, between the mixture fraction equal to its stoichiometric mixture fraction and 1. A value greater than unity should be given and it means more grid points near the stoichiometric mixture fraction.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Bias factor for grid

Required for corresponding grid choice.

--

MIXFRACBIAS_FUEL 1.2

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion Flamelet Generator

MIXFRACBIAS_OXID

Reactor Property

Bias factor for the grid on the oxidizer side, that is, between the mixture fraction equal to its stoichiometric mixture fraction and 0. A value greater than unity should be given and it means more grid points near the stoichiometric mixture fraction.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Bias factor for grid

Required for corresponding grid choice.

--

MIXFRACBIAS_OXID 1.2

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion Flamelet Generator

MIXT

Reactor Property

The characteristic time of the mixing process in the reactor.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Characteristic time

Required

sec

MIXT 1.0E-3

Reactor Models

  • Closed Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

MLMT

Solver

Specifies the minimum value of gas mass in the zones. By default, the minimum zone mass is set to 10-6 g.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Value of the b parameter

Optional

--

MLMT 1.0E-5

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

MMASS

MMASS

The reactor wall temperature will be obtained by solving energy conservation equation for the reactor wall. It uses the thermal mass of the reactor wall and the heat transfer coefficient between the inner wall surface and the gas mixture inside the reactor. MMASS specifies the thermal mass of the reactor wall.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Material name

Optional. If no material is specified, the same value will be used for all materials.

--

MMASS material1 500

Thermal mass

Required

cal/K

MMASS 500

Reactor number (PSR clusters only)

Optional. If no number is given, the keyword is assumed to apply to all reactors in a cluster.

--

MMASS material1.500 1

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. This keyword must be used with GMHTC . For Plug Flow Reactors the unit of thermal mass is cal/(cm-K).

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Honeycomb Monolith Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

MOLFLRT

Inlet Property

Molar flow rate of the specific phase in the inlet stream.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

inlet stream name

Required

--

MOLFLRT C1_Inlet1 Gas 0.233

phase name

Required

--

MOFLRT C1_Inlet1 urea 0.0

molar flow rate of the specific phase

Required

mole/sec

MOLFLRT C1_Inlet1 urea 0.0

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default the inlet flow rate is zero.

Reactor Models

  • Multiphase PSR Reactor

MOLFLRTPRO

Inlet Property

Molar flow rate profile specified as a function of time of the specific phae in the inlet stream.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

inlet stream name

Required

--

MOLFLRTPRO C1_Inlet1 Gas 0.0 0.233

phase name

Required

--

MOLFLRTPRO C1_Inlet1 urea 0.0 0.0

time value

Required

--

MOLFLRTPRO C1_Inlet1 urea 0.0 0.0

molar flow rate of the specific phase

Required

mole/sec

MOLFLRTPRO C1_Inlet1 Gas 0.0 0.233

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default the inlet flow rate is zero.

Reactor Models

  • Multiphase PSR Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MOLEFRAC

Reactor Property

Mole fraction of a bulk phase in the reactor. This specifies the overall composition of the reactor in terms of different bulk phases including gas, liquid, and solid.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Mole fraction of a bulk phase within the reactor

Required

MOLEFRAC Gas 0.6

MOLEFRAC jetFuel 0.4

Keyword Usage

Required for multiphase systems. Two bulk phase names must follow the keyword indicating the bulks in contact. "Gas" indicates the gas phase. Default value of 0 is used for combination of bulks for which the area is not specified.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MOMEN

Reactor Property

Turn on or off solution of the momentum equation for a plug-flow simulation.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

String "ON" or "OFF" to toggle the momentum equation

Required

--

MOMEN ON

MOMEN OFF

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the momentum equation is solved (ON).

Reactor Models

  • Honeycomb Reactor

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plug Flow Reactor

MORD

Solver

Maximum order of integration used by the transient solver.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Maximum order of integration

Required

--

MORD 3

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the maximum order of integration is 5.

