Power generation handbook : fundamentals of low-emission, high-efficiency power plant operation (2nd ed)

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO POWER GENERATION--FULLY REVISEDUpdated throughout to cover the latest technologies and applications, Power Generation Handbook, Second Edition, focuses on the basics of power generation using gas turbine, steam, wind, solar, co-generation, and combined-cycle power plants.

Other essential topics such as calculations, efficient plant design, emission limits, monitoring, and the economics of power generation are discussed in detail.

A real-world case study illustrates the material presented in this authoritative resource. Coverage includes:All components and subsystems of the various types of gas turbine, steam power, co-generation, combined-cycle, wind turbine, solar power, and generator plantsAdvantages, applications, performance, and economics of low-emission, high-efficiency power plantsSelection, operation, and maintenance of gas turbines, steam turbines, valves, compressors, governing systems, combustors, de-aerators, feedwater heaters, transformers, generators, wind turbines and generators, and solar power stationsMonitoring and control of all power station environmental emissionsPower station performance monitoring and performance enhancement options