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| Reference Number | UKRI1300 | |
| Title | Virtual Exascale Calculations Transform Aviation (VECTA) | |
| Status | Started | |
| Energy Categories | Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research (Energy Models) 25%; Energy Efficiency (Transport) 50%; Other Power and Storage Technologies (Electric power conversion) 5%; Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (Hydrogen, Hydrogen end uses (incl. combustion; excl. fuel cells)) 10%; Renewable Energy Sources (Bio-Energy, Production of transport biofuels (incl. Production from wastes)) 10%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering) 30%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 70%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Energy modelling) 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Mark Parsons University of Edinburgh |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 October 2025 | |
| End Date | 01 October 2030 | |
| Duration | 60 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £6,991,490 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Unknown | |
| Region | Scotland | |
| Programme | Business Partnerships Fund | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Mark Parsons , University of Edinburgh |
| Other Investigator | Nick Hills , University of Surrey Gihan Mudalige , University of Warwick Declan Nolan , Queen's University Belfast Trevor Robinson , Queen's University Belfast Garth Wells , University of Cambridge |
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| Abstract | As other sectors of industry decarbonise, and if current trends and technologies continue, aviation will be responsible for 39% of the UK’s total carbon emissions by 2050, up from 8% in 2021. Rolls-Royce is committed to achieving net-zero operation of all its products by 2050. There are three pillars to its strategy: (a) maximise the efficiency of current products; (b) ensure fleets are compatible with 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF); and (c) develop alternatives such as electric and hydrogen propulsion. Fully electric flight is not suitable for long haul operations, for which hydrogen has been identified as a viable zero-carbon solution. VECTA’s ambition is to realise a unique Exascale multi-physics capability for modelling complete hydrogen gas turbines with the requisite resolution to credibly capture and remedy emergent behaviours. Our vision is that these capabilities contribute, in no small part, to the introduction of safe and efficient hydrogen powered gas turbines. VECTA builds on the highly successful “ASiMoV Round 2 Prosperity Partnership'” and takes it to a new level, with both new physical and computational modelling challenges. The project consortium, which like ASiMoV is led by EPCC, the supercomputing centre at the University of Edinburgh, together with Rolls-Royce, also includes the universities of Cambridge, Warwick, Surrey and Queen's University Belfast, as well as two further companies, ITI and Turbostream | |
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| Added to Database | 07/01/26 | |
