Steam and Gas Turbines of Advanced Power Generation Systems

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Department of Energy Engineering

Synopsis:

An overview on advanced steam and combined cycle power plants is introduced together with special topics on advanced steam and gas turbines and related material problems.

Requirements:

Basic knowledge on Steam and Gas Turbines and Thermal Power Plant Cycles from MS studies.

Syllabus of lectures:

Measures for thermal efficiency improvement of a steam and gas thermal power plant cycles, supercritical steam power plants, advanced steam turbines for supercritical inlet steam parameters, material problems, combined cycle power plants, wet gas turbine cycles, components of advanced gas turbines.

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Study materials:

Advanced Steam Plant, IMechE Conference Transaction 1997-2, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, UK, 1997

Energy for the 21st Century, IMechE Seminar Publication 1996-3, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Londn, UK, 1996

Meherwan P., Zoyce P.E.: Handbook for cogeneration and combined cycle power plants. ASME Press, N.Y., 2002

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