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Technologyfor Rapid Turbomachinery

Development

Copyright © 2000-2004 SoftInWay, Inc. All rights reserved35 Corporate Dr., Burlington, MA 01803Tel: 781-685-4942; Fax 781-685-4601;

www.softinway.com; e-mail: [email protected]

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Established: 1999

Headquarter: Burlington, MA

Full-time staff: 25 employees

(9 with advanced academic

degrees)

Part-time staff: 18 employees

(14 with advanced academic

degrees)

Domain knowledge: 400+

person-years

Software development

Engineering consulting

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Structural and thermo-structural FEA

Coupled fluid-thermo-mechanical analysis

Conceptual and detailed design of mechanical

equipment

Solid modeling and drafting

AxSTREAM™ Axial Turbine and Axial Compressor Flow Path Design

ToolAxPLAN™

DoE ToolSeal Lab™

FE Model Verification Tool Based on

ISO1033 (STEP 209) MinuteMesh

Platform for Parameterized Mesh

Generators

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• Key features• Rapid preliminary design & optimization of a

multistage compressor• Meanline analysis• Compressor maps generation• Compressor cascades profiling• Creation of airfoil 3D IGES models

AxSTREAM™Compressor Design & Analysis Suite

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Turbine Preliminary Design & Optimization

Cascades Profiling

Blade Stacking

Blade geometry export to CFX Turbogrid,

Fluent, IGES, ANSYS

Blade geometry Import from IGES

Loadable Fluid models

Meanline Solver Loadable Losses models

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Framework of Compressor Design & Analysiswith AxSTREAM™ Suite

Compressor map generation

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AxSTREAMTM Suite Integration

Compressor1D Off-design

Analysis

Blade Stacking

AxSTREAMTM Project

Database

CompressorMeanline Design

Cascades Profiling

Airfoil Database

Stages Database

Compressor Maps

Generation

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Setting design parametersof compressor preliminary design

Sketchof resulting flow path

Axial Compressor Design & Analysis with AxSTREAM™

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Axial compressor flow path designed with AxSTREAM™

Mollier diagram and flow path sketch displayed


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Compressor stage window


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Stages database

AxSTREAM™ is developed for corporate needs, working with Stages Database.

Any stage may be copied and then pasted to any another project.


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AxSTREAM™ provides meanline design/off-design analysis of multistage compressor


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Compressor maps generation

AxSTREAM provides embedded maps generator AxMAP

AxMAP allows to obtain maps and response surfaces of mass flow rate, efficiency, reaction and other parameters as a function of operational parameters (outlet pressure, rotating velocities) and design parameters.

Map setup analysis for efficiency and flow rate vs. variable outlet pressure and blade rotation angle. Spool speed is a map parameter


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Setup maps generation

AxMAP allows flexibly tune the map variables and parameters.

To study an influence of blade stagger tuning, blade rotation was chosen as a primary variable, outlet pressure as a secondary one and spool speed as a parameter.


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Compressor maps for three designs Blade rotation angles in a range of spool speed

For each spool speed a three values of blade rotation angle are explored - -2.5deg, 0deg,+2.5 deg

bra = +2.50bra = 0

bra = -2.50


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AxSTREAM™ provides flexible tool for 2D / 3D compressor maps visualization


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AxSTREAM™ provides automatic compressor profiles building.

A special control tool displays allowable angle ranges.

AxSTREAM™ provides real-time calculation of a profile’s aerodynamic properties.


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AxSTREAM™ includes ATLAS profiles database, where proved profiles may be stored to be re-used in the future.

Shown is a nozzle profile stored in ATLAS database.


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Use AxSTREAM™ to: ● build 3D airfoils models ● provide visualisation and management of airfoil parameters distribution ● export airfoils models in IGES format

Shown is a compressor stator designed with AxSTREAM™


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SUMMARY

• AxSTREAM™ is:– Conceptual framework for design and analysis – Rapid, efficient, rigorous, repeatable solver

• AxSTREAM™ provides:– Preliminary design and detailed design/analysis– Visualization of data– Powerful ‘what-if’ and rollback analysis– Archiving of project data and frequently-used blade profiles– Integrated database being re-used with different modules– Data import and export

• AxSTREAM™ Suite key features:– Multiobjective (aero, thermal, stress/vibration, mass) tool– Integrated DoE and Optimization modules– Ability to design both cooling and long blades– Continuous update and improvement

19Copyright © 2000-2005 SoftInWay, Inc. All rights reserved

SoftInWay, Inc., located in Burlington, MA, a 6 year old corporation, is a scientific and engineering organisation that has a broad foundation of experienced turbomachinery development talent that markets engineering services, software products, and education.

We provide design simulation solutions that use visualisation of data to solve complex engineering problems. Our clients depend on us to fill non-core engineering capabilities/analysis, and provide engineering software design tools/software to rapidly develop products and modernise/re-rate legacy turbine/compressor equipment. We are very efficient, easy to work with, cost effective, and are proud of our 24 hour customer service support.

AxSTREAM suite for rapid, optimised turbomachinery unit flow path design is our premier solution for design and analysis process. Its technical roots go back over 30 years; SoftInWay, Inc. has 9 PhD level engineers and over 400 person-years of knowledge-base in this product. AxSTREAM™ suite of modules is a field-proven design software.

For more information, visit http://www.softinway.com or call 781-685-4942.

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SoftInWay, Inc.

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