Using Advanced Technology to Provide Added-Value Services

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Kinectrics and CFD solutions

Kinectrics has recently acquired advanced ANSYS^® CFX^®, which is an advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software package This practical technology, proven in industrial use for over 20 years, enables Kinectrics to significantly expand our engineering design and analysis services for our clients in several key areas.

A range of practical services

Environmental  – ANSYS CFX software can be used for large scale environmental and pollution assessments where experiments may be impractical or impossible.  Chemical modeling with CFX serves to help make processes more energy efficient as well as safer, flexible and capable of reducing emissions, e.g. Modeling biomass co-firing in thermal generation.

For Kinectrics’ Aquatic Management Solutions projects, CFX can provide two and three dimensional hydrodynamic flow analysis capability for remodeling cooling water intakes at power stations.

Equipment and Processes - Using CFX software, Kinectrics can help clients gain insight into equipment and processes to improve operations and performance, meet regulatory standards and decrease waste.   Added benefits include improved safety and a better understanding of equipment life cycle factors.

Generation Plant Technology – The acquisition of CFX software gives Kinectrics new capabilities in performing Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) analysis and Flow-Induced Vibration (FIV), e.g. qualifying nuclear fuel channels for selective de-fueling. These capabilities are made possible through two-way coupling between CFX and ANSYS Mechanical.

Projects involving mechanisms and systems developed by our clients will benefit greatly from economical analyses using CFX. As CFX can simulate the relevant physics in complex geometries and fluid conditions at full scale, it is also ideal for safety study applications.

Specific CFX applications are now available from Kinectrics covering:

• Fluid-flow modeling, analysis, and design optimization
• Evaluation of the effect of inspection and maintenance equipment on flow (prototype or in-situ evaluation)
• Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) with two-way coupling for piping, Flow-Induced Vibration (FIV), etc.
• Transient or steady-state analysis; single or multiphase fluids
• Identification of local regions of high fluid pressure, velocity, temperature, cavitation, etc.
• Investigation of the combustion process of utility boilers
• Optimization of the coal / biomass co-firing process
  • Various milling / feeding options
  • Design of dedicated biomass burners
  • Corrosion / erosion
  • Flue gas composition and temperature profile
  • Overall boiler efficiency 
• Study of thermal discharge into surface water with complex geographical setting
  • Compliance with regulatory requirments
  • Environmental impacts on aquatic life
• Investigation of cooling water intakes of power utility stations
  • Estimation of the area of influence of entrainment
  • Modeling of existing intake design
  • Modeling of US EPA 316(b) approved technologies
  • Development of new US EPA 316(b) technologoies based on flow dynamics

Kinectrics will use CFX software to help clients address a wide range of problems using simulation-driven design and specialized models.

For more information contact:

Andy Wallace, 416.207.6000 x6998 andy.wallace@kinectrics.com or Evan Davidge, 416.207.6000 x5928, evan.davidge@kinectrics.com