CONVERGE for Wind Energy

Wind energy is playing an increasingly important role as we transition to cleaner energy sources. In this course, we will demonstrate how to use CONVERGE to model wind energy applications. We will go through a recently developed modeling package that aims to streamline some of the biggest challenges in wind energy simulations. Specifically, we will cover how to model:

• Environmental flows, including atmospheric turbulence and oceanic waves
• Individual wind turbines and wind farms, including blade-resolved meshing and simplified actuator rotor models
• Floating offshore wind turbines, including fluid-structure interaction and mooring system models
• Blade aeroelasticity and turbine aeroacoustics, including coupled approaches with third-party software and integrated modeling options

*This session includes hands-on CONVERGE Studio practice.

PREREQUISITES
Introduction to CONVERGE (or equivalent introductory CONVERGE training course)