Gas Turbine Engineering
Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook discusses the design, fabrication, installation,
operation, and maintenance of gas turbines. The third edition is not only an
updating of the technology in gas turbines, which has seen a great leap forward
in the 2000s, but also a rewriting of various sections to better answer today’s
problems in the design, fabrication, installation, operation, and maintenance of
gas turbines. The third edition has added a new chapter that examines the case
histories of gas turbines from deterioration of the performance of gas turbines to
failures encountered in all the major components of the gas turbine. The chapter
on Maintenance Techniques has been completely rewritten and updated. The
revised chapter deals with Long Term Service Agreements (LTSAs), and special
maintenance tables have been added so that you can troubleshoot problems on
gas turbines that you may encounter.
The new advanced gas turbines have firing temperatures of 2600 ◦F (1427 ◦C),
and pressure ratios exceeding 40:1 in aircraft gas turbines, and over 30:1 in
industrial turbines. This has led to the rewriting of Chapter 7, to fully understand
the operating mechanics of these high pressure ratio axial-flow compressors.
The chapter covers in detail the advent of surge, and describes in great detail the
different mechanisms of surge, rotating stall, and choke flow conditions in the
compressor of the gas turbine. Advances in materials and coatings have spurred
this technology, and the new edition has treated this new area in great detail. The
emphasis on low NOx emissions from gas turbines has led to the development of
a new breed of Dry Low NOx combustors, and their problems are dealt with in
depth in this new edition. The third edition deals with an upgrade in the design
and maintenance of advanced gas turbines and deals with most of the applicable
codes both in the area of performance and mechanical standards.
The new edition has been written with the experienced engineer in mind who
is working in power plants, and in petrochemical and offshore installations. This
edition should help him or her understand more clearly problems encountered in
the field, and how to prevent them.
The book also provides the basic fluid mechanics and thermodynamics for the
young engineering graduate or undergraduate student who is being exposed to
the turbomachinery field for the first time. The book is very useful as a textbook
for undergraduate or graduate turbomachinery courses as well as for in-house