Verdantas Flow Labs
Facility Overview
Verdantas Flow Labs, formerly Alden Research Laboratory, offers capabilities in both Numerical Modeling & Analysis and Tank/Basin physical testing.
Verdantas Numerical Modeling & Analysis capabilities
Verdantas has been using 2D and 3D numerical modeling tools to evaluate fluid systems since 1996. Projects include both detailed 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis of equipment and larger scale sediment transport types of analyses. Problems related to marine renewables energy systems and civil engineering hydraulics are addressed by Verdantas engineers and scientists using a combination of scaled physical modeling/testing and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The Verdantas campus in Holden, Massachusetts includes over 150,000 sq. ft. of laboratory testing space. An additional 10,000 sq. ft. is available in our Everett, Washington facility. Within each facility, project-specific scaled models are customized, constructed, and tested to address a wide range of flow and technology performance issues and problems.
Verdantas Tank/Basin/Flume capabilities
Verdantas has unique facilities to help developers test and improve their wave energy conversion equipment. Combined wave and wind loading as well as mooring techniques can be evaluated for wave energy capture systems on scaled models. Both linear and basin type wave tanks are available, as well as onsite field measurement services to provide bathymetry, wave height and direction measurements, current velocity measurements, water and tide level data acquisition, sediment-water interface monitoring, and biological surveys. Wave energy conversion systems have been tested at Verdantas (Alden) since the 1980s.
