Gas Turbines

No other current publication offers the professional engineer or technician the wealth of useful guidance on nearly every aspect of gas turbine design, installation, operation, maintenance and repair as this bookdoes. Gas Turbines makes the job of any engineer involved in the design, selection, operation and maintenance of most nearly any type of gas turbine more efficient and more successful. The book offers the reader a "big picture" view of how to make the right decisions when planning what type of gas turbine to use for a particular application, taking into consideration not only operational requirements but long-term life-cycle costs in upkeep and repair and future usage.

Concise overviews of all important theoretical bases in thermodynamics and fluid dynamics upon which gas turbine engines depend are presented. The author is an experienced industry consultant, with experience at such leading manufacturers of gas turbines as GE and Rolls Royce and relates how factors affect proper design, correct selection and specifications, and long-term successful operation for the application in question.. The book offers professional engineers hard-to-find manufacturer's data with extensive interpretation and explanation.

· Overview of major components, with a brief history of theory and development
· Important maintenance-related chapters
· Unique offering of manufacturer's specifications and performance criteria and future trends
· One-of-a-kind guidance on the economics and business management of turbine selection, as well as on installation and instrumentation/calibration

Chapter 1: Gas turbines: An Introduction and Applications.
Chapter 2: History of gas turbines.
Chapter 3: Basic heat cycles of gas turbine applications
Chapter 4: Major components
Chapter 5: Cooling and load bearing systems
Chapter 6: Inlets, exhausts and noise suppression.
Chapter 7: Fuels
Chapter 8: Accessory systems
Chapter 9: Controls, Instrumentation and Diagnostics
Chapter10: Gas turbine performance, performance testing and performance optimization
Chapter 11: Environmental technology
Chapter 12: Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul
Chapter 13: Installation
Chapter 14: Manufacturing, materials
Chapter 15: The business of gas turbines
Chapter 16: Microturbines, Fuel cells and hybrids
Chapter 17: Education and training
Chapter 18: Future trends
Chapter 19: Basic design theory
Chapter 20: References and Resources