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Energy Special Report
The Energy Report, is a comprehensive review of the application of Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technology to the solution of problems in the Energy Sector. This reports covers over a dozen examples including Oil and Gas, Wind, Nuclear, Fuel Cell and Fossil Fuel applications.
Customer Quotes:
"The extensive use of CFD in the design of the PBMR allows the engineers
to tackle challenges during the design phases that would have otherwise
only been encountered at high cost during the commissioning or operation
of the plant."
- Sarel Coetzee, PBMR (PTY) Ltd
As our governments face the daunting dual challenge of maintaining access to secure and affordable energy supplies while mitigating the effects of climate change, they will increasingly rely on high-quality engineering, and particularly Computer Aided Engineering, to solve the difficult technological problems at the heart of the sustainability issue.
This has resulted in a more urgent need for better understanding and analysis of the functional behavior of the complex products and processes involved. CD-adapco’s ability to rapidly simulate new and improved design ideas (prospective innovations) without a need for compromise or simplification has made it a powerful tool for gaining insight and creating new product/process design solutions.
Engineers working in all areas of the energy sector have found CD-adapco’s tools indispensable for assessing accident scenarios, performing system performance optimization, aiding in material development, visualization of gas and liquid flow, wind farm location analysis, electrochemical reaction and thermal and stress management. There are many other areas where CD-adapco’s applications have been effective.Visit the Energy Resource Center or download the energy report for more specific examples.
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customer examples highlighting applications like:
- Oil and Gas
- Wind
- Nuclear
- Fuel Cell
- Fossil Fuel
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Case Studies
CFD
Modeling For Wind Turbines
Our objective is to reduce costs and increase the power output of wind
turbines. The principle behind our studies is to use the effect
of static wing or sail structures, which convert energy more
efficiently, to increase the efficiency of turbines. Many attempts have already
been made during the last decades to use external shrouded systems, but with
success only in wind tunnel studies, not in ambient air. The reasons become
clear from the use of CD-adapco's CFD tools.
Simulating
Safety for High Temperature Reactors
Using CD-adapco's CFD tools engineers at AREVA successfully developed
a methodology to simulate the cool down of a High Temperature Reactor (HTR),
thereby obtaining a level of understanding which would otherwise be
unobtainable through experimental work alone.