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  • LUMENION – Optimizing High-Temperature Thermal Storage

    About Lumenion LUMENION GmbH is a high-temperature thermal storage company whose mission is to store low-cost renewable energy and deliver heat to industry, agriculture, and private homes. LUMENION is a decarbonization company offering a solution for zero-carbon industrial-grade process heat. With today’s technology, it is possible to make effective and efficient use of renewable energy…

  • Easee – Improving Charging Robot Thermal Performance

    Challenge Improving the thermal performance of the Easee Charging Robot. Reducing physical prototyping. Results Faster idea optimization and exploration. Reduced time to market. Cloud-native CAD & CAE at EASEE Andrzej Tunkiel is the Mechanical Team Lead at Easee and is involved with both product development and manufacturing engineering. He is technically focused on the thermal…

  • Axens – Bringing CFD In-House for Chemical Reactors

    About Axens Axens provides a complete range of solutions for the conversion of oil and biomass to cleaner fuels, the production and purification of major petrochemical intermediates as well as treatment and conversion options for natural gas. With clients from energy and chemical markets from around the world, Axens offers technologies, equipment, furnaces, modular units,…

  • Energy Machines – Optimizing Vertical Wind Turbine Designs

    About Energy Machines Energy Machines™ is a leader in the design, implementation, and operation of integrated energy systems for buildings. Buildings are a growing climate problem, accounting for over 28% of global CO₂ emissions. Energy Machines is building a future in which buildings accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy by turning every building into…

  • Smartlouvre Technology – Validating MicroLouvre Performance

    The Initial Challenge for Smartlouvre Technology Ltd. The Smartlouvre MicroLouvre ™ is a woven fabric /mesh of paper-thin bronze louvres used to enhance the performance of any glazing or building facade. It is commonly attached to external windows and acts as a natural ventilation and solar shading device. This meant that it was difficult to…

  • Pollux Consulting – Testing Wind Load on Solar Landfills

    The Challenge The objective of this project was the construction of solar landfills over a large terrain. Until recently, the engineers at Pollux have been working with hand calculations and wind tunnel testing. Due to its time and cost savings benefits, Pollux decided to test the capabilities of a CFD software with the purpose of…

  • Orbital Marine Power – Optimizing a Floating Tidal Turbine

    The Challenge The incorporation of computer-aided engineering (CAE) at Orbital Marine Power was driven by two main reasons. The first one was to model the turbine leg and nacelle to optimise the hydrodynamic performance and reduce the impact of the shadow effect. This would result in an increased performance of the turbine. Although it is…

  • Designcraft – Reducing Turbine Size by 30%

    The Challenge DeepRiver AS needed to test the energy efficiency of its turbine design called the Pilot Turbine to determine which design solutions would improve its product. The physical prototype was based on an old water wheel concept, which was full-scale tested in Klapeida, Lithuania. The project then moved to a critical stage, where modifications…

  • American Wind – Optimizing a Micro Turbine with CFD

    The Challenge Never before has a 1-kilowatt generator been squeezed into a device just 3 inches in diameter. That is until American Wind developed its innovative micro wind turbine, which is integrated with a small, yet very powerful, generator. Still, a powerful generator doesn’t mean much in a wind turbine if it’s not able to…