About the Joule 3.0 Supercomputer
NETL is home to Joule – among the world’s fastest high-performance computers – and advanced visualization centers that serve the organization’s research and development needs. The third generation of Joule supercomputer underwent a $21.66 million refresh in June 2024, resulting in a nearly a 40% increase in computing capacity. As of November 2024, Joule 3.0 is ranked 24th among DOE National Laboratory supercomputers, 65th in the United States, and 215th globally on the TOP500 list, as well as 101st worldwide on the HPCG ranking. The TOP500 ranking, based on the High-Performance LINPACK (HPL) benchmark, measures raw computational performance and peak processing speed. In contrast, the High-Performance Conjugate Gradient (HPCG) benchmark focuses on real-world application performance by assessing memory bandwidth, communication efficiency, and latency, providing a more practical evaluation of the system’s effectiveness in solving complex problems.
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Simulation Based Engineering at NETL
By Dr. Cynthia Powell I magine being able to design and optimize an entire fossil-fuel power plant, from fuel processing, through energy conversion, to power distribution, and to include the integration of pollution control devices to assure near-zero emissions,...
Simulations of the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit on NETL’s Joule Supercomputer Support the Idaho Cleanup Project
There are approximately one million gallons of radioactive sodium-bearing liquid waste being stored at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site. To reduce the environmental footprint, the Department of Energy has...
Development of a Three-dimensional Transient Wall Heat Transfer Model of a Rotating Detonation Combustor
Numerical simulation of transient heat transfer characteristics of a Rotating Detonation Combustor (RDC) is presented in this paper. A three-dimensional transient conduction model was developed…