An Helmholtz research initiative focused on advancing scientific collaboration and innovation through interdisciplinary approaches.
The consortium will gather in HZDR Dresden to launch the project.
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The consortium gathered in Berlin for the official project pre kick-off.
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The qFLOW harnesses the transformative potential of quantum computing to tackle urgent challenges in climate resilience, clean energy, and water security by advancing the simulation of complex fluid flows. These systems—governed by nonlinear, multiscale partial differential equations (PDEs)—are central to hydrology, environmental science, and energy technologies, yet remain computationally prohibitive for many realistic scenarios, even on today’s leading HPC systems.
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qFLOW pioneers the development of quantum-enhanced solvers for coupled fluid transport phenomena, targeting two critical domains: (1) groundwater flow and reservoir-based hydrological models, and (2) multiphase fluid dynamics, including bubbly flow and interfacial oscillations.
Supported by a co-design framework that brings together quantum technology (QT) developers (CASUS, FZJ, DESY, HZDR-FWC) and domain scientists (UFZ, HZDR Institute of Fluid Dynamics) to ensure physical relevance, algorithmic feasibility, and application transferability.
The open-source quantum solver suite developed in qFLOW will enable widespread adoption and serve as a blueprint for integrating quantum methods into Helmholtz research fields Earth & Environment and Energy.
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