Physical modelling is a cost-effective and practical tool for design optimization and problem solving. Scaled model studies that are developed using the principles of dynamic similitude advance our understanding of the process, and results are presented in a meaningful way to facilitate their use for design work.

At Hatch, physical modelling is typically applied to contaminate transport and fluid-mixing problems as commonly encountered in the metallurgical industry.

Applications include:

• Contaminate capture by fume hoods
• Building ventilation flows
• Dispersion of windblown losses, stack plumes, and fugitive emissions
• Mixing in reactors and duct systems
• Flow in complex geometries
• Buoyant and recirculating flows
• Mixing phenomena