Cycle Performance Analysis
Analyze thermodynamic cycles, pressure ratios, component matching, fuel consumption, and off-design performance to understand how compressor choices affect complete gas turbine operation.
SimTurbo helps engineers model, evaluate, and refine centrifugal compressor behavior within complete gas turbine systems. Use an interactive, component-based environment to study operating points, component matching, steady-state performance, transient response, and control effects. Built for aerospace, marine, power-generation, research, and academic applications, the platform turns complex aero-thermodynamic concepts into practical engineering insight.
Explore connected modeling, analysis, simulation, and control tools for centrifugal compressor and gas turbine engineering work.
Analyze thermodynamic cycles, pressure ratios, component matching, fuel consumption, and off-design performance to understand how compressor choices affect complete gas turbine operation.
Build configurable gas turbine system models with graphical, component-based tools that support compressor selection, shaft arrangements, turbine matching, and conceptual configuration studies.
Study startup, shutdown, throttle changes, load variation, actuator behavior, and fault conditions to evaluate dynamic compressor-system response before physical testing.
Develop and validate PID control, fuel scheduling, protection logic, sensor models, and closed-loop strategies for stable gas turbine compressor operation.
Evaluate recuperated, regenerated, intercooled, reheated, and afterburning cycle configurations for efficiency, waste-heat recovery, emissions, and advanced propulsion research.
Support propulsion courses, laboratory demonstrations, research projects, and capstone work with academic simulation solutions and flexible student or classroom licensing.
Centrifugal compressor work is more useful when it is evaluated in the context of the entire engine. SimTurbo provides a Windows-based graphical environment for assembling component-level gas turbine models, examining steady-state and transient behavior, and validating control concepts. Interactive diagrams and real-time graphs help engineers explore operating conditions without treating the engine as a black box, while data export supports deeper post-processing in Excel, MATLAB/Simulink, or Python.
Purpose-built simulation tools help engineering teams move from concepts to informed design decisions.
Build with connected components rather than relying on an opaque, black-box engine model.
Visualize transient behavior and throttle effects interactively on standard PC hardware.
J85-GE-21 validation results report accuracy within plus or minus 2 percent.
Founder Paul J. Hoffman brings more than 45 years across aerospace, automotive, and power systems.
Experienced leaders focused on practical engineering simulation.
President, CEO & Founder
Paul J. Hoffman is the President, CEO, and Founder of Controls Research LLC, the company behind SimTurbo. With a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford, and an MBA from the University of Toledo, Paul brings a rare combination of technical depth and business acumen to the company. He has more than 45 years of experience spanning aerospace, automotive, and power systems engineering, giving him a comprehensive understanding of complex gas turbine engine design and simulation challenges. As founder, Paul has guided SimTurbo's development into a specialized, engineer-friendly platform used by aerospace, marine, and power-generation professionals as well as universities. His leadership reflects a deep commitment to advancing engineering education and real-world simulation accuracy, ensuring clients and students alike benefit from decades of hands-on industry expertise.
Vice President of Marketing & Sales
Chris Hoffman serves as Vice President of Marketing & Sales at Controls Research LLC, bringing more than 15 years of experience in the sales and marketing of technical products. Chris plays a key role in communicating the value of SimTurbo's advanced gas turbine simulation platform to aerospace, marine, power systems, and academic audiences across the United States. With a strong understanding of technical sales cycles and engineering-focused markets, Chris works closely with clients and educational institutions to ensure they find the right solutions for their design, analysis, and simulation needs. Chris is dedicated to building lasting relationships with customers, helping engineers and students alike understand how SimTurbo can improve productivity, precision, and outcomes in their gas turbine engineering projects.
Centrifugal compressor design software helps engineers investigate compressor performance as part of a larger thermo-fluid system. It can support evaluation of operating points, pressure ratio, component matching, off-design behavior, and interactions with turbines, combustors, shafts, and controls. In SimTurbo, compressor analysis is performed in a component-based gas turbine model rather than as an isolated black-box calculation.
Talk with SimTurbo about your gas turbine simulation requirements.
Reported validation within plus or minus 2 percent.
Interactive modeling on standard PC hardware.
Flexible support for engineering education.
Share your gas turbine design, analysis, control, or academic requirements. The SimTurbo team can help identify an appropriate modeling, licensing, trial, or demonstration option.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 779-390-4786. You can also send us a quick email at pjhoffman@simturbo.net.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 779-390-4786. You can also send us a quick email at pjhoffman@simturbo.net.