Objective
The objective of this analysis is to design & optimize the proposed outdoor air-conditioning
system for the international customs area. This area has a size of 6,000m2 and with 5 lanes of
road passing through it. The area of interest does not have any walls but it has a roof made of
fabric material. The purpose of this customs area is to check and approve the land movement of
people between two countries. Hence the officials and the travellers will stay on the road &
parking inside the customs area for the purpose of inspection. The designed HVAC system must
provide relief cooling to the people inside the customs area.
Weather data was used to simulate ambient worst case conditions (wind speed, direction, temperature & humidity) around
the customs area. Adjacent buildings in the upstream of the wind were carefully modelled to improve flow accuracy inside
the customs area. Since there is no walls around the check post to retain the conditioned air inside the area of interest
(customs area)
Results
We have successfully designed and optimized an outdoor air conditioning system for the customs area such that it retails maximum conditioned air inside the area of interest for maximum time under all ambient conditions.