Fire safety engineering is performed to study and reduce the risks of loss of human lives and property damage during the unfortunate event of a fire. By identifying the risks associated with fire, fire risks assessment studies can be performed and preventive measures could be implemented to address authority and building management concerns. A good fire preventive design must be able to limit and contain the fire without allowing it to spread beyond...

Smoke produced by fire rises as it is more buoyant than surrounding air due to the heat produced by the fire source. By using prescribed codes of practices, and by utilizing smoke barriers and/or curtains, smoke control zones and reservoirs can be formulated. Optimizing the engineered smoke control system design is a form of art that requires an experience engineer to optimize it. An optimized design will not only reduce the cost of installation and even reduce...

  Macro scaled simulations are performed to analyze the dispersion patterns of pollutants from outlet vents. This is to prevent the possibility of short-circuiting of pollutants back into intake manifolds to ensure good indoor air qualities can be achieved even in the worst case scenario.   Below is a list of selected projects on environmental pollution dispersion: CFD Modelling to Study the Recirculation from Exhaust Vents to Intake Vents Optimization...

Fire protection systems i.e. sprinklers, detection systems are the key factors in preventing a fire scenario from spreading beyond control. Early detection and suppression systems are essential to control and minimize the spread of a fire. It is usually easy to overdesign fire protection systems at the expense of cost. Detailed value engineering studies are performed to ensure that optimal fire protection designs are achieved by reducing the costs without...

In the event of a fire, smoke control is necessary to prevent the unfortunate situation to becoming a catastrophe. The purging of smoke produced by a fire is usually performed with the assistance of mechanical fans if the fire occurs in an enclosed area. Detailed analysis of the smoke spread can often lead to optimizing designs of the mechanical ventilation systems.      Below is a list of selected projects on mechanical ventilation for fire and...

In some unique scenarios, where performance criteria are required during normal operations, computational fluid dynamics analysis can be performed to ensure that the performance of mechanical ventilation systems for thermal comfort and air flow optimization will not be compromised. Detailed analysis of the mechanical ventilation systems can be carried out to ensure the performance criteria are met if not alternative modifications can be proposed before the...

With the ever rising consumption of energy and the costs accompanied with it, the cost of maintaining a comfortable environment for occupants can be reduced by strategic placement of louvers and/or mechanical ventilation systems. Computational fluid dynamics analysis can be performed to determine the hot zones in the building complex and alterations to the building design can be optimized to reduce the usage of mechanical ventilation thus reducing the energy...

Clean, pure water essential life is getting more difficult to source due to the rapid urbanization of human population. Fortunately, with advanced technologies, finding clean natural sources of water is not longer a priority. With modern technologies in water purification, we can depend less on nature for our daily sustenance. By utilizing computational fluid dynamics to simulate water treatment systems, optimum designs can be validated before implementation to...