1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910145615403321

Autore

Walsh Philip P

Titolo

Gas turbine performance [[electronic resource] /] / Philip P. Walsh, Paul Fletcher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2004

ISBN

1-280-23802-X

9786610238026

0-470-70994-4

0-470-77453-3

1-4051-5103-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (662 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FletcherPaul <1962->

Disciplina

621.43/3

621.433

Soggetti

Gas-turbines - Performance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword to the first edition; Preface; Gas Turbine Engine Configurations 1; 1 Gas Turbine Engine Applications; 1.0 Introduction; 1.1 Comparison of gas turbine and diesel engines; 1.2 Power generation applications; 1.3 Industrial mechanical drive applications; 1.4 Automotive applications; 1.5 Marine applications; 1.6 Aircraft applications -propulsion requirements; 1.7 Shaft powered aircraft -turboprops and turboshafts; 1.8 Thrust propelled aircraft -turbofans,turbojets and ramjets; 1.9 Auxiliary power units (APUs); Formulae; Sample calculations; Sample calculations; Charts; Charts

ReferencesReferences; 2 The Operational Envelope; 2.0 Introduction; 2.1 The environmental envelope; 2.2 Installation pressure losses; 2.3 The .ight envelope; Formulae; 3 Properties and Charts for Dry Air,Combustion Products and other Working Fluids; 3.0 Introduction; 3.1 Description of fundamental gas properties; 3.2 Description of key thermodynamic parameters; 3.3 Composition of dry air and combustion products; 3.4 The use of CP and gamma,or speci .c enthalpy and entropy, in calculations; 3.5 Data base for fundamental and thermodynamic gas properties



3.6 Charts showing interrelationships of key thermodynamic parametersFormulae; Sample calculations; Charts; References; 4 Dimensionless, Quasidimensionless, Referred and Scaling Parameter Groups; 4.0 Introduction; 4.1 The importance of parameter groups; 4.2 Tables of parameter groups and description; 4.3 Examples of applications; 4.4 Second-order effects - steady state performance; 4.5 Second-order effects - engine scaling; 4.6 Second-order effects - transient performance; 4.7 Why components and engines adhere to the parameter group relationships; Sample calculations; Charts; References

5 Gas Turbine Engine Components5.0 Introduction; 5.1 Axial compressors -design point performance and basic sizing; 5.2 Axial flow compressors - off design performance; 5.3 Centrifugal compressors -design point performance and basic sizing; 5.4 Centrifugal compressors - off design performance; 5.5 Fans -design point performance and basic sizing; 5.6 Fans - off design performance; 5.7 Combustors -design point performance and basic sizing; 5.8 Combustors - off design performance; 5.9 Axial flow turbines -design point performance and basic sizing guidelines

5.10 Axial flow turbines - off design performance5.11 Radial turbines -design; 5.12 Radial turbines - off design performance; 5.13 Ducts -design; 5.14 Ducts - off design performance; 5.15 Air systems, turbine NGV and blade cooling -design point performance; 5.16 Air systems - off design performance; 5.17 Mechanical losses -design point performance and basic sizing; 5.18 Mechanical losses - off design performance; 5.19 Mixers -design point performance and basic sizing; 5.20 Mixers - off design performance; 5.21 Afterburners -design point performance and basic sizing

5.22 Afterburners - off design performance

Sommario/riassunto

A significant addition to the literature on gas turbine technology, the second edition of Gas Turbine Performance is a lengthy text covering product advances and technological developments. Including extensive figures, charts, tables and formulae, this book will interest everyone concerned with gas turbine technology, whether they are designers, marketing staff or users.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778607803321

Titolo

Classifying drinking water contaminants [[electronic resource] ] : for regulatory consideration / / Committee on Drinking Water Contaminants, Water Science and Technology Board, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2001

ISBN

0-309-17112-1

1-280-18476-0

9786610184767

0-309-56534-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

363.6/1/0973

Soggetti

Water - Pollution - United States

Drinking water - Contamination - United States

Drinking water - Health aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-207).

Nota di contenuto

""Classifying Drinking Water Contaminants for Regulatory Consideration""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""RECOMMENDED APPROACH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE CCLS""; ""Two-Step Approach""; ""Sociopolitical Considerations""; ""Universe to PCCL""; ""PCCL to CCL""; ""Contaminant Attributes""; ""Developing and Implementing a Prototype Classification Approach""; ""IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING EMERGING WATERBORNE PATHOGENS""; ""Virulence-Factor Activity Relationships""; ""Framework""; ""Feasibility""; ""VFAR Conclusions and Recommendations""

""1 Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List: Past, Present, and Future""""INTRODUCTION""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF THE 1998 CCL""; ""IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF THE 1998 CCL""; ""Research Plan for 1998 CCL""; ""LIMITATIONS OF THE FIRST CCL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS""; ""RELATED SDWA PROGRAMS""; ""National Drinking Water



Contaminant Occurrence Database""; ""Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation""; ""IDENTIFYING AND SELECTING CONTAMINANTS FOR FUTURE CCLS""; ""PERSPECTIVE OF THIS REPORT""; ""2 Sociopolitical Considerations for Developing Future CCLs""; ""INTRODUCTION""

""LIMITATIONS OF THE FIRST CCL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS""""USE OF SOUND SCIENCE IN FUTURE REGULATORY DECISIONS""; ""NATURE OF THE TASK""; ""RISK PERCEPTION""; ""PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE SUBPOPULATIONS""; ""TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION""; ""Transparency""; ""Public Participation""; ""SUMMARY: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""3 The Universe of Potential Contaminants to the Preliminary CCL""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""TWO-STEP APPROACH""; ""THE UNIVERSE OF POTENTIAL DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANTS""; ""DISTINGUISHING THE PCCL FROM THE UNIVERSE""; ""GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING SCREENING CRITERIA""

""Criteria for Potential and Demonstrated Health Effects""""Criteria for Potential and Demonstrated Occurrence""; ""FATE OF THE PCCL""; ""SUMMARY: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""4 PCCL to CCL: Attributes of Contaminants""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OVERVIEW OF CONTAMINANT ATTRIBUTES""; ""Severity""; ""Potency""; ""Prevalence""; ""Magnitude""; ""Persistence-Mobility""; ""LESSONS LEARNED IN APPLYING THESE CRITERIA""; ""Monitoring Data""; ""Potency Compared to Monitoring Data""; ""Severity""; ""Severity and Potency""; ""SUMMARY: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""

""5 PCCL to CCL: Classification Algorithm""""INTRODUCTION""; ""OVERVIEW OF CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES""; ""Expert Judgments""; ""Rule-Based Methods""; ""Prototype Classification Methods""; ""Which Strategy to Use?""; ""ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF A PROTOTYPE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME FOR CCL CONTAMINANTS""; ""The Training Data Set""; ""Attribute Scoring""; ""Prototype Classification Functions""; ""Classification Results Using a Linear Classifier""; ""Classification Results Using a Neural Network Classifier""; ""DEMONSTRATED USE OF THE TRAINED CLASSIFIER""; ""Examination of Misclassified Contaminants""

""Validation Test Cases""