Super Collaboration: GE and Cascade Apply New Technologies and Super-Computer Capabilities to Improve Gas Turbine Combustion
June 22 2015 - 9:53AM
Business Wire
- Joint Development Agreement Formalizes
Multi-Year Collaboration
- New Technologies to Give GE and Cascade
a “Look Inside” Gas Turbine Combustion Process
- Enhanced Visualization Capabilities
Designed to Advance New Product Introduction
Building on several years of work with Cascade Technologies,
Inc., GE (NYSE:GE) has announced a multi-year joint development
agreement with this Palo Alto-based company. The collaboration will
focus on applying and improving simulation software that enables
engineers to virtually look inside a gas turbine as it operates and
gain a better understanding of the turbulent fluid, chemical and
acoustic processes occurring within advanced, low-emissions
gas-turbine combustion systems.
“The global energy industry looks to GE as a leader in high
efficiency, with current HA gas turbines designed to deliver more
than 61 percent combined cycle efficiency. The enhanced simulation
and visualization capabilities enabled by our collaboration with
Cascade can help us deliver even higher efficiency and lower
emissions in the next generation of gas turbines,” said John
Lammas, vice president, power generation engineering at GE Power
and Water. “Together, we’re working to deliver better products,
faster.”
“GE is leading the industry by deploying this technology in
their engineering,” said Frank Ham, president and CEO, Cascade.
“The simulation is like a modern-day digital microscope that allows
GE engineers to interrogate the combustion process in ways that
were not previously possible. Seeing these details is helping GE
gain critical knowledge in how they can continue to improve their
gas turbines.”
The gas turbine combustion process involves multiple steps at
high speed. Compared to other digital modelling techniques, Cascade
simulation software enables better visualization of the combustion
process so engineers can understand more about the subtle changes
that occur. It’s like looking at the world through a slow-motion
video versus a time-lapse snapshot.
This visualization is made possible by unique code software that
can be scaled to run on national laboratory super-computers and at
other high-performance computing facilities. The code allows GE and
Cascade teams to simulate the combustion process with microsecond
time fidelity and sub-millimeter resolution, while generating
petabytes of data.
Such an unprecedented amount of information combined with
proprietary web-based analysis tools can help shorten the path
between simulations and engineering insight. During a typical
two-year development cycle, engineers utilizing the full potential
of the software can iterate on a design up to ten times faster to
accelerate learning and improve the design.
“Working with GE’s advanced engineering design, Cascade can have
the most impact by both improving the software and helping GE
improve the gas turbine technology iteratively,” said Ham. “By
providing information that goes into design decisions, we can help
improve efficiency, lower emissions and increase durability in
future products.”
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About GE
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can’t and delivers outcomes that make the world work better. GE
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company can. In its labs and factories and on the ground with
customers, GE is inventing the next industrial era to move, power,
build and cure the world. www.ge.com
About GE Power & Water
GE Power & Water provides customers with a broad array of
power generation, energy delivery and water process technologies to
solve their challenges locally. Power & Water works in all
areas of the energy industry including renewable resources such as
wind and solar; biogas and alternative fuels; and coal, oil,
natural gas and nuclear energy. The business also develops advanced
technologies to help solve the world’s most complex challenges
related to water availability and quality. Power & Water’s six
business units include Distributed Power, Nuclear Energy, Power
Generation Products, Power Generation Services, Renewable Energy
and Water & Process Technologies. Headquartered in Schenectady,
N.Y., Power & Water is GE’s largest industrial business.
For more information, visit the company's website at
www.gepower.com and http://powergen.gepower.com.
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About Cascade Technologies, Inc.
Cascade Technologies, Inc. develops, markets and supports high
fidelity Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and Computational Fluid
Dynamics (CFD) analysis tools for engineering applications across
industries. The company grew out of a need to bridge between
fundamental research in LES and its application in industries. The
team consists of PhDs with deep experience in fluid and thermal
sciences, physical modeling, numerical analysis, high-performance
computing and computer science. Many are alumni of Stanford
University’s Center for Turbulence Research, and the DOE’s Advanced
Simulation and Computing programs at Stanford. For more
information, visit the company’s website at
www.cascadetechnologies.com.
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