Microturbines / written and edited by Claire Soares.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soares, Claire.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gas-turbine power-plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Small-scale gas turbines, known as Microturbines, represent an exciting new development in gas turbine technology. They can run in size from small, human-scale machines down to micro-sized mini-machines that can barely be seen by the naked eye. They also run a great diversity of fuel types, from various types of commercial gases to waste-generated gases. This new book by industry expert Claire Soares will fully describe the various types of microturbines, their applications, and their particular requirements for installation, maintenance and repair. It will explain how a microturbine the siz

Contents:

Front Cover; Microturbines; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Author's Notes; Introduction and Background Glossary; Glossary; Battery, Electric; Fuel Cell; Gas Turbine; Microturbines; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Part 1: Basic Microturbines; Chapter 1: Distributed Generation and Microturbines; Chapter 2: Design and Components of Microturbines; Thermodynamic Heat Cycle; Microturbine Package; Recuperators; Bearings; Generator; Inlet Air Cooling; Firing (Turbine Inlet) Temperature; Fuel Gas Compressors; Combined Heat and Power Operation; Chapter 3: Microturbine Application and Performance

Power-Only Combined Heat and Power; Cost and Performance Characteristics; Microturbine Design Considerations; Part-Load Performance; Effects of Ambient Conditions on Performance; Combined Heat and Power Performance; Chapter 4: Microturbine Economics and Market Factors; Sample Cost Data: Microturbine CHP Systems; Sample Cost Data: Microturbine Power-Only Systems; Case-Study 4-1: Determining Project Economics and ROI; Chapter 5: Microturbine Fuels and Emissions; Fuels; Emission Characteristics; System Emissions; Chapter 6: Microturbine Performance Optimization and Testing

Technology Paths to Increased Performance Ceramic Materials; Case 6-1; Case 6-2; Case 6-3; Case 6-4; Chapter 7: Microturbine Installation and Commissioning; Site Selection; Floor Planning; Recommended Service Clearances; Factors Affecting Performance; System Airflow Requirements; Indoor Installation; Chapter 8: Microturbine Maintenance, Availability, and Life Cycle Usage; Maintenance; Availability and Life; Part 2: Microturbine System Applications and Case Studies; Chapter 9: Microturbines Operating in Power-Only Applications; Case 9-1: Chemical Plant; Case 9-2: Factory Commissary

Case 9-3: Hospital Case 9-4: Dairy Farm; Case 9-5: Mass Transit HEV Buses; Case 9-6: Office/Factory Building; Case 9-7: University; Case 9-8: Consumer Electronics Manufacturing; Project Development; Chapter 10: Combined Head and Power With Microturbines; Types of Plants; Microchp; What Makes a Plant a Good Candidate for CHP?; Microturbine CHP Systems; CHP Funding Oportunities; Economics of CHP; Chapter 11: Unconventional Microturbine Fuels; Case 11-1: Microturbine Generator Running on Landfill Gas in Florida; Case 11-2: Fuel Gas from Cow Manure

Case 11-3: Extracts from "Economic and Financial Aspects of Landfill Gas to Energy Project Development in California""Chapter 12: Competition for the Microturbine Industry; Competing Distributed Energy Systems; Wind Hybrids and Other Sources; Biodiesel-Fueled Wind-Diesel Hybrids; Producer Gas Hybrids; Biogas Hybrids; Solar Hybrids; Micro-Hydroelectric Hybrids; Annex 1; Chapter 13: Microturbines in Integrated Systems, Fuel Cells, and Hydrogen Fuel; 1-MW Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-Hybrid Fuel Cell/ Microturbine System; Microturbine-Wind Hybrids; Fuel Cells; Biofuels for Fuel Cells; Fuel Reforming

Stationary and Transport Applications of Fuel Cells

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-02911-4

9786611029111

0-08-054948-9

OCLC:

476086006