InterCondensatingEvaporatingFoam Explained | OpenFOAM Condensation Simulation Tutorial

Full courses are available at : Udemy :https://www.udemy.com/course/multipha... Our Website: https://learn.navygatetechnologies.co... In this OpenFOAM tutorial, we explore interCondensatingEvaporatingFoam, a multiphase solver designed for simulating condensation and evaporation phenomena in incompressible, immiscible fluids. Unlike interPhaseChangeFoam, which relies on saturation pressure for phase change modeling, interCondensatingEvaporatingFoam uses saturation temperature and solves the energy equation, making it ideal for heat-transfer-driven phase change simulations. In this lecture, we compare the solver implementation with interPhaseChangeFoam, examine the governing equations, configure all required dictionaries, define thermophysical and phase-change properties, and set up a condensation simulation where water vapor condenses on a cold wall. We also investigate common setup mistakes, including timestep control issues, and visualize the resulting liquid accumulation and flow behavior. Topics covered: ✔ Understanding interCondensatingEvaporatingFoam ✔ Difference between pressure-driven and temperature-driven phase change ✔ Energy equation and temperature source terms ✔ Phase change properties configuration ✔ Thermophysical and transport properties setup ✔ Mesh scaling considerations for condensation problems ✔ Boundary condition setup for multiphase simulations ✔ Running and debugging OpenFOAM simulations ✔ Visualization of condensation and liquid accumulation ✔ Condensation around cooled objects This tutorial is ideal for CFD engineers, OpenFOAM users, researchers, and students interested in multiphase flow, heat transfer, and phase change modeling. Keywords: OpenFOAM, interCondensatingEvaporatingFoam, OpenFOAM condensation, OpenFOAM evaporation, phase change simulation, condensation simulation, evaporation simulation, OpenFOAM multiphase flow, CFD tutorial, OpenFOAM tutorial, heat transfer OpenFOAM, energy equation OpenFOAM, saturation temperature, phase change modeling, OpenFOAM heat transfer, condensation on cold wall, vapor condensation, liquid vapor simulation. Hastags: #OpenFOAM #CFD #ComputationalFluidDynamics #InterCondensatingEvaporatingFoam #Condensation #Evaporation #PhaseChange #HeatTransfer #MultiphaseFlow #OpenFOAMTutorial #CFDTutorial #EngineeringSimulation #ParaView #NumericalSimulation #VaporCondensation