Roadrunner Venture Studios

Advisor

• Guide the turbine/expander development roadmap, ensuring alignment with long-term system architecture, commercial feasibility, and manufacturability.
• Provide senior-level mentorship to engineers and technical contributors, helping shape design approaches, testing priorities, and integration pathways.
• Recommend best practices in rotating machinery design, materials, thermodynamic cycle selection, and system optimization.
• Review and refine thermodynamic cycle models, system assumptions, and performance projections.
• Advise on blade geometry choices, flow efficiency strategies, and component-to-component integration.
• Evaluate alternative configurations for durability, maintenance needs, and operational constraints in geothermal environments.
• Oversight of prototype testing methodologies, including performance validation under realistic geothermal or steam-cycle conditions.
• Support the team in defining testing protocols, instrumentation needs, and risk-mitigation plans for rotating equipment.
• Provide guidance on safety standards, mechanical integrity requirements, and relevant codes associated with turbomachinery operation in geothermal and industrial settings.
• Advise on documentation and compliance expectations for early pilots and field deployments.
• Support evaluation of manufacturing pathways, vendor selection, and component sourcing for small-scale, high-efficiency turbine systems.
• Recommend quality assurance and reliability frameworks suitable for early production and scaling.
• Review technical documentation, including design analysis, testing summaries, and risk assessments.
• Help prepare clear technical updates for internal stakeholders, external partners, and potential investors.
• Leverage an established network in turbomachinery, geothermal, steam-cycle power, or related fields to help secure partnerships, pilot opportunities, and early adopter relationships.
• Provide senior technical presence in discussions with research institutions, industrial partners, utilities, and potential demonstration sites.

Turbo Machinery Advisor – Power Systems, Geothermal Systems