Infinity.BI is a powerful business analytics module developed by Altair in partnership with Advanced Utility Systems for CIS Infinity® customers.

Through a direct integration of Altair’s business intelligence software with the Infinity database schema, this business analytics module provides a rich set of dynamic reports / dashboards which can be tailored to address the unique business needs of each utility.

Photovoltaic specialist Thesan, a subsidiary of global manufacturer Savio S.p.A, manufactures, and distributes mounting structures, consisting of a so-called Purlin, a Rafter, and a Pole (and Hat), designed to withstand potentially occurring loads from wind and snow, as well as dead loads. Drawing on the Savio Group’s competence in the design of steel and aluminum structures and thanks to a team of over 40 engineers, they are to satisfy every construction requirement of photovoltaic power plants at all altitude and climatic conditions, using any specific fixation requirements. For a recent project requiring optimization of a mounting structure of a medium sized PV field with a power of 5 MW, engineers used HyperWorks. The benefits included reduced material usage, reduced manufacturing and transportation costs and improved competitiveness for Thesan.

Vortex Bladeless engineers created prototypes of this innovative wind turbine a couple of years ago. To reduce development time and cost, they turned to finite-element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solutions to hone their designs and product development process. Computational modeling helps to confirm that an innovative design for a bladeless wind turbine will fly.



By Beverly A. Beckert
Concept To Reality Winter/ Spring 2017
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Challenge
Rotek needed to design a pre-inspection simulation model to reduce the time required to inspect the last stage blade roots of the rotors in the low pressure areas of steam turbines.

Solution
Using Maple, Rotek was able to create a precise model of the ultrasonic inspection routine. The inspection parameters, including the optimal ultrasonic equipment settings and most critical shot locations, were verified before actual testing began.

One of the world’s leading suppliers
of oilfield services, products, technology
and systems, Baker Hughes operates globally
with nearly 59,000 employees. The company,
headquartered in Houston, Texas, recently
recorded $21.4 billion in annual revenue
from sales of both services and highly
innovative products for the world’s oil
and natural gas industry.

Automation of Engineering Analysis and Design Process in Subsea Industry

CAE Simulation driven Product Development of
Expandable Liner Hanger presentation given by Ganesh Nanaware of Baker Hughes at ATCx Energy 2014.

Applications of Acusolve and Optistruct in the High-Temperature Reformation of Biomass presentation given by Tim Laska of sundrop fuels at ATCx Energy.

Inspire for the Oil & Gas Industry presentation given by Blaise Cole at ATCx Energy.

Thermal Analysis of LED Lamps using AcuSolve

Next time you stop to fill your fuel tank, reflect on the fact that a company on the sunny slopes of Tuscany may have helped to make it possible. Nuovo Pignone, now a key technological component of GE's Oil & Gas business, began life 100 years ago as a foundry. Today more than 20,000 machines – turbomachinery, compressors, pumps, valves, and metering and fuel distribution equipment – manufactured by this GE business are operated worldwide by major companies to keep petroleum products moving from oil rigs to storage facilities to refineries to distribution points.

Unatec, a company with over 10 years in energy solutions consulting, faced the challenge of controlling costs and improving production for energy producers. Uncontrolled costs and incorrect predictions can greatly diminish profits, potentially incurring losses.