4.8.1 Compiling the Customized Solid Oxide Fuel Cell With Unresolved Electrolyte Source Code

This section includes instructions on how to compile a customized Solid Oxide Fuel Cell With Unresolved Electrolyte user-defined module. Note that you can also refer to the file INSTRUCTIONS-CLIENT that comes with your distribution (see addons/sofc).

It is assumed that you have a basic familiarity with compiling user-defined functions (UDFs). For an introduction on how to compile UDFs, please refer to the separate UDF manual.

You will first want to use a local copy of the sofc directory in the addons directory before you recompile the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell With Unresolved Electrolyte module.

Compiling the Customized Source Code Under Linux/UNIX

1.   Make a local copy of the sofc directory. Do not create a symbolic link.

The custom version of the library must be named according to the convention used by ANSYS FLUENT: e.g., sofc.

2.   Change directories to the sofc/src directory.

3.   Make changes to the constit.c file.

4.   Define the FLUENT_ADDONS environment variable to correspond to your customized version of the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell With Unresolved Electrolyte module.

5.   Change directories to the sofc/ directory.

6.   Issue the following make command:

make FLUENT_INC=[ansys_inc/v120/fluent] FLUENT_ARCH=[arch] 
    -f Makefile-client

where your_arch is lnx86 on LINUX, or ultra on the Sun operating system, etc.

The following example demonstrates the steps required to set up and run a customized version of the Fuel Cell and Electrolysis module that is located in a folder call home/sample:

• Make a directory.

  mkdir -p /home/sample
  

• Copy the default addon library to this location.

  cp -RH [ansys_inc/v120/fluent]/fluent12.x.y/addons/sofc 
      /home/sample/sofc
  

• Using a text editor, make the appropriate changes to the constit.c file located in /home/sample/sofc/src/constit.c

• Build the library.

  cd /home/sample/sofc
  make FLUENT_INC=[ansys_inc/v120/fluent] FLUENT_ARCH=[arch] 
      -f Makefile-client
  

• Set the FLUENT_ADDONS environment variable (using CSH, other shells will differ).

  setenv FLUENT_ADDONS /home/sample
  

• Start ANSYS FLUENT and load the customized module using the text interface command.

Compiling the Customized Source Code Under Windows

1.   Open Visual Studio .NET at the DOS prompt.

2.   Make sure that the $FLUENT_INC environment variable is correctly set to the current ANSYS FLUENT installation directory (e.g., ANSYS Inc\v120\fluent).

3.   Make a local copy of the sofc folder. Do not create a shortcut.

4.   Enter the sofc\src folder.

5.   Make changes to the constit.c file.

6.   Define the FLUENT_ADDONS environment variable to correspond to your customized version of the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell With Unresolved Electrolyte module.

7.   Return to the sofc folder.

8.   Issue the following command in the command window:

     nmake /f makefile_master-client.nt