The Vapor Flow Multiphysics Interfaces
The Vapor Flow multiphysics interfaces are predefined multiphysics interfaces that couple fluid flow with mass transport in vapor mixtures. The interfaces require a license for the Chemical Reaction Engineering Module. When also licensed to the CFD Module the functionality is extended with interfaces for modeling turbulent flow.
Selecting a Vapor Flow multiphysics interface under the Chemical Species Transport>Vapor Flow branch of the Model Wizard, a Fluid Flow interface and a Transport of Concentrated Species in Vapor interface are added to the Model Builder. In addition, the Multiphysics node is added, which includes the multiphysics coupling feature Reacting Flow. The Reacting Flow feature predefines and controls the couplings between the separate interfaces in order to facilitate easy set up of models. See the The Vapor Flow Multiphysics Interfaces in the Chemical Reaction Engineering Module User’s Guide for more information on the included interfaces.
The The Transport of Concentrated Species in Vapor Interface (in the Chemical Reaction Engineering Module User’s Guide) includes three dedicated boundary features for vapor transfer. The Vapor Inflow feature can be used to prescribe inflow conditions resulting from an upstream system involving a liquid. The Vapor–Liquid Interface feature ca n be used to model condensation and evaporation to or from a gas mixture in contact with a liquid. In the case of a liquid with multiple components, the Vapor–Liquid-Mixture Interface can be used to also model the composition in the liquid.