Thermofluids is the study of fluid flow and heat transfer. In very many engineering applications as well as in nature, thermofluid phenomena are the main processes by which systems operate. Examples vary from the flow of blood through the heart, through the deposit of chocolate into a mould to the heating of the space shuttle as it re-enters the atmosphere. Understanding and controlling thermofluid phenomena is key to the successful engineering function.
Since 1987, S & C Thermofluids has strived to provide fast flowing solutions to thermofluid challenges in engineering. The company combines its range of engineering tools - both computational and experimental - with the expertise of its engineers to develop engineering products and systems.
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Our journey begins: S. & C. Thermofluids Ltd was registered in England. The Old Tannery became the Head Office in March.
First patent came into force: Compressed air powered suction unit.
PLUMES software for 3D, chemically reacting single and twin plumes was developed.
Exhaust Systems project was successful in the Smart Firms Merit Award for Research & Technology (SMART) competition – follow on work included projects with RARDE Chertsey (Land Systems) and an Environmental Award from the Engineering Council for the development of an ejector catalyst.
S. & C. Thermofluids Ltd was contracted to supply a version of the PLUMES software which could produce a flowfield of up to 3 independent ships plumes suitable for IR signature prediction. The ability to predict the interaction of the exhaust with superstructure was also created.
Engine testing moved to its first permanent base at RAF Portreath, and the Gnome Engine Test Laboratory was created
The operation of the Uninstalled Engine Test Facility (UETF) for Adour Engines at St Athan was passed to S&C.
To celebrate 20 years of business, company members, friends and family ran the Bath Half Marathon.
Attendance at the first meeting of a NATO Applied Vehicle Technologies group to study the prediction of exhaust plume infrared signatures. S&C Thermofluids remains an active group member to the present day.
A second Engine Test Laboratory was created in the Cotswolds in 2012, and by 2013 the Adour engines had been commissioned on this site.
Thanks to a grant from UK Trade & Investment, S&C Thermofluids exhibited at Farnborough Airshow 2014.
Wessex helicopter XT466 was purchased by S&C Thermofluids and transported to the Engine Test Laboratory. Its engines were removed for operation in the turboshaft rigs.
Operations at the GETL ceased. The Cotswold site was expanded to incorporate the full capability of the GETL into the Adour test cell.
The company repeated its Bath Half Marathon Corporate Challenge to celebrate its 30th Anniversary.
The company acquired the whole site at The Old Tannery. Additional office space, storage areas and conference facilities were developed, in addition to air and liquid testing facilities in the Beck Lab.
S&C Thermofluids took a lease on a second site in the Cotswolds to perform hydrogen combustion testing. Over the next 5 years, the site was used heavily by Reaction Engines and hosted a major test in 2024.
The acquisition of five Gnome 1400 engines resulted in the creation of three new high pressure turboshaft rigs, capable of delivering an NPR of 5.0 at 4.5kg/s.
S&C released its Advanced Plumes User Interface for the rapid setup and solution of CFD models containing vehicle geometry, exhaust plumes and ambient airflow conditions.
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