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Gas turbines for electric power generation / S. Can GuÌlen (Bechtel Infrastructure & Power, Inc.).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- GuÌlen, S. Can, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gas-turbines.
- Electric power production.
- Electric generators.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 720 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Prerequisites. The tool chest
- Ground rules
- Past and present
- Fundamentals. Thermodynamics
- Technology factors
- Heat and mass balance
- Real cycle analysis
- Turbine cooling
- Turbine aero
- Compressor aero
- Combustion
- Materials
- The hardware
- Extras. The AC generator
- Reliability, availability & maintainability (RAM)
- Combined cycle
- Off-design operation
- Transient operation
- Economics
- The hall of fame
- Special topics. Closed-cycle gas turbine
- Aeroderivative gas turbine
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anthony Thomas Abraham Collection Endowment Fund in Energy Infrastructure.
- ISBN:
- 9781108416658
- 1108416659
- OCLC:
- 1048933938
- Publisher Number:
- 99983897626
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