Discharge of cooling water from a heat pump into the water environment in winter and summer. Thermal simulation of the heating of the water body and the ground. Design of the inflow geometry and determination of the maximum volume flows for optimum mixing.

For the propagation of compressible flows with compression shocks in technical components. The influence of compression or expansion, the use of special gases and their equations of state as well as the influence of external cooling and heating on the heat propagation can be simulated stationary and transient.

Determination of heating using solar collectors with different solar irradiation, outside temperatures and wind speeds. Design of the collectors with determination of the volume flows and pressure losses.

Simulation of temperature distribution and air conditioning of rooms and halls. Visualization of thermal bridges, overheating under the influence of wind direction and solar radiation as well as ensuring room and hall ventilation through targeted optimization of ventilation by means of numerical simulation.

Simulation of inductive heating for heating technical components with different materials (2D/3D) including the environment. Stationary / transient heat propagation with the coupling of Elmer and OpenFOAM in our InsightCAE software.

In some simulation problems, not only the heat transfer within the fluid plays a role, but also that in the adjacent solid. In such cases, a coupled simulation of heat propagation between the solid and fluid (CHT – Conjugate Heat Transfer) must be performed.

We master such simulations with our open-source tools, e.g. OpenFOAM. For rapid optimization of heating and cooling performance using numerical simulation, we have created additional tools to accelerate the preparation of such simulations.

Stationary and transient 3D simulation of heat propagation in complex components made of different materials. Cooling and heating of components to determine critical heat flows, required cooling loads or e.g. avoidance of thermal stresses. Optimization of component geometries through automated geometry creation and simulation processes.

Gases escaping in the event of an incident (light, heavy) are assessed using CFD, taking into account the nearby and distant environment. Stationary and transient concentration fields show the critical dispersion and its influence at different wind directions. The use of specially developed transient inflow boundary conditions in atmospheric boundary layers enables high reliability of the simulation results.

With 3D simulations, a thermal analysis is performed for cooling various components (electronics, light sources). By quantifying heat radiation and heat conduction, as well as free and forced convection in different cooling concepts, functionality is ensured even during the development process.