Modern gas turbine systems

Modern gas turbine power plants represent one of the highest efficiency and most economic conventional power generation technologies suitable for large-scale and smaller scale applications. Gas turbine systems operate with low emissions and are more flexible in their operational characteristics than other large-scale generation units such as steam cycle plants. Modern gas turbine systems provides a comprehensive review of gas turbine science and engineering. Part one, an introductory section, provides an overview of gas turbine types, applications and cycles. Part two moves on to explore major components of modern gas turbine systems. Finally, the operation and maintenance of modern gas turbine systems is discussed in part three.