Category Archives: Turbomachinery

ASME Turbo Expo Right Around the Corner

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Heading to ASME Turbo Expo 2012

Well, it’s that time of year again. The ASME Turbo Expo (sponsored by the International Gas Turbine Institute, or IGTI) is right around the corner. For 20 of the past 23 years, this has meant a travel week for me, and this year it is to Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11 to 15. As turbomachinery is an important part of our business, ANSYS is a Silver Sponsor and strong participant in the event. And justifiably so. The ASME Turbo Expo is the premiere event for turbomachinery, bringing together the best and brightest from leading turbomachinery companies around the world. The draw is that the papers are generally of a high caliber, resulting from a peer review process that is generally only used for journal-quality publications. All the industry leaders are there, and the exposition is high quality and industry specific. Continue reading →

Transient Blade Row Methods: Obtaining Accurate Transient Turbomachinery Solutions Faster

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With the release of ANSYS 14.0, you now have access to some exciting new CFD models for transient rotating machinery blade row simulations.

All flows in rotating machinery are transient in nature, since the position of the rotor is a function of time. To obtain the highest fidelity solution possible,analysts today model all blades of each component and generate a solution using a transient simulation. This clearly is very time-consuming calculation. Continue reading →

Rising Tide: Why the Time for Tidal Power Generation Is Now

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Wave and tidal power generation is currently receiving significant attention from a number of sources. With many commentators pointing out that the industry is where wind power was at least 15 years ago — at the bottom of a very steep curve of adoption — there is a flurry of activity that is set to accelerate development at a rapid pace.

Image of UK Coastline Tidal Power GenerationIt’s easy to understand why there is such profound interest. The Carbon Trust estimates that the U.K. alone could capture just under a quarter of the global marine energy market — worth to up to £76bn by 2050, generating over 68,000 jobs. The analysis, the most in-depth of its kind, found that total marine energy capacity in the U.K. could be 27.5GW by 2050, capable of supplying the equivalent of over a fifth of current U.K. electricity demand to the grid.

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