SHAPE Pilot Albatern: Numerical Simulation of Extremely Large Interconnected Wavenet Arrays

Albatern develop novel interconnected offshore marine renewable energy devices. The goal of this SHAPE
project was to begin the development of a physics code capable of simulating a large scale Wavenet array (100
or more devices) using HPC technology to extensively parallelise the solution. The simulation capability is
intended to build on Albatern’s in house modelling expertise, allowing the prototyping of arrays that are
currently not possible to simulate due to their scale. Computer visualisation and power prediction of large scale
arrays are also vital to the success of Albatern’s efforts to continue investment in the technology. To facilitate
development, the project was split into an algorithm development task and a HPC implementation task. The
completed HPC simulation method will capture fundamental dynamic phenomena associated with arrays of
wave energy devices while providing a time and cost effective development technology.