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Total Energy discusses the process of generating power where it is wanted and to use the waste heat for useful purposes. The book is comprised of 12 chapters that provide a comprehensive discussion of the various aspects of total energy. The text first introduces the concept of total energy, and the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
[1970]
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| Edición: | First edition]. |
| Colección: | International series of monographs in heating, ventilation, and refrigeration ;
volume 6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Total Energy; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; SI UNITS; CHAPTER 1. WHAT IS TOTAL ENERGY?; ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF TOTAL ENERGY OPERATION; USEFUL APPLICATIONS OF EXHAUST HEAT RECOVERY FROM PRIME MOVERS; OPERATING CYCLE OF A FLASH EVAPORATOR; CHAPTER 2. PRINCIPAL PRIME MOVERS USED IN TOTAL ENERGY PRODUCTION; A. THE DIESEL ENGINE(92,105); B. PETROL-(GASOLENE) DRIVEN PLANTS; C. GAS TURBINE GENERATING PLANTS(40,85,106,122,128-9,131); D. FREE PISTON GENERATING PLANTS; E. THE STIRLING ENGINE(108-9); F. STEAM TURBINES; CHAPTER 3. STEAM TURBINES AND TOTAL ENERGY.
- Power as a by-product of process steambasic thermodynamics; the steam power ratio; types and combinations of power units; the selection of steam conditions and preliminary assessment of power obtainable; assessment of power obtainable from process steam flow; steam costing; comparison of estimated operating costs; summary of economic conclusions to be drawn; running in parallel with the public electricity supply system; the standard industrial tariff; using a turbo-alternator to reduce maximum demand charges; technical considerations of parallel operation.
- Chapter 4. governor systems for industrial steam turbo-alternatorsturbo-alternators operating independently of the public electricity supply system speed-governing systems; pass out governing systems; bleed-point pressure control; turbo-alternators operating in parallel with the public electricity supply system; chapter 5. open-cycle gas turbines and total energy; general characteristics of the open-cycle gas turbine; open-cycle gas turbines for total energy schemes; total energy schemes to augment shaft power; other total energy schemes; use of fluids other than water.
- Design of heat exchangers and waste-heat boilerschapter 6. closed-cycle gas turbines and total energy; i. air heaters(59-61,63-65,130,156); ii. heat exchangers; iii. coolers; chapter 7. diesel and gas engines and total energy (23,121,159); heat balance; utilisation of waste heat from diesel engines; chapter 8. the fuel cell and total energy; fuel cells for domestic total energy systems; chapter 9. refrigeration and total energy; refrigeration thermodynamics(5, 6); reciprocating and centrifugal refrigerators; absorption refrigeration plants; ammonia absorption systems.
- The lithium bromide processeconomics of using absorption plant in conjunction with prime movers(27,28,124); chapter 10. district heating and total energy; the leningrad system(97-99,103); costing of district heat as supplied by an urban system(15,16); the single pipeline system; the twin-pipeline system; triple- and quadruple-pipeline systems; typical german district heating plants(7,22,38,152-4); chapter 11. existing total energy schemes in north america; a. two schemes operated by the brooklyn union gas co. of new york(24,42); b. regency square, jacksonville, florida(39).