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The special thing about my simulation is that I have a filling process (liquid enters through inlet into tank with v=0.1m\/s) in the beginning for a few seconds (e.g. 10) and then the liquid enters through an interface into a porous zone where it gets soaked, which takes 2-3 hours. The porous zone and the tank are initially completely filled with nitrogen at p=40mbar.<\/p>\n<p> In the following, you can see my case scheme with its BCs:<\/p>\n<div data-embedjson=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/ILSDC9BCFAVE\/case-png.png&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Case.PNG&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:17068,&quot;width&quot;:782,&quot;height&quot;:562,&quot;embedType&quot;:&quot;file&quot;}\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/ILSDC9BCFAVE\/case-png.png\" download aria-label=\"Case.PNG\"><br \/>\nCase.PNG<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-52057","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-convergence","topic-tag-residuals","topic-tag-time-step","topic-tag-time-stepping-method","topic-tag-transient"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello there,I am having severe problems with convergence and my time stepping settings (under &quot;run simulation&quot;).Case description:I am doing a transient VOF 2-phase simulation (phase1=nitrogen, phase2=liquid). 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