Case Study: Brayton Energy Canada achieves accelerated gas turbine innovation and shorter design and documentation cycles with SolidWorks

Adapting jet engine technology for alternative energy uses with SolidWorks

Brayton Energy Canada, a developer of gas-turbine–based renewable energy systems, needed a fast, highly visual CAD platform to design, analyze, and demonstrate novel hybrid engines and large assemblies without time-consuming retraining. To meet those needs the company selected SolidWorks, deploying SolidWorks Premium 3D CAD with SolidWorks Simulation, SolidWorks Flow Simulation, SolidWorks Composer, and PDM tools.

By implementing the integrated SolidWorks suite across its US and Canadian operations, Brayton Energy Canada accelerated design cycles, handled assemblies of up to 50,000 parts, and developed innovations such as an intercooled recuperated (ICR) gas turbine and SOFC hybrid systems. SolidWorks-enabled simulation and Composer documentation cut documentation time by roughly 25–50% and helped the company move concepts from model to production much more quickly.

Brayton Energy Canada

Antoine Corbeil

President