Full 2nd Order Accurate solution in less than 30 minutes

on a quadcore PC for 1 million mesh points with CPU Booster in

FINE™/TurboAdvanced Applications:• Complex configuration• Cross wind in single blade passage• Unsteady flow simulation• Vibration• Flow generated noise

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Breakthrough in 3D wind turbine meshing: Full automatic all hexahedra cells meshing in minutes with AutoGrid5™

A Major Breakthrough

in Wind Energy CFD

Breakthrough in flow simulation computing time:

A new wave in Fluid Dynamics

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Breakthrough in full 3D wind turbine blade optimization with FINE™/Design3D:

· Multi-point and multi-objective optimization

· Fully automatic process with no user intervention

· Optimization featuring Design of Experiments, Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithms

· Powered by AutoBlade™, 3D parametric blade modelerwith pre-defined template for Wind Turbine

Black: Optimized Blade. Red: Initial Blade

Fluid Structure

Interactions· Strong fluid/

structure interaction with

FINE™/FSI-Oofelie

· Modal approach in FINE™/Turbo

· Coupling to FEA commercial or in-house tools

through MPCCI

2.5 MW twist distribution optimized blade with a gain in annual energy production between 5 and 10%

Simulation of Terrain Effectson Wind Farm Energy Production with FINE™/Hexa

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3D flow features at high wind speed

Wind speed prediction for wind turbine placement in urban environment

Comparison between measurement and simulation of wind speed on open terrain for wind farming

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