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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815318503321

Autore

Perez Robert X.

Titolo

Operator's guide to general purpose steam turbines : an overview of operating principles, construction, best practices, and troubleshooting / / Robert X. Perez and David W. Lawhon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons

Salem, Massachusetts : , : Scrivener Publishing, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-119-29446-0

1-119-29445-2

1-119-29447-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Disciplina

621.1/65

Soggetti

Steam-turbines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to steam turbines -- General purpose back pressure steam turbine -- Routine steam turbine inspections -- Steam turbine speed controls and safety systems -- The importance of operating procedures -- Overspeed trip testing -- Centrifugal pump and centrifugal compressor start-ups with a steam turbine driver -- Centrifugal pump and centrifugal compressor shutdowns with a steam turbine driver -- Installation, commissioning and first solo run -- Reinstating steam turbine after maintenance -- Steam turbine reliability -- Introduction to field troubleshooting -- Steam turbine monitoring advice -- Beyond start-ups, shutdowns, and inspections.