Track: Computers and Computing

Abstract

The computation of airflow within the healthcare facilities (hospitals and clinics) is challenging. The balance of air ventilation and infection control within the facilities geometries is primarily a concern that requires detailed investigation. The objective of this work was to simulate airflow of various geometrical configurations of ducting system in building. The outcome being recommendations to air conditioning and ventilation designers for new healthcare buildings on placement of functional departments relative to airflow demands and quality. ANSYS® Fluent® 19.0 a student commercial package for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was used to provide flow visualization and the magnitude pollutant species in the airflow at the healthcare facility. The results will be compared to experimental data from lab-built apparatus for various duct designs.