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MFIX is an open-source multiphase flow solver written in FORTRAN 90. It is used for simulating fluid-solid systems such as fluidized beds. At present, MFIX is not installed globally, so users must install it to their home directory. If there is sufficient interest in the code, it will be installed globally.
A one-time free registration is required prior to downloading the source code. To register, go to the MFIX website at https://mfix.netl.doe.gov, click on “Register” at the bottom of the home page or go directly to https://mfix.netl.doe.gov/registration.php.
This wiki page details those issues specific to running MFIX on the Sun cluster at CHPC. For a more general explanation of the use of MFIX, consult the documentation and example cases included with the source tarball.
The mfix executable is built and copied to the current directory by the following command: sh <mfix_install_dir>/model/make_mfix
This script prompts the user to specify a number of compile-time options, in particular the compiler used, the desired level of optimisation and the type of parallelisation used. The default compiler is gfortran. The Intel fortran compiler may also be used, but this has not yet been tested on the Sun cluster.
