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Gas-Turbine Power Generation.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (106 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780128040553
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gas-Turbine Power GenerationDDC classification:
  • 621.312133
LOC classification:
  • TK1076
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover -- Gas-Turbine Power Generation -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 1 An Introduction to Gas-Fired Power Generation -- 1.1 The History of Natural Gas as an Energy Source and for Power Generation -- 1.2 Global Electricity Production From Natural Gas -- 2 The Natural Gas Resource -- 2.1 The Composition of Natural Gas -- 2.2 Natural Gas Reserves -- 2.3 Natural Gas Trade -- 3 Gas-Fired Power Generation Technology -- 3.1 Natural Gas-Fired Steam Turbine Power Plants -- 3.2 Piston Engine-Based Natural Gas Power Units -- 3.3 Fuel Cells -- 4 Gas Turbines -- 4.1 The History of the Gas Turbine -- 4.2 The Gas Turbine Principle -- 4.3 A Note About Pressure -- 4.4 Compressors -- 4.5 Combustion Chambers -- 4.6 Turbines -- 5 Advanced Gas Turbine Design -- 5.1 Gas Turbine Materials -- 5.2 Compressor -- 5.3 Combustor -- 5.4 Turbine Components -- 5.5 Component Coatings -- 5.6 Thermal Barrier Coatings -- 5.7 Turbine Blade Cooling -- 5.8 Advanced Materials -- 6 Advanced Gas Turbine Cycles -- 6.1 Recuperation -- 6.2 Reheating -- 6.3 Intercooling -- 6.4 Mass Injection -- 6.5 Cogeneration -- 7 Combined Cycle Power Plants -- 7.1 Evolution of the Combined Cycle Concept -- 7.2 The High Efficiency Combined Cycle Power Plant -- 7.3 Heat Recovery Steam Generators -- 7.4 Flexible Combined Cycle Power Plants -- 7.5 Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Power Plant -- 8 Microturbines -- 8.1 Microturbine Technology -- 8.2 Microturbine Enhancements -- 8.3 Applications for Microturbines -- 8.4 Ultra-Micro Gas Turbines -- 9 Gas-Fired Power Plants and the Environment -- 9.1 Nitrogen Oxide Emissions -- 9.2 NOx Production Pathways -- 9.3 Low NOx Burners -- 9.4 Selective Catalytic Reduction -- 9.5 Carbon Monoxide -- 9.6 Carbon Dioxide -- 10 The Cost of Electricity Generation from Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants -- 10.1 Levelized Cost of Energy Model -- 10.2 Capital Cost.
10.3 Fuel Costs -- 10.4 The LCOE From a Natural Gas-Fired Power Station -- Back Cover.
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Front Cover -- Gas-Turbine Power Generation -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 1 An Introduction to Gas-Fired Power Generation -- 1.1 The History of Natural Gas as an Energy Source and for Power Generation -- 1.2 Global Electricity Production From Natural Gas -- 2 The Natural Gas Resource -- 2.1 The Composition of Natural Gas -- 2.2 Natural Gas Reserves -- 2.3 Natural Gas Trade -- 3 Gas-Fired Power Generation Technology -- 3.1 Natural Gas-Fired Steam Turbine Power Plants -- 3.2 Piston Engine-Based Natural Gas Power Units -- 3.3 Fuel Cells -- 4 Gas Turbines -- 4.1 The History of the Gas Turbine -- 4.2 The Gas Turbine Principle -- 4.3 A Note About Pressure -- 4.4 Compressors -- 4.5 Combustion Chambers -- 4.6 Turbines -- 5 Advanced Gas Turbine Design -- 5.1 Gas Turbine Materials -- 5.2 Compressor -- 5.3 Combustor -- 5.4 Turbine Components -- 5.5 Component Coatings -- 5.6 Thermal Barrier Coatings -- 5.7 Turbine Blade Cooling -- 5.8 Advanced Materials -- 6 Advanced Gas Turbine Cycles -- 6.1 Recuperation -- 6.2 Reheating -- 6.3 Intercooling -- 6.4 Mass Injection -- 6.5 Cogeneration -- 7 Combined Cycle Power Plants -- 7.1 Evolution of the Combined Cycle Concept -- 7.2 The High Efficiency Combined Cycle Power Plant -- 7.3 Heat Recovery Steam Generators -- 7.4 Flexible Combined Cycle Power Plants -- 7.5 Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Power Plant -- 8 Microturbines -- 8.1 Microturbine Technology -- 8.2 Microturbine Enhancements -- 8.3 Applications for Microturbines -- 8.4 Ultra-Micro Gas Turbines -- 9 Gas-Fired Power Plants and the Environment -- 9.1 Nitrogen Oxide Emissions -- 9.2 NOx Production Pathways -- 9.3 Low NOx Burners -- 9.4 Selective Catalytic Reduction -- 9.5 Carbon Monoxide -- 9.6 Carbon Dioxide -- 10 The Cost of Electricity Generation from Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants -- 10.1 Levelized Cost of Energy Model -- 10.2 Capital Cost.

10.3 Fuel Costs -- 10.4 The LCOE From a Natural Gas-Fired Power Station -- Back Cover.

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