Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook

The Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook has been the standard for engineers involved in the design, selection, and operation of gas turbines. This revision includes new case histories, the latest techniques, and new designs to comply with recently passed legislation. By keeping the book up to date with new, emerging topics, Boyce ensures that this book will remain the standard and most widely used book in this field.

The new Third Edition of the Gas Turbine Engineering Hand Book updates the book to cover the new generation of Advanced gas Turbines. It examines the benefit and some of the major problems that have been encountered by these new turbines. The book keeps abreast of the environmental changes and the industries answer to these new regulations. A new chapter on case histories has been added to enable the engineer in the field to keep abreast of problems that are being encountered and the solutions that have resulted in solving them.

* Comprehensive treatment of Gas Turbines from Design to Operation and Maintenance. In depth treatment of Compressors with emphasis on surge, rotating stall, and choke; Combustors with emphasis on Dry Low NOx Combustors; and Turbines with emphasis on Metallurgy and new cooling schemes. An excellent introductory book for the student and field engineers

* A special maintenance section dealing with the advanced gas turbines, and special diagnostic charts have been provided that will enable the reader to troubleshoot problems he encounters in the field.

* The third edition consists of many Case Histories of Gas Turbine problems. This should enable the field engineer to avoid some of these same generic problems.

Chapter 1: Overview of Gas Turbines
Chapter 2: Theoretical and Actual Cycle Analysis
Chapter 3: Compressor and Turbine Performance Characteristics
Chapter 4: Performance and Mechanical Standards
Chapter 5: Rotor Dynamics
Chapter 6: Centrifugal Compressors
Chapter 7: Axial-Flow Compressors
Chapter 8: Radial-Inflow Turbines
Chapter 9: Axial-Flow Turbines
Chapter 10: Combustors
Chapter 11: Materials
Chapter 12: Gas Clean Up System
Chapter 13: Bearings and Seals
Chapter 14: Gears
Chapter 15: Lubrication
Chapter 16: Spectrum Analysis
Chapter 17: Balancing
Chapter 18: Couplings and Alignment
Chapter 19: Control Systems and Instrumentation
Chapter 20: Gas Turbine Performance Test
Chapter 21: Maintenance Techniques
Chapter 22: Case Studies
Appendix: Equivalent Units
Bibliography
Index