Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00552, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Dow, Karen (University of Manitoba)|Dow, Karen (Université du Manitoba), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Manitoba, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Price Industries is a market leader in supplying air distribution, critical controls and noise control products. One_x000D_
of their products, a chilled beam, is a cooling/heating device that uses high velocity nozzles to draw room air_x000D_
through an air/water heat exchanger. It is important to achieve as much mixing of the air through the coil as_x000D_
possible so Price Industries is interested in changing the shape of the nozzles from a traditional circular shape_x000D_
to optimize the design of the chilled beam unit. They have recently conducted physical experiments to_x000D_
investigate the effect of nozzle shape on the air flow, which has proven to produce very complex turbulent flow_x000D_
fields. Price has a dedicated team that uses Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to validate the design of air_x000D_
distribution systems in a wide range of commercial and industrial spaces and for innovative research product_x000D_
development support. It is important for the company to be able to accurately predict the flow from the nozzle_x000D_
in a chilled beam in order to simulate the air distribution system using CFD. It is unlikely that the simple_x000D_
turbulence model that Price currently uses in their CFD simulations will be able to capture the complex_x000D_
turbulent flow that is produced from a non-circular jet. Price requires some investigation and guidance on the_x000D_
most effective and efficient CFD method in order to accurately capture this complex flow field. This research_x000D_
will evaluate the effectiveness of several CFD methods for modelling the nozzle outflow for various nozzle_x000D_
shapes and provide recommendations to improve the CFD modelling for the chilled beam nozzle design. This_x000D_
work will support Price Industry by potentially reducing the time required to introduce new HVAC products to_x000D_
the market as new designs can be tested first using numerical simulations using their improved CFD_x000D_
methodology., program purpose french : Price Industries is a market leader in supplying air distribution, critical controls and noise control products. One_x000D_
of their products, a chilled beam, is a cooling/heating device that uses high velocity nozzles to draw room air_x000D_
through an air/water heat exchanger. It is important to achieve as much mixing of the air through the coil as_x000D_
possible so Price Industries is interested in changing the shape of the nozzles from a traditional circular shape_x000D_
to optimize the design of the chilled beam unit. They have recently conducted physical experiments to_x000D_
investigate the effect of nozzle shape on the air flow, which has proven to produce very complex turbulent flow_x000D_
fields. Price has a dedicated team that uses Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to validate the design of air_x000D_
distribution systems in a wide range of commercial and industrial spaces and for innovative research product_x000D_
development support. It is important for the company to be able to accurately predict the flow from the nozzle_x000D_
in a chilled beam in order to simulate the air distribution system using CFD. It is unlikely that the simple_x000D_
turbulence model that Price currently uses in their CFD simulations will be able to capture the complex_x000D_
turbulent flow that is produced from a non-circular jet. Price requires some investigation and guidance on the_x000D_
most effective and efficient CFD method in order to accurately capture this complex flow field. This research_x000D_
will evaluate the effectiveness of several CFD methods for modelling the nozzle outflow for various nozzle_x000D_
shapes and provide recommendations to improve the CFD modelling for the chilled beam nozzle design. This_x000D_
work will support Price Industry by potentially reducing the time required to introduce new HVAC products to_x000D_
the market as new designs can be tested first using numerical simulations using their improved CFD_x000D_
methodology., agreement title english : CFD Validation of Nozzle Performance for Chilled Beam Design, agreement title french : CFD Validation of Nozzle Performance for Chilled Beam Design, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-11-08, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada