diff --git a/src/fvOptions/fvOptions/fvOption.C b/src/fvOptions/fvOptions/fvOption.C
index 068a24b356ba86ab939f187a44d878ac054c1d24..65c36598c5dcf488739c134f10b691344592deac 100644
--- a/src/fvOptions/fvOptions/fvOption.C
+++ b/src/fvOptions/fvOptions/fvOption.C
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void Foam::fv::option::setCellSet()
     {
         case smPoints:
         {
-            Info<< indent << "- selecting cells using points" << endl;
+            IInfo<< "- selecting cells using points" << endl;
 
             labelHashSet selectedCells;
 
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ void Foam::fv::option::setCellSet()
         }
         case smCellSet:
         {
-            Info<< indent << "- selecting cells using cellSet "
-                << cellSetName_ << endl;
+            IInfo<< "- selecting cells using cellSet " << cellSetName_ << endl;
 
             cellSet selectedCells(mesh_, cellSetName_);
             cells_ = selectedCells.toc();
@@ -152,8 +151,8 @@ void Foam::fv::option::setCellSet()
         }
         case smCellZone:
         {
-            Info<< indent << "- selecting cells using cellZone "
-                << cellSetName_ << endl;
+            IInfo<< "- selecting cells using cellZone " << cellSetName_ << endl;
+
             label zoneID = mesh_.cellZones().findZoneID(cellSetName_);
             if (zoneID == -1)
             {
@@ -170,7 +169,8 @@ void Foam::fv::option::setCellSet()
         {
             if (active_)
             {
-                Info<< indent << "- selecting inter region mapping" << endl;
+                IInfo<< "- selecting inter region mapping" << endl;
+
                 const fvMesh& nbrMesh =
                     mesh_.time().lookupObject<fvMesh>(nbrRegionName_);
 
@@ -197,8 +197,7 @@ void Foam::fv::option::setCellSet()
                 else
                 {
                     FatalErrorIn("option::setCellSet()")
-                        << "regions do not overlap "
-                        << nbrMesh.name()
+                        << "regions do not overlap " << nbrMesh.name()
                         << " in region " << mesh_.name() << nl
                         << exit(FatalError);
                 }
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ void Foam::fv::option::setCellSet()
         }
         case smAll:
         {
-            Info<< indent << "- selecting all cells" << endl;
+            IInfo<< "- selecting all cells" << endl;
             cells_ = identity(mesh_.nCells());
 
             break;
@@ -232,8 +231,7 @@ void Foam::fv::option::setCellSet()
         }
         reduce(V_, sumOp<scalar>());
 
-        Info<< indent << "- selected "
-            << returnReduce(cells_.size(), sumOp<label>())
+        IInfo<< "- selected " << returnReduce(cells_.size(), sumOp<label>())
             << " cell(s) with volume " << V_ << nl << endl;
     }
 }
@@ -256,17 +254,13 @@ Foam::fv::option::option
     active_(readBool(dict_.lookup("active"))),
     timeStart_(-1.0),
     duration_(0.0),
-    selectionMode_
-    (
-        selectionModeTypeNames_.read(dict_.lookup("selectionMode"))
-    ),
+    selectionMode_(selectionModeTypeNames_.read(dict_.lookup("selectionMode"))),
     cellSetName_("none"),
     V_(0.0),
     secondaryToPrimaryInterpPtr_(),
     nbrModelName_("none"),
     nbrRegionName_("none"),
     master_(false),
-
     fieldNames_(),
     applied_()
 {
@@ -275,12 +269,12 @@ Foam::fv::option::option
     if (dict_.readIfPresent("timeStart", timeStart_))
     {
         dict_.lookup("duration") >> duration_;
-        Info<< indent << "- applying source at time " << timeStart_
+        IInfo<< "- applying source at time " << timeStart_
             << " for duration " << duration_ << endl;
     }
     else
     {
-        Info<< indent<< "- applying source for all time" << endl;
+        IInfo<< "- applying source for all time" << endl;
     }
 
     setSelection(dict_);
@@ -302,7 +296,7 @@ Foam::autoPtr<Foam::fv::option> Foam::fv::option::New
 {
     word modelType(coeffs.lookup("type"));
 
-    Info<< "Selecting source model type " << modelType << endl;
+    IInfo<< "Selecting source model type " << modelType << endl;
 
     dictionaryConstructorTable::iterator cstrIter =
         dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_->find(modelType);
@@ -311,9 +305,8 @@ Foam::autoPtr<Foam::fv::option> Foam::fv::option::New
     {
         FatalErrorIn
         (
-            "option::New(const name&, const dictionary&, const fvMesh&)"
-        )   << "Unknown Model type " << modelType
-            << nl << nl
+            "option::New(const word&, const dictionary&, const fvMesh&)"
+        )   << "Unknown Model type " << modelType << nl << nl
             << "Valid model types are:" << nl
             << dictionaryConstructorTablePtr_->sortedToc()
             << exit(FatalError);
diff --git a/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/tabulatedHeatTransfer/tabulatedHeatTransfer.C b/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/tabulatedHeatTransfer/tabulatedHeatTransfer.C
index 9d2707f666c21034e50290ddf2383d39a7edd43b..c49001e3884d71d3f7797f1656b4818c0a3a5e29 100644
--- a/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/tabulatedHeatTransfer/tabulatedHeatTransfer.C
+++ b/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/tabulatedHeatTransfer/tabulatedHeatTransfer.C
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ Foam::fv::tabulatedHeatTransfer::tabulatedHeatTransfer
 )
 :
     interRegionHeatTransferModel(name, modelType, dict, mesh),
+    UName_(coeffs_.lookupOrDefault<word>("UName", "U")),
     hTable_(),
     AoV_(),
     startTimeName_(mesh.time().timeName())
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ Foam::fv::tabulatedHeatTransfer::calculateHtc()
 {
     const fvMesh& nbrMesh = mesh_.time().lookupObject<fvMesh>(nbrRegionName());
 
