Solutions for the Energy Industry - LEAP Australia Pty Ltd

Design and Simulation solutions for the Energy Industry

Coal

For many years, engineers and designers in the coal industry have relied on engineering simulation for power generation technologies from ANSYS to make coal production systems and processes both cleaner and safer. ANSYS suite of software supports coal related applications by providing simulation for power generation technologies including:

Heat transfer and exchange
Combustion
Chemical reaction
Emission control and reduction
CO2 separation and capture
Equipment for coal mining
Development of mine ventilation and safety systems
Burners and furnaces
Steam generator
Pollution reduction (including Sox, Nox & Mercury) and control systems
Engineering SCR and SNCR systems
SO2 scrubber
Gasification
Coal to liquid
Chemical looping

Environmental

ANSYS solutions can aid in modelling and designing the following environmental applications to help companies meet their sustainability and environment stewardship goals:

Air and water pollution control equipment
Filters, cyclones, bag collectors, separators and precipitators
Recycling and waste management systems
Spillways, rivers, estuaries and erosion control systems
Fish dams, storm weirs and flood control technologies
Chillers, scrubbers and spray towers
Exhaust plumes and pollutant dispersion systems
Waste reduction, treatment and incineration technologies
Effluent discharge systems and runoff in waterways

Because ANSYS offers a full range of multiphysics capabilities, equipment designers and engineers can take a system-level approach to their environmental challenges, creating broad-based simulations that incorporate complex fluid mechanics with structural, thermal, electromagnetic and reaction physics.

Nuclear

To address the stringent quality requirements of the nuclear industry, ANSYS has well-documented development processes and verified software releases. The comprehensive, best-in-class software solutions comply with NQA-1 standards for developing software for the nuclear industry, including ANSYS Workbench, ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS CFX and ANSYS Mechanical.

ANSYS simulation solutions can be used to address problems in the following areas:

Mining and processing
Plant engineering and construction
Fuel systems
Thermo-hydraulic systems
Balance of power
Spent fuel disposal and regulatory compliance
CFD for nuclear reactor safety applications, boiling and heat transfer systems, steam generation spent-fuel processing
Structural mechanics for nuclear power design: seismic studies, design of reinforced concrete materials, piping and pressure vessels, welding processes, components, stress and fatigue analysis, containment, nuclear reactor safety, drop testing
ANSYS SCADE for various aspects of instrumentation & control including reactor protection systems, human system interfaces and safety systems
Software solutions comply with NQA-1 standards for developing software for the nuclear industry, including ANSYS Workbench, ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS CFX and ANSYS Mechanical

Oil & Gas

Drilling & Completion
- Drilling Rigs
  - Analysis of structures and substructures, derricks, hoisting systems, jackets, piping and risers
  - Effect of impacts and explosions
  - Long-term wear, erosion and fatigue
- Sensors and Logging Tools
  - Signal optimisation within rock formation
  - Understand acoustic, pressure, electromagnetic and magnetic resonance issues
  - LWD antenna design and electromagnetic characterisation
    - Compatibility of receiver/transmitter electronics
    - Maximise signal integrity
- Steerable Drill Strings, Downhole Tools
  - Precise positioning and control
  - Operate in more corrosive environments at high pressure and high temperature
  - Able to withstand fatigue, vibration and thermal stresses.
  - Components and subsystems of steerable drill string
    - Seals, packers, motors, turbines, threaded connections and electronic components
Production
- Flow assurance
  - Understand thermal profile, equipment structural integrity, slugging, sand transport and hydrate and wax formation
- Hydraulic Fracturing equipment and performance
  - Reduce (1) the operational footprint at the drilling/production sites, (2) the amount of the fracking fluids and material used during the fracking process, and (3) emissions from the machinery
- Understand thermal profile, equipment structural integrity, slugging, sand transport and hydrate and wax formation
  - Naval architecture, propeller and vessel design, vortex induced motion (VIV), subsea power, and boosting, mooring, lifting, towing, and installation.
- Design and optimize flow control, separation, water and sand management, heat generation and water recycling equipment
  - Design and optimize flow control, separation, water and sand management, heat generation and water recycling equipment

Refining & Processing
- Pollution Control
  - Clean air and water
  - Sustainable design
  - Vapor capture
  - Flaring equipment
  - Carbon reduction and capture
- Reactor Design
  - Optimise reactor performance by:
    - understanding the effects and impacts of feed locations
    - vessel geometries and internals
    - vibrations
    - failures
    - dead spots
    - shear rates
    - resident time distributions
    - hot spots
    - particle size distributions
- Upgrading
  - Combustion
  - Reaction
  - Particulate systems
  - Crackers, distillation and hydrocracker components
  - Pollution control and reduction studies
  - Plant equipment design
  - Analysis of pressure vessels, vibration, and fatigue
Transport & Storage
- LNG & FLNG
  - Plant safety analysis
  - Equipment design for natural gas processing
  - Liquefaction
  - Transport and re-gasification
  - Safety
  - Gas dispersion
  - Equipment design
  - Transport
  - Design and placement of loading and receiving stations
  - Process and new technology development
- Pipelines
  - pipeline failure
  - Buckling
  - soil-pipe interaction
  - bolted
  - treated and welded connections
  - pipeline leaks
  - Erosion
  - transient multiphase analysis of gas–sand
  - liquid across a range of flow regimes
- Storage
  - Tank and pressure vessel design
  - Blending
  - roll over
  - bypassing and short circuiting studies
  - oil and gas storage and transport facilities and equipment.

Power Generation

Emission control systems for coal-fired power plants
Nuclear reactors (fuel systems, thermohydraulic technologies, spent fuel processes
Turbines (combined-cycle, cogeneration, gas/steam, hydropower, tidal, wind)
Combustion and power generation equipment (low-NOx burners, boilers, furnaces, separators, scrubbers, SCRs, NSCRs)
Welded components, piping systems, connections, tanks, reactors and pressure vessels
Wind power systems including turbine blades, components, electronic systems and towers
Solar collection panels and storage systems
Hydropower plants and surrounding waterways
Siting for wind and other renewable energy technologies, onshore and offshore

Renewable

Wind
- Wind energy and wind energy system design
- Develop, manufacture, transport, install and control wind turbines to reduce cost, and improve wind turbine reliability and operating efficiency
- Aerodynamic design
- Structural design
- Component design
- Site selection and farm layout
- Turbine placement
- Electromechanical systems
- Manufacturing processes
- Embedded software
Solar
- Material processing
- Manufacturing
- Panel and component installation across various solar energy technologies, including:
  - Si-based systems
  - CdTe thin films
  - CIG systems
  - Ribbons
  - glass substrate deposition technologiesPanel and component installation across various solar energy technologies, including:
  - edge-defined growth (EDG) solar cells
Hydropower
- Rotating systems
- Optimise power generation capabilities
- Individual turbines
- Intake valves
- Entire plants
- Spillways
- Dam design
Fuel Cells
- Cell- and stack-level testing
- Optimise fuel cell designs with superior power generation rates
- Reliability and durability
- Cell and stack performance
- Electrical circuits
- Electronic control systems
- System-level modelling
- Electrochemistry
- Liquid water management
- Liquid water flow in channels
- Membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) and Potential fields
Biofuel & Biomass
- Develop new processes and equipment to convert sugar, starch or cellulose biomaterial into fuels
- Optimise conventional combustion of biomass waste streams
- Gasification and energy production from crops
- Control and system design

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