Progress in Gas Turbine Performance

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InTech, 2013. 260 p. — ISBN: 9535111665, 9789535111665.The book intends in fact to provide an updated picture as well as a perspective view of some of the abovementioned issues that characterize GT technology in the two different applications: aircraft propulsion and stationary power generation. The target audience for it involves design, analyst, materials and maintenance engineers. Manufacturers, researchers and scientists will benefit from the timely and accurate information provided in this volume.ContentsPrefaceGas Turbine and Component Performance On Intercooled Turbofan Engines Development of Semiclosed Cycle Gas Turbine for Oxy-Fuel IGCC Power Generation with C02 Capture Synthesis of Flow Simulation Methods for Fast and Accurate Gas Turbine Engine Performance Estimation Gas Turbine Cogeneration Groups Flexibility to Classical and Alternative Gaseous Fuels Combustion Micro Gas Turbine Engine: A ReviewGas Turbine Combustion Review of the New Combustion Technologies in Modern Gas Turbines Experimental Investigation of the Influence of Combustor Cooling on the Characteristics of a FLOX©-Based Micro Gas Turbine CombustorFault Detection in Systems and Materials Engine Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics System Safety of Gas Turbines: Hierarchical Fuzzy Markov Modelling Thermal Shock and Cycling Behavior of Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs) Used in Gas Turbines