Dymola Solutions for Infrastructure, Energy & Materials
Model, simulate and optimize power, grid and thermal energy systems with Dymola, from early feasibility studies to real-time control strategies.
Master the Complexity of the Energy Transition
As renewable energy scales and grids grow more decentralized, mastering multi-domain systems is a decisive competitive advantage. Dymola brings electricity, heat, fluids, and green fuels into a single high-performance environment seamlessly bridging the gap between early feasibility studies and real-time control strategy deployment.
Infrastructure, Energy & Materials Libraries
Sustainable Supply Systems
Discrete Material Flow & Production Buffer Optimization
Master the complexity of decentralized energy grids. The Sustainable Supply Systems (SuSy) solution provides a robust, drag-and-drop environment to model interconnected hybrid energy systems spanning electricity, heat, fuels, and water. Designed for the early conceptual phases when extensive parameter data is scarce, SuSy simulates a full year of multi-domain operations in under ten seconds. Rapidly evaluate techno-economic tradeoffs—balancing upfront capital expenditure against 20-year utility savings and carbon reduction targets. Optimize district heating networks, evaluate smart-building grids, and bridge the gap between initial feasibility studies and real-time control strategy deployment.
Hydrogen
PEM Fuel Cell Vehicle System Simulation
The Hydrogen solution enables engineers to seamlessly model stationary PEM fuel cell stacks, electrolysers, multi-medium fluid paths, liquid and high pressure vessels, and methane reformation processing components. Quickly evaluate system-level loss analyses and techno-economic trade-offs directly from standard manufacturer data sheets. By capturing the strict multi-physical interactions between hydrogen flow, moist air, and cooling networks, technical managers can maximize asset efficiency and lifespan. Refine energy-storage control laws and test grid-balancing responses under transient conditions, transforming raw component data into optimized, commercial-scale sustainable power infrastructure.
Battery
Electro-Thermal Pack & BMS Simulation
Design, simulate, and optimize advanced battery energy storage systems for infrastructure applications. Model electrical, thermal, and aging behavior with high fidelity to maximize performance, safety, reliability, and assess lifetime. The Battery Library enables engineers to seamlessly scale from individual lithium-ion cells to large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS), capturing real-world cell variability, thermal gradients, and operational conditions across the system. Analyze the impact of temperature distribution, cycling strategies, and degradation mechanisms on energy capacity, efficiency, system availability, and long-term performance. Evaluate battery behavior under diverse grid services, renewable energy integration scenarios, and load profiles to ensure reliable operation. From cell-level electrochemistry to system-level integration, the Battery Library helps develop safer and more efficient storage solutions.
Human Comfort
Advanced Cabin Climatization & Human Comfort
Redefine the passenger experience in modern transit. The Human Comfort solution enables automotive and rail engineers to co-design advanced HVAC systems and cabin interiors in a single virtual environment. Utilize the integrated 3D coarse-grid fluid model to track transient air velocity, temperature fields, and radiation loads without bulky CFD co-simulation. Calculate international thermal comfort standards like PMV, PPD, and equivalent temperatures (ISO 7730) inside the design loop. Optimize air distribution ducts and tune complex climate control laws early, reducing battery power drain and minimizing physical climate wind-tunnel prototyping iterations.
TIL Suite
Next-Gen Thermal Systems
Design high-efficiency thermal systems with ease - from refrigeration cycles and heat pumps to mobile air conditioning systems - across a wide range of operating conditions. The TIL Suite offers a comprehensive set of versatile component and system models, including heat exchangers, compressors, valves and separators, complemented by ready-to-use examples for a quick start. With the integrated TILMedia substance data library, you can seamlessly select from a broad range of working fluids, including complex multi-phase refrigerants. Expand your simulation capabilities even further with the specialized add-on library for mobile air conditioning – enabling deeper insights and detailed system analysis.
ClaRaPlus
Power Plants and Energy Systems
Create digital twins of power plants and energy systems to analyse transient behaviour, gain deeper system understanding, and optimize performance for future energy markets. ClaRaPlus supports all project phases, from concept evaluation and component design to control optimization, virtual commissioning, and operation. It is designed for conventional and renewable power plants, waste heat recovery and ORC systems, industrial energy systems, refrigeration cycles and heat pumps, district heating networks, and the interaction between electrical grids and power plants, among many other applications.
Process Modeling
Industrial Mixing & Fluid Processing Machinery
Accelerate process innovation with a comprehensive library of high-fidelity models for thermal separation, extraction, phase separation, and chemical reaction systems. Develop, test, and optimize complex process plants in a virtual environment, reducing engineering effort, minimizing risk, and shortening time to market.
HVAC
Industrial HVAC & Building Energy Optimization
Reduce energy consumption across large industrial complexes and building infrastructures. The HVAC solution enables energy systems engineers to model complete thermodynamic building envelopes, hydronic heating loops, and ventilation networks. Predict exact daily energy loads and evaluate smart control strategies to significantly shrink operating costs and carbon footprints.
Wind Power
Full Turbine Multi-Physics Simulation
The Wind Power solution allows studying the dynamic behavior of wind power plants. It contains models for the Direct-Driven Variable-Speed Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Generator topology (PMSG). Control strategies are provided for the generator and the grid-side, including maximum power point tracking. High simulation speed is achieved with averaged models for the power electronics, giving simulation results in a few seconds. Simulate transient wind conditions, evaluate pitch and yaw control strategies and more.
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