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

MQAFR

Reactor Property

The external heat transfer (heat loss) area fraction of each zone.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Area fraction

Required

--

MQAFR 0.15 4

Zone number

Required

--

MQAFR 0.15 4

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Engine Simulator

MSFX

Reactor Property

Use a new discretization scheme for convective flux terms. In some cases, the original discretization scheme might not conserve species fluxes across the flame zone. With this new scheme, species mass fluxes are always conserved. Since accurate mass fluxes require fine resolution of species profiles, this new scheme in general incurs more grid points and longer run time than the original scheme does. The differences between major species solutions obtained by these two schemes are subtle.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the original discretization scheme is used.

Reactor Models

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

MTDIFF_REFSPEC

Reactor Property

Reference species for calculating molecular diffusivity for a liquid phase.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Reference species for diffusivity calculation

Optional

--

MTDIFF_REFSPEC fetFuel nc12h26(l)

Keyword Usage

This keyword is used to specify reference liquid species for calculation of diffusivity. It is used for liquid-liquid and gas-liquid systems. The bulk phase name and species name follows the keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MTDIFF_SE

Reactor Property

Using Stokes-Einstein method for calculation of bulk phase diffusivity. It is used for mass transfer between gas-liquid and liquid-liquid phases.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Method for liquid bulk diffusivity calculation

Optional

--

MTDIFF_SE jetFuel

Keyword Usage

This keyword is used to specify the Stokes-Einstein method for calculation of diffusivity. The bulk phase name follows the keyword

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Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MTDIFF_TRANINP

Reactor Property

Using Wilke-Chang method for calculation of bulk phase diffusivity. It is used for mass transfer between gas-liquid and liquid-liquid phases.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Method for gas phase diffusivity calculation

Optional

--

MTDIFF_TRANINP Gas

Keyword Usage

This keyword is used to specify the use of transport data for calculation of gas diffusivitY.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MTDIFF_USER

Reactor Property

User specified diffusivity for the bulk phase.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Use specified diffusivity for the bulk phase

Required

--

MTDIFF_USER jetFuel 0.005

Keyword Usage

This keyword indicates that diffusivity value is provided as input. Bulk phase name and value follow the keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MTDIFF_WC

Reactor Property

Using Wilke-Chang method for calculation of bulk phase diffusivity. It is used for mass transfer between gas-liquid and liquid-liquid phases.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Method for liquid bulk diffusivity calculation

Optional

--

MTDIFF_WC jetFuel

Keyword Usage

This keyword is used to specify Wilke-Chang method for calculation of diffusivity. Bulk phase name follows the keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MTMODEL_FILM

Reactor Property

For using two-film theory for estimation of mass transfer coefficient between gas-liquid and liquid-liquid phases.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Model for estimation of mass transfer coefficient between phases

Optional

MTMODEL_FILM catalyst Gas 50.0

Keyword Usage

This keyword indicates use of the two-film theory for estimation of mass transfer coefficient. Bulk name must follow the keyword. The same method must be used specified for both the phases involved in the mass transfer process. "Gas" indicates the gas phase.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MTMODEL_PENET

Reactor Property

For using penetration theory for estimation of mass transfer coefficient between gas-liquid and liquid-liquid phases.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Model for estimation of mass transfer coefficient between phases

Optional

 

MTMODEL_PENET Gas

Keyword Usage

This keyword indicates use of the two-film theory for estimation of mass transfer coefficient. Bulk name must follow the keyword. The same method must be used specified for both the phases involved in the mass transfer process. "Gas" indicates the gas phase.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

MTMODEL_USER

Reactor Property

Use user-specified mass transfer coefficient.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Phase name

Required

--

MTMODEL_USERGAS

Keyword Usage

This keyword indicates use of user-specified mass transfer coefficient. Bulk name must follow the keyword. The same method must be used specified for both the phases involved in the mass transfer process. "Gas" indicates the gas phase.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Multiphase Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR Reactor

MULT

Reactor Property

Use full multicomponent model for the transport coefficients and diffusion fluxes. See also MIX.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, mixture-averaged transport is used.

