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GasTurbineSimulator
WhenHoneywellUKwonacontracttoretrofitanexisting
controlsystemonaGeneralElectricLM2500gasturbine,
theyrequiredasimulationpackagethathadthepowerand
flexibilitytomodelthenonlinearitiesofaturbine,aswellas
evaluatetherelationshipbetweentheturbineandthe
controller.Basedonpreviousexperience,Mohan
Thiagarajah,applicationsconsultantatHoneywell,chose
VisSimtohandlealloftheirdevelopmentandtestingneeds.

FastModelCreation
Afteronlyafewweeks,Thiagarajahcreatedabasicmodel
ofthegasturbine,includingthecompressor,combustor,
GeneralElectricLM2500GasTurbine
gasgeneratorturbine,andpowerturbine.Severaliterations
later,themodelwouldgrowtoover2,000blocksandencompassalltheauxiliaryunits,includingfans,pumps,values,andpipes.
AccordingtoThiagarajah,featureslikedraganddropblockplacementandcompoundblocksstreamlinedmodelconstructionand
greatlyimprovedthereadabilityofthediagram.OneofThiagarajah'sprimeconcernswasintegratingexistingGEinformationinto
theoverallmodel.Inparticular,Thiagarajahwantedtomodelthestartermotor,ignitionsystem,ventilationfan,andlubricationoil
pumpsbasedonGEspecifications."Themapblockprovidedaneasyandreliablewaytoincorporatethisdatadirectlyintothe
simulation,"explainedThiagarajah."Icouldperform1,2,or3Dtablelookups,dependingonhowthedatawasorganized."

Benefits
Withafullyfunctioningmodel,Thiagarajahwasabletocreateandvalidatecomplicatedcontrolalgorithmsforstartupsequencing
andfuelcontrols,andstimulateboththetransientandsteadystatebehaviorofthesystem.Healsohadasafeenvironmentin
whichtotestemergencytripsandalarmsthatwouldbetoocostlyordangeroustoperformonthephysicalsystem.

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Intheend,bothHoneywellandtheircustomerwereextremelysatisfiedwithThiagarajah'swork.HoneywellfoundthatVisSim
wasthemosteffectiveandeasiestPCbasedsolutionfordevelopingcomplexsimulationmodels.Honeywell'scustomerended
upwithanoperationalsystemthatmetalltheirrequirements.
"WehaveasimiliarprojectcomingupsoonanoffshoreoilriginNorwaythathas10compressorsand4RollsRoycegas
turbines.IfullyexpecttouseVisSimtogreateffectagain."MohanThiagarajah

PennStateGasTurbineModel
Thismodel(whichyoucandownloadbelowifyouaresignedin)exploresasimple(nointercooling,reheat,regeneration,etc...)
aircyclegasturbineenginewithasingleloadtorque(e.g.ageneratororalternator)withadynamicanalysis.Thisapproachis
differentfromtheusualtemperatureenthalphyanaylisesdoneintheclassroom.
Thismodelincorporatesgeometricaldimensionsofthecompressor,combustionchamber,andturbinedesignparameterssuch
asdeHallernumber,loadcoefficient,flowcoefficient,andDegreeofReaction.Thermodynamicparameterssuchasambient
conditions,LHVofthefuel,andpressureincreaseanddecreaserelationshipsareincorporatedintothemodel.

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