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1 Pressure-Based Solver
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"decoupled" or "segregated" from other equations, hence its name. The segregated algorithm is memoryefficient, since the discretized equations need only be stored in the memory one at a time. However, the solution convergence is relatively slow, inasmuch as the equations are solved in a decoupled manner. With the segregated algorithm, each iteration consists of the steps illustrated in Figure 25.1.1 and outlined below: 1. Update fluid properties (e,g, density, viscosity, specific heat) including turbulent viscosity (diffusivity) based on the current solution. 2. Solve the momentum equations, one after another, using the recently updated values of pressure and face mass fluxes. 3. Solve the pressure correction equation using the recently obtained velocity field and the mass-flux. 4. Correct face mass fluxes, pressure, and the velocity field using the pressure correction obtained from Step 3. 5. Solve the equations for additional scalars, if any, such as turbulent quantities, energy, species, and radiation intensity using the current values of the solution variables. 6. Update the source terms arising from the interactions among different phases (e.g., source term for the
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carrier phase due to discrete particles). 7. Check for the convergence of the equations. These steps are continued until the convergence criteria are met.
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algorithm).
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