Course Number : TMA9
Turbine & Gas Compressors
Day
Subjects covered
Day 1

1-Thermodynamics and fundamentals of the gas turbine Cycles

2- Axial Flow Turbines:

Estimation of stage performance
Impulse turbine
Reaction turbine
Design point performance
Overall Turbine performance
Off-Design performance characteristics
Day2

3-Different Uses of Gas Turbine

4-Methods of Improving Efficiency of Gas Turbine

Day3

5- Fundamentals of Compressor performance

Isentropic Compression
 
Isentropic Efficiency
 
Polytropic Efficiency

6- Axial Flow Compressors

Stage performance
 
Stage losses
 
Reaction Ratio
 
Stages pressure Rise
 
Multi-stage Design
Day4

7-Centrifugal Compressors

Design Considerations
 
Stage Efficiency
 
Performance Characteristics

8-Positive Displacement Compressors

Operation Cycles
 
The condition for minimal work
 
Isothermal Efficiency
 
Volumetric Efficiency
Day5

9- Critical operation conditions of compressors

Surge
Stall

10-Improving Efficiency of Compressors