Controls and Simulation
GasTOPS has over 30 years of experience in the design, development and commissioning of machinery controls in a variety of different and challenging equipment applications. We specialize in the control and monitoring of rotating machinery and related ancillary and auxiliary equipment found in applications such as propulsion, power generation, fluid pumping or compression processes, as well as electrical power generation and distribution.
GasTOPS’s controls development is supported by an industry leading capability in the use of engineering simulations of complex machinery arrangements. We apply simulation at various stages of a project depending on the requirements at hand. Our experience includes the application of simulation to the conceptual design of machinery system configuration, detailed design of control algorithms, testing of actual control system equipment, the production of plant simulations to support land based test facilities and on board training. Our knowledge of the equipment also enables GasTOPS to dynamically simulate equipment degradation processes, essential to the development of condition indicators to improve health monitoring when the equipment is in-service.
Numerous examples of our Machinery Control Systems and Modeling and Simulation program experience can be found in the Industry Solutions section of this site.