Chapter 1 identified the basic jet engine and power generation types and defined the important operating performance parameters of gas turbines. That chapter also briefly reviewed the fundamental thermodynamics of cycles and established that gas turbines consist of several important components. Our goal is to cover all basic jet engine and power generation configurations. Before proceeding to analyze complete gas turbines, the individual components must be analyzed. Both ideal and nonideal components are considered in this chapter. Ideal implies that there are no losses in the components. Nonideal includes such losses. In the following chapter components are assembled in a “cycle analysis” to make it possible to predict the overall gas turbine performance. Simple single- or two-term expressions are used to model the losses in each component in this chapter for simplicity. Each component is covered separately and in detail. Before proceeding with component analyzes, a brief review is provided for the thermodynamics of compressible fluid flow. More details of this review are covered in Appendix C. This review is provided for readers who have not had a comprehensive previous course in this subject and is considered to be optional.
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