NEW FEATURES
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Particle Growth Model
- Simultaneously simulate different types of nucleation species.
- Optionally, resolve the composition of the grown particles.
- Automatically define charge states based on the particle size.
- Also calculate electron and ion densities based on the coagulation losses.
- Automatically take into account surface growth due to ions if ions are present in the nucleation species list.
- Provide three options to describe the charge: neutral (not charge resolved), charge resolved or an assumed Gaussian charge distribution.
- Optionally, consistently couple the Particle Growth Module to the Global Model.
- Allow temperature calculations on regions that are larger than the plasma region, also containing materials such as dielectrics and metals. This functionality is available for 2T ambipolar, flow, flow-temperature, temperature, LTE and neutral transport models.
- Add hybrid simulation capabilities (e.g. a fluid description in combination with a Monte Carlo description of hot electrons) on unstructured meshes.
- Allow the OpticallyThin and P1Method radiation solvers on unstructured meshes.
- Due to overhauled Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium (LTE) code, allow to specify a 'species basis', i.e., a selection of species that is used as building blocks from which other species are synthesized. Optionally, create the basis automatically, based on a user-defined criteria, such as a preference for homonuclear species or lowest-energy species. The choice for an appropriate basis ensures stability of the composition calculation even at very low temperatures (like 100 K).
- Add a waveguide port boundary condition for EM on unstructured meshes. This boundary condition controls the in- or out-flow of a predefined electromagnetic field mode at a waveguide opening, ensuring that the field enters or exits with a specified phase and power.
USER INTERFACE
- Allow to set units for the axes of x-y plots using the right-click menu. Note that the temperature unit that is customarily termed eV is available under the name 'eVT' (eV is an energy unit instead).
- Improve the color scheme for x-y plots.
- Support contour lines in VTK-based 2D plots, and contour surfaces in 3D plots.
- Improve keyboard controls of VTK-based viewers. Please refer to the user guide and PLASIMO's built-in Help.
- Add VTK-based visualization of vector fields defined on cell faces and of the materials of the computational grid for unstructured meshes.
INPUT FILE CHANGES
- Rename model type 'ModelBulk' to 'Flow'.
- Rename model type 'ModelBulkTemperature' to 'FlowTemperature'.
- Change syntax of Particle Growth Model input file in several places related to new features. Please refer to the user guide and PLASIMO's built-in Help for details.
Resources
- Add data for various molecular transitions based on tabulations of Einstein coefficients for various vibrational transitions.
- Add data for various molecular transitions based on tabulations of Einstein coefficients for various vibrational transitions.
- Add 2D COST jet Drift Diffusion demo models.
Bug Fixes
- Check input files more strictly for invalid option values.
- Handle specified unit more persistently in the GUI.
- Only allow the appropriate collision type based on the context for cross sections of type LXCat.
- Properly handle unstructured meshes with very small features.
- Fix Global Model output for 'FromPreviousRun' compatibility.
- Properly handle install paths with non-alphanumeric characters on Windows.
For any additional information, please send an email to info@plasma-matters.nl.