In addition to engineering simulation software and services, SimuTech Group is a leader in providing blade frequency testing, moment weighing, and strain gage & telemetry services to the power generation industry.
Common Power Systems
The expert team at SimuTech has extensive capabilities and experience in the design and engineering of steam turbines with Ansys CFD and FEA software for structural, thermal and fluid dynamics, as well as fatigue analysis with fe-safe.
Over more than 30 years, SimuTech Group has established itself as a leader in the steam turbine industry, specializing in physical testing services such as modal testing & MAC and blade frequency testing. Please contact us at any time to see how we can assist you.
- Generators
- Steam Turbines & Steam Turbine Failure
- Heat Exchangers
Common Power System Simulation Elements
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Motors & Generators |
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Transmission Systems |
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Coal Power Generation
As the economic, political and environmental pressures force coal plants to be more efficient and environmentally friendly, SimuTech Group can provide Ansys FEA and CFD simulation software and consulting services to help meet these challenges in the coal power generation industry.
Contact us to find out more about how we can help you, and check out the coal power generation design elements we’ve had experience with below:
- Burners
- Boilers
- Fluidized Beds
- Scrubbers
- NOx Reduction
- Gasification
- Mercury Capture
Coal Power Generation Simulations
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Pulverizers and Classifiers |
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Burners |
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Furnaces |
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Fluidized Beds |
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Gasification |
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Economizers |
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Flue Ducts |
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Selective Catalytic Reduction Systems |
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Sulfur Dioxide Scrubbers |
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Particulate Control |
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Gas Turbine Power Generation
- Compressors
- Combustors
- Turbines
- Enclosures
Gas Turbine Power Generation Simulations
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Shaft and Gear Systems |
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Compressors |
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Combustors |
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Turbines |
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Acoustic Enclosures |
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Nuclear Power
Since its inception in the early 1970’s, Ansys FEA and CFD software has been the preferred engineering simulation software in the nuclear power industry, as it provides the FEA and CFD tools required to meet the rigorous design, engineering and regulatory challenges of the nuclear industry as well as standards such as ASME NQA-1, Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications, ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code Section III, Subsection NF and ISO-9001.
With its long-term association with Ansys software, SimuTech Group has been providing FEA and CFD software and consulting services to the nuclear power industry for decades. SimuTech Group has an internal QA program developed to the standards of ASME NQA-1. This QA plan was developed in preparation for a large Div1/Div2 stress analysis project for a 1st tier designer/supplier of nuclear pressure vessel equipment.
- Fuel Assemblies
- Waste Storage
- Accident Analysis
- Multiphase Flow
- Steam Generators
Consulting Projects in the Nuclear Power Industry
- Crash test of nuclear waste containers falling from moving rail car
- Plutonium & Uranium (PUREX) waste sludge extraction device structural analysis: Remote attach assembly mechanism for slip fit
- ASME Section III, Subsection NB Structural/Thermal Evaluation: Evaluation of steam generator primary head for all plant operating conditions plus seismic
- Heavy Lift Load Evaluation per ANSI 14.6 Standard
- Turbine Blade Dynamic Evaluation of Fundamental Frequencies
- Steam Generator Drop Evaluation: Determination of Potential Damage due to Lifting Equipment Failure
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Containment |
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Coolant Pumps |
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Reactor Pressure Vessels |
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Fuel Assemblies |
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Pressurizers |
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Steam Generators |
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Reduce expensive and time-consuming scaled test loop experiments
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Passive Safety Systems |
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Generation IV Reactors |
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Waste Storage and Handling | Meeting regulatory requirements for repositories and transport and storage devices
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Cost-efficient design and troubleshooting of storage devices and repositories to comply with regulatory requirements
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Renewable & Alternative Power
Current environmental and political factors have made the renewable and alternative power generation industry a viable market where new methods and technologies are competing for a major role in power generation – now and in the decades to come.
Both SimuTech Group and Ansys continue to play a significant role in the development of many new technological advancements in the renewable and alternative power generation industry.
SimuTech Consulting Projects in the Renewable/Alternative Power Generation Industry:
- HVAC CFD simulation for optimal residential natural convection in coastal California
- Manufacturing-related process simulations of single-crystal silicon solar cells to eliminate solar cell cracking during handling and stringing operations
See below for some of the major challenges related to alternative power generation engineering and how the experts at SimuTech Group can use Ansys software to solve these issues. Contact us at any time for more information.
- Solar
- Hydropower
- Wind Power
- Fuel Cells
- Biomass
Alternative Power Generation Simulations
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Hydro Power |
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Solar Power |
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Biomass |
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Fuel Cells |
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