HVAC & Thermal Systems
CFD-driven airflow and thermal performance simulation for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and industrial thermal equipment.
Industry overview
HVAC and thermal systems — encompassing commercial air handling units, chillers, heat exchangers, and industrial cooling systems — are governed by strict energy efficiency standards, thermal comfort criteria, and noise regulations. Computational fluid dynamics enables engineers to virtually prototype airflow paths, quantify pressure drops, and optimize heat transfer surfaces before committing to costly tooling.
Shirsh TechnoSolutions delivers CFD simulation services for HVAC equipment manufacturers, building services consultancies, and data center operators — using ANSYS Fluent and OpenFOAM to resolve complex conjugate heat transfer, condensation, and mixed-convection physics with validated accuracy.
Industry challenges
Optimizing airflow uniformity across heat exchanger coil faces and filter banks
Reducing aerodynamic drag and fan power consumption in packaged rooftop units
Predicting condensation and frost formation on evaporator surfaces
Meeting noise emission targets through fan and duct aeroacoustic design
How we help
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Perform internal and external CFD with ANSYS Fluent and OpenFOAM for airflow and thermal mapping
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Deliver conjugate heat transfer simulations coupling solid fin-tube geometries with airflow
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Optimize duct geometry and diffuser angles for uniform air distribution
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Conduct parametric design sweeps to quantify energy efficiency improvements (COP, EER)
Key trends
Increasing adoption of CFD in AHRI and Eurovent certification virtual testing programs
Data center liquid cooling and immersion cooling driving new CFD modeling requirements
Net-zero building mandates pushing heat pump efficiency beyond traditional design envelopes
Integration of AI/ML surrogate models trained on CFD data for real-time HVAC control
Industry insights
Liquid Cooling Flow Split Across Cold Plates: What CFD Shows
ReadLeveraging OpenFOAM for Cost-Effective Industrial Fluid Analysis
ReadGrade A Under a LAF: Where Smoke Studies and CFD Each Fool You
ReadWhy a Cleanroom Can Pass Certification and Still Contaminate Product
ReadWant to learn this?
We also offer ANSYS & SolidWorks training courses.
Relevant solutions & software
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Projects in this sector
Axial Fan Rotor Dynamics FEA: Critical Speeds from a Campbell Diagram
Axial fan rotor dynamics FEA in ANSYS Mechanical: belt-loaded shaft, prestressed modal sweep and Campbell diagram to find critical speeds of a VFD fan.
ReadCFD of Ventilation and Exhaust Gas Dispersion in a Basement Car Park
CFD of airflow and exhaust gas dispersion in an enclosed basement car park, used to check the ventilation layout and place CO sensors.
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