Affiliation:
1. Direction Physico‐chimie et Mécanique appliquées IFP Energies Nouvelles Rueil‐Malmaison France
2. Chair for System Simulation Friedrich‐Alexander University Erlangen Germany
3. Direction Sciences et Technologies du Numérique IFP Energies Nouvelles Rueil‐Malmaison France
4. Parallel Algorithm Team CERFACS Toulouse France
Abstract
SummaryThis article presents the development of a new wind turbine simulation software to study wake flow physics. To this end, the design and development of waLBerla‐wind, a new simulator based on the lattice‐Boltzmann method that is known for its excellent performance and scaling properties, will be presented. Here it will be used for large eddy simulations (LES) coupled with actuator wind turbine models. Due to its modular software design, waLBerla‐wind is flexible and extensible with regard to turbine configurations. Additionally it is performance portable across different hardware architectures, another critical design goal. The new solver is validated by presenting force distributions and velocity profiles and comparing them with experimental data and a vortex solver. Furthermore, waLBerla‐wind's performance is compared to a theoretical peak performance, and analyzed with weak and strong scaling benchmarks on CPU and GPU systems. This analysis demonstrates the suitability for large‐scale applications and future cost‐effective full wind farm simulations.
Funder
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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