Advanced Embedded Control Systems for Gas Turbines

Embedded control systems are the logic, software, sensors, actuators, and protective functions used to manage a gas turbine’s operation. They can govern fuel flow, startup and shutdown sequences, spool speed, temperature limits, acceleration, and fault responses. SimTurbo enables engineers to model these elements alongside the engine, so they can evaluate closed-loop behaviour before moving toward hardware implementation.

Yes. SimTurbo includes built-in control components such as PID controllers and limiters for developing gas turbine control strategies. Engineers can connect controller logic to fuel schedules, actuator models, sensor signals, and engine components, then assess response, stability, and protection behaviour. This supports control-law development for aerospace, marine, industrial, research, and educational applications.

Transient simulation shows how an engine and its controls behave during changing conditions rather than only at a fixed operating point. SimTurbo can model startup, shutdown, throttle movement, acceleration, deceleration, load changes, sensor response, and fault scenarios. Reviewing these events helps engineers identify undesirable delays, overshoot, instability, or limit violations and refine control parameters earlier in development.

Yes. SimTurbo supports actuator and sensor modelling as part of gas turbine control-system development. Including these elements helps engineers account for signal behaviour and dynamic interactions between the controller and engine components. This creates a more useful environment for examining closed-loop response, validating control logic, testing fault-related scenarios, and optimising performance before physical testing.

SimTurbo supports component-based modelling for turbojet and related gas turbine configurations. Available capabilities include single-spool and dual-spool turbojet simulation, complete engine architecture design, and advanced configurations involving recuperation, regeneration, reheating, intercooling, and afterburning. Models can incorporate components such as inlets, compressors, combustors, turbines, nozzles, shafts, recuperators, and afterburners.

Yes. SimTurbo supports exporting simulation data for post-processing in Excel, MATLAB/Simulink, or Python. This allows engineering teams to extend their analysis, create custom visualisations, compare simulation outputs, or integrate results into established workflows. Data export is particularly useful when documenting control-system performance, assessing design changes, or conducting additional numerical analysis outside the platform.

SimTurbo offers a free 30-day trial for control-system design for gas turbines. The trial includes full product features at no cost during the 30-day period, according to the available service information. It provides an opportunity to explore component-based modelling, PID development, fuel scheduling, transient analysis, and real-time simulation before selecting a licensing option.

Yes. SimTurbo offers university class and laboratory programme options, along with custom or discounted licensing for students, faculty, research organisations, and academic institutions. These programmes can support classroom demonstrations, laboratory experiments, propulsion courses, capstone projects, and research. Discounted student pricing and customised class or lab programme pricing are available by contacting SimTurbo for details.