March 31, 2010
By DE Editors
GEA Niro has selected engineering simulation software from ANSYS to optimize equipment design and reduce development time and costs. Based in Denmark, GEA Niro is a developer of drying technology for the dairy, food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. GEA Niro provides process equipment, process technology, and know-how to those industries.
GEA Niro is applying engineering simulation as it develops equipment and processes for transforming liquids into powders. Optimizing the drying process requires an understanding of complex flow and thermal exchange phenomena. ANSYS software helps engineers simulate real-world conditions when performing analysis. Simulation results can be used to minimize energy requirements without compromising product quality.
“We have used fluid dynamics simulations for two decades, continually working to perfect the analyses and to make the most accurate modeling predictions within our technologies,” says Thorvald Ullum, fluid mechanics manager, GEA Niro. “For example, GEA Niro developed the DRYNETICS method as a way of improving the reliability of the simulation of the spray-drying process. Now we’re expanding our simulation facilities, using ANSYS software, to decrease the simulation time and further improve the results in areas such as high-turbulence, particle-laden flows.”
For more information, visit ANSYS.
Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
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