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Cloud-based High-Performance Computing for Aerodynamic and Thermal Analyses

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Technology Category
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
  • Sensors - Infrared Sensors
Applicable Industries
  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy
Applicable Functions
  • Product Research & Development
Use Cases
  • Time Sensitive Networking
  • Transportation Simulation
Services
  • Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
About The Customer
KeelWit Technology is a Spanish Engineering company founded in 2011 and based in Madrid. The company designs, develops, and implements projects with a deep technological approach. KeelWit focuses on three main areas: Energy efficiency, CFD analyses, and eco-friendly mobility solutions. Through the wind tunnel project, they have become partners of EYDISA Wind Tunnels and built their first facility in Madrid.
The Challenge
KeelWit Technology, a Spanish engineering company, was tasked with creating a vertical wind tunnel with the tallest wind chamber in Europe. The challenge was to analyze a complex aerodynamic environment and design an energy-efficient tunnel that delivered the best experience for their customers. Vertical wind tunnels are large and complex, making the creation of physical prototypes for each design change prohibitively expensive and time-consuming. The simulation of variables such as air pressure, heat loss, and wind velocity required large meshes and intensive computer calculations. KeelWit sought to scale out from their on-premises workstations to high-performance computing (HPC) resources in the cloud.
The Solution
KeelWit partnered with cloud service provider Gompute, which provided a ready-to-use HPC software environment, including visualization, job submission, and data management. This partnership allowed KeelWit to run higher-fidelity simulations and manage fluctuating project workloads more efficiently. The use of cloud-based HPC with ANSYS Fluent enabled KeelWit to analyze and optimize real designs that were implemented by their client to improve the performance of the system. They are now working to exploit the power of ANSYS Workbench and DesignXplorer to automate the workflow in the cloud and find even better designs in a shorter time for all its projects.
Operational Impact
  • The use of cloud-based high-performance computing (HPC) with ANSYS Fluent has significantly improved KeelWit's operational efficiency. It has enabled them to perform mesh dependency studies, sensitivity analyses, optimization, transient and non-transient simulations, and complex thermal analyses for the cooling system design and to minimize hot air recirculation. This has not only shortened the turnaround time of complex aerodynamic and thermal analyses but also lowered the total project investment. The ability to run higher-fidelity simulations and manage fluctuating project workloads more efficiently has also enhanced their operational agility.
Quantitative Benefit
  • Reduced total pressure drop (and therefore total energy consumption) to 60-70% of their competitors’ designs.
  • Performed simulations for over 50 different operating conditions, developing a design that was aerodynamically and thermally optimum for the whole operating envelope.
  • Reduced development times by a factor of 4, enabling them to simulate many more scenarios and design details.

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