[petsc-users] application of petsc to psr

[Barry Smith]

  Alan,

    You have a very complicated model (and presumably discretization) which makes it difficult for us to provide coherent advice. What stage are you in your code at using PETSc? Are you thinking about using PETSc?  Have you not started yet? Is it running but not converging with PETSc?  There are many reasons that Newton may not converge: see http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html#newton

   Barry



On May 3, 2012, at 8:02 PM, Alan Sayre wrote:

> Barry,
>  
> Thanks but that is not quite what I have in mind. The existing PSR model in my CFD code is not converging for PSR models containing the Method of Moments using the ABF mechanism described as shown in the Chemkin 2006 workshop proceedings. I have tried KINSOL and have still not been able to get it to converge. Any assistance in developing a PETSC based solution algorithm is appreciated.
>  
> thanks,
>  
> Alan
> 
> From: Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>
> To: PETSc users list <petsc-users at mcs.anl.gov>
> Sent: Wed, May 2, 2012 10:54:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [petsc-users] application of petsc to psr
> 
> 
> http://www.sandia.gov/chemkin/workshop/proceedings/Meeks_CHEMKINWorkshop2006.pdf  ?
> 
> 
> On May 2, 2012, at 9:45 PM, Alan Sayre wrote:
> 
> > I'm new to using PETSc. I need to model perfectly stirred reactors for chemical kinetics (10-1000 species), I welcome recommendations on how to get "up-to-speed". I also need to incorprate solution of the energy (temperature) equation and moments of soot distributions.
> >  
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
> >  
> > Alan
>