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

MVFAC

Reactor Property/Model

Artificial scaling factor to modifiy the vaporization rates.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Scaling factor

Required

--

MVFAC 0.9

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. Default is 1.0.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

MXITS

Reactor Property/Model

The maximum number of iterations allowed to solve for the droplet surface temperature. This parameter is associated with the "Solve for Surface T" option of the vaporization model.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of iterations

Required

--

MXITS 100

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. Default is 50.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

MZMAS

Reactor Property

Specifies zone mass fractions. MZM will compute the exact zone volumes at the beginning of the simulation. Use either VOL or MZMAS to set up the initial zone volumes: An error will be issued if both keywords are used in the same input file.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

zone mass fraction

Required

 

MZMAS 0.2 7

zone number

Required

 

MZMAS 0.2 7

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Engine Simulator

NADAP

Solver

Turns off the saving of adaptive points (see ADAP, which is the default). NADAP is provided to turn off adaptive points during a con tin uta ti on run if they have already been turned on with ADAP.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, ADAP is the default in the Ansys Chemkin user interface and NADAP is the default for the command line.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Closed Homogeneous Reactor

  • Honeycomb Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine Model

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Engine Simulator

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

NADP

Reactor Property

Number of mesh points that Twopnt can add at one time during each grid refinement.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of mesh points

Required

--

NADP 2

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, no maximum is set for the number of points that can be added at once by the Twopnt solver.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

Notes

  • This keyword can not be changed on a continuation or restart run.

NCANG

Reactor Property

Run the simulation for 180 degrees of crank angle (0.5 revolution). If the "starting crank angle" (DEG0) is set to 180 degrees, the simulation will stop at crank angle = 360 (=180+180) degrees (that is, top dead center). Use one of TIME , NREV , or NCANG to set the simulation time. The last keyword (of the three) in the input file takes effect.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

number_of_crank_angles

Required

degrees

NCANG 180

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

NCFIT

Reactor Property

Optional number of time points used to determine the slope when used in conjunction with keyword CTOL.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of time points

Required

--

NCFIT 100

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. NCFIT is only used in conjunction with CTOL.

 

  • Closed Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

Notes

Default value is 100.

NDPR

Output or Solver

Frequency of output printing during time integration, given as the number of time steps.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Print frequency

Required

--

NDPR 50

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the print frequency is at every 1 time step.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

NEWRUN

Reactor Property

Inclusion of this keyword causes Ansys Chemkin to expect keywords for another problem to follow the END keyword. The following problem does not use the solution of the previous problem as its initial guess. This capability is quite different to that provided by CNTN . The solutions resulting from NEWRUN keywords are written sequentially to one XML Solution File.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, no new run is expected.

Reactor Models

  • Chemical and Phase Equilibrium Calculations

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Honeycomb Monolith Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Mechanism Analyzer

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Normal Incident Shock

  • Normal Reflected Shock

  • Partially Stirred Reactor

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor Using Transient Solver

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor Using Transient Solver

NINTGSTEPS

Reactor Property

The number of internal steps that the solver can take. When the integration time is too long and/or the system of equations is too stiff, the solver may take many internal time steps. This control acts as a check to avoid long, infinite, or hung processes. The simulator may take a corrective action (such as trying a few more steps or declare failure and/or provide diagnostic information).

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Maximum value of SSDR

Optional

--

NINTGSTEPS 10000

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. The default value for the Diffusion Flamelet Generator is 5000.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion Flamelet Generator

NJAC

Solver

For the steady-state Twopnt solver, specifies the maximum number of Newton steps that can be taken in solving the steady state problem before a new Jacobian is evaluated. If NJAC=1, then a full Newton method will result.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Retirement age

Required

--

NJAC 20

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the retirement age is set at 20.

