CFD Simulation

Modeling & Simulation

CFD Simulation

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is a powerful tool to evaluate the system behavior and performance with the following advantages,

Huge cost savings
Risk mitigation
Deep design insights that are not possible through experimental measurements
Scientific and data-driven design

At HY, through our strong foothold in Electrical and Mechanical consulting, we also have a strong foothold in applied CFD in the following domains,

Built Environment

Generator Stations

Exhaust Ducting Layouts

Why HY M&E for Modeling and Simulation (CFD/FEA)?

Our strength lies in “Applied CFD” owing to strong industrial experience coupled with deep conceptual understanding of CFD fundamentals. Engineers at HY have proven experience in applying CFD in areas like built environment, data centres, transformer and generator substations, shipping, multiphase flows in mining industries, electronic hardware. We’ve provided deep insights into the product and system “Physics” that has created a huge business impact to some of our key customers.

Capabilities

Ventilation effectiveness of residential/commercial buildings
Thermal comfort analysis of residential/commercial units
Wind Driven Rain analysis
Pipe air flow optimization in Urban farming
Heat Transfer Analysis of Transformer Substations
Heat Transfer analysis of electronic hardware
Fan and radiator design optimization of Generator Stations
Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) of Slurry Mixers
Sloshing Analysis
Drag Force Analysis of Ship Hulls
Heat Pump Condenser Tube Thermal analysis
Arc Fault CFD Analysis of high voltage underground cables

Projects at a glance

Residential/Commercial Buildings

Ventilation planning is an important aspect in residential and commercial buildings. It has a direct impact on factors that affect human comfort. CFD is used to assess the Thermal Comfort of the premises much before site construction.

Transformer Substations

Thermal management of underground transformer substations is an important aspect that has a direct impact on reliability, safety and life of the substation. Traditional design methods using thumb rules and location-specific calculations disarm a lot of drawbacks like: Lack of flow field visualization, impact assessment of devices like fans on the thermal performance, measuring effectiveness of the exhaust air ducting system. HY engineers have established a CFD methodology that can tackle the complexity of thermal design of such substations.

Agriculture/Urban Farming

We have handled several CFD simulations related to optimizing the air/water flow distribution through slotted pipes for best vegetation growth. The insights provided by CFD in pipe configuration design were so unintuitive that even good designers would have circumvented those.

Marine Engineering

Immense cost savings are witnessed with the use of CFD in this area. Investigation of the flow field around ship hulls, calculation of drag, lift forces, and evaluation of engine power needed to cruise the ship can be done efficiently using CFD. Huge cost savings are witnessed on account of CFD. Physical prototyping/experimental measurements levy huge costs during the design phase. CFD reduces the prototyping by greatly reducing the number of prototypes

Data Centers

Thermal management of the electronic equipment in the server racks of data centres is a sought-after area in recent times. While designing a data centre, CFD is heavily used for visualizing flow and temperature fields, optimizing efficiency of the HVAC equipment, assessing thermal comfort etc. With our consulting experience combined with CFD expertise, we have offered complete mechanical engineering solutions to our clients in the area of Data Centres.

Refrigeration

A condenser in refrigeration units/chillers, heat pumps, is a multiphase heat exchanger. With the advancements in multiphase modeling, design optimization of condenser tubes and any other type of heat exchangers can be done accurately and efficiently using CFD. We’ve helped one of our clients save a few hundred thousand dollars per annum with our expertise in this area.

Slurry flow

Phase interaction is an important aspect in the chemical/process industry. Full Eulerian, Volume of Fluid (VOF), and Mixture models are some of the industry-proven CFD models to analyze phase interaction between immiscible fluids. HY has proven capabilities in multiphase CFD modeling of devices like slurry mixers, cyclone separators, etc.

Electronics

CFD is used in electronic hardware design for effective thermal management, ensuring efficient cooling and averting problems related to overheating. With our experience in handling the burnout issues in conjunction with CFD, we can be your right partner in offering our expertise in applied CFD in electronic thermal design.