BioChemFOAM is a CFD model developed initially in OpenFOAM 2.3.1(OF231) which solves a couple system of partial differential equations (PDE). The methodology allows coupling of hydrodynamic and biochemical processes in aquatic ecosystems.

BioChemFOAM utilizes mainly an splitting-operator technique in OF to solve the coupling system of non-linear equations for the biochemical processes (e.g. concentration of nitrate, concentration of phosphorus, concentration of algae, etc). It maybe also possible to applied to other research areas (e.g. blood flow and reactions). More information can be found in the PhD dissertation ^[R01] and in the Journal publication ^[R02].

The code and examples presented here serves as a basis to include different parameterization and to extend its capabilities by utilizing e.g. other hydrodynamic models, turbulence, available in OpenFOAM(OF). The source code can be found inside each application. An example of source code can be found e.g. BioChemFOAM/src_oh_of41/cavityB0102/BioChemFOAM41_B0102/. This organization of folders is selected since you can customize the solver according to your needs, e.g. number of coupled species transport equations, for each application, e.g. BioChemFOAM/src_oh_of41/cavityB0102/ cavity with pisoFOAM and custom species transport.

Source code and examples for OF 4.1. See [N01].

[R01]:= Hernandez Murcia, Oscar Eduardo. "Development of a highly resolved 3-D computational model for applications in water quality and ecosystems." (2014). http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1334/. [2016_12_14]
[R02]:= Oscar E. Hernandez Murcia, Douglas J. Schnoebelen, Athanasios N. Papanicolaou &Benjamin Abban , "Coupling flow with nutrient dynamics via BioChemFOAM in the Mississippi River", Pages 1-23 | Received 14 Jul 2016, Accepted 13 Dec 2016, Published online: 20 Feb 2017. Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research 2016 fully accepted and peer reviewed.

[N01]:=[2017-05-24] The software has been tested only in OF41.