Gas Turbine Handbook

Gas Turbine Handbook:
Principles and Practices

By Tony Giampaolo
MSME, P.E.

Published by
The Fairmont Press, Inc.
700 Indian Trail
Lilburn, GA 30247

The second edition of this comprehensive, best-selling reference provides the fundamental information you'll need to understand both the operation and proper application of all types of gas turbines. The full spectrum of gas turbine hardware, as well as typical application scenarios, are fully explored, along with operating parameters, controls, inlet treatments, inspection, troubleshooting, and more. The completely updated second edition adds a new chapter on gas turbine acoustics and nose control, as well as an expanded section on use of inlet cooling for power augmentation and NOx control. Special emphasis has been placed on strategies that can help you avoid problems before they occur, going on to provide many helpful tips that will enable diagnosis of problems in their early stages and analysis of failures to prevent their recurrence.

Also treated are the effects of the external environment on gas turbine operations and life, as well as the impact of the gas turbine on its surrounding environment. Engineering thermodynamics and heat transfer, mechanical drive applications, and power generation applications are fully examined.

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