GE uses supercomputers to improve the efficiency of jet engines and power generation equipment, and integrate more 3D printed parts

GE announced that its technology R&D arm, GE Research, has obtained the right to use the ORNL laboratory supercomputer to discover new ways to optimize the efficiency of jet engines and power generation equipment.The focus of optimization work is to reduce fuel consumption and integrate more in jet engines and power generation equipment3D printingpart.

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GE stated that with the help of the ORNL laboratory’s supercomputers, the research team can greatly accelerate the insights into the improvement of turbomachinery design and perceive phenomena that were previously unobservable in the operation of complex industrial systems. GE hopes to take this opportunity to innovate and promote The development of turbomachinery efficiency and performance.

In the past, GE has worked with ORNL laboratories to achieve significant improvements in combined cycle power plant efficiency, wind energy output, and jet engine performance. GE researchers also use the company’s internal supercomputer resources to support various advanced research projects in GE’s aviation, power, and renewable energy businesses. With the support of supercomputers, GE can perform highly complex computational fluid dynamics simulations and understand how to achieve more optimized designs for a variety of turbomachinery products. In the project to optimize the efficiency of jet engines and power generation equipment, the research team will use the latest advanced large-scale eddy current simulation (LES) technology to simulate and analyze complete 3D engine components and study the complex flow physics that affects the performance of gas turbines. Specific research involves flow mixing, boundary layer transition, separation flow, multi-scale flow structure and coupling phenomena between high-pressure turbine components.

The GE team hopes to use this research to explore how to integrate more advanced technologies to improve engine efficiency and performance in turbomachinery.3D printingComponents.

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Last month GE also announced a research project carried out through the ORNL laboratory’s supercomputer. This project uses the complex thermal and fluid components of turbomachinery such as jet engines, wind turbines and gas turbines as the entry point. Through artificial intelligence technology, Supercomputers3D printingPart creation and verification time has been reduced by nearly 65%.Both projects need to use the computing power of supercomputers to eventually promote3D printingDesign innovation and application of components in turbomachinery.

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