Steam Turbines: Design, Application, and Re-Rating (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) - Hardcover

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9780071508216: Steam Turbines: Design, Application, and Re-Rating (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 007150821X ISBN 13: 9780071508216
Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2008

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The latest design and manufacturing details in mechanical drive steam turbines

Steam Turbines shows how to select, improve, operate, and maintain high-quality mechanical drive steam turbines-with maximum efficiency and minimum downtime. This new Second Edition offers authoritative information on the operating characteristics, design features, reliability, and maintenance of all steam turbines. A complete sourcebook, Steam Turbines delivers the expertise required to capitalize on the latest steam turbine and intermediate transmission unit innovations--and improve a plant's efficiency, availability, and profitability.

Steam Turbines, Second Edition covers:

  • Variable speed drives and intermediate gearing used for major process machinery and cogeneration drives-- with completely updated content
  • Arrangement, material composition, and basic physical laws governing design of steam turbines
  • How to select optimum configurations, controls, and components
  • Options and ways to upgrade existing steam turbines

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Publisher
McGraw Hill
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
007150821X
ISBN 13 
9780071508216
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
432