Turbines compressors and fans / by S M Yahya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yahya, S. M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turbines.

Compressors.

Fans (Machinery).

Hydraulic machinery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 923 pages) : illustrations, figs., tables.

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education LLC., c2011, c2005, c2002, c1983.

Contents:

A. Foreword

B. Preface to the fourth edition

C. Preface to the first edition

D. Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

Turbomachines

Turbines

Pumps and compressors

Fans and blowers

Compressible flow machines

Incompressible flow machines

Turbine, compressor and fan stages

Extended turbomachines

Axial stages

Radial stages

Mixed flow stages

Impulse stages

Reaction stages

Variable reaction stages

Multi-stage machines

Stage velocity triangles

Design conditions

Off-design conditions

Applications

Notation for chapter 1

Questions

2. Thermodynamics

Basic definitions and laws

Energy equation

Adiabatic flow through nozzles

Adiabatic flow through diffusers

Work and efficiencies in turbine stages

Work and efficiencies in compressor stages

Notation for chapter 2

Solved examples

Questions and problems

3. Gas turbine plants

Open and closed circuit plants

Gas turbine power cycles

Improvements in the constant pressure cycle

Aircraft gas turbine plants

Gas turbines for surface vehicles

Gas turbines for electric power generation

Gas turbines in petro-chemical industries

Gas turbines in cryogenics

Miscellaneous applications of gas turbines

Notation for chapter 3

4. Steam turbine plants

Types of steam turbines

Steam power cycle

Improvements in plant efficiency

Heat rate

Industrial steam turbines

Combined steam and gas turbine plants

Nuclear steam power plants

Notation for chapter 4

5. Combined cycle plants

The basic combined cycle

Steam generators

Thermal efficiencies and power output

Fuels for combined cycle plants

Variable load operation

Advantages and disadvantages

Notation for chapter 5

Question and problems

6. Fluid dynamics

Basic definitions

Equations of motion?cartesian coordinate system

Equations of motion?cylindrical coordinate system

Equations of motion?natural coordinate system

Further notes on energy equation

Isentropic flow through blade passages

High-speed flows

Aerofoil blades

Energy transfer in turbomachines

Notation for chapter 6

7. Dimensional analysis and performance parameters

Units and dimensions

Buckingham's ?-theorem

Principle of similarity

Performance of turbines

Performance of compressors

Performance of fans and blowers

Performance of cascades

Notation for chapter 7

8. Flow through cascades

Two-dimensional flow

Cascade of blades

Cascade tunnel

Axial turbine cascade219

Axial compressor cascades

Annular cascades

Radial cascades

Notation for chapter 8

Questions and problems.

9. Axial turbine stages

Single impulse stage

Multi-stage velocity-compounded impulse

Multi-stage pressure-compounded impulse

Blade-to-gas speed ratio

Losses and efficiencies264, 273, 286

Performance charts

Low hub-tip ratio stages287

Partial admission turbine stages303 ? 343

Supersonic flow

Notation for chapter 9

10. High temperature (cooled) turbine stages

Effects of high gas temperature

Methods of cooling

High temperature materials

Heat exchange in a cooled blade

Ideal cooled stage360

Actual cooled stage

Notation for chapter 10

11. Axial compressor stages

Enthalpy?entropy diagram

Flow through blade rows

Stage losses and efficiency

Work done factor412,413

Low hub-tip ratio stages

Supersonic and transonic stages

Performance characteristics

Notation for chapter 11

12. Centrifugal compressor stage

Elements of a centrifugal compressor stage

Enthalpy-entropy diagram

Nature of impeller flow

Slip factor455, 488, 490

Diffuser

Volute casing608?627

Stage losses456, 487

Performance characteristics463, 473, 486, 489

Notation for chapter 12

13. Radial turbine stages

Elements of a radial turbine stage

Stage losses196,500

Performance characteristics501,508,514

Outward-flow radial stages

Notation for chapter 13

14. Axial fans and propellers

Fan applications542,558

Axial fans530?560

Fan stage parameters

Types of axial fan stages

Propellers549

Performance of axial fans530,532,537

Notation for chapter 14

15. Centrifugal fans and blowers

Types of centrifugal fans

Centrifugal fan stage parameters

Design parameters

Drum-type fans

Partial-flow fans

Losses589

Fan bearings

Fan drives

Fan noise566,580

Dust erosion of fans

Notation for chapter 15

16. Wind turbines

Elements of a wind power plant654?705

Available energy

Wind energy data

Selection of site

Horizontal axis wind turbines

Vertical axis wind turbines

Wind power applications

Notation for chapter 16

17. Solar turbine plants

Elements of a solar power plant

Solar collectors

Solar receivers

Solar energy storage

Solar ponds

Solar turbines

Notation for chapter 17

Questions.

