{"product_id":"9781119294467","title":"Operator's Guide to General Purpose Steam Turbines: An Overview of Operating Principles, Construction, Best Practices, and Troubleshooting","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen installed and operated properly, general purpose steam turbines are reliable and tend to be forgotten, i.e., out of sound and out of mind.  But, they can be sleeping giants that can result in major headaches if ignored.  Three real steam turbine undesirable consequences that immediately come to mind are:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eInjury and secondary damage due to an overspeed failure.  An overspeed failure on a big steam or gas turbine is one of the most frightening of industrial accidents.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe high cost of an extensive overhaul due to an undetected component failure.  A major steam turbine repair can cost ten or more times that of a garden variety centrifugal pump repair. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCostly production loses due an extended outage if the driven pump or compressor train is unspared.   The value of lost production can quickly exceed repair costs. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eA major goal of this book is to provide readers with detailed operating procedure aimed at reducing these risks to minimal levels.  Start-ups are complicated by the fact that operators must deal with numerous start-up scenarios, such as:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eCommissioning a newly installed steam turbine\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStarting ups after a major steam turbine repair\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStarting up a proven steam turbine after an outage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOverspeed trip testing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is not enough to simply have a set of procedures in the control room for reference.  To be effective, operating procedures must be clearly written down, taught, and practiced—until they become habit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136492355824,"sku":"9781119294467","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781119294467_p0.jpg?v=1763697260","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781119294467","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}