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Introduction

Welcome to ZephyCFD-Core documentation!

ZephyCFD-Core is a wind resource assessment package using an OpenFoam-based CFD flow model.

It is developed by ZephyScience.

zephyfarm.io

If ZephyCFD-Core allows for local flow model runs, it can also be used from ZephyFarm web platform, unlocking the power of cloud computing.

Flavours

ZephyCFD-Core is released under a varity of flavours, offering various features made available to the user.

Licence

All ZephyCFD-Core flavors are distributed using GPL3 licence.

Distribution

ZephyCFD-Core-Base flavor is publicly distributed.
Other flavors are kept private and delivered under specific conditions.

ZephyCFD-Core-Base

ZephyCFD-Core-Base includes a set of programs allowing for a complete wind resource assessment, from project configuration to energy yield assessment.

How to access?

Project is publicly available on GitHub.

ZephyCFD-Core-GOLD

ZephyCFD-Core-GOLD includes a set of programs offering new features to ZephyCFD-Core:

  • ZephyDATA topography database access
  • WDG wind data generation

How to access?

To get access to this project, user need to get registered with an active Gold rank subscription.
Subscriptions can be ordered from ZephyFarm.

ZephyCFD-Core-WAKES

ZephyCFD-Core-WAKES includes programs allowing wake effect computations with CFD Actuator Disk Model.

How to access?

Only available through X-Farm.
Please contact.

ZephyCFD-Core-LIDAR

ZephyCFD-Core-LIDAR includes programs allowing lidar correction model generation from CFD results.

Note

These programs have been developped and are distributed conjontly with Deutsche WindGuard GmbH.

How to access?

Please contact.

Acknowledgement

ZephyCFD takes advantage of a large variety of open-source projects.

More especially, it uses both openfoam.com and openfoam.org flavors for performing the flow model computations, and even more especially, the new suite of tools that target atmospheric boundary layer modelling.

These have been developed via a collaboration between ESI-OpenCFD Ltd., ENERCON GmbH, and CENER.

Thanks for the involved people and companies for theses precious features!

Disclaimer

This offering is not approved or endorsed by OpenCFD Limited, producer and distributor of the OpenFOAM software via www.openfoam.com, and owner of the OPENFOAM® and OpenCFD® trade marks.