SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation | HVAC Module

SOLIDWORKS - SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation | HVAC Module

SOLIDWORKS® Flow Simulation is an intuitive Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solution embedded within SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD that enables you to quickly and easily simulate liquid and gas flows through and around your designs to calculate product performance and capabilities.
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation enables designers to simulate liquid and gas flow in real-world conditions, run “what if” scenarios and efficiently analyze the effects of fluid flow, heat transfer and related forces on or through components. Design variations can quickly be compared to make better decisions, resulting in products with superior performance.
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation offers two flow modules that encompass industry specific tools, practices and simulation methodologies - a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) module and an Electronic Cooling module. These modules are add-ons to a SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation license.

HVAC Module offers dedicated simulation tools for HVAC designers and engineers who need to simulate advanced radiation phenomena. It enables engineers to tackle the tough challenges of designing efficient cooling systems, lighting systems or contaminant dispersion systems.

Features:

• Ease of Use
  SOLIDWORKS Simulation is fully embedded in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD for ease of use and data integrity. Using the same user interface (UI) paradigms as SOLIDWORKS with toolbars, menus, and context-sensitive right-click menus, ensures rapid familiarization. Built-in tutorials and searchable online help aid learning and troubleshooting.
• Multi-Parameter Optimization
  Conduct an optimization study for more than one input variable using Design of Experiments and Optimization parametric study. Run a calculation of design points and find optimum solutions.
• Material Database
  • SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation: A customizable engineering database enables users to model and include specific solid, fluid, and fan behaviors.
  • SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation and HVAC Module: The HVAC engineering database extension adds specific HVAC components.
  • SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation and Electric Cooling Module: The Electronic Cooling extended engineering database includes specific electronic components and their thermal characteristics.
• Internal
  Calculate the impact of fluid flow through your product.
• External
  Calculate the impact of fluid flow around your product.
• 2D – 3D
  By default, all calculations are on a full 3D domain. Where applicable, simulations can also be carried out in a 2D plane to reduce run time without effecting accuracy.
• Heat Conduction in Solids
  The calculation of temperature change in the product’s solid geometry is an option selection. Conjugate heat transfer through convection, conduction, and radiation can be created. Calculations can include thermal contact resistance.
  • SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation: Calculate pure heat conduction in solids to identify problems where no fluid exists for fast solutions.
  • SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation and HVAC Module: Include materials that are semitransparent to radiation, for accurate solutions where the product’s thermal load is influenced by transparent materials.
  • SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation and Electrical Cooling Module: Simulate specific electronics device effects
    • Thermoelectric coolers
    • Heat pipes
    • Joule heating
    • PCB lay-ups
• Gravity
  Include fluid buoyancy important for natural convection, free surface, and mixing problems.
• Symmetric
  • Simulation solution times can be reduced by taking advantage of symmetry.
  • Cartesian symmetry can be applied to x, y, or z planes.
  • Sector period icy allows users to calculate a sector of a cylindrical flow.
• Boundary Layer Description
  Laminar, turbulent, and transitional boundary layers are calculated using a modified Law of the Wall approach.
• Flow Conditions
  Problems can be defined by velocity, pressure, mass, or volume flow conditions.
• Thermal Conditions
  Thermal characteristics for fluids and solids can be set locally and global for accurate setup.
• Wall Conditions
  Local and global wall thermal and roughness conditions can be set for accurate setup.
• Porous Components
  Ability to treat some model components as porous media with the fluid flow through them, or simulating them as fluid cavities with a distributed resistance to fluid flow.
• Visualization
  Visualize the stress and displacement of your assembly with customizable 3D plots. Animate the response of your assembly under loads to visualize deformations, vibration modes, contact behavior, optimization alternatives, and flow trajectories.
• Results Customization
  Provides the standard results components for a structural analysis, such as von Mises stresses, displacements, temperature, etc. The intuitive equation-driven result plot enables you to customize the post-processing of structural analysis results for better understanding and interpretation of product behavior.
• Communication & Reporting
  Create and publish customized reports for communicating simulation results and collaborating with eDrawings®.
• Two-phase (Fluid + Particles) Flows
  Ability to calculate (with the post-processor) in the obtained fields of results, motions of the specified particles (Particle Studies) or flows of the specified extraneous fluids (Tracer Study) in the fluid flow, which does not affect this fluid flow.
• HVAC Conditions
  Include materials semi-permeable to radiation for accurate thermal analysis.
• Tracer Study
  HVAC applications vary widely. Considerations for meeting requirements for thermal performance and quality include airflow optimization, temperature, air quality, and containment control.
• Comfort Parameters
  Understand and evaluate thermal comfort levels for multiple environments using thermal comfort factor analysis.

Please feel free to contact our office to select any suitable Application and/or Collection.