-    const volVectorField& UNbr = nbrMesh.lookupObject<volVectorField>("U");
+    const volVectorField& UNbr = nbrMesh.lookupObject<volVectorField>(UName_);
 
     scalarField UMagNbrMapped(htc_.internalField().size(), 0.0);
 
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ Foam::fv::tabulatedHeatTransfer::calculateHtc()
         eqOp<scalar>()
     );
 
-    const volVectorField& U = mesh_.lookupObject<volVectorField>("U");
+    const volVectorField& U = mesh_.lookupObject<volVectorField>(UName_);
 
     scalarField& htcc = htc_.internalField();
 
diff --git a/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/tabulatedHeatTransfer/tabulatedHeatTransfer.H b/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/tabulatedHeatTransfer/tabulatedHeatTransfer.H
index 8bad2ea59a764cdf8fca205de8099454c3547efd..c46f747a14b9dd97bd800481e97bf60be538e7ca 100644
--- a/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/tabulatedHeatTransfer/tabulatedHeatTransfer.H
+++ b/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/tabulatedHeatTransfer/tabulatedHeatTransfer.H
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ Class
     Foam::fv::tabulatedHeatTransfer
 
 Description
-    Tabulated heat transfer model. The heat exchange area must be
-    provided. The 2D table look for heat transfer coefficients uses the
-    primary and secondary region velocities
+    Tabulated heat transfer model. The heat exchange area per unit volume
+    must be provided.  The 2D table returns the heat transfer coefficient
+    by querying the local and neighbour region velocities
 
 \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ private:
 
     // Private data
 
+        //- Name of velocity field; default = U
+        word UName_;
+
         //- 2D look up table
         autoPtr<interpolation2DTable<scalar> > hTable_;
 
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ public:
             virtual void writeData(Ostream&) const;
 
             //- Read dictionary
-            virtual bool read(const dictionary& dict) ;
+            virtual bool read(const dictionary& dict);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/variableHeatTransfer/variableHeatTransfer.C b/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/variableHeatTransfer/variableHeatTransfer.C
index ad2cf21797b9cf3f708dc813f42b686739100c6e..c675e95e94a2a35e1a1b16113280bf05326d334d 100644
--- a/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/variableHeatTransfer/variableHeatTransfer.C
+++ b/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/variableHeatTransfer/variableHeatTransfer.C
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Foam::fv::variableHeatTransfer::variableHeatTransfer
 )
 :
     interRegionHeatTransferModel(name, modelType, dict, mesh),
+    UName_(coeffs_.lookupOrDefault<word>("UName", "U")),
     a_(0),
     b_(0),
     c_(0),
@@ -64,11 +65,11 @@ Foam::fv::variableHeatTransfer::variableHeatTransfer
 {
     if (master_)
     {
-        a_ = readScalar(dict_.lookup("a"));
-        b_ = readScalar(dict_.lookup("b"));
-        c_ = readScalar(dict_.lookup("c"));
-        ds_ = readScalar(dict_.lookup("ds"));
-        Pr_ = readScalar(dict_.lookup("Pr"));
+        a_ = readScalar(coeffs_.lookup("a"));
+        b_ = readScalar(coeffs_.lookup("b"));
+        c_ = readScalar(coeffs_.lookup("c"));
+        ds_ = readScalar(coeffs_.lookup("ds"));
+        Pr_ = readScalar(coeffs_.lookup("Pr"));
         AoV_.reset
         (
             new volScalarField
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ Foam::fv::variableHeatTransfer::calculateHtc()
     const fluidThermo& nbrThermo =
         nbrMesh.lookupObject<fluidThermo>("thermophysicalProperties");
 
-    const volVectorField& U = nbrMesh.lookupObject<volVectorField>("U");
+    const volVectorField& U = nbrMesh.lookupObject<volVectorField>(UName_);
 
     const volScalarField Re(mag(U)*ds_*nbrThermo.rho()/nbrTurb.mut());
 
@@ -149,6 +150,8 @@ bool Foam::fv::variableHeatTransfer::read(const dictionary& dict)
 {
     if (option::read(dict))
     {
+        coeffs_.readIfPresent("UName", UName_);
+
         coeffs_.readIfPresent("a", a_);
         coeffs_.readIfPresent("b", b_);
         coeffs_.readIfPresent("c", c_);
diff --git a/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/variableHeatTransfer/variableHeatTransfer.H b/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/variableHeatTransfer/variableHeatTransfer.H
index 82aca1a3d3758614c3a6b01b7d014a4f00d4be19..cfe0aaffaee8d5135ca0ecc9948aa207fbbacada 100644
--- a/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/variableHeatTransfer/variableHeatTransfer.H
+++ b/src/fvOptions/sources/derived/interRegionHeatTransferModel/variableHeatTransfer/variableHeatTransfer.H
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ private:
 
     // Private data
 
+        //- Name of velocity field; default = U
+        word UName_;
+
         //- Model constants
         scalar a_;
         scalar b_;