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                 Wind turbine and aeronautics consulting company

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Expertise

  • Applied aerodynamics

  • Airfoil aerodynamics

  • Streamtube models

  • Blade element theory

  • Wing aerodynamics

  • Wind turbine aerodynamics

  • Dynamic stall

  • Aircraft icing simulation

  • Aircraft anti-icing simulation

  • Vertical axis wind turbine design

  • Unsteady aerodynamics

  • Environmental impact

  • Economic analysis

  • Transonic flows

  • Boundary layer flow

  • NLF airfoils

  • Wind turbine safety systems

  • Roughness effects modeling

Publications

Published seven books and over 200

journal and conference papers:

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Overview

Iopara is a consulting company specialized in providing expert services in the field of applied aerodynamics, wind energy and wind turbine design, aircraft and wind turbine icing prediction as well as aircraft hot-air and electro-mechanical anti-icing simulations.

 

The founder, Dr. Ion Paraschivoiu, has over 35 years of experience in conducting research, teaching and in providing services for major companies and research centers in USA and Europe on problems related to wind turbine aerodynamics, performance prediction and optimal design, aircraft icing and anti-icing. Dr. Paraschivoiu has won many industry and academic awards for his research and publications.

 

Services

Iopara offers expert knowledge in fluid dynamics and applied aerodynamics, particularly in wind turbine and aircraft aerodynamics. Clients include manufacturers and researchers seeking to perform calculations, improve performance, cut operational costs and study environmental impacts of their system designs. Iopara also provides customized training for professionals and corporations seeking to advance their level of knowledge in the field of analytical modeling, CFD, dynamic stall phenomena, drag and laminar flow, icing conditions and anti-icing systems.

 

Analysis Software

Dr. Paraschivoiu developed world renowned simulation and analysis software that provides the ability to define and optimize configurations for H-type Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. CAARDAV’s Double-Multiple streamtube model and genetic algorithm optimizer predicts aerodynamic characteristics of straight and inclined blade designs, supports 1D and 3D wind models and supports skew wind conditions for rooftop mounted simulations. Additional modules provide 2D and 3D analysis and optimization capabilities applied to aircraft icing and anti-icing simulations.

 

Meet Our Team

 

Major Worldwide Consultations/Clients/Collaborations

Bombardier Aerospace (Canada), CO2 Vortech Inc. (Canada),  Ecofys Inc. (The Netherlands), FloWind (USA, no longer in business), Guangzhou ENGGA Generators Co., Ltd (China), Hydro-Québec (Canada), Mariah Power (USA), Norwegian Ocean Power (Norway), Norcraft Marine (Norway), OrganoWorld (Canada), Sandia National Labs (USA), Swift Engineering Inc. (USA), UrWind Inc. (Canada), Vind & Sol (Denmark), Wind Harvest International (USA), Wind Power Ltd (UK), including other academic and research institutions.

 

IOPARA INC., 1595 Norway, Montréal, Québec, H4P 1Y3, Canada, +1(514)342-2982, info@iopara.ca