Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition

The gas turbine is a power plant that produces a great amount of energy for its size and weight and thus has found increasing service in the past 20 years in the petrochemical industry and utilities throughout the world. The gas turbine's compactness, weight, and multiple fuel applications make it a natural power plant for offshore platforms.

This second edition is not only an updating of technology, which has seen a great leap forward in the 1990s, but also a rewriting of various sections to better answer concerns about emissions, efficiency, mechanical standards and codes, and new materials and coatings. At a time when energy costs are high, this important handbook expertly guides those seeking optimum use of each unit of energy supplied to a gas turbine.

In this book, the author has assimilated the subject matter (including diverse views) into a comprehensive, unified treatment of gas turbines. The author discusses the design, fabrication, installation, operation, and maintenance of gas turbines. The intent of this book is to serve as a reference text after it has accomplished its primary objective of introducing the reader to the broad subject of gas turbines. Thus it is of use to both students of the subject and similarly to professionals as a desk reference in their daily lives.

Preface
Preface to the First Edition
Forward to the First Edition

Part I : Design : Theory and Practice
Chapter 1 : An 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

Part II : Major Components
Chapter 6 : Centrifugal Compressors
Chapter 7 : Axial-Flow Compressors
Chapter 8 : Radial-Inflow Turbines
Chapter 9 : Axial-Flow Turbines
Chapter 10 : Combustors

Part III : Materials, Fuel Technology, and Fuel Systems
Chapter 11 : Materials
Chapter 12 : Fuels

Part IV : Auxiliary Components and Accessories
Chapter 13 : Bearings and Seals
Chapter 14 : Gears

Part V : Installation, Operation, and Maintenance
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

Appendix : Equivalent Units
Index
About the Author