Gas Turbine Performance

This text was written primarily for gas turbine designers and emphasizes engine performance, presenting easy-to-read guidelines for engineers on how to achieve optimum fuel efficiency, stability, and emissions control in gas turbine systems. It discusses the effects of liquid, vapor and ice on gas turbines, and examines fuel and oil properties and their impact on performance. Contents include: gas turbine engine applications; the operational envelope; properties and charts for dry air, combustion products and other working fluids; dimensionless, quasidimensionless, referred and scaling parameter groups; gas turbine engine components; design point performance and engine concept design; off design performance; transient performance; starting; windmilling; engine performance testing; the effects of water-liquid, steam and ice; fuel and oil properties and their impact; appendices; and index.