Case Study: Merford achieves better thermal management and acoustic control with SimScale

Merford de-risks transformer enclosure design with SimScale using 40°C thermal simulations

Merford, an engineering firm specializing in industrial noise control, faced challenges in designing acoustic enclosures for high-voltage power transformers. They needed to contain low-frequency noise without restricting the necessary cooling airflow, a problem exacerbated by rising global temperatures that compressed thermal safety margins. Their legacy simulation software was hampered by computational bottlenecks and hardware limitations. To overcome this, they turned to SimScale's cloud-based CFD simulation service.

By implementing SimScale's cloud-native platform, Merford migrated its fluid and thermal simulations away from local hardware constraints. This allowed them to rapidly generate high-fidelity 3D thermal models to validate cooling strategies, even under worst-case ambient conditions. The solution from SimScale de-risked their commercial bidding process, providing data-driven proofs of their ventilation strategies and enabling them to confidently win major infrastructure contracts.

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