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Researchers Compute Their Way Toward Cleaner Coal Plants

Visualization of particle simulation.
Using Hazel Hen, researchers ran a DNS simulation of 45,000 particles at the Kolmogorov scale. To the team’s knowledge, this is the largest direct-particle simulation for the largest number of particles at this scale to date. Courtesy of RWTH Aachen

Using the Hazel Hen supercomputer at HLRS, an RWTH Aachen University team reached a new landmark in modeling turbulence, paving the road to better power plant modeling and design.

When you think of turbulence, you might think of a bumpy plane ride. Turbulence, however, is far more ubiquitous to our lives than just air travel. Ocean waves, smoke from fire, even noise coming from jet engines or wind turbines are all related to turbulence.