Title: Steam Turbines : Design, Applications and Re-rating, 2nd Edition Author: Heinz P. Bloch, Murari Singh ISBN: 007150821X / 9780071508216 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 414 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Year: 2009 Availability: In Stock
Description
Contents
The latest design and manufacturing details in mechanical drive steam turbines.Steam Turbines shows how to select, improve, operate, and maintain high-quality mechanical drive steam turbines-with maximum efficiency and minimum downtime. This new Second Edition offers authoritative information on the operating characteristics, design features, reliability, and maintenance of all steam turbines. A complete sourcebook, Steam Turbines delivers the expertise required to capitalize on the latest steam turbine and intermediate transmission unit innovations--and improve a plant's efficiency, availability, and profitability.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 : Introduction Chapter 2 : Turbine Casing and Major Stationary Components Chapter 3 : Bearings for Mechanical Drive Turbines Chapter 4 : Rotors for Impulse Turbines Chapter 5 : Rotors for Reaction Turbines Chapter 6 : Turbine Blade Design Overview Chapter 7 : Turbine Auxiliaries Chapter 8 : Governors and Control Systems Chapter 9 : Couplings and Coupling Considerations Chapter 10 : Rotor Dynamics Technology Chapter 11 : Campbell, Goodman, and SAFE Diagrams for Steam Turbine Blades Chapter 12 : Reaction vs. Impulse Type Steam Turbines Chapter 13 : Transmission Elements for High-Speed Turbomachinery Chapter 14 : Shortcut Graphical Methods of Turbine Selection Chapter 15 : Elliott Shortcut Selection Method for Multivalve, Multistage Steam Turbines Chapter 16 : Rerates, Upgrades, and Modifications
Appendix A : Glossary
Appendix B : Units of Measurements
Bibliography and List of Contributors
Index