Computational Fluid Dynamics Applications in Airplane Cabin Ventilation System Design

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Aboosaidi ◽  
Matthew J. Warfield ◽  
Dipankar Choudhury
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
System Design ◽  
Ventilation System

scholarly journals Simulation Analysis of a Ventilation System in a Smart Broiler Chamber Based on Computational Fluid Dynamics

Atmosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shikai Zhang ◽  
Anlan Ding ◽  
Xiuguo Zou ◽  
Bo Feng ◽  
Xinfa Qiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Wind Velocity ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Ventilation System ◽  
Absolute Error ◽  
Maximum Absolute Error ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Mesh Model

In this paper, a CFD (computational fluid dynamics) numerical calculation was employed to examine whether the ventilation system of the self-designed smart broiler house meets the requirements of cooling and ventilation for the welfare in poultry breeding. The broiler chamber is powered by two negative pressure fans. The fans are designed with different frequencies for the ventilation system according to the specific air temperature in the broiler chamber. The simulation of ventilation in the empty chamber involved five working conditions in this research. The simulation of ventilation in the broiler chamber and the simulation of the age of air were carried out under three working conditions. According to the measured dimensions of the broiler chamber, a three-dimensional model of the broiler chamber was constructed, and then the model was simplified and meshed in ICEM CFD (integrated computer engineering and manufacturing code for computational fluid dynamics). Two models, i.e., the empty chamber mesh model and the chamber mesh model with block model, were imported in the Fluent software for calculation. In the experiment, 15 measurement points were selected to obtain the simulated and measured values of wind velocity. For the acquired data on wind velocity, the root mean square error (RMSE) was 19.1% and the maximum absolute error was 0.27 m/s, which verified the accuracy of the CFD model in simulating the ventilation system of the broiler chamber. The boundary conditions were further applied to the broiler chamber model to simulate the wind velocity and the age of air. The simulation results show that, when the temperature was between 32 and 34 °C, the average wind velocity on the plane of the corresponding broiler chamber (Y = 0.2 m) was higher than 0.8 m/s, which meets the requirement of comfortable breeding. At the lowest frequency of the fan, the oldest age of air was less than 150 s, which meets the basic requirement for broiler chamber design. An optimization idea is proposed for the age of air analysis under three working conditions to improve the structure of this smart broiler chamber.

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