Gas Turbine Handbook

Newly revised and updated, this latest edition covers gas turbine acoustics and noise control and includes information on turbine acoustics and noise control, acoustical units of measurement, noise criterion and noise control. This book will provide the fundamental information needed to understand both the operation and proper application of the gas turbine. Included is full coverage of the various types of gas turbine hardware and typical application scenarios, as well as gas turbine systems theory, operating parameters, controls, inlet treatments, inspection, troubleshooting, and case histories. The author has placed special emphasis 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 operation 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 extensively examined.