Even though GateCycle is no longer a market leader, its influence is undeniable. It helped define what power plant simulation software should be: graphical, physics-based, and user-driven. Many of today’s leading tools are, in a sense, spiritual successors to GateCycle.
Because GateCycle was backed by GE, major OEMs, EPC contractors, and utilities trusted its results. It became the reference tool for performance guarantees, acceptance tests, and troubleshooting. gatecycle
: The volume or mass of fuel required for a given power load. ResearchGate Even though GateCycle is no longer a market