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A Practical Guide to Steam Turbine Technology - Hardcover

Bloch, Heinz

 
9780070059245: A Practical Guide to Steam Turbine Technology
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0070059241 ISBN 13: 9780070059245
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1995

Synopsis

Let one of industry's leading authorities on machinery reliability show you how to select, operate, and maintain optimal-cost, high-quality mechanical drive steam turbines that work at maximum efficiency with minimum downtime. This indispensable "quick-reference" guide offers you authoritative information on the operating characteristics...efficiencies...design features...reliability...and maintenance of condensing, extraction, and back-pressure machines - impulse as well as reaction type."A Practical Guide to Steam Turbine Technology" features: the latest design and manufacturing details incorporated in mechanical drive steam turbines manufactured in the United States and Europe; complete guidance on the various types of turbines available for the heavy process industries; details on variable speed drives and intermediate gearing; details on the arrangements, material composition, and basic physical laws governing the design of steam turbines; tips on selecting optimum configurations, controls, and components for your specific needs. Essential for mechanical and chemical engineers as well as plant operations personnel, this comprehensive, practical sourcebook will give you the expertise required to capitalize on the newest steam turbine and intermediate transmission unit innovations - and improve your plant's efficiency, availability, and profitability.

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Let one of industry's leading authorities on machinery reliability show you how to select, operate, and maintain optimal-cost, high-quality mechanical drive steam turbines that work at maximum efficiency with minimum downtime. This indispensable "quick-reference" guide offers you authoritative information on the operating characteristics...efficiencies...design features...reliability...and maintenance of condensing, extraction, and back-pressure machines impulse as well as reaction type. A Practical Guide to Steam Turbine Technology features: the latest design and manufacturing details incorporated in mechanical drive steam turbines manufactured in the United States and Europe; complete guidance on the various types of turbines available for the heavy process industries; details on variable speed drives and intermediate gearing; details on the arrangements, material composition, and basic physical laws governing the design of steam turbines; tips on selecting optimum configurations, controls, and components for your specific needs. Essential for mechanical and chemical engineers as well as plant operations personnel, this comprehensive, practical sourcebook will give you the expertise required to capitalize on the newest steam turbine and intermediate transmission unit innovations and improve your plant's efficiency, availability, and profitability.

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Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0070059241
ISBN 13 
9780070059245
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
348