Steam Turbines Design, Application, and Re-Rating [Hardcover]

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The latest design and manufacturing details in mechanical drive steam turbines

Steam Turbinesshows 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 Turbinesdelivers 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 Editioncovers:

• 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

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Turbine Casing and Major Stationary Components
Chapter 3. Bearings for Mechanical Drive Turbines
Chapter 4. Rotors for Impulse Turbines
Chapter 5. Rotors for Reaction Turbines
Chapter 6. Turbine Blade Design Overview
Chapter 7. Turbine Auxiliaries
Chapter 8. Governors and Control Systems
Chapter 9. Couplings and Coupling Considerations
Chapter 10. Rotor Dynamics Technology
Chapter 11. Campbell, Goodman, and SAFE Diagrams for Steam Turbine Blades
Chapter 12. Reaction vs. Impulse Type Steam Turbines
Chapter 13. Transmission Elements for High-Spel#˜