CD-adapco to Exhibit Wind Park Simulation Technology at EWEA 2011
London. March 4, 2011
CD-adapco, the world's leading largest independent CFD-focused provider of engineering simulation, is pleased to announce the demonstration of its latest technology for the prospecting of Wind Parks and Wind Turbine Installations at the European Wind Energy Association Conference on March 14-17 in Brussels (http://www.ewec2011.info/).
The simulation technology, which is already being used by leading turbine manufacturers, addresses two of the biggest challenges in prospecting: the prediction of Wind Power Density across complex terrain and the identification of local flow features likely to negatively influence asset durability.
CD-adapco has developed a unique automated process, through which large areas of terrain can be evaluated, with little or no manual input from the operator. The process is based around STAR-CCM+, CD-adapco’s flagship simulation tool, which automates every part of the wind park simulation – from importing the terrain geometry, to producing a final report that identifies the suitability of a particular area of land for wind turbine installation.
Steve MacDonald, CD-adapco’s President, explains: “Previously numerical simulation for wind-park prospecting was rightly criticized because it either over-simplified the physics or was too complex and time consuming to deploy on a realistic scale – often requiring the integration of many different software modules and simulation times in excess of two weeks. In this respect STAR-CCM+ is paradigm changing – allowing large areas of terrain to be analyzed for twelve different wind directions in less than 3 hours, and with little or no manual input from the operator.”
As well as evaluating the Wind Power Density, the report produced also identifies local three dimensional flow features such as wind-shear, wind-veer and local gustiness that are likely to have a negative impact on the durability of the Wind Turbine gearbox.
Join CD-adapco at booth #12028 in Hall 12.
Excellent user interface and very good functionality including strong meshing and post processing built in.- Bob Gordon, Granhern
