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Predicting the Future of Fission Power
2 weeks ago

Predicting the Future of Fission Power

By  •  2 weeks ago  •  Industry, Science, Technology

As renewable sources of energy such as wind and sun power are being increasingly added to the country’s electrical grid, old-fashioned nuclear energy is also being primed for …
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Learning with the flow
2 weeks ago

Learning with the flow

By  •  2 weeks ago  •  Featured, Industry, Science

The bigger the swirl, the bigger the problem — and the bigger the computing power needed to solve it.

Computational fluid dynamics researchers have spent decades studying how liquids and …
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Putting quantum circuits to the test
3 weeks ago

Putting quantum circuits to the test

By  •  3 weeks ago  •  Featured, Industry, Science

Researchers used Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Quantum Computing User Program, or QCUP, to perform the first independent comparison test of leading quantum computers.

The study surveyed 24 quantum processors and …
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NREL, GE Research Team Find Critical Adjustments To Improve Wind Turbine Design
2 months ago

NREL, GE Research Team Find Critical Adjustments To Improve Wind Turbine Design

By  •  2 months ago  •  Featured, Industry, Science

By Brooke Van Zandt, NREL Originally posted by NREL: NREL, GE Research Team Find Critical Adjustments To Improve Wind Turbine Design

 

Low-level jet streams, also known as low-level jets (LLJs), …
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OLCF researchers win R&D 100 award
9 months ago

OLCF researchers win R&D 100 award

By  •  9 months ago  •  Featured, Industry, People

A team that includes researchers from the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility recently received an R&D 100 Award for their work on Flash-X, a multiphysics simulation software package with applications …
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Speeding up simulations
12 months ago

Speeding up simulations

By  •  12 months ago  •  Featured, Industry, Science

Artificial intelligence has transformed industrial research and development in recent decades during what scientists call “the AI revolution.” The technology enables detailed simulations and high-speed modeling that can streamline the …
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New Deep Learning Techniques Lead to Materials Imaging Breakthrough
1 year ago

New Deep Learning Techniques Lead to Materials Imaging Breakthrough

By  •  1 year ago  •  Featured, Industry, Science

Supercomputers help researchers study the causes and effects—usually in that order—of complex phenomena. However, scientists occasionally need to deduce the origins of scientific phenomena based on observable results. These so-called …
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Summit Fires up Predictive Breakthrough for Gas Turbines
1 year ago

Summit Fires up Predictive Breakthrough for Gas Turbines

By  •  1 year ago  •  Featured, Industry, Science

Gas-fired turbines keep electric generators humming around the world, from power plants and factories to hospitals and universities. But the combustion process that fuels these engines comes with a billion-dollar-a-year …
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GE Spins up Supercomputer Models to Zero in on Energy Loss in Turbines
2 years ago

GE Spins up Supercomputer Models to Zero in on Energy Loss in Turbines

By  •  2 years ago  •  Events, Featured, Industry

High-pressure turbines are complex pieces of engineering and vital components of gas turbines used to propel jet engines. The more efficient these jet engines are, the better the outcomes for …
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ORNL Licenses Revolutionary AI System to General Motors for Automotive Use
2 years ago

ORNL Licenses Revolutionary AI System to General Motors for Automotive Use

By  •  2 years ago  •  Industry

The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed its award-winning artificial intelligence software system, the Multinode Evolutionary Neural Networks for Deep Learning, to General Motors for use …
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Realizing the Dream of Rotating Detonation Engines through an OLCF, NETL, GE, and University of Michigan Collaboration
3 years ago

Realizing the Dream of Rotating Detonation Engines through an OLCF, NETL, GE, and University of Michigan Collaboration

By  •  3 years ago  •  Industry, Technology

Revisiting an engine concept first proposed in the 1950s, researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) are conducting trailblazing research that may finally unlock its potential for ultra-high-efficiency propulsion and …
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Pinnacle Engines Develops Efficient, Low-Emission Gasoline Engine Using Supercomputing
5 years ago

Pinnacle Engines Develops Efficient, Low-Emission Gasoline Engine Using Supercomputing

By  •  5 years ago  •  Featured, Industry, Science

The Pinnacle Engines opposed-piston cylinder shown in three different views. Visualizations illustrate the generation of coherent flow structures and their collapse during the compression stroke, which leads to …
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Boosting Industry with OpenACC
5 years ago

Boosting Industry with OpenACC

By  •  5 years ago  •  Industry

One of the biggest hurdles for users who want to take advantage of accelerated computing is the time required to write and update software. That’s especially true for industrial users, …
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Former OLCF User Brings Supercomputing-backed Flood Maps to FEMA
5 years ago

Former OLCF User Brings Supercomputing-backed Flood Maps to FEMA

By  •  5 years ago  •  Industry

In 2012, a small Berkeley, California, startup called KatRisk set out to improve the quality of worldwide flood risk maps. With backgrounds in engineering, hydrology, and risk modeling, the company’s …
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OLCF Helps GE Deliver Next-Generation Gas Turbines
6 years ago

OLCF Helps GE Deliver Next-Generation Gas Turbines

By  •  6 years ago  •  Industry

In 2017, US-based General Electric (GE) delivered its newest heavy-duty gas turbine, the 7HA.02, to two power plants in Texas. The installations marked a milestone in natural gas–derived electricity generation, …
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Streamlining Accelerated Computing for Industry
7 years ago

Streamlining Accelerated Computing for Industry

By  •  7 years ago  •  Industry, Science

Scientists and engineers striving to create the next machine-age marvel—whether it be a more aerodynamic rocket, a faster race car, or a higher-efficiency jet engine—depend on reliable analysis and feedback …
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