Industry Overview
Apart from thriving industries such as Oil & Gas, Power generation, Metal ,Cement, Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Consumer Packaged Goods(CPG) Tridiagonal also serves various areas of industries where deep insights of process dynamics are required to increase profitability & carbon neutrality. Our Modeling & Simulation expertise can be leveraged for design optimization of equipment playing crucial role in HVAC(Heat, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) designing, fuel cell and capture units of CO2.
What We Do
Tridiagonal works for creating safe and comfortable environments for people & resources present at Commercial Buildings, Industrial Facilities, Data centers and public places. We leverage cutting-edge computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and Finite element analysis (FEA) to optimize HVAC equipment design, analyze thermal comfort, assess fire suppression equipment efficiency, and design effective smoke evacuation systems.
Our experts also mimic the behaviour of gas mixture inside capture system using CFD to study flow patterns to improve CO2 capture efficiency. Our FEA team can analyse pressure vessels used to store captured CO2, ensuring they can withstand the high pressure without exceeding safety limits.
- Thermal Comfort Analysis
- Pollutant Dispersion modeling
- Air circulation modeling
- Sprinkler Water flow modeling
HVAC equipment design and engineering
To ensure thermal comfort at offices our CFD engineers can analyze factors like temperature, humidity, and air. Appropriate boundary conditions are considered for Ceiling, wall and floor, Supply air temperature, Exhaust, Person body temperature, Light and monitor Load and Server Roon Load to study the ventilation rate.
Our CFD engineers can evaluate the Ventilation system in Car parking is crucial to predict distribution of temperature and exhaust gas. Considering standard boundary conditions, the capability of Ventilation system to remove heat with average temperature limit.
Data centers host a large number of computer equipment such as servers, PDUs, communication equipment, and storage devices. Managing the heat generated from these devices is an important factor in ensuring the reliable operation of this equipment. Here our CFD engineers can identify Hot spots and their reasons as per the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers(ASHRAE) recommendations.
Tridiagonal engineers can simulate fire growth, heat transfer, and smoke movement. We also analyze the effectiveness of different sprinklers and suppression system placement. Our CFD engineers can improve design of smoke control system by predicting smoke movement and concentration. These types of analyses lead to a safer building design for occupants.
- Improve CO2 capture efficiency
- Maximizing contact of solvent or sorbent
- Structural analysis of RPB under rotation
Carbon Capture
Carbon capture technology (CCT) plays a crucial role in mitigating climate change by capturing CO2 emissions from industrial processes. Tridiagonal is playing a significant role in journey of carbon net zero with the effective use of technologies like Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) and Finite Element Analysis(FEA).
Our CFD engineers can simulate flow patterns of gas mixtures within absorbers to maximize CO2 capture efficiency. This type of study helps to identify configurations that maximize contact between the gas and the capture agent in Rotating packed beds.
Tridiagonal FE analysis team analyzes the stress distribution on the RPB structure due to centrifugal forces during rotation. This ensures the RPB can handle operational loads without deformation or failure.
Our FEA engineers analyze stress distribution to ensure Pressure vessels can withstand internal pressure and external environmental loads, which are used for CO2 capture and storage purpose.
- Underhood Thermal management
- External Aerodynamics
- Cabin flow simulation
- Defrost duct simulation
Automotive
Car manufacturers always want to design vehicles that are more efficient, reliable, and safe. It is important for designers to quickly evaluate and iterate on designs in this industry, where Tridiagonal can play a significant role using cutting-edge technology of Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) to simulate and analyze the behavior of fluids such as air and fuel around and inside vehicles. Our engineers are well experienced to analyze heat transfer, Aerodynamics and flow distribution for optimize design of vehicular components.
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Our Simulation engineers can analyze the cooling system inside the bonnet and identify Hot spots to minimize the risk for electric, electronic and rubber components. The heat exchanger modeling is used considering factors like surface temperature and Heat flux to evaluate performance of radiator.
Tridiagonal CFD engineers can replicate the response of Radiator at both Heat up condition and cool down conditions. For that we model fin as a homogenous solid region with equivalent orthotropic thermal properties. Considering used porous media equivalent resistance to simulate dimpled tubes. Using FEA model for thermal stress analysis, our experts can evaluate the effect of Thermal response on durability.
For efficient operation of vehicle exhaust system, it is important to maintain back pressure below 400 mbar. Muffler plays a significant role in dampening emission and engine noise. Our CFD experts can suggest some design improvements by predicting the back pressure at certain points using 3D model.
An engine air filter in a car, filters out dirt, debris, and other particles that could harm the engine. It is important to keep the pressure drop minimum in air flow rate for efficient operation. Tridiagonal CFD engineers can replicate the model for air intake system and suggest design modifications to keep the pressure drop below target level.
Use Cases
At Tridiagonal has wide range of applications for HVAC industry. Our engineers have considerable experience of Modeling and Simulations for different applications involved in Steel, Aluminum & Cement production using technologies like CFD, FEA and DEM. Our analyses are useful to enhance overall performance of plant and troubleshooting in case of failures.
Why Tridiagonal?
