Lea CFD Associates Ltd.

Experience

Chris has a wealth of experience in CFD, in particular for health and safety applications, including many national and international contacts. His experience includes:

• Application of ANSYS CFX-4 and CFX-5 for physically complex flows – fire and smoke movement, thermal hydraulics, high pressure gas leaks - in complex geometries.
  
  
• Independent assessment of CFD in nuclear, offshore, chemical, gas-fired power plant, and tunnel fire, safety cases.
  
  
• Initiation and management of a multi-national project for the gas turbine industry, leading to co-authorship of CFD best practice guidance. See report CM/03/12, at http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/hsl/fire.htm, and CM/04/09.
  
  
• Active at National and European level in setting standards for CFD, leading to production of best practice guidance.
  
  
• Co-authorship of independent guidance on the assessment of CFD simulations of fire and smoke movement. See HSL/2002/29, at http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/hsl/fire.htm
  
  
• Design of experiments, from lab-scale to field trials, to generate data for CFD model validation.
  
  
• Project management of the CFD elements of a major study on re-assessment of chlorine risks from water treatment works.
  
  
• Thematic area coordinator in EU Fifth Framework project: QNET-CFD. The objective of QNET-CFD was to develop a knowledge base of CFD solutions, data, and best practice guidance. Chris coordinated activities for the Chemical, Process, Nuclear Safety & Thermal Hydraulics sector. See http://eddie.mech.surrey.ac.uk/homepage.htm
  
  
• Planning and delivery of training on the basics of CFD for newcomers to the technology.