HVAC System Sizing Based on Computational Fluid Dynamics

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This webinar focuses on conducting a computational fluid dynamic simulation to understand the performance of a HVAC system of a building. The main objective of this webinar is to demonstrate how computational methods can be used to identify the locations of cooling flow inlets and the return air outlets for ensuring optimal ventilation in buildings.

Successful design involves accurately estimating the heat generated in the room and how cold air from the HVAC system can absorb this heat and relieve it from the building. Developing an experimental set up to accurately mimic a HVAC system is a challenging task. With computational tools, it is relatively easy to simulate the same flow phenomena on a computer. Once a computational setup is created to replicate a given nozzle profile, the same setup can be used to understand the system’s performance for varying inlet flow rates and heat inputs into the room. Velocity and temperature fields at regions of interest can then be extracted to identify regions of good and poor ventilation and use this information to plan the room layout accordingly.

In the webinar, we will generate a geometry in Ansys Spaceclaim and generate a structured mesh using blocking technology. The mesh will be solved in Ansys Fluent to capture relevant flow phenomena.

Key takeaways from this webinar:

• Usefulness of simulation in solving problems difficult to reproduce experimentally.
• Visualization of complex flow patterns in a HVAC system.
• Usefulness of Ansys CFD workflow to simulate complex fluid dynamic flow fields in indoor spaces.

Presenter: Mr Vijay Kumar Veera, EIT Unit Lecturer and Course Coordinator

Vijay Kumar Veera is a qualified Aerospace Engineer with over 12 years of experience in using CFD methodologies to simulate industrial and academic problems. He has obtained an M.Phil degree in Engineering from Cambridge University in UK and has M.Tech and B.Tech degrees from Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay and Madras respectively. His expertise is in capturing Fluid flow phenomena using computational methods. He has worked with major organizations in Australia and UK with Red Bull F1, Mercedes F1, Boeing, Airbus, Thales, DSTO, Fisher & Paykel some of the notable clients.

In his current role as a Unit lecturer and Course Coordinator at EIT, he has been instrumental in developing lecture materials for teaching Advanced fluid dynamics and Aerodynamics units for students pursuing Master of Mechanical Engineering. His passion is in teaching computational fluid dynamic techniques for solving real world problems, which are becoming highly popular with professional engineers wanting to advance their careers to the next level. He is a passionate educator and an advocate for using real world examples in the classroom.

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