Hospital Ventilation and Healthcare CFD Simulation Training Package: 4 Projects by ANSYS Fluent

Overview of Selected Healthcare Ventilation Simulations

COVID-19 Transient Breathing in the Operating Room

This simulation models the dynamic and transient airflow generated by a COVID-19 patient’s breathing within an operating room environment. Using ANSYS Fluent, it captures the inhalation and exhalation cycles, integrating species transport to track oxygen, carbon dioxide, and aerosols, alongside discrete phase modeling for particle dynamics. The focus is on how the ventilation and air conditioning systems affect the dispersion and containment of potentially infectious particles, with high-resolution mesh around the patient’s mouth and airflow inlets to simulate realistic conditions.

ICU Ventilation Design Improvement, Industrial Application

This project applies CFD to optimize the ventilation layout and airflows within an Intensive Care Unit. It addresses both clinical and industrial constraints to enhance fresh air supply, contaminant removal efficiency, and patient comfort. The analysis provides actionable design solutions to improve ventilation effectiveness, reduce cross-contamination risks, and meet stringent healthcare standards through airflow pattern refinement.

Hospital Airflow Dynamics: A CFD Study on Ventilation Efficiency and Pathogen Dispersion

Focusing on broader hospital areas, this study uses CFD to investigate the interaction of airflow with architectural features and ventilation setups across multi-room clinical spaces. The simulation examines how pathogens disperse in normally occupied hospital environments and evaluates strategies to maximize ventilation efficiency, reduce stagnant zones, and control airborne infection propagation.

Corona Virus Patient Steady Breathing in Clean Room

This steady-state simulation captures the breathing of a coronavirus patient in a clean room setting, emphasizing controlled ventilation and air purity. It examines exhaled aerosol and gas dispersion influenced by air conditioning, providing insights into containment measures required to maintain air quality and prevent transmission in highly sensitive medical environments.

Collectively, these projects leverage advanced ANSYS Fluent capabilities—including transient and steady-state modeling, species transport, discrete particle dynamics, and detailed mesh generation—to provide comprehensive insights into ventilation performance, pathogen containment, and air quality management in healthcare facilities.