Principles of Turbomachinery

by Seppo A. Korpela (Author)
A newly updated and expanded edition that combines theory and applications of turbomachinery while covering several different types of turbomachinery

This book begins with a review of basic thermodynamics and fluid mechanics principles to motive their application to aerothermodynamics and real-life design issues.

With this second revised and extended edition, the readers have a solid source of information for designing state-of-the art turbomachinery components and systems at hand.

Over the past three decades turbomachines experienced a steep increase in efficiency and performance. Based on fundamental principles of turbomachinery thermo-fluid mechanics, numerous CFD based calculation methods are being developed to simulate the complex 3-dimensional, highly unsteady turbulent flow within turbine or compressor stages. The objective of this book is to present the fundamental principals of turbomachinery fluid-thermodynamic design process of turbine and compressor components, power generation and aircraft gas turbines in a unified and compact manner. The book provides senior undergraduate students, graduate students and engineers in the turbomachinery industry with a solid background of turbomachinery flow physics and performance fundamentals that are essential for understanding turbomachinery performance and flow complexes.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of turbomachinery with two sections: “Turbomachinery Problems” and “Turbomachinery Solutions”. Problems discussed include erosion, distortion, and instability. Solutions explored include diagnosis methods like rhythmograms and scatterograms.