Workshop: The Path to Future HPC Technologies in Wind Energy Modelling & Simulation

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Speaker: Ardeshir Hanifi
Institution: KTH – Royal Institute Of Technology
Title: High-performance computing of wind turbine tip-vortex instability

Speaker: Bruno Carmo
Institution: USP – Universidade de São Paulo
Title: Blade-resolved and actuator line CFD simulations of the flow through the NREL 5 MW wind turbine

Speaker: Adrian Jackson
Institution: EPCC – University Of Edinburgh
Title: Optimising CFD I/O through on-node non-volatile memory

Speaker: Richard Stevens
Institution: University of Twente
Title: Actuator Line Modeling in Large Eddy Simulations

Speaker: Flavio Galeazzo
Institution: HLRS – High-Performance Computing Centre Stuttgart
Title: LES Simulations of Wind Turbines in a Turbulent Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Speaker: Mohsen Lahooti, Rafael Palacios, Spencer Sherwin
Institution: Imperial College London
Title: Near-wake resolving FSI of wind turbine blade using high fidelity simulation

Speaker: Herbert Owen Institution: Barcelona Supercomputing Centre Title: HPC developments in Alya for Wind Energy Applications

Speaker: Marta Gil Bardají Institution: Vortex, Barcelona Title: A seamless avenue to drive wind resource time series modeling: the MPAS model and the mesoscale reframed

Speaker: Jake Badger Institution: DTU – Technical University of Denmark Title: Latest developments in Mesoscale to microscale model chain for wind resource assessment: The importance of HPC

Speaker: Xuerui Mao Institution: University of Nottingham Title: A hybrid solution for wind resource assessment – predict offshore wind from limited onshore measurements

Speaker: Eric Joos, Clementine le Guennic Institution: EdF R&D Title: Downscaling with the WRAPP methodology: clustering of meteorological situations and microscale CFD modeling

WHAT WAS THE WORKSHOP ABOUT?

Wind as a clean and renewable alternative to fossil fuels has become an increasingly important contributor to the global energy portfolio. At almost every stage in wind energy exploitation ranging from wind turbine design, wind resource assessment to wind farm layout and operations, the application of HPC is a must.

In this workshop on September 14th & 15th, researchers and experts from leading European and Brazilian research institutions and companies in the domains of wind energy as well as HPC will explore the latest developments in:

HPC Technology
Wind Energy & Models
HPC for Wind Energy

TOPICS & TIMING

Besides presentations and Q&A with the HPCWE project partners, the workshop included guest talks by:

Herbert Owen, Senior Researcher, Barcelona Supercomputing Centre: “HPC developments in Alya for Wind Energy Applications”
Ardeshir Hanifi, Researcher, KTH Royal Institute of Technology: “High-performance computing of wind turbine tip-vortex instability”

The online workshop took place on two half days:
Day 1: September 14th, 1 p.m. CET to 5 p.m. CET
Day 2: September 15th, 1 p.m. CET to 5 p.m. CET

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AGENDA

Talks on the first day put a focus on high-perfomance computing (HPC) for wind turbine flow, on the second day on HPC for wind resource assessment. Time slots included the talk itself and the possibility for Q&A with the speaker.

Time (CET)	Speaker	Topic
WORKSHOP DAY 1: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2020: "High-performance computing for wind turbine flow"
1.00 - 1.45 p.m. CET	Ardeshir Hanifi, (KTH - Royal Institute of Technology)	High-performance computing of wind turbine tip-vortex instability
1.45 - 2.15 p.m. CET	Bruno Carmo (USP - Universidade de São Paulo)	Blade-resolved and actuator line CFD simulations of the flow through the NREL 5 MW wind turbine
2.15 - 2.30 p.m. CET	Coffee Break
2.30 - 3.00 p.m. CET	Adrian Jackson (EPCC - University of Edinburgh)	Optimising CFD I/O through on-node non-volatile memory
3.00 - 3.30 p.m. CET	Richard Stevens (University of Twente)	Actuator Line Modeling in Large Eddy Simulations
3.30 - 4.00 p.m. CET	Flavio Galeazzo (HLRS - High-Performance Computing Centre Stuttgart)	LES Simulations of Wind Turbines in a Turbulent Atmospheric Boundary Layer
4.00 - 4.30 p.m. CET	Mohsen Lahooti, Rafael Palacios, Spencer Sherwin (Imperial College London)	Near-wake resolving FSI of wind turbine blade using high fidelity simulation
WORKSHOP DAY 2: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2020 "High-performance computing for wind resource assessment"
1.00 - 1.45 p.m. CET	Herbert Owen (Barcelona Supercomputing Centre)	HPC developments in Alya for Wind Energy Applications
1.45 - 2.15 p.m. CET	Marta Gil Bardají (Vortex, Barcelona)	A seamless avenue to drive wind resource time series modeling: the MPAS model and the mesoscale reframed
2.15 - 2.30 p.m. CET	Coffee Break
2.30 - 3.00 p.m. CET	Jake Badger (DTU - Technical University of Denmark)	Latest developments in Mesoscale to microscale model chain for wind resource assessment: The importance of HPC
3.00 - 3.30 p.m. CET	Xuerui Mao (University of Nottingham)	A hybrid solution for wind resource assessment - predict offshore wind from limited onshore measurements
3.30 - 4.00 p.m. CET	Eric Joos, Clementine le Guennic (EdF R&D)	Downscaling with the WRAPP methodology: clustering of meteorological situations and microscale CFD modeling