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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)
Energy Efficiency (Transport)
Other Power and Storage Technologies (Electric power conversion)
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (Hydrogen, Hydrogen end uses (incl. combustion; excl. fuel cells))
Renewable Energy Sources (Bio-Energy, Production of transport biofuels (incl. Production from wastes))
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Energy modelling)
Principal Investigator
Mark Parsons
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
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
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
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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Objectives
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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