Coal is an essential aspect of energy production in the world—mainly because of its wide availability and low cost. For example, in the U.S., about 50% of the country’s electricity production comes from coal.

One of the main issues in the coal sector is how to reduce its impact on the environment, especially appertaining to emissions of dangerous substances, waste management, and land use. The World Health Organization released a report in 2008, which indicated that coal pollution shorten about one million lives every year globally.

To address these challenges, coal sector companies are constantly working to utilize sophisticated pollution control methodologies, develop clean coal extraction techniques, and generate diversified coal products, such as artificial gas—and simulation technology from ANSYS is playing a critical role.

ANSYS software suite offers support to a wide range of coal-associated applications, including optimized equipment design, pollution reduction systems, and engineering SCR (selective catalytic reduction) and SNCR (selective non-catalytic reduction) systems.

Our environment is constantly changing; no one can deny that fact—unless you’ve been living in a cave. Addressing today’s changing environmental challenges needs pioneering methodologies that meet the growing demand for sustainable and green technologies—without contravening the tightening government regulations intended to support a low-carbon economy.

Some of the ways companies use to lower environmental impact of generating and distributing energy include assessing pollutants before they are released to the atmosphere, understanding their dispersal mechanism, and implementing better technologies to lower their environmental effects.

Through considerably lowering the time and costs related with this assessment, ANSYS simulation tools have become the most sought-after in the industry.

With ANSYS solutions, engineers can comprehensively assess the viability of new products and concepts, develop efficient power generation plants, and reduce environmental impacts in a wide range of applications, including pollution control equipment, waste management systems, and erosion control systems.

The global nuclear sector is under increased pressure to address stringent regulatory stipulations, minimize consumption of fuel, and reduce running costs across the entire nuclear lifecycle.

ANSYS simulation software gives engineers the capabilities to optimize engineering and design processes, meet the standards in the worldwide nuclear industry, and address the rising environmental concerns—and with increased accuracy than with traditional prototyping methodologies.

Here are some specific application areas for ANSYS software.

• Seismic analysis
• Safety and reliability of nuclear reactors
• Toughened concrete materials
• Efficient boiling and heating appliances
• Used-fuel processing
• Piping apparatus
• Welding systems
• Steam production systems
• Analysis of stress load
• Drop testing

The power generation sector is experiencing an increasing challenge to meet the growing worldwide energy needs. By 2030, it is estimated that electricity demand will double worldwide, and triple in rapidly growing economies, such as India and China.

To meet the ever-escalating demand, power generation companies are shifting to sophisticated technologies to drive innovative concepts in the sector, lower overall costs, comply with government regulations, and adopt strategies that reduce environmental impact—and ANSYS simulation tools are leading the way.

ANSYS software empowers engineers in the power generation sector with various vital capabilities, including:

• Achieve optimized power generation abilities using a wide range of technologies, such as heated fluids, kinetic energy, and conversion of chemical and light energy
• Develop efficient emission control methodologies
• Design state-of-the-art nuclear reactors with minimal impact to the environment
• Design efficient turbines and other power generation systems for dependable energy generation
• Analyze appropriate location for placement of renewable energy systems, such as wind power, hydropower plants, and solar panels.

Renewable energy, which refers to energy derived from natural processes—such as geothermal, water, sunlight, and waves— is projected to account for about 30% of the world’s primary energy supply by 2020.

With the increasing importance of renewable energy sources, energy researchers and engineers are constantly working to reduce their environmental impacts, maximize their output, lower overall costs, and enhance their reliability.

ANSYS simulation software allows engineers to develop innovative renewable energy systems, accelerate the development process, and fulfill the increasing worldwide energy requirements.

Here are the main application areas.

• Bio-fuel and biomass
• Hydropower fuel cells
• Wind
• Solar