The following are representative current and recent projects of Geminus Technology Development.
 

Conjugate Heat Transfer

  • Aircraft Storage Locker Fire Analysis, Modeling & Simulation
  • CHT CFD Model Validation/Verification
  • Jet Aircraft Starter-Generator Unit (SGU) CHT CFD Cooling Flow Analysis
  • Camp Stove Heat Transfer Optimization Analysis

Hydrodynamics

  • Submersible Vehicle Mast Analysis & 2D/3D CFD Modeling
  • Savonius Hydro Turbine 2D Unsteady CFD Modeling With Near-Surface Effects
  • Darrieus/Gorlov Hydro Turbine 2D Unsteady CFD Modeling With Near-Surface Effects
  • Banki Turbine Analytical Analysis & Optimization
  • Banki Turbine Steady & Unsteady CFD 2D/3D Modeling With Fluid/Air Interaction

Turbomachinery

  • High Speed Air and Supercritical CO2 Compressor Rotor Starting Analysis
  • High Speed Air and Supercritical CO2 Compressor Rotor Advanced Design Development
  • High Speed Air and Supercritical CO2 Compressor Rotor Secondary Flow Analysis
  • High Speed Air Compressor Rotor Advanced Segment Seal Development
  • High Speed Air Compressor Rotor Segment Tip Deflection Measurement System Development and Implementation
  • High Speed Air Compressor Blade Geometry Tool Development
  • Starter-Generator Unit (SGU) Integrated Cooling Fan Analysis & Optimization

Experimentation

  • Jet Aircraft Starter-Generator Unit (SGU) Test Air Mass Flow Measurement System Design, Analysis & Implementation
  • High Output Propane Stove Fuel Injection/Mixing Optimization
  • High Speed Air Compressor Rotor Segment Tip Deflection Measurement System Development & Implementation

Combustion

  • Right Angle Monopropellant Thruster Nozzle Force Vector Optimization
  • High Speed Constant Volume Combustion (CVC) Air Breathing Engine Design and Performance Analysis
  • Continuous Detonation Engine (CDE) 3D Unsteady CFD Modeling
  • Butane Camping Stove Fuel Injector/Mixer Optimization
  • High Output Propane Stove Fuel Injection/Mixing Optimization At Low Heat Outputs
  • High Output Propane Stove Conceptual Design & Analysis

General Internal/External Aerodynamics

  • Gun-Launched Air Breathing Projectile Conceptual Design and Air Inlet Performance Estimation
  • Gun-Launched Long Range Missile Inlet Performance Estimation
  • Novel Exhaust Muffler Concept Evaluation, Steady/Unsteady CFD Modeling, & Acoustics Analysis
  • Boeing 787 Aircraft Vertical Stabilizer Paint Booth Internal Flow & Air Supply/Exhaust CFD Modeling & Analysis
  • Missile Launch Canister Exhaust System CFD Modeling & Analysis
  • MK-20 Micro Air Vehicle Dispenser Aerodynamics CFD Modeling & Evaluation
  • Micro Air Vehicle Dispenser Aerodynamics CFD Modeling & External Shape Design

Wind Turbines

  • Novel Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) Conceptual Design Analysis
  • Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) Aerodynamic Analysis, Design, CFD Modeling & Optimization

Engineering Analysis Tool Development

  • High Speed Flow Flameholder Predictive Tool & MATLAB GUI
  • Generalized Flow Quasi One-Dimensional CFD Steady/Unsteady Flow Solver & MATLAB GUI
  • Unsteady Lumped Volume Finite Rate Kinetics Combustion/Heat Transfer Analysis Tool
  • Fire Sensor Lumped Thermal Model & Analysis
  • Launch Canister Exhaust Channel Quasi-1D Pressure Loss Modeling Tool