Hello! Could anyone offer any advice please?

Hello,

I'm new to the forum and new to CFD.

I love the concept of open source, having built arduino projects for years (most recently a Rostock Delta 3D printer) its clear to see the power of free collective contribution.

Having only just come across CAE linux, its only just dawned on me how awesome that can be!
So Thank you to anyone involved in this project or any of the software within it, its truly awesome!
Hopefully one day I will be in a position to contribute.

I'm a post graduate student studying renewable energy and am about to to do my dissertation project. I've decided to investigate latent thermal heat storage used in conjunction with air source heat pumps. I would like to simulate the melting of paraffin wax in various different heat exchanger style geometries to ascertain which will have the best heat transfer characteristics.

I have begun working my way through the openFOAM user manual and tutorials and the CAELinux wiki. Could anyone give me any advice or a direction to start looking in please? Maybe I would be better off using Salome-Meca? Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Jim McKenzie

Hi claws,

Thanks for the reply.

Oh cool, was that for storing "coolth" for air conditioning?

Thanks for the links I'll let you know how I get on.

Also, do you think it would be beneficial to have the newest versions of open foam and paraview?

I've just installed CAE linux and the current version of open foam is 2.1.1 and paraview is 3.12. I'm fairly new to linux so still getting to grips with how software is installed and updated etc. When I try this:
It returns with everything is up to date? Do i literally have to uninstall and reinstall the applications or is there an easier way?

I don't know if its related but when I start CAE linux a notification appears saying a problem occurred when checking for updates.

Sorry, bit of a newb with linux.

Cheers