CFD Applications in Renewable Energy Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Renewable energy systems play a major role in the solution to global problems such as the energy crisis and climate change. The need for better and more efficient renewable energy systems requires state-of-the-art techniques and tools for their design and analysis. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is one of those tools that have become a standard in the design process of thermal fluid systems. This Special Issue is focused on the application of CFD to the design, analysis, and optimization of renewable energy systems. The following topics are of interest for this Special Issue (but are not limited to them):

Wind energy:

• Wind turbine (WT) aerodynamics.
• WT aerodynamics and control.
• WT aeroelasticity.
• WT aeroacoustics.
• Wind farm modeling.
• Modeling of wake dynamics.
• Reduced-order models for WT aerodynamics.
• Multiscale modeling and coupling for WT aerodynamics.

Hydrogen:

• Generation (electrolysis) modeling.
• Compression and storage modeling.
• Transport modeling.
• Fuel cell modeling.
• Combustion modeling.

Hydropower:

• Turbine modeling.
• Pump modeling.
• Cavitation modeling.

Ocean energy:

• Turbine for tidal energy modeling.
• Wave energy converter modeling
• Unsteady flow modeling.
• Cavitation modeling.

Solar energy:

• Solar radiation modeling.
• Solar collector modeling.
• Photovoltaic and thermal systems modeling.

Bioenergy:

• Biomass combustion modeling.
• Pyrolysis processes modeling.
• Gasification modeling.
• Chemical kinetics coupling and modeling.

Dr. Omar Dario Lopez Mejia
Prof. Dr. Santiago Lain
Guest Editors

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