Dear OPM community,<\/p>\n
The Open Porous Media project is glad to announce that version 2017.04 of the\u00a0OPM suite of simulation software has been released!\u00a0Installation instructions can found on our download page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Certainly the most significant change of this release is the introduction\u00a0of the “flow_ebos” simulator. Compared to the previous “flow” simulators,\u00a0“flow_ebos” uses a different approach to linearize the non-linear system of\u00a0partial differential equations and as a result exhibits significantly better\u00a0performance. The new simulator is intended to eventually fully replace the\u00a0current family of “flow” simulators (i.e., “flow”, “flow_mpi”, “flow_solvent”,\u00a0“flow_polymer”, etc.) and should already provide a proper superset of the\u00a0capabilities of the “flow” simulator of previous OPM releases. For this reason,\u00a0the name “flow” has been made an alias for “flow_ebos” in OPM 2017.04. If, for\u00a0some reason, the previous “flow” simulator must be used, it is still shipped\u00a0under the name “flow_legacy”, but we strongly encourage you to send us bug\u00a0reports if you encounter any case that can be simulated using “flow_legacy” but\u00a0not using “flow_ebos”.<\/p>\n Besides the introduction of “flow_ebos”, plenty unit tests have been added, a\u00a0plethora of bugs has been fixed, well handling has been considerably improved\u00a0and now supports e.g. top-hole pressure controls and vertical flow performance\u00a0tables, ECL output and restart capabilities have been made much more\u00a0comprehensive, and all grid related functionality of opm-core has been moved\u00a0to the opm-grid module in preparation of the former module’s eventual\u00a0retirement. In addition, a Docker container has been uploaded to Docker Hub to\u00a0ease deployment for people who are into container technologies.<\/p>\n Last but not least, I would like to thank everyone who contributed to making\u00a0the many changes of this release happen so smoothly. It has been a pleasure to\u00a0work with you!<\/p>\n Have fun!<\/p>\n Andreas Lauser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear OPM community, The Open Porous Media project is glad to announce that version 2017.04 of the\u00a0OPM suite of simulation software has been released!\u00a0Installation instructions can found on our download page. Certainly the most significant change of this release is the introduction\u00a0of the “flow_ebos” simulator. Compared to the previous “flow” simulators,\u00a0“flow_ebos” uses a different approach … Continue reading OPM release 2017.04<\/span>