gsphelp  Introduction to GSP projects

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GSP 11 has introduced a set of integral engine model data management features named "Case and configuration management" or just “Case Management”. The objective of this functionality is to improve usability, productivity, data integrity, and security of gas turbine model data. Different model configurations and simulation run cases can be defined in a single GSP project and saved in a GSP project file*. The configuration, case and model data in project file are all stored in xml format. As such, GSP projects may range from a single gas turbine model and run case such as for example a single design point up to complex projects with multiple different model configurations each of which with several design point, off-design (both steady-state and transient) simulation run cases.

 

GSP 12 takes the data management features even further by incorporation of a modern database SQL based data storage system which allows output data to be managed better and compared between the various run cases.

 

An important element in a GSP project is the use of object orientation and inheritance. Configurations and cases are ordered in a hierarchical manner to minimize data duplication and facilitate easy management of differences in model configurations and simulation input data.

 

* In GSP 10 (and older versions) individual gas turbine model configurations could be made and saved in model files in binary formats. With this single model configuration different types of run cases could be defined but not individually saved in a single file. This meant that for different cases, several different model files had to be saved resulting in elaborate file management tasks once projects got more complex.