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MCL822 : Steam and Gas Turbines

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Course Details

• Course Contents and References of Steam and Gas Turbines
• Structure of Evaluation Policy

Reading Material

• History of Steam Turbines
• The Steam Turbine by Sir CHARLES A. PARSONS, K.C.B.
• The Effect of Circumferential Pitch of Steam Turbine Blades
• Cascade Flow Problems

Lecture Notes

• Steam and Gas Turbines:Introduction
• Origin & History of Steam and Gas Turbines : Introduction
• Fundamental Theory of Turbomachines
• Euler’s Equation for Turbomachines
• Development of A Special Conservation Equation for An Ideal Turbomachine
• Rothalpy: A Tool for Preliminary Design of An Ideal Turbomachine
• Rothalpy: A Tool for Classification of Turbines
• Further Use of Rothalpy & Classification of Turbines -2
• Analysis of Parsons Blading & Compounding of Steam Turbines
• Analysis of Large (Steam/Gas) Turbines
• Radial Variation of Flow in Multistage Turbines
• Radial Equilibrium Theory & Scientific Development of Turbine Blades
• Aerofoil Theory for Design of Turbine Blade Profile
• Development of Lifting Devices
• Potential Flow Theory
• Airfoil Profiles for Shapes of Turbine Blades
• Panel Methods & Engineering Design of Turbine Blade Shape
• Lifting Bodies for Subsonic Compressible Flows
• Development of Turbine Cascades-1
• Development of Turbine Cascades - 2
• Irreversibilities and Design of Cascades
• Analysis of Losses in Turbine Cascades
• Basic Design of Blade & Diagnosis of Profile Losses
• Estimation of Profile Losses-1
• Estimation of Profile Losses-2
• Secondary Flows in Turbine Cascades
• Control and Estimation of Secondary Flow Losses in Turbine Cascades
• Leakage Flows in Turbine Cascades
• Yet Another Three Losses in Turbines
• Consolidation of Losses in Turbines