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"On a recent project, we had a demanding task of modeling the operation of furnaces used for the heat treatment of large steel castings. These analyses were computationally intensive, involving three-dimensional solutions of fluid flow, combustion, and heat transfer, including radiation. We turned to Fluent Consulting in order to complete this work in the most expeditious and cost effective manner. Our Fluent consultant not only produced a large number of CFD simulations, but he also provided invaluable guidance concerning validation of the furnace models and the application of CFD to model even larger and more complex furnaces. We were able to successfully complete this important task because of the dedicated service provided by our Fluent consultant."
- - Daniel L. Winterscheidt,
- Manager,
- Process Analysis,
- Concurrent Technologies Corporation
"Fluent has done an excellent job in helping us develop and implement a CFD model for biomass particle combustion which examines the effects of cofiring biomass and coal on unburned carbon and NOx emissions in a pilot scale pulverized fuel combustor."
- - M.P. Mathur, Ph.D.,
- U.S. Department of Energy,
- National Energy Technology Laboratory
"We have used Fluent's CFD software to visualize and understand the behavior of many different combustion system components. We have expanded our use of CFD tools beyond the traditional R&D boundaries into our many business areas."
- - Paul Chapman, ABB Power Plant Laboratories
- "Hauck Manufacturing has successfully combined CFD modeling and experimentation to optimize the design of new and existing burners for industrial applications. The use of CFD provides clear insight into the fundamental fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and combustion processes. The resultant predictions of flow velocities, temperature, turbulence characteristics, and species concentrations provide powerful visualizations and reduce experimentation efforts and product development times. Hauck's experimental studies, in conjunction with FLUENT CFD modeling, have resulted in innovative product modifications and designs, producing 25-70% reductions in NOx emissions from conventional designs."
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Jim Feese, P.E.
Director of Product Development
Hauck Manufacturing
"GAMBIT and FLUENT's ease-of-use and robustness have enabled us to simulate conceptual designs before building and operating experiments. This means that experiments are performed once the design is more mature, saving time and money. We are able to visualize complex flow fields and recognize phenomena that would have eluded us without the aid of CFD. The local and international support has been outstanding throughout our efforts."
- - Sarel Coetzee
CFD Group Leader
Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR)
"TÜV NORD has been using FLUENT over the last few years in a wide range of power generation applications including nuclear and fossil power plants as well as renewable energy systems such as wind turbine generators. Our customers have requested that we be flexible in responding to the various and complex tasks of technical applications. FLUENT's ability to implement user defined source code, along with the excellent documentation and support, have been a major benefit to us."- - Dr.-Ing. Thomas Hahm
TÜV NORD Industrial Consultancy
"Bechtel's Advanced Simulation and Analysis group has been using FLUENT for over 7 years. During this time, CFD has become an essential tool for engineering and design on Bechtel projects. We've used it to study missile silo heat transfer and HVAC, solid-liquid mixing in non-Newtonian slurries, wind effects on hot air recirculation at liquefied natural gas plants, flow effects on the marine environment near power-plant water intakes, and many other projects. The value-added to our projects is enormous." - - Brigette Rosendall
Principal Engineer
Bechtel National, Inc.
"Wind resource assessments allow engineers to study the economic viability of wind farms, where accurate results are needed in order to reduce the financial risk. Unfortunately, the accuracy of dynamic wind farm models, used by many wind farm designers, decreases significantly with the complexity of the terrain. FLUENT, on the other hand, can be used to study the economic viability and design the parameters of a wind farm by evaluating the wind conditions at each wind turbine position when a wind farm is designed. It is especially recommended when accuracy in the results is important (to reduce the financial risk), when there are few meteorological masts by the wind turbines, and when the terrain is highly complex."- - Javier Villanueva
Project Manager, Wind Energy Department
Centro Nacional de Energías Renovables (CENER)
"FLUENT has become the essential engineering tool RJM Corporation
uses to minimize cost-of-product to our customers. CFD modeling enables
us to design very complex, totally customized products and to demonstrate
them to the customer before the manufacturing process even begins. As
a result, 95% of our products are installed and start up without any
further adjustments or modifications. This is a dramatic improvement
over historic performance results."- - Richard J. Monro
President, RJM Corporation
"With the recent increase of fuel prices and electrical power costs,
wood-fired power boilers are becoming more attractive. At ALSTOM Power,
CFD has been used extensively to quantify performance improvements for
boiler upgrades. FLUENT CFD provides a visual and quantitative perspective
on important combustion parameters. Today, many of our customers are
benefiting from this important technology."- - Paul Chapman
Senior Consulting Engineer, Power Plant Laboratories, ALSTOM Power
"Fluent's CFD software was extremely useful in developing a design that
worked as expected. This helped us to minimize the amount of post-installation
adjustments, saving thousands of dollars on the project."- - Ken Camino
Coen Company
"Computer simulation helped us make design changes that will generate
revenue gains of up to $5 million (Canadian$) in 12 hydropower turbines.
By shifting the maximum efficiency point to raise the power output by
7.8 megawatts and by raising the weighted efficiency of the turbine
by 1.6%, the changes will produce revenue gains of between $200,000
to $500,000 per year for each turbine." - - Bernard Massé,
- Hydraulic Machines Team Leader
- Hydro-Québec Institute of Research, Canada
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