Ventilation system design to block toxic agents and DEM modelling to optimize industrial performances.

Cantene supports the design of the ventilation systems to prevent the circulation of toxic substances during the chemical processes. Cantene operates using advanced DEM modeling, to optimize performances in manufacturing processes of granular materials in chemical, food and agriculture and construction industries. Through CFD and DEM computational models (Discrete Element Method, developed in collaboration with Politecnico of Turin), Cantene studies the behavior of complex industrial plants or processes: heat exchanges of an oven, dryers, insulation of a passenger’s carriage, and the emissions confinement in vulcanization plants. Aspherix® is the tool used for DEM modelling technique. It allows to analyze and simulate the dynamic of granular materials (sand, wood pellet, cereals), in order to estimate the kinetic interaction between particles and the thermal interaction with hot/cold fluids that flow through the particles.

Cantene offers support from the preliminary design phase to commissioning. In the first case, simulations help evaluate interferences with civil works and productive processes. In the second case, they help verify if the output of the designing choices suits with what was predicted.