This book is a comprehensive resource on the theoretical principles, design and performance parameters, modes of operation and major functional areas of turbomachinery.
New to This Edition
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Set-up of turbomachinery laboratory
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List of materials used in turbomachinery
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Presentation of specifications of additional types of large wind turbines
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Addition of recent publications to bibliography
The book would prove immensely useful for practising engineers in the areas of power generation, aerospace, IC engines as well as industrial fans, blowers and compressors. Researchers as well as advanced level mechanical and aerospace engineering students, specialising in turbomachines, fluid machinery, steam and gas turbines, and aircraft propulsion, would find the book equally helpful.
Foreword
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Thermodynamics
Chapter 3 : Gas Turbine Plants
Chapter 4 : Steam Turbine Plants
Chapter 5 : Combined Cycle Plants
Chapter 6 : Fluid Dynamics
Chapter 7 : Dimensional Analysis and Performance Parameters
Chapter 8 : Flow Through Cascades
Chapter 9 : Axial Turbine Stages
Chapter 10 : High Temperature (Cooled) Turbine Stages
Chapter 11 : Axial Compressor Stages
Chapter 12 : Centrifugal Compressor Stage
Chapter 13 : Radial Turbine Stages
Chapter 14 : Axial Fans and Propellers
Chapter 15 : Centrifugal Fans and Blowers
Chapter 16 : Wind Turbines
Chapter 17 : Solar Turbine Plants
Chapter 18 : Miscellaneous Solved Problems in Turbomachines
Appendix A : Specifications of Some Aircraft Engines
Appendix B : Specifications of Some Turbine Blade Sections
Appendix C : Specifications of Some Compressor Blade Sections
Appendix D : Specifications of Some Wind Turbines
Appendix E : Principal SI Units and Their Conversation
Appendix F : Dimensionless Numbers for Incompressible Flow Machines
Appendix G : Efficiencies and Heat Rates of Thermal Power Plants
Appendix H : Specifications of a Combined Cycle Power Plant
Appendix I : Technical Data for the BHEL 500 MW Steam Turbine
Appendix J : Formulas for Hydraulic Turbines and Pumps
Appendix K : Specific Speeds of Various Turbomachines
Appendix L : Estimated Values of Power (kW) Required to Drive Hydraulic Pumps
Appendix M : Estimated Values of Power (kW) Required to Drive Fans and Blowers
Appendix N : Estimated Power Output in (MW) of Hydroturbines
Appendix O : Materials for Turbomachines
Appendix P : Turbomachinery Laboratory
Select Bibliography
Supplementary Bibliography
Index
