Gas Turbine Powerhouse : the Development of the Power Generation Gas Turbine at BBC - ABB - Alstom / Dietrich Eckardt.

This book tells the story of the power generation gas turbine from the perspective of one of the leading companies in the field over a period of nearly 100 years, written by an engineer. Especially in times of imminent global economic crises it appears to be worthwhile to reflect on real economic va...

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Main Author: Eckardt, Dietrich
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Language:English
Published: München : Oldenbourg, De Gruyter, ©2014.
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245 1 0 |a Gas Turbine Powerhouse :  |b the Development of the Power Generation Gas Turbine at BBC - ABB - Alstom /  |c Dietrich Eckardt. 
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520 |a This book tells the story of the power generation gas turbine from the perspective of one of the leading companies in the field over a period of nearly 100 years, written by an engineer. Especially in times of imminent global economic crises it appears to be worthwhile to reflect on real economic values based on engineering ingenuity and enduring management of technological leadership. 
588 0 |a Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 16, 2014). 
505 0 |a 1 Introduction; 2 Survey; 2.1 Short Company History -- Power Generation; 2.1.1 BBC Aktiengesellschaft Brown Boveri & Cie., 1891-1988; 2.1.2 ABB Asea Brown Boveri Power Generation Ltd., 1988-2000; 5.2.3 Other Companies; 2.1.3 ALSTOM Power Ltd., since 2000; 2.2 Gas Turbine Types; 2.2.1 Stationary Power Generation Gas Turbines; 2.2.2 Gas/Steam Combined-Cycle Power Plants; 2.2.3 Aero Propulsion Gas Turbines; 2.3 Technical Basics; 2.3.1 Gas Turbine Thermodynamics; 2.3.2 Gas Turbine Component Performance; 2.3.3 Gas/Steam Combined-Cycle Power Plant; 3 Gas Turbine Forerunners. 
505 8 |a 3.1 Turbomachines and Turbochargers3.1.1 Early Turbo- and Fluidmachines; 3.1.1.1 Historic Compressors; 3.1.1.2 Water Wheels; 3.1.1.3 Steam Turbines; 3.1.1.4 Turbocompressors; 3.1.2 Turbocharger Development History; 3.2 Early Attempts with the Gas Turbine Principle; 3.3 The Holzwarth Gas Turbine; 4 The Path to the First Power Generation Gas Turbine, 1927-1945; 4.1 Development Survey at BBC; 4.1.1 Development Department and Business Environment; 4.1.2 Prominent Engineers; 4.1.2.1 Adolf Meyer (1880-1965); 4.1.2.2 Walter G. Noack (1881-1945); 4.1.2.3 Claude Seippel (1900-1986). 
505 8 |a 4.1.2.4 Hans Pfenninger (1903-1989)4.2 GT Key Component: Axial Flow Compressor; 4.2.1 Early Ideas and Trials; 4.2.2 First Axial Compressor Development Tests after 1926; 4.2.3 The Degree of Reaction and Other Fluid Mechanic Research; 4.2.4 Successful Compressor Reference Projects Beginning 1932; 4.2.4.1 The First Supersonic Wind Tunnel at ETH Zurich; 4.2.4.2 The Guidonia Wind Tunnel; 4.2.4.3 The AVA/LFM Wind Tunnel Projects; 4.2.4.4 The Mach 4 Wind Tunnel at LRBA Vernon, France, 1947; 4.2.4.5 The Hypersonic Wind Tunnel for Kochel/Tullahoma 1943-1960. 
505 8 |a 4.2.4.6 The von Kármán Team at BBC Baden CH, June 19454.2.5 Outlook -- Further Compressor Development; 4.3 The Early BBC Gas Turbines; 4.3.1 VELOX Boiler; 4.3.1.1 Concept Settlement; 4.3.1.2 Multi-Purpose Velox Deliveries to UK, 1940; 4.3.1.3 Blast Furnace Gas Extension of the Velox Principle; 4.3.1.4 Velox -- the Final Stages; 4.3.2 Houdry Refinery Process; 4.3.2.1 BBC Equipment; 4.3.2.2 Transforming Crude Oil into 100 Octane Petrol; 4.3.2.3 Strategic Importance and Side Effects; 4.3.3 The World's First Utility Gas Turbine Set at Neuchâtel (1939); 4.3.3.1 A Consequential Engineering Harvest. 
505 8 |a 4.3.3.2 Certified by Stodola and at the 'Landi 39'4.3.3.3 After 62 Years in Service -- An ASME Technical Landmark; 4.3.4 First BBC Power Generation Gas Turbines; 4.3.5 BBC Locomotive Gas Turbines; 4.3.5.1 Von Ohain's 'Tuttlingen Engine'; 4.3.5.2 German Tank Gas Turbine Developments; 4.3.5.3 Separate Gas Generators for Large Transport Aircraft; 5 Gas Turbine Technology Development 1945-1988; 5.1 Development Survey at BBC; 5.1.1 'Die Muehen der Ebene'; 5.1.2 A Rare Top-Down View of the BBC Gas Turbine Business (1978); 5.1.3 Strategic Failures: The BST and Turbodyne Interlude. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
650 0 |a Gas-turbines  |x History. 
650 0 |a Electric power-plants  |x History. 
650 0 |a Steam-turbines  |x History. 
650 0 |a Gas-turbines. 
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650 7 |a Gas-turbines  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Steam-turbines  |2 fast 
655 7 |a History  |2 fast 
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