9th European Space Propulsion System Simulation (ESPSS) Workshop

19 Sept 2023, 13:00 → 21 Sept 2023, 16:00 Europe/Amsterdam

Einstein Conference Room (ESTEC, The Netherlands)

Following the needs of the European Space Propulsion Community, a first workshop on ESPSS was collocated with the ESA Space Propulsion 2012 Conference at Bordeaux.  Due to its success and on users’ request, ESA-ESTEC responsible for the ESPSS development is now preparing a 9^th ESPSS workshop covering the following topics: 

• Latest improvements of ESPSS v3.8.0
• Industrial validation and simulations
• Problems’ handling and suggestions
• Next steps after ESPSS v3.8.0

To start, a general overview of the European Space Propulsion System Simulation will be given by ESA and Empresarios Agrupados Internacional (EAI), where the main capabilities of the EcosimPro tool and the ESPSS libraries will be explained, as well as the status of the main developments that are currently ongoing in ESPSS.

The floor will be then opened to industrial and researcher institution users providing the opportunity to present different suggestions and questions stated by the different  users and attendants, based on their experience and wishes. 

The workshop will end with a session where all the users can suggest extensions and improvements of the tool to address their new needs for future applications. 

The objective of the workshop is twofold. The first is to highlight the upgrades realized both on EcosimPro Platform and the ESPSS toolkit along with new extensions. These upgrades and extensions will be presented directly by the related developers. The other goal is to reinforce the constructive feed-back on the simulation tool in which the experience of developers and users are openly discussed providing the basis for future improvements of the EcosimPro/ESPSS tool environment. Therefore, ESPSS users are encouraged to elaborate and provide specific test cases upfront for troubleshooting and support during the workshop.

The agenda of the workshop will include (see 'Provisional Schedule' tab for details):

• ESPSS General Information and Status Overview
• ESPSS overview: latest version
• Interactive problems handling: based on provided presentations and ESPSS models
• Suggestion for extensions and improvements: feedback from users
• Advanced ESPSS training (last day)

The advanced ESPSS training will include the following topics:

• Water Hammer and Priming simulations
• Complete Rocket Cycle Examples
• General Tips for slow computations, optimization of performance
• Adding new Fluids to ESPSS
• Flushing, cleaning cryogenic lines
• RENDER library
• Python, MATLAB and other connections
• Optimization
• Real Time/Virtual Commissioning 

Registration is free of charge but is required for participation and is restricted to organisations from ESA Member States and Associate Member States.

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Tuesday 19 September

13:00 → 13:15 ESA introduction

Speaker: Johan Steelant (ESA - ESTEC)

9thESPSS_Workshop_ESA_Intro.pdf

13:15 → 13:45 Introduction to ECOSIMPRO

9thESPSS_Workshop_Ecosimpro.pdf

13:45 → 14:15 Introduction to ESPSS and current status

9thESPSS_Workshop_Intro&Status.pdf

14:15 → 14:45 Recent and Future Changes

9thESPSS_Workshop_ChangeLog.pdf

14:45 → 15:15 Coffee Break

15:15 → 16:30 Recent and Future Changes (Continued)

Wednesday 20 September

09:00 → 10:00 Presentations from Users and Discussion

09:00 Parametric Optimisation of Critical LRE Structures

Speaker: Mateusz Gulczynski (German Aerospace Center (DLR))

9thESPSS_Workshop_DLR_Gulczynski.pdf

09:15 Discussion and Interaction with Empresarios

09:30 Rocket Control Library – Coupling EcosimPro with Python

Speaker: Kai Dresia

9thESPSS_Workshop_DLR_Dresia.pdf

09:45 Discussion and Interaction with Empresarios

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 → 11:30 Presentations from Users and Discussion

10:30 Transient Turbojet Simulation

Speaker: Karel Van den Borre (Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics)

9thESPSS_Workshop_VKI.pdf

10:45 Discussion and Interaction with Empresarios

11:00 Use of EcosimPro® optimizer DE in a dynamic problem

Speaker: christophe Koppel (KopooS Consulting Ind.)

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9thESPSS_Workshop_Kopoos.pdf

11:15 Discussion and Interaction with Empresarios

11:30 → 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 → 14:00 Presentations from Users and Discussion

13:00 FreeMolVent: modelling and validation in Ecosimpro

Speaker: Bayrem Zitouni (OHB)

9thESPSS_Workshop_OHB.pdf

13:15 Discussion and Interaction with Empresarios

13:30 Analysis and Verification of In-Orbit Fuelling System

Speaker: Avichai Elimelech (Thales Alenia Space UK)

9thESPSS_Workshop_TAS-UK.pdf

13:45 Discussion and Interaction with Empresarios

14:00 → 14:30 Open Discussion about ESPSS, Future Steps and Required Improvements

9thESPSS_Workshop_Discussion.pdf

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 → 17:00 Open Discussion about ESPSS, Future Steps and Required Improvements (Continued)

19:00 → 21:30 Social Dinner

Thursday 21 September

09:00 → 11:30 Advanced Training

Topics to be treated:
Water Hammer and Priming simulations
Complete Rocket Cycle Examples
General Tips for slow computations, optimization of performance
Adding New Fluids to ESPSS
Flushing, cleaning cryogenic lines
RENDER library
Python, MATLAB and other connections
Optimization
Real Time/ Virtual Commissioning

Speakers: MARIA ARANDA ROSALES, Shankara Coello Escobar (Empresarios Agrupados Internacional)

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9thESPSS_Workshop_Training.pdf

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11:30 → 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 → 16:00 Advanced Training and Close out

Topics to be treated:
Water Hammer and Priming simulations
Complete Rocket Cycle Examples
General Tips for slow computations, optimization of performance
Adding New Fluids to ESPSS
Flushing, cleaning cryogenic lines
RENDER library
Python, MATLAB and other connections
Optimization
Real Time/ Virtual Commissioning

Speakers: MARIA ARANDA ROSALES, Shankara Coello Escobar (Empresarios Agrupados Internacional)