DESIGN OF A SMALL SNOW GUN FOR LIMITED AREA USING CFD

摘要

Most of the ski resorts rely on man made snow for early opening of the slope in fall and improve snow cover all winter. This paper present tools and relation useful for conceptual and preliminary sizing of a fan snow gun. Once an initial shape is obtained, design is enhanced using numerical simulation of fluid flow by CFD commercial flow solver. Proposed simple relations are helpful but still need further improvement. As design get more complex and precise, CFD solutions become more attractive. With actual CFD tools, it should be possible to run 3D simulation of a fan snow gun.