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Simulation Type: Thermodynamics

  • Architype – Validating Classroom HVAC Against Passivhaus

    The Challenge The challenge that brought Architype to SimScale involved assessing the heating and ventilation strategy of a classroom in a typical Passivhaus school during winter conditions. Passivhaus buildings are known to have strict environmental and energy performance criteria to meet, and it’s these requirements which push designers to consider the impact of building physics…

  • Greenlite Building Physics – Raising Natural Ventilation Accuracy

    The Challenge The challenge that brought Greenlite Building Physics to SimScale involved assessing the overheating strategy of a student accommodation building in a city center location in the UK. Greenlite were responsible for conducting thermal modelling simulations for building regulations and compliance purposes, and to address the risk of summertime overheating in building. The former…

  • Hoenle – Accelerating UV Lamp Cooling Simulation

    Challenges Limited in-house compute power and an on-premise simulation tool couldn’t resolve the turbulent airflow needed for a new, high-power, air-cooled UV lamp. Outsourcing simulation work to third-party contractors meant waiting one to two weeks for even minor design tweaks. A meeting-dependent, linear workflow with contractors made it slow to explore multiple design variants. New…

  • Bold Valuable Technology – Cloud Simulation for Battery Cooling

    The Challenge In this noteworthy project, Bold set out to develop a battery concept for a high-end motorsport electric series. The scope of work consisted of the development of the battery, and based on a pre-selected cell, this product needed to perform mechanical packaging and integrate a cooling system within the design. The nature of…

  • Paris HVAC – Designing a Safe Fume Hood Ventilation System

    THE DESIGN CHALLENGE Currently a one-man-operation, Paris HVAC owner and founder Benoît Mallet began using SimScale in 2018 when he found himself with an interesting case at hand. Benoît, an expert in all things HVAC, had the challenge of ensuring safety standards could be maintained in a particular kind of laboratory room housing an exhaust…

  • Gruner Roschi – Comparing Classroom Ventilation Designs

    Gruner Roschi’s Case Gruner Roschi’s project involved creating a suitable classroom ventilation design for a newly constructed building. Working closely with the chief architect on the project, it was determined that the design needed to be cost-efficient, eco-friendly, and ultimately low-tech. This meant as little technical installation needed to be used as possible in the…

  • Ingenieurbüro Gratzl – Evaluating Thermal Comfort in Buildings

    The Challenge Markus Gratzl’s project consisted of evaluating the thermal comfort of an immense entrance hall of a former university building. Markus’ simulation dealt with the four-storey entrance hall of the building, including the entrance to the railway station’s platforms. The goal of the analysis was to clarify whether or not the entrance hall could…

  • iGas Technologies – Heat Transfer Results in Minutes

    Initial Challenges The team wanted to find a simulation software that didn’t restrict them. Yet, they did not have enough computing power in-house to have a localized simulation platform. With SimScale, lack of computing power wasn’t an issue, as processing takes place in the cloud. SimScale is easily accessible from any web browser, giving iGas…

  • SOTAX – Cutting Dissolution Testing Design Time

    The Challenge During the dissolution process, SOTAX’s testing system “At Xtend” must keep the ambient temperature of the vessels within the system constant. For this, they use a temperature-controlled circulating water bath. The inlet and outlet of the circulating water were constructed in a way that the fluid could flow as evenly as possible through…

  • OnLogic – Meeting Thermal Targets for Rugged Computers

    Challenge Meet thermal requirements that were set out. Ability to make quick design interactions. Results 3-5 designs simulated in parallel. 95% accuracy of testing performance. Results in 12 hours. Beating The Clock The thermal requirements that OnLogic set out to meet for their Karbon 700 high-performance, rugged edge computer system were beyond any that they…

  • Spark – Assessing MIRA Camera Thermal Performance

    The Challenge Spark wanted to analyze the temperature contour on the heat sinks and on the image sensor board for each of their design versions. This way they could determine which of their designs best matches the required operating conditions and as such can be prototyped. The project involved running transient FEA heat transfer simulations…

  • Nabtaker – Verifying Thermal Comfort in an Auditorium

    The Challenge The Qatar University requested Nabtaker’s services to help them tackle a problem with thermal comfort in their building. The temperature in one of their auditoriums was too high, especially during summer and when it was fully occupied. Taking into consideration the maximum capacity of 239 people which was easily reached during class period,…