18. Miscellaneous solved problems in turbomachines

Gas turbine nozzle

Steam turbine nozzle

Irreversible flow in nozzles

Draft tube

Gas turbine

Reheat factor (rhf)

Air compressor

Gas turbine plant

Combined gas and steam power plant

Turbo prop gas turbine engine

Turbojet gas turbine engine

Ideal single stage impulse turbine

Impluse steam turbine

Large centrifugal pump

Three stage steam turbine

Ljungstrom turbine

Blower type wind tunnel

Axial turbine cascade

Low reaction turbine stage

Isentropic or stage terminal velocity for turbines

Axial compressor stage efficiency

Axial compressor cascade

Two-stage axial compressor

Isentropic flow-centrifugal air compressor

Static pressure ratio in a centrifugal air compressor

Centrifugal compressor with vaned diffuser

Inward flow radial gas turbine

Cantilever type ifr turbine

Relation of blade to gas speed ratio, degree of reaction, nozzle angle and efficiency with stage efficiency

Vertical axis cross-flow wind turbine

Counter rotating fan

Sirocco radial fan

Dimensionless parameters for incompressible flow machines

Dimensionless specific speeds

Kaplan turbine

Pelton wheel

Francis turbine

Tidal power plant

Fourneyron turbine

Cross-flow radial hydro turbine

Centrifugal pump

Axial pump

Net positive suction head (npsh) for a pump

Npsh and thoma's cavitation coefficient for turbines

Maximum height of hydro turbines above tail race

Propeller thrust and power

Notation for chapter 18

A. Specifications of some aircraft engines

Principal data for turbo prop engines

Principal data for a turbojet engine

Principal data for a turbofan engine

B. Specifications of some turbine blade sections262,291a

10 c4/60 c 50

T 6 aerofoil blade

C 90 15 a (russian turbine blade cascade)

C. Specifications of some compressor blade sections213,242,412

12c 4/35 p 30

11c 1/45 c 50

Naca 65?(18) 10

D. Specifications of some wind turbines*

Environmental energies, inc.

Smith putnam machine, vermont (1941-45)

Wind works, wisconsin, usa

Wind turbine for electric supply to a light house in futaoi island (japan)

Gedser mill (denmark)

Siemens wind turbines

E. Principal si units and their conversion

Si units and dimensions

Conversion of units

F. Dimensionless numbers for incompressible flow machines

G. Efficiencies and heat rates of thermal power plants

H. Specifications of a combined cycle power plant*

I. Technical data for the bhel 500 mw steam turbine*

J. Formulas for hydraulic turbines and pumps

K. Specific speeds of various turbomachines

O. Materials for turbomachines

P. Turbomachinery laboratory

Equipment

Undergraduate course (0-0-2)

Post graduate course (0-0-2)

Q. Select bibliography

Turbomachinery (books)

Thermodynamics (books)

Gas turbine plants

Steam turbine plants

Fluid mechanics (books)

Gas dynamics (books)

Aerodynamics (books)

Nozzles

Diffusers

Wind tunnels and cascades

Axial turbines

Partial admission turbines

High temperature turbines

Axial compressors

Centrifugal compressors

Radial turbines

Axial fans and propellers

Centrifugal fans and blowers

Volute casings

Wind energy

Wind turbines

Instrumentation and measurement in turbomachinery

Theoretical analysis of flows in turbomachinery

Miscellaneous topics

Abbreviations

R. Supplementary bibliography

Solar power plants

Additional references of recent publications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on Oct. 24, 2014.

ISBN:

9780071842273

9780070707023

0070707022

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