Advances in Steam Turbines for Modern Power Plants
Advances in Steam Turbines for Modern Power Plants provides an authoritative review of steam turbine design optimization, analysis and measurement, the development of steam turbine blades, and other critical components, including turbine retrofitting and steam turbines for renewable power plants.
As a very large proportion of the world’s electricity is currently generated in systems driven by steam turbines, (and will most likely remain the case in the future) with steam turbines operating in fossil-fuel, co generation, combined cycle, integrated gasification combined cycle, geothermal, solar thermal, and nuclear plants across the world, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of the research and work that has been completed over the past decades.Presents an in-depth review on steam turbine design optimization, analysis, and measurement Written by a range of experts in the area Provides an overview of turbine retrofitting and advanced applications in power generation.
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Advances in Steam Turbines for Modern Power Plants
- Part I Steam Turbine Cycles and Cycle Design Optimization
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- Introduction to steam turbines for power plants
- the Rankine cycle, thermal power cycles, and IGCC power plants
- advanced ultra-supercritical thermal power plants and nuclear power plants
- combined cycle power plants
- Steam turbine life cycle cost evaluations and comparison with other power systems
- Part II Steam Turbine Analysis, Measurement and Monitoring for Design Optimization
- Design and analysis for aerodynamic efficiency enhancement of steam turbines
- Steam turbine rotor design and rotor dynamics analysis
- Steam turbine design for load-following capability and highly efficient partial operation
- Analysis and design of wet-steam stages
- Solid particle erosion analysis and protection design for steam turbines
- Steam turbine monitoring technology, validation, and verification tests for power plants
- Part III Development of Materials, Blades and Important Parts of Steam Turbines
- Development in materials for ultra-supercritical (USC) and advanced ultra-supercritical (A-USC) steam turbines
- Development of last-stage long blades for steam turbines
- Introduction of new sealing technologies for steam turbines
- Introduction of advanced technologies for steam turbine bearings
- Manufacturing technologies for key steam turbine parts
- Part IV Turbine Retrofitting and Advanced Applications in Power Generation
- Steam turbine retrofitting for the life extension of power plants
- Steam turbine retrofitting for power increase and efficiency enhancement
- Advanced geothermal steam turbines
- Steam turbines for solar thermal and other renewable energies
- Advanced ultra-supercritical pressure (A-USC) steam turbines and their combination with carbon capture and storage systems (CCS)
- Steam turbine roles and necessary technologies for stabilization of the electricity grid in the renewable energy era
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