Tom Fahner (Actiflow)

Although many people have heard about OpenFOAM as an open source alternative for CFD simulations, there are still some doubts about accuracy, ease of use and there is a general fear for learning a new code. Actiflow has been using OpenFOAM since 2007 for various projects involving flow related engineering problems. During the presentation a wide range of projects will be shown were OpenFOAM was used to solve the fluid problem. Several of the projects involved some development work, for others standard solvers were sufficient. The markets where Actiflow is present are the built environment, the automotive sector, the process industry and the HVAC sector. We show that OpenFOAM can provide solutions to problems in all these markets. We hope that this presentation helps people to think about using OpenFOAM for their CFD work.