Numerical Simulations and Optimization of Renewable Energy Systems
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2022) | Viewed by 5814
Special Issue Editor
Interests: computational fluid dynamics; renewable energy systems; wind and tidal renewable energy; geothermal energy; solar energy; multiphase flow
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Dear Colleagues,
The global goal is to bring greenhouse gas emissions to zero within the second half of the 21st century, as ratified in the 2015 Paris Agreement. Such a challenging target implies developing novel methods and devices, or improving existing ones, to extract more energy from renewable resources, at low cost. Energy from wind, tides, and waves, and geothermal energy, have been identified as leading technology options to decarbonise the energy system worldwide.
The significant increase in computing power over the past decades has motivated the development of numerical tools, which can be efficiently used for the design and control of renewable energy systems. Authors are invited to submit research and progress related to the development and use of numerical methods for renewable energy applications. This Special Issue will feature original research in these areas, including but not limited to:
- Offshore/onshore wind energy
- Tidal/wave renewable energy
- Geothermal energy.
I invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue, which should ideally include a clear numerical component, for instance Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), numerical optimization, deep learning, etc., demonstrating how numerical methods, models, and codes can be applied for the design, study and/or optimization of existing and/or novel renewable energy systems.
Dr. Patrick G. Verdin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- computational fluid dynamics
- offshore renewable energy
- tidal and wind turbines
- wave-structure interactions
- horizontal and vertical axis turbines
- geothermal energy
- design optimization
- deep wellbore heat exchangers
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