Posted Oct 28, 2011, by Robin Bornoff
What do you call someone who doesn’t believe in Father Christmas? A rebel without a Claus. Right, that’s that out of the way. This week Facebook announced that it plans to build a 300,000 ft^2 data center in Lulea, Sweden. The Lulea business agency who helped attract Facebook to their city are dutifully excited as should Facebook be as they look set to capitalise on 10 months each year of … Read More
Tags:
data center cooling,
data centre,
Data Center,
HVAC,
PUE,
Electronics Cooling,
FloVENT
Posted Oct 18, 2011, by Robin Bornoff
It would only have cost me an extra £170, a small extra compared to the cost of the rest of the build, but I decided against laying thermal insulation boards directly under the underfloor electric heating mats. Surely better to leak some of the heat down to heat the 100mm thick concrete screed which would maintain its heat through those cold winter weeks, giving thermal support to the heating mats in … Read More
Tags:
FloTHERM,
FloVENT,
Electronics Cooling,
HVAC,
underfloor heating
Posted Aug 19, 2011, by Robin Bornoff
3D simulation can provide a detailed prediction of temperature and heat flux values at 10s of 1000s of points in a 3D model, experimental methods are somewhat limited in terms of the wealth of data they are capable of providing. But hey, this isn’t going to degrade into a pitched battle between simulators and experimentalists, nowadays good engineers (should) do both. “No one believes simulation … Read More
Tags:
HVAC,
Electronics Cooling,
underfloor heating,
FloVENT,
FloTHERM
Posted Aug 11, 2011, by Robin Bornoff
It’s been over two years since the foundations went in for the extension we’re building on our house. In that time I’ve come to respect and somewhat rely on glib phrases such as “Good things come to those who wait” and “Patience is a virtue”. I told my better half we’d be moved in by Christmas, I didn’t say which one though. In this blog series of … Read More
Tags:
FloTHERM,
FloVENT,
Electronics Cooling,
HVAC,
underfloor heating
Posted May 26, 2011, by John Wilson
Welcome to Part IV of a multi-part series, where in this installment Travis continues the “virtual” look at his crawlspace.
In the previous installment of “this old CFD house”, we started to peel back the veil on my crawlspace and its moisture issue. I analyzed the problem as it is, and we made some enlightening findings. First, really the only way air is getting into the crawlspace is … Read More
Tags:
Computational Fluid Dynamics,
crawlspace,
CFD,
HVAC,
FloVENT,
humidity
Posted May 19, 2011, by John Wilson
Welcome to Part III of a multi-part series, where in this installment Travis takes a “virtual” look at his crawlspace.
For this next installment of “this old CFD house”, and really the entire reason I started this blog series, I’d like to take a look in my crawlspace. Now, from what I understand, Feng Shui says running water is good for wealth. Well the opposite is true when you have … Read More
Tags:
Computational Fluid Dynamics,
crawlspace,
CFD,
HVAC,
FloVENT,
humidity
Posted Mar 29, 2011, by John Wilson
Welcome to Part II of a multi-part series where, in this installment, Travis takes a look at a typical chimney.
For this next installment of “this old CFD house”, I’d like to investigate another gremlin that was discovered during the inspection period of the house we are purchasing. This one related to the chimney. The current damper is rusted and hard to operate. According to the chimney expert we … Read More
Tags:
Chimney,
Computational Fluid Dynamics,
CFD,
HVAC,
efficiency,
FloVENT
Posted Feb 10, 2011, by John Wilson
I’d like to introduce my first guest blogger, Travis Mikjaniec. Travis is a colleague of mine who is entering the world of home ownership. Travis has questioned some of the recommendations from the various home inspectors. In a multi-part series Travis will debunk or otherwise quantify the value of the recommendations.
Starting the process of buying a house is a daunting task. Beyond all the … Read More
Tags:
Computational Fluid Dynamics,
Duct Flow,
CFD,
FloVENT,
HVAC
Posted Feb 8, 2011, by Boris Marovic
Hi again,
I recently came across an interesting HVAC application of FloEFD, our CAD-embedded CFD package for concurrent product design, from one of our users in the Netherlands, Royal Boon Edam. I think it just shows how ubiquitous CFD has become in the world today when a manufacturer that was founded in 1873 as a carpentry workshop and has now grown into an international leader in the design and development … Read More
Tags:
CFD,
FloEFD,
Bob Dylan,
Revolving Doors,
Royal Boon Edam,
HEC (Holland Engineerings Consultants BV),
HVAC
Posted Jan 31, 2011, by Robin Bornoff
The recently released FloEFD HVAC Module brings a raft of features specifically tailored to enable FloEFD to be used for built environment simulations. FloEFD has an unrivalled pedigree in the automating of advance CFD (computational fluid dynamics) techniques and capabilities, allowing the user to focus on application and not numerics. This democratisation of CFD brings the ability to simulate the … Read More
Tags:
FloEFD HVAC Module,
FloVENT,
FloEFD,
HVAC
Jim Martens
Harry Foster
John Day
J VanDomelen
Paul Johnston
Dennis Brophy
Mike Jensen
Colin Walls
Jay Gorajia
Mark Olen
Travis Mikjaniec
Per Viklund