Analysis of ventilation schemes for indoor ice skating rinks using a numerical air flow model

An important task in the design of objects with artificial ice cover is to provide them with a modern ventilation and air conditioning system, which allows maintaining air conditions in the airspace of the rink's premises. A properly organized air exchange with an accurately calculated flow rate should ensure stable and comfortable air parameters for various zones on the rink. However, due to the complexity of the picture of thermal, mass transfer and air processes occurring during the operation of the ice rink, standard design techniques often do not allow to achieve the desired result. Therefore, at the present stage, the issue of improving the design quality of these objects is extremely important, which can be done using the capabilities of the computer 3D modelling method. Today, modelling of air flows in the design of indoor ice rinks in the Russian Federation is used only in the construction of large facilities of a national scale. The paper is a practical study on the possibility of using the method of numerical computer modelling to develop solutions in order to improve the operation of ventilation systems of an existing facility of regional importance.