Advanced Gas Turbine Cogeneration System Simulation

A gas turbine cogeneration system, also called combined heat and power, uses a gas turbine to generate electrical or mechanical power while capturing exhaust heat for a useful thermal load. That recovered energy may support steam, hot water, process heat, or other applications. Effective evaluation considers the turbine cycle, heat-recovery arrangement, controls, load profile, fuel use, and off-design operating conditions.

SimTurbo supports gas turbine architecture design, thermodynamic cycle modeling, component matching, steady-state analysis, transient simulation, and control-system validation. Engineers can model components such as compressors, combustors, turbines, shafts, recuperators, and afterburners, then assess performance changes. Interactive graphs and diagrams help users examine operating points, fuel consumption, efficiency, and response to changing conditions before physical implementation.

Yes. SimTurbo can simulate advanced cycle configurations that include recuperation, regeneration, reheat, and intercooling. These studies help engineers investigate how recovered thermal energy affects fuel efficiency, thermal performance, operating limits, and emissions-related analysis. The platform is useful for comparing conceptual cycle arrangements and identifying configurations that warrant more detailed engineering evaluation.

Yes. Transient system operation simulation covers startup, shutdown, throttle movement, acceleration, deceleration, load changes, actuator dynamics, sensor response, environmental variation, and fault conditions. This capability helps teams move beyond a single design-point result and examine stability, response speed, protection logic, and dynamic performance during realistic operating events.

SimTurbo supports control-system design and validation through PID controller development, fuel scheduling, gain scheduling, actuator and sensor modeling, engine protection systems, start and shutdown logic, and FADEC-related logic. Users can test closed-loop behavior against modeled engine dynamics, assess transient response, and investigate stability or fault-detection strategies before progressing to more advanced validation workflows.

SimTurbo is designed for aerospace, marine propulsion, power-system, gas turbine, and control-system engineers, as well as researchers, universities, and engineering students. It supports design studies, performance analysis, virtual prototyping, technical education, and research projects. The component-based graphical environment is particularly useful for users who need transparent, configurable gas turbine models rather than fixed black-box calculations.

Yes. SimTurbo enables users to export data for post-processing in tools including Excel, MATLAB/Simulink, and Python. This makes it easier to extend simulation results into custom reporting, optimization studies, controls analysis, visualization, or project documentation. Export capability also helps engineering teams incorporate model outputs into their established analytical and data-management workflows.

A 30-day free trial is available for the gas turbine control system design offering, with full product features included during the trial period. This provides an opportunity to explore controller development, fuel scheduling, protection logic, transient response, and closed-loop validation. Availability and licensing terms for other SimTurbo capabilities may vary by product or program.