GE Energy Introduces Latest Version Of Its Heat Balance Software For Thermal Power Plants
Atlanta — Enhancing the flexibility of its heat balance software for design and simulation of thermal power plants, GE Energy's optimization and control business has announced GateCycle 6.0 is now available.
The new software features an enhanced graphical user interface and program database as well as extended modeling capabilities that now cover hydrocarbon processing plants such as LNG. It also includes software functionality similar to Windows, such as easy renaming of models and equipment, copy/paste functionality of single equipment or groups of equipment and the ability to work with and across multiple models simultaneously.
"Using GateCycle, engineers can effectively create the optimal plant design by analyzing mass and energy balances at design and off-design conditions," said Daniel Heintzelman, president of GE Energy's services business. "In its long history, GateCycle has always been rated excellent for its accuracy and flexibility."
GateCycle 6.0 is being sold as a stand-alone engineering software to engineering companies, utilities and OEMs around the world, but also has a large GE internal user base, especially in systems design and departments for GE Energy's F- and H- technology gas turbines. For the optimization and control business, GateCycle constitutes the thermodynamic calculation engine for its EfficiencyMap online performance monitoring system that is fully integrated with the System1 optimization and diagnostic platform. EfficiencyMap utilizes GateCycle's capability to model a plant "as built" under off-design conditions to benchmark overall plant and individual equipment performance.
GE Energy's optimization and control group helps industrial customers in the power generation, oil and gas and process industries through products and services that maximize the economic performance of operating assets. Its solutions include digital and mechanical control solutions, mechanical condition monitoring and plant asset management expertise, fuel management and plant performance optimization technologies, harsh environment sensing and comprehensive services and training.
SOURCE: GE Energy