Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook
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Author(s): M. Boyce
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN:  0884157326
Format: hardback
  799pp
Price: £90.00
Review Date: April 24, 2002
Review: This is a book for experienced engineers and young graduates on the design, fabrication, installation, operation, and maintenance of gas turbines. The gas turbine is a power plant that produces a large amount of energy for its size and weight and has thus found increasing service in the last 20 years. In the last 10 years the combined cycle power plants and the new high efficiency gas turbines are at the centre of this growth segment of the industry. This updated edition covers: the theory and practice of design; the major components (centrifugal and axial compressors, radial-inflow and axial turbines, and compressors); the materials, fuel technology and fuel systems; the auxiliary components and accessories (bearings, seals and gears); and the installation, operation and maintenance of the equipment.