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plasma_equilibrium.py

"""
An equilibrium example with charged species in the gas phase
and multiple condensed phases.
"""

import cantera as ct
import csv

# create objects representing the gas phase and the condensed phases. The gas
# is a mixture of multiple species, and the condensed phases are all modeled
# as incompressible stoichiometric substances. See file KOH.cti for more
# information.
phases = ct.import_phases('KOH.cti', ['K_solid', 'K_liquid', 'KOH_a', 'KOH_b',
                                      'KOH_liquid', 'K2O2_solid', 'K2O_solid',
                                      'KO2_solid', 'ice', 'liquid_water',
                                      'KOH_plasma'])

# create the Mixture object from the list of phases
mix = ct.Mixture(phases)

csvfile = open('equil_koh.csv', 'w')
writer = csv.writer(csvfile)
writer.writerow(['T'] + mix.species_names)

# loop over temperature
for n in range(100):
    t = 350.0 + 50.0*n
    print('T = {0}'.format(t))
    mix.T = t
    mix.P = ct.one_atm
    mix.species_moles = "K:1.03, H2:2.12, O2:0.9"

    # set the mixture to a state of chemical equilibrium holding
    # temperature and pressure fixed
    # mix.equilibrate("TP",maxsteps=10000,loglevel=1)
    mix.equilibrate("TP", max_steps=10000, log_level=0)

    # write out the moles of each species
    writer.writerow([t] + list(mix.species_moles))

csvfile.close()