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Citation
(2000), "Flomerics' "Command Center" significantly accelerates air flow and thermal sensitivity studies in Flovent", Facilities, Vol. 18 No. 13/14. https://doi.org/10.1108/f.2000.06918mab.006
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2000, MCB UP Limited
Flomerics' "Command Center" significantly accelerates air flow and thermal sensitivity studies in Flovent
Keywords Computer simulation, Ventilation
Flomerics recently introduced the "Command Center", a specialized software module that enables users of the company's Flovent1 air flow analysis software to set up and perform sensitivity studies of computer simulation models more quickly and easily than ever before.
Performing sensitivity studies has always been an essential part of airflow analyses to assess the effect of changing air terminal positions, flow rates or supply temperatures. Traditionally this has meant a time-consuming process involving as much as several hours of setting up individual case files for each change, running each case independently, and then trying to find a way of measuring the performance of one design against another.
To greatly simplify and automate this process, Flomerics developed the Command Center, which appears as a convenient, easily accessed and used window within the Flovent environment. When invoked, the Command Center lets users start from a Flovent model and define – in just moments with a few clicks of a mouse – a sequence of changes for the parametric design study.
Advantages to users include the ability to:
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Identify the optimal air flow or ventilation design quickly.
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Set up a number of design scenario variants for analysis in minutes.
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Compare key performance criteria of different designs directly with each other.
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Use automatic job scheduling and control to make crude batch processing a thing of the past.
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Make more effective use of networked computer resources that might otherwise sit idle.
Further information can be obtained from Dr David Stribling, Flomerics Limited, 81 Bridge Road, Hampton Court, Surrey, KT8 9HH. Tel: +44 (0)20 8941 8810; Fax: +44 (0)20 8941 8730; E-mail: ds@flomerics.co.uk Web site: http://www.flomerics.com