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

NMOM

Reactor Property

Number of moments used in the simulation for tracking particle size distribution. MINMO(=3) ≤ NMOM ≤ MAXMO(=6). If NMOM = 6, then 6 moments of the size distribution function are solved, from the 0th moment to the 5th moment.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of moments

Required

--

NMOM 6

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. Default is the MINMO value.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Honeycomb Monolith Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

NO_SDOUTPUT_WRITE

Output

Do not write output data to a standard (ascii) print-out file.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, solution data will be written to an ascii output file.

Reactor Models

  • All

NO_XMLOUTPUT_WRITE

Output

Do not write output data to XML file. Note that the ANSYS CHEMKIN post-processor needs solution data in XML format.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, solution data will be written to XML file.

Reactor Models

  • All

NNEG

Solver

Flag instructing transient solver to try to constrain all components of the solution vector to be non-negative. This is usually unnecessary, but it may help to use this keyword if negative solution components appear to be causing problems in convergence.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the solution is not constrained and is not usually necessary.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Honeycomb Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Multiphase PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

Notes

  • NNEG can be added to but cannot be removed from a continuation run.

NOAGG

Reactor Property

Turns off particle aggregation effect. Particle aggregation is included by default in the Particle Tracking module.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Material name

Required

--

NOAGG SOOT

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Engine Simulator

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Plasma PSR

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

NOCG

Reactor Property

Exclude coagulation of particles.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Honeycomb Monolith Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

NOCH

Reactor Property

This keyword specifies that the rates of all gas-phase reactions will be set to zero, regardless of the values specified in the Gas-phase Kinetics input.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, gas chemistry is turned on. See also CHEM.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

NOFT

Solver or Reactor Property

For steady-state cases, when this keyword is specified and an energy equation is being solved, the intermediate solution at a fixed temperature will be skipped. In this case, solution to the energy and species equations will be attempted simultaneously from the user-specified initial guess.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the fixed temperature solution is obtained before adding the energy equation.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Plasma PSR

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

Notes

NOJC

Solver

Flag indicating the non-stiff Adams method (no Jacobian) of the DVODE solver is used to integrate the equations.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the DASPK solver will be used.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

NONE

Output

Turns default output off for all of Surftherm ’s tables. One can use this keyword in combination with another keyword below, to turn on output from only a few features. This keyword will also turn off all previously specified output from keywords given before it.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the ALL output will be printed.

Reactor Models

  • Mechanism Analyzer

NONR

Reactor Property

This keyword specifies that the non-reacting problem will not be solved as the first stage in the solution of the full problem.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the non-reacting problem is solved first.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

NOTP

Reactor Property

Exclude thermophoresis of particles.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Material name

Required

--

NOTP SOOT

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, thermophoresis of particles is excluded.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Opposed-flow Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

NOTP

Solver

Do not solve for the initial gas-phase and surface concentrations at the walls using the Twopnt procedure.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the initial Twopnt procedure is solved.

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

NPAR

Reactor Property

The number of statistical events (particles) used by the Monte Carlo process to form the stochastic ensemble.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of particles

Required

--

NPAR 1000

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

NP_FUEL

Reactor Property

Number of points on the fuel side, that is, between the mixture fraction equal to its stoichiometric mixture fraction and 1.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of grid points

Required for corresponding grid choice

--

NP_FUEL 11

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion Flamelet Generator

NP_OXID

Reactor Property

Number of points on the oxidizer side, that is, between the mixture fraction equal to its stoichiometric mixture fraction and 0.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of grid points

Required for corresponding grid choice

--

NP_OXID 11

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion Flamelet Generator

NPIN

Reactor Property

The minimum number of event particles in the reactor whose properties will be replaced by those of the inlet mixture per time step.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of particles

Required

--

NPIN 5

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the minimum number of the event particles is 2.

Reactor Models

  • Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR)

NPSR

Reactor Property

Number of perfectly stirred reactors (PSRs) or zones in a reactor cluster.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of reactors or zones

Required

--

NPSR 5

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the number of PSRs is set to 1.

