Advances in Steam Turbines for Modern Power Plants – Tadashi Tanuma – 1st Edition

Part 1: Steam turbine cycles and cycle design optimization
1. Introduction to power plant steam turbines
2. Steam turbine cycles and cycle design optimization: Rankine cycle, thermal power cycles and IGCC power plants
3. Steam turbine cycles and cycle design optimization: Advanced ultra-supercritical thermal power plants and nuclear power plants
4. Steam turbine cycles and cycle design optimization: Combined cycle power plants
5. Steam turbine life cycle cost evaluations and comparison with other power systems

Part 2: Steam turbine analysis, measurement and monitoring for design optimization
6. Design and analysis for aerodynamic efficiency enhancement of steam turbines
7. Steam turbine blade vibration analysis and detuning design using CFD and FEA
8. Steam turbine rotor design and rotor dynamics analysis
9. Steam turbine design for load following capability and highly-efficient partial operation
10. Design, analysis and measurement of wet steam stages and flow paths in steam turbines
11. Solid particle erosion analysis and protection design for steam turbines
12. Steam turbine monitoring technology, validation and verification tests for power plants

Part 3: Development of materials, blades and important parts of steam turbines
13. Developments in materials for ultra-supercritical (USC) and advanced- ultra-supercritical (A-USC) steam turbines
14. Development of last stage long blades for steam turbines
15. Introduction of new sealing technologies for steam turbines
16. Introduction of advanced technologies for steam turbine bearings
17. Steam valves with low pressure losses for ultra-supercritical (USC) and advanced ultra-supercritical (A-USC) plants
18. Temperature control technologies for steam turbine blades, rotors and casings
19. Manufacturing technologies for key steam turbine parts

Part 4: Turbine retrofitting, advanced applications in power generation and conclusions
20. Steam turbine retrofitting for life extension of power plants
21. Steam turbine retrofitting for power increase and efficiency enhancement
22. Advanced geothermal steam turbines
23. Steam turbines for solar thermal and other renewable energies
24. Advanced ultra-supercritical pressure (A-USC) steam turbines and their combination with carbon dioxide capture and storage system (CCS)
25. Steam turbine roles and necessary technologies for stabilization of the electricity grid in the renewable energy era
26. Conclusions