UEC-Saturn: Digital twin of the offshore gas turbine engine

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2023: Completion of the third phase of digital twin development

Rybinsk The company UEC Saturn (part United Engine Corporation of the State Corporation) Rostec is completing a three-year project to develop the technology digital twin of an offshore gas turbine engine. The digital twin technology allows you to reduce time engineering calculations by 30-40%, reduce the time and cost of creating new products. The RESEARCH obtained software and hardware were used in the development of the advance project of the modernized offshore gas turbine engine.

UEC presented the results of the implementation of the technology on October 12, 2023. The work is carried out jointly with scientific organizations of St. Petersburg State University of SPBPU the Great and TSIAM named after P.I. Baranov.

The technology is implemented on the domestic CML-Bench platform. To perform the research, its functionality was significantly expanded: software modules were developed that complement the basic functions and implement the creation of digital twins. To perform engineering calculations and build automated calculation chains, domestic software solutions are also used.

When implementing the project, key information technologies and means of performing domestic production were used. These include the CML-Bench digital platform, a system for predicting the technical condition of engines. A universal methodology for automating computer modeling processes based on the domestic software platform pSeven Enterprise has also been introduced, which reduces the time for performing multidisciplinary engineering calculations as part of the use of digital twin technology by 30-40%, said Kirill Vinogradov, deputy head of the OKB-1 for settlement and research work at UEC-Saturn.

Multilevel matrices of requirements, targets and resource constraints, as well as a set of computer models have been developed for offshore gas turbine engines. With their help, physical processes were modeled to analyze the behavior of the structure in the main operating conditions. Validation of digital models was performed on the basis of comparison of simulation results and special engineering tests of the engine on the stand.

The development will allow monitoring and forecasting of the technical condition of gas turbine engines at the operation stage.