Technology

for Rapid Turbomachinery

Development
35 Corporate Dr., Burlington, MA 01803
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 Engineering
consulting
Software
development Computational fluid
dynamics (CFD)
AxSTREAM™
Established: 1999 Axial Turbine and Structural and thermo-
Headquarter: Burlington, MA Axial Compressor structural FEA
Flow Path Design
Full-time staff: 25 employees
Tool Coupled fluid-thermo-
(9 with advanced academic AxPLAN™ mechanical analysis
degrees) DoE Tool
Part-time staff: 18 employees Seal Lab™ Conceptual and detailed
(14 with advanced academic FE Model Verification design of mechanical
Tool Based on equipment
degrees)
ISO1033 (STEP 209)
Domain knowledge: 400+ MinuteMesh Solid modeling and
person-years Platform for drafting
Parameterized Mesh
Generators

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 AxSTREAM™
Compressor Design & Analysis Suite

• Key features
• Rapid preliminary design & optimization of a
multistage compressor
• Meanline analysis
• Compressor maps generation
• Compressor cascades profiling
• Creation of airfoil 3D IGES models

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 Framework of Compressor Design & Analysis
with AxSTREAM™ Suite

Turbine Preliminary
Design & Optimization Loadable
Fluid models

Meanline Solver Loadable

Losses models

kr o we mar F e nil nae M

Stages Airfoil
database database

Compressor map generation

/ es a bat a D t cej or P MAE RTSx A

Blade geometry export

to CFX Turbogrid, Cascades Profiling
Fluent, IGES, ANSYS

Blade geometry Import

from IGES Blade Stacking

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 AxSTREAMTM Suite Integration

Compressor
Meanline
Design
Compressor
Blade 1D Off-design
Stacking Analysis

AxSTREAMTM
Project
Database Compressor
Cascades Maps
Profiling Generation

Stages Airfoil
Database Database

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Axial Compressor Design & Analysis with AxSTREAM™

Setting design parameters

of compressor preliminary
design

Sketch
of resulting flow path

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Axial Compressor Design & Analysis with AxSTREAM™

Axial
compressor
flow path
designed with
AxSTREAM™
Mollier
diagram and
flow path
sketch
displayed

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Axial Compressor Design & Analysis with AxSTREAM™

Compressor
stage window

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 Axial Compressor Design & Analysis with AxSTREAM™

Stages database

AxSTREAM™ is
developed for
corporate needs,
working with
Stages Database.
Any stage may be
copied and then
pasted to any
another project.

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Axial Compressor Design & Analysis with AxSTREAM™

AxSTREAM™
provides
meanline
design/off-
design
analysis of
multistage
compressor

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 Axial Compressor Design & Analysis with AxSTREAM™

Compressor maps generation

AxSTREAM provides
embedded maps generator
AxMAP
AxMAP allows to obtain
maps and response surfaces
of mass flow rate, efficiency,
reaction and other
parameters as a function of
operational parameters
(outlet pressure, rotating
velocities) and design
parameters.

Map setup analysis for efficiency and flow rate vs.

variable outlet pressure and blade rotation angle.
Spool speed is a map parameter
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Axial Compressor Design & Analysis with AxSTREAM™

Setup maps generation

AxMAP allows flexibly tune

the map variables and
parameters.

To study an influence of blade

stagger tuning, blade rotation
was chosen as a primary
variable, outlet pressure as a
secondary one and spool
speed as a parameter.

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 Axial Compressor Design & Analysis with AxSTREAM™

Compressor maps for three designs

Blade rotation angles in a range of spool speed

bra = 0 bra = +2.50

For each spool speed a three

values of blade rotation angle are
explored - -2.5deg, 0deg,+2.5 deg

bra = -2.50

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Axial Compressor Design & Analysis with AxSTREAM™

AxSTREAM™ provides flexible tool for

2D / 3D compressor maps visualization

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Axial Compressor Design & Analysis with AxSTREAM™

AxSTREAM™
provides
automatic
compressor
profiles
building.
A special
control tool
displays
allowable angle
ranges.
AxSTREAM™
provides real-
time
calculation of a
profile’s
aerodynamic
properties.

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Axial Compressor Design & Analysis with AxSTREAM™

AxSTREAM™
includes ATLAS
profiles database,
where proved
profiles may be
stored to be re-used
in the future.

Shown is a nozzle
profile stored in
ATLAS database.

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Axial Compressor Design & Analysis with AxSTREAM™

Use
AxSTREAM™ to:
● build 3D
airfoils models
● provide
visualisation and
management of
airfoil parameters
distribution
● export airfoils
models in IGES
format

Shown is a
compressor
stator designed
with
AxSTREAM™
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 SUMMARY
• AxSTREAM™ is:
– Conceptual framework for design and analysis
– Rapid, efficient, rigorous, repeatable solver
• AxSTREAM™ provides:
– Preliminary design and detailed design/analysis
– Visualization of data
– Powerful ‘what-if’ and rollback analysis
– Archiving of project data and frequently-used blade profiles
– Integrated database being re-used with different modules
– Data import and export
• AxSTREAM™ Suite key features:
– Multiobjective (aero, thermal, stress/vibration, mass) tool
– Integrated DoE and Optimization modules
– Ability to design both cooling and long blades
– Continuous update and improvement

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 SoftInWay, Inc., located in Burlington, MA, a 6 year old corporation, is a scientific
and engineering organisation that has a broad foundation of experienced
turbomachinery development talent that markets engineering services, software
products, and education.

We provide design simulation solutions that use visualisation of data to solve

complex engineering problems. Our clients depend on us to fill non-core engineering
capabilities/analysis, and provide engineering software design tools/software to
rapidly develop products and modernise/re-rate legacy turbine/compressor
equipment. We are very efficient, easy to work with, cost effective, and are proud of
our 24 hour customer service support.

AxSTREAM suite for rapid, optimised turbomachinery unit flow path design is our
premier solution for design and analysis process. Its technical roots go back over 30
years; SoftInWay, Inc. has 9 PhD level engineers and over 400 person-years of
knowledge-base in this product. AxSTREAM™ suite of modules is a field-proven
design software.

For more information, visit http://www.softinway.com or call 781-685-4942.

Copyright © 2000-2005 SoftInWay, Inc. All rights reserved

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Thank You

SoftInWay, Inc.

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