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 SimuTech has extensive capabilities and experience in the steam turbine with FEA and CFD software from ANSYS for structural, thermal and fluid dynamics as well as fatigue analysis with fe-safe.
For over 30 years, SimuTech's Rochester office has a long established history in the steam turbine industry and specializes in physical testing services such as modal testing & MAC and blade frequency testing.
Design Element
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Simulation Benefits |
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Steam Turbines
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- Part life/erosion
- Costly downtime for failed equipment
- Thermal stresses
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- Determine and then design for likely nucleation and condensation regions
- Maximize part life through optimizing fatigue/creep trade-offs
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Motors & Generators
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- Need to dissipate large thermal loads with a minimum of parasitic power losses
- Generating a clean voltage signal
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- Determine generator characteristics before creating a physical prototype:
- Subtransient reactance
- Open-circuit saturation curve
- Output voltage signal harmonic distortion
- Heat transfer in air passages
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Balance of Plant:
- Fans & Pumps
- Heat exchangers
- Valves & Seals
- Condensers
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- Erosion/Corrosion
- Poor performance
- Fatigue failure
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- Maximize efficiency
- Design for uneven flow distribution
- Reduce erosion in virtual prototypes
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Transmission Systems
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- Failures can effect thousands of customers
- Keeping electric field strengths within specifications
- Designing for complex failure modes
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- Simulate complex coupled physics during the design process
- Improve safety and reliability
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