 

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Plasma PSR

NPTS

Reactor Property

The number of initial mesh points. The inclusion of NPTS will generate an equi-spaced mesh of NPTS points across the domain, in the axial direction for Flames and CVD Reactors, and in the cross-flow direction for Shear Flow Reactors. The user can also specify an initial non-uniform mesh using the keyword GRID, in which case the NPTS input is not needed.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of mesh points

Required

--

NPTS 50

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the number of initial mesh points is set to 6.

Reactor Models

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

NREV

Reactor Property

The number of revolutions of the crank used to determine the end time of the simulation. Fractional values are acceptable.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of revolutions

Required

--

NREV 1

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. Either NREV or TIME must be specified.

Reactor Models

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

Notes

  • On a restart, the number of crank revolutions will be determined from the value of TIME.

NSOL

XMLI

Use this keyword to specify which solution to use for the initialization ( XMLI) or restart ( RSTR), when more than one solution is stored on the XML Solution File that is used for the restart or initialization (for example, on XMLdata.zip).

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Solution used

Required

--

NSOL 3

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the last solution saved in the XML Solution File.

Reactor Models

  • Chemical and Phase Equilibrium Calculations

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Closed Plasma Reactor

  • Cylindrical Shear Flow Reactor

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Honeycomb Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Mechanism Analyzer

  • Non-reactive Gas Mixer

  • Normal Incident Shock

  • Normal Reflected Shock

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor (PSR)

  • Planar Shear Flow Reactor

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

NSTEPS_HIGH

Reactor Property

Number of steps to be taken to reach the specified maximum value of SSDR (SSDR_max). The simulator somputes the new SSDR to be taken on a subsequent step as SSDR used in previous step + fixedStepSize where the fixedStepSize = (SSDR_max - SSDR_Nominal)/NSTEP_High. For example, if the specified nominal and maximum values are 1 and 21, respectively, then 5 steps will yield the constant size to be 4 and result in the sequence of SSDR values as {1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21}.

Continuations to the maximum value can be turned off by setting this input to 0.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of steps to maximum SSDR

Required

--

NSTEPS_HIGH 5

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion Flamelet Generator

NSTEPS_LOW

Reactor Property

Number of steps to be taken to reach the specified minimum value of SSDR. The simulator computes the new SSDR to be used on a subsequent step as a constantFactor * SSDR_Used_in_previous step. That is, NSTEP_LOW* log(constantFactor) = log(SSDR_min/SSDR_nominal). For example, if the specified nominal and minimum values are 1 and 0.001, respectively, then 3 steps will yield the constant factor to be 0.1 and result in the sequence of SSDR values as {1, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001}.

Continuations to the minimum value can be turned off by setting this input to 0.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of steps to maximum SSDR

Required

--

NSTEPS_HIGH 5

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion Flamelet Generator

NTOT

Reactor Property

Maximum number of grid points allowed during mesh adaptation.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of grid points

Required

--

NTOT 200

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. The default maximum number of grid points is 100 for: Rotating Disk CVD Reactor, Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor; 250 for Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame, Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame, Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation.

Reactor Models

  • Diffusion or Premixed Opposed-flow Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Burner-stabilized Flame

  • Premixed Laminar Flame-speed Calculation

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

  • Stagnation Flow CVD Reactor

Notes

  • This keyword can not be changed on a restart or continuation run.

  • In previous versions, NMAX keyword was used.

