Problem simulating a plug flow reactor with surface chemistry

[Torstein Fjermestad]

Dear all,

I have used this example from the Cantera web site  https://cantera.org/examples/python/reactors/surf_pfr.py.html and adapted it to my case.

Unfortunately, when I run the code, I receive the following error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "DME_pfr_test.py", line 89, in <module>

    sim.reinitialize()

  File "interfaces/cython/cantera/reactor.pyx", line 1079, in cantera._cantera.ReactorNet.reinitialize

cantera._cantera.CanteraError:

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CanteraError thrown by Reactor::initialize:

First phase of all kinetics managers must be the gas.

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The python script (DME_pfr_test.py) and the Cantera input file (DME.yaml) that produced this error are attached.

Unfortunately, I am not able to understand the error message. 

What should I do to make the simulation run without errors?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Best regards,

Torstein 

   

[Bryan Weber]

Hi Torstein,

What version of Cantera are you using and how did you install it?

Thanks,

Bryan

[Torstein Fjermestad]

Hi Bryan,

I am using version 2.5.1 of Cantera.

I installed Cantera on Ubuntu 20.04

I installed the following packages:

cantera-common

cantera-dev

cantera-python3

Regards,

Torstein

[Shengming Tang]

Hi Torstein,

I have exactly the same error. Have you solved the problem? Or do you know the reason that caused it?

It there any substitution methods to achieve similar simulations?

best regards,

Shengming Tang