Indoor Airflow

Occupant comfort and safety and equipment performance depend on efficient, effective indoor airflow. Sufficient air circulation, proper equipment heating and cooling, and optimal room temperature reduce costs and promote a safe and healthy working environment.

 

Ventilation Efficiency and Thermal Comfort
People are more productive when they are comfortable where they work. A room that is effectively ventilated and temperature controlled provides better occupant environment than one that is too hot, too cold, or poorly ventilated.

Using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), CPP engineers simulate the temperature and airflow conditions of indoor areas and work with the design team to ensure occupant comfort.

 

As a part of a CFD simulation, our engineers can calculate standard performance indices, such as Predicted Mean Vote, Predicted Percentage Dissatisfied, Local Mean Age of Air, and Local Air Change Index, and use those results to guide our design recommendations.

 

Laboratories, Research and Medical Facilities
Eliminating airborne contaminants and meeting airflow specifications are critical to safe and effective medical, production, and research facilities. For example, fume hoods require specific levels of airflow and negligible cross flows to protect laboratory staff. Animal holding rooms demand strict temperature control and CO2 distributions.

 

CFD provides a non-intrusive way to determine the room air conditions, ensure equipment performance, and protect the safety of workers and occupants.

CPP provides CFD knowledge and expertise to architects and engineers during the design phase of a project. Our services help to minimize costs and risks and to enhance the value of laboratory and research facility projects.

 

Datacenters
Controlling heat is crucial to protecting datacenter equipment. Heat stratification, convection, and the effects of equipment racks and furniture all affect the design of an optimal performance datacenter.

 

When applied by a CPP expert, CFD is an ideal tool for designing efficient and effective datacenter ventilation and space cooling.

 

Contact Dr. Alexy Kolesnikov to discuss indoor airflow and the uses of CFD.