Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook

✍ Scribed by Boyce, Meherwan P.

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1169
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Written by one of the field’s most well known experts, this book has long been the standard for engineers involved in the design, selection, maintenance and operation of gas turbines. With far reaching, comprehensive coverage across a range of topics from design specifications to maintenance troubleshooting, this one-stop resource provides newcomers to the industry with all the essentials to learn and fill knowledge gaps, and established practicing gas turbine engineers with a reliable go-to reference. This new edition is up to date with new legislation and emerging topics to help the next generation of gas turbine professionals understand the underlying principles of gas turbine operation, the economic considerations and implications of operating these machines, and how they fit in with alternative methods of power generation.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter
Prefaces
• Table of Contents
•Part I. Design: Theory and Practice
1. An Overview of Gas Turbines
2. Theoretical and Actual Cycle Analyses
3. Compressor and Turbine Performance Characteristics
4. Performance and Mechanical Standards
5. Rotor Dynamics
•Part II. Major Components
6. Centrifugal Compressors
7. Axial-Flow Compressors
8. Radial-Inflow Turbines
9. Axial-Flow Turbines
10. Combustors
•Part III. Materials, Fuel Technology, and Fuel Systems
11. Materials
12. Fuels
•Part IV. Auxiliary Components and Accessories
13. Bearings and Seals
14. Gears
•Part V. Installation, Operation, and Maintenance
15. Lubrication
16. Spectrum Analysis
17. Balancing
18. Couplings and Alignment
19. Control Systems and Instrumentation
20. Gas Turbine Performance Test
21. Maintenance Techniques
22. Case Histories
• Appendix: Equivalent Units
Index