Open Boundary

Use this condition to define a boundary as the limit between a moist air domain of the geometry and the rest of the same moist air domain that is not represented in the geometry.

This node can be applied on the exterior boundaries of a computational domain in which a Moist Air (MT Interface) node is active.

At the open boundary both inflow and outflow conditions are supported.

For an outgoing moist airflow across the boundary, it applies a zero diffusive flux condition:

(7-5)

For an incoming flow of velocity field u across the boundary, it accounts by default for the moisture flux induced by the flow rate through a Danckwerts condition on the vapor concentration:

Alternatively the open boundary condition can set a constraint on the vapor concentration for an incoming flow

(7-6)

Both conditions are based on the knowledge of the upstream moisture content (from the vapor concentration or the relative humidity and the temperature) at the outer boundary of the virtual domain, but the first one should be preferred to account for the feedback of the model moisture sources and moisture constraints on the inlet moisture profile.

Upstream Properties

When is set to in the list, set both the

and the Tustr from which the upstream vapor concentration can be defined:

For , enter values or expressions. Else, select any available input (like defined in an node under ).

Alternatively, choose in the list, and set directly a value or expression for the custr.

Inflow condition

Unfold this section to change the inflow condition:

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The condition (default) prescribes the flux defined from the upstream vapor concentration and the fluid velocity at the boundary. Using this condition, the moisture condition is not strictly enforced at the inlet. Instead a flux is set on this boundary. The higher the flow rate, the smallest difference between the inlet vapor concentration and upstream vapor concentration.

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The option enforces the upstream vapor concentration on the boundary.


	Evaporative Cooling of Water: Application Library path Heat_Transfer_Module/Phase_Change/evaporative_cooling

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