Scientific domain
PE6: Computer Science and Informatics
Keywords
air conditioning and refrigeration
buildings
buildings and cities
efficiency
energy efficiency
energy efficiency and intelligence
energy efficiency in industry
health technologies - thermal management
heating
helath technologies
renewable energy
thermal systems and equipment
thermal treatments optimization
ventilation
waste utilization
thermal management of current
hybrid
and electric equipment and vehicles
Home partner institution
(UPC) Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Website
Technical staff available
Yes
Remote access details
No
Remote access available
Yes
Open to external users
Yes
Equipment
No
Open access to updated information database
No
Online booking system details
No
Online booking system available
No
Description
The numerical simulation of phenomena of computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer (CFD&HT) are characterized by huge computational demand, far beyond the capabilities of current computers for certain applications.
Since its outset, the computational strategy at CTTC has been based on the use of hardware with the best cost-performance ratio. Consequently, the CTTC currently has a high-performance computer (HPC) cluster with a total capacity of 3,144 cores.
The objective of the infrastructure is to serve as a calculation tool in the following activities:
- Numerical resolution and experimental validation of heat and mass transfer phenomena and fluid dynamics (natural and forced convection, turbulence, combustion, two-phase flow, radiation, porous media, numerical algorithms and solvers, high-performance computing, etc.)
- Thermal and fluid dynamic optimization of thermal systems and equipment (heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigerating HVAC&R, renewable energies, buildings and cities, energy generation, storage and transport, etc.)