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Abrasives, for turbine cleaning, 486 487, 708, 816 817, 893
Absolute velocity, 117, 356
Acceleration transducers, 597 598
Accelerometers, 212f, 212 213, 597, 608 609, 697
Actual open simple cycle, 67, 67f
Adiabatic efficiency
description of, 119, 121, 123f, 248
of axial-flow compressors, 304, 318
Adiabatic thermal cycle efficiency, 68
Advanced combined cycle power plant
description of, 5
economics of, 8t
efficiency of, 7f
heat rate of, 6f
Advanced gas turbines
benefits of, 782 783
concerns regarding, 783
disadvantages of, 783
improvements in, 897
pressure ratios for, 783, 808
pyrometers used in, 53 54
redesign of, for reliability improvements, 782 784
Aeroderivative gas turbines
axial flow compressor in, 18
benefits of, 19 20
components of, 18 19
description of, 9, 15 16
efficiency of, 142
fuel for, 144
gas generator in, 18 19
industrial uses of, 19
maintenance of, 20
offshore platform use of, 142
schematic diagram of, 19f
small, 23, 24f
Aerodynamic cross-coupling effect, 208 209
Aero-dynamic speed lines, 125, 128f, 316 318
Aerodynamic whirl, 207 209, 210t
Aerothermal analysis, 678, 680
Aerothermal baseline, 702 703
Aerothermal equations
continuity, 115
energy, 118 119
momentum, 115 118
Aerothermal instrumentation, 690, 693t
Air atomization system, 472 473, 474f
Air filtration, 690, 693, 711, 732
Aircraft propulsion gas turbines, 140
Aircraft-derivative gas turbines
axial flow compressor in, 18
benefits of, 19 20
components of, 18 19
description of, 15 16
gas generator in, 18 19
industrial uses of, 19
maintenance of, 20
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