Engineering service provider for power plant and turbomachinery design, gas turbine combustors and hydrogen combustion technology
B&B-AGEMA Gesellschaft für energietechnische Maschinen und Anlagen, Aachen GmbH
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About B&B-AGEMA
B&B-AGEMA GmbH is an independent engineering service provider for power plant technology and turbomachinery design, founded in Aachen in 1995. The company develops and computes gas turbine components such as compressors, combustors and turbines as well as steam turbines, expanders, turbochargers and pumps in axial and radial designs. A key focus is combustor development (DLN systems) and the MicroMix combustion technology developed jointly with Kawasaki Heavy Industries for 100 % hydrogen-fuelled gas turbines. Services include CFD flow and heat transfer simulations, FEM structural analyses, thermoacoustic oscillation analyses, borescope design for gas turbines, power plant component design, software development as well as failure analyses and expert reports. Customers come from power plant technology, aerospace and the process industry (chemicals, petrochemicals, steel, glass, cement, paper, pharmaceuticals, oil & gas). The company is located at Jülicher Straße 338 in Aachen and works closely with the Aachen universities.
- Site
- Aachen
- Processes
- Combustor design (DLN combustion systems, concept/detailed design incl. manufacturing drawings), MicroMix hydrogen combustion technology (100% H2 combustors for gas turbines), Burner development for furnace and process industry applications (heat treatment, duct burner), Design of high-temperature test rigs (exit temperature <1700°C, Mach <0.8), CFD flow and heat transfer simulation (RANS, LES, CHT), FEM structural analysis (structural, thermomechanical and vibration analysis), Turbomachinery design (compressors, turbines, expanders, turbochargers, pumps, axial/radial), Borescope design for gas turbines (VIS/IR, air and water cooling)
- Materials
- MicroMix combustion technology, DLN combustors, Oxide/Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composites, CFD simulation (RANS, LES, CHT), FEM structural analysis, Additive manufacturing
- Founded
- 1995
- Industries
- Power plant technology/energy, Aerospace, Chemicals/petrochemicals, Steel, Glass, Cement
- 01
Requirements capture and technical specification
- 02
Feasibility studies and preliminary design
- 03
CFD flow and heat transfer simulation
- 04
FEM structural and thermomechanical analysis
- 05
Thermoacoustic analysis (Humming)
- 06
Concept and detailed design incl. manufacturing drawings
- 07
Support of manufacturing and test campaigns
- 08
Failure analysis and expert reports
Processes and Materials
MicroMix combustion technology
Combustor technology for safe, low-NOx combustion of 100 % hydrogen in gas turbines.
DLN combustors
Design of dry low-emission combustion systems from jet engines to stationary heavy-duty gas turbines.
Oxide/Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composites
Ceramic composite materials for additively manufactured, complexly cooled turbine blades.
CFD simulation (RANS, LES, CHT)
Flow and heat transfer simulation as the basis for design and optimisation.
FEM structural analysis
Structural, thermomechanical and vibration analyses for machine components.
Additive manufacturing
Design support for additively manufacturable, complexly cooled blade geometries.
Locations
Aachen
DECentral office and head office
Components and Engineering Services
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combustor design (DLN combustion systems, concept/detailed design incl. manufacturing drawings)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| MicroMix hydrogen combustion technology (100% H2 combustors for gas turbines)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Burner development for furnace and process industry applications (heat treatment, duct burner)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Design of high-temperature test rigs (exit temperature <1700°C, Mach <0.8)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| CFD flow and heat transfer simulation (RANS, LES, CHT)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| FEM structural analysis (structural, thermomechanical and vibration analysis)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Turbomachinery design (compressors, turbines, expanders, turbochargers, pumps, axial/radial)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Borescope design for gas turbines (VIS/IR, air and water cooling)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Power plant component design (water separators, superheaters, condensers, heat exchangers,Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Additive manufacturing support (advanced cooling blade design, LP turbine blade forEngineering | – | – | – | – | Oxide-Oxide Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) |
| Software development: custom calculation and simulation software (e.g. ACF forEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Failure analyses and technical expert reports for power plant and turbomachinery componentsTesting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Thermoacoustic oscillation analysis (Humming, in-house tool CSC)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1995
Founded by Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Bohn
- 2003
Dr.-Ing. Karsten Kusterer becomes Managing Director
- 2010
Long-term agreement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries and the Institute of Steam and Gas Turbines (IDG) for the development of the MicroMix hydrogen combustion technology
- 2020
World's first 100 % hydrogen-fuelled gas turbine with MMX combustor in operation in Kobe, Japan (since July 2020)
- 2022
Innovation Award of the German gas industry (category Efficient Application Technology) for the H2-Micromix burner
- 2025
Cooperation agreement with TEMA Energy srl as well as the German Research Grant Certification quality seal for the R&D project on thermoacoustic models for hydrogen combustors
- 2026
Launch of the HyCAT-HP-Lab; participation in the testing of Japan's first hydrogen-fuelled aircraft engine with Kawasaki/JAXA