Role of CFD in effective ventilation design during and post Covid-19 pandemic - simulationHub Webinar

Role of CFD in effective ventilation design
during and post Covid-19 pandemic

Use of CFD in designing HVAC strategies to reduce the risk of airborne infections

Conducted on Thursday, August 13th 2020

Watch the video (58:40 min)
Overview
The current global pandemic of coronavirus (Covid-19) has created many questions on the spread of the virus in closed rooms and the role played by HVAC systems in its transmission. Although many government authorities have provided guidelines on social distancing and preventive measures, the question remains, "Are the currently installed HVAC systems, which are designed to provide thermal comfort, capable of preventing the transmission of the virus?" Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) can provide the solution by providing insights on airflow behavior and contamination travel inside the closed space.
This webinar presents two case studies on how improved HVAC ventilation strategies can reduce the transmission of contaminants in closed spaces. Today, our healthcare workers are on the frontline in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. As they work closely with the infected patients, their safety is of utmost importance! So, we have a case study for you wherein we show the airflow behavior inside a rapid deployment isolation room. Working in office spaces is going to be inevitable when the Covid-19 pandemic ends. While doing so, it will be necessary to ensure that the HVAC system does not spread the contaminants amongst the employees. Our case studies show you how indoor ventilation can be improved using better HVAC systems and solutions such as air purifiers.
The webinar helps you to understand the effect of HVAC systems on air distribution in the room, the effectiveness in the removal of contaminants, and maintaining indoor air quality (IAQ). and maintaining indoor air quality (IAQ).
Featured Speaker
Webinar speakar - Shadab Mohammed

Shadab Mohammed

CFD Specialist, simulationHub

Shadab is working as a CFD specialist in the simulationHub department in CCTech. He has more than three years of experience in CFD development based on OpenFOAM and contributed to the development of simulationHub's CFD apps like Autonomous HVAC CFD, Autonomous Valve CFD, and Pedestrian Comfort Analysis. Shadab enjoys the mathematical modelling of real-life physics and coding. He holds M.Tech in Chemical engineering from IIT Guwahati. His hobbies are playing Volleyball and Cricket during weekends.

Webinar speakar - Aaditya Ruiker

Aaditya Ruiker

CFD Evangelist, simulationHub

Aaditya Ruiker is a CFD support Engineer at Centre for Computational Technologies Private Limited (CCTech), Pune. He loves to work in fields physics and mathematics. Skilled in OpenFOAM, Fluent, C, MATLAB, CAD Modelling. He has completed his M.Tech in Thermal and Fluids Engineering from (Dr. BATU), Lonere, Raigad. His areas of interest are Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Methods, Operation Research modeling. Driving and traveling, playing cricket and chess are his hobbies and he likes to explore historical places.