NZCDC

Inlet Property

Discharge coefficient of the injector.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injector name

Required

--

NZCDC modelX 0.68

Discharge coefficient

Required

--

NZCDC modelX 0.68

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

NZDIA

Inlet Property

Diameter of the nozzle hole of the injector.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injector name

Required

--

NZDIA modelX 0.037

Diameter

Required

--

NZDIA modelX 0.037

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

NZHOL

Inlet Property

Number of nozzle holes in the injector.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injector name

Required

--

NZHOL injector1 8

Number of holes

Required

--

NZHOL injector1 8

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

NZINJ

Inlet Property

Number of injections from the injector.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injector name

Required

--

NZINJ stock1 2

Number of injections

Required

--

NZINJ stock1 2

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

NZLDR

Inlet Property

Nozzle hole length to diameter ratio of the injector.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injector name

Required

--

NZLDR modelX 4.0

Length to diameter ratio

Required

--

NZLDR modelX 4.0

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

NZONE

Reactor Property

Specifies the number of zones to be used in the multi-zone simulation. This keyword MUST be used with the ICEN keyword or an error will be issued. The default value is 1 (= single zone model). The multi-zone model will be turned on when NZONE > 1.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Number of zones

Required

--

NZONE 5

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Engine Simulator

NZRDR

Inlet Property

Ratio of the radius of the inside rounded corner to the nozzle diameter of the injector.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injector name

Required

--

NZRDR injector1 0.06

Corner radius to diameter ratio

Required

--

NZRDR injector1 0.06

Keyword Usage

Required keyword.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

NZRWL

Inlet Property

The characteristic distance from the nozzle to the cylinder wall or the piston head. When the spray parcel penetration distance is greater than this value, the wall-impingement submodel will be activated. The wall-impingement model will adjust the speed and the average droplet diameter of the spray parcel. The model assumes all liquid mass will rebound back to the cylinder volume.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Injector name

Required

--

NZRWL injector1 6.0

Nozzle distance

Required

cm

NZRWL injector1 6.0

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. Default is 1.0E6.

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

OINL

Reactor Property

The inlet-gas spin rate. At the inlet , = OINL.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Inlet-gas spin rate

Required

rpm

OINL 100

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword. By default, the inlet-gas spin rate is 0.0.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

OMEG

Problem Type and Reactor Property

The disk rotation rate; also specifies the Rotating Disk CVD Reactor model.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Disk rotation rate

Required

rpm

OMEG 1000

Keyword Usage

Required keyword. See also STAG.

Reactor Models

  • Rotating Disk CVD Reactor

OPMV

Reactor Property

Specify the conventional opposed-piston movement.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword (required to turn on this option).

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Engine

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

OPOC

Reactor Property

Specify the opposed-piston opposed cylinder movement.

Keyword Usage

Optional keyword (required to turn on this option).

Reactor Models

  • Direct Injection Diesel Engine Simulator

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Multi-Zone HCCI Engine

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

OXID

Inlet or Reactor Property

Defines the oxidizer mole fraction composition for an inlet stream in an open system, or for the initial conditions in a closed system, when an equivalence ratio is specified ( EQUI). It must be followed by a species name and then the mole fraction. One of these OXID inputs must appear for each oxidizer species, which are used to determine the inlet composition based on an equivalence-ratio calculation ( EQUI). Any given species can participate simultaneously as a fuel, oxidizer, or product. The sum of all the oxidizer mole fractions should equal one. If it does not, a warning message will be printed and the mole fractions will be normalized so the sum does equal one.

Parameters

Optional/Reqd.

Units

Examples

Inlet stream name (PSRs only)

Optional

If there is no stream name than the oxidizer mole fraction composition applies to the default or all defined streams.

--

OXID mixture1 O2 0.5

Species name

Required

--

OXID O2 0.5

Fuel fraction

Required

mole fractions

OXID O2 0.5

Keyword Usage

Required keyword when EQUI option is used for an inlet stream or for the initial conditions in a reactor.

Reactor Models

  • Closed Homogeneous Batch Reactor

  • Honeycomb Reactor

  • IC HCCI Engine

  • Perfectly Stirred Reactor

  • Plasma Plug Flow Reactor

  • Plasma PSR

  • Plug Flow Reactor

  • SI Engine Zonal Simulator

Notes

  • The mole fractions are of the oxidizer itself, not for the entire composition.

  • The OXID keywords must be changed as a set, not individually for a restart run.

  • The OXID keywords must be changed as a set, not individually for continuation run.