Gas Turbine Powerhouse the Development of the Power Generation Gas Turbine at BBC - ABB - Alstom - Eckardt, Dietrich (Oldenbourg, De Gruyter, 2014)
5.1.4 Business Facts
This book tells the story of the power generation gas turbine from the perspective of one of the leading companies in the field over a period of nearly 100 years, written by an engineer. Especially in times of imminent global economic crises it appears to be worthwhile to reflect on real economic values based on engineering ingenuity and enduring management of technological leadership
1 Introduction; 2 Survey; 2.1 Short Company History -- Power Generation; 2.1.1 BBC Aktiengesellschaft Brown Boveri & Cie., 1891-1988; 2.1.2 ABB Asea Brown Boveri Power Generation Ltd., 1988-2000; 5.2.3 Other Companies; 2.1.3 ALSTOM Power Ltd., since 2000; 2.2 Gas Turbine Types; 2.2.1 Stationary Power Generation Gas Turbines; 2.2.2 Gas/Steam Combined-Cycle Power Plants; 2.2.3 Aero Propulsion Gas Turbines; 2.3 Technical Basics; 2.3.1 Gas Turbine Thermodynamics; 2.3.2 Gas Turbine Component Performance; 2.3.3 Gas/Steam Combined-Cycle Power Plant; 3 Gas Turbine Forerunners
3.1 Turbomachines and Turbochargers3.1.1 Early Turbo- and Fluidmachines; 3.1.1.1 Historic Compressors; 3.1.1.2 Water Wheels; 3.1.1.3 Steam Turbines; 3.1.1.4 Turbocompressors; 3.1.2 Turbocharger Development History; 3.2 Early Attempts with the Gas Turbine Principle; 3.3 The Holzwarth Gas Turbine; 4 The Path to the First Power Generation Gas Turbine, 1927-1945; 4.1 Development Survey at BBC; 4.1.1 Development Department and Business Environment; 4.1.2 Prominent Engineers; 4.1.2.1 Adolf Meyer (1880-1965); 4.1.2.2 Walter G. Noack (1881-1945); 4.1.2.3 Claude Seippel (1900-1986)
4.1.2.4 Hans Pfenninger (1903-1989)4.2 GT Key Component: Axial Flow Compressor; 4.2.1 Early Ideas and Trials; 4.2.2 First Axial Compressor Development Tests after 1926; 4.2.3 The Degree of Reaction and Other Fluid Mechanic Research; 4.2.4 Successful Compressor Reference Projects Beginning 1932; 4.2.4.1 The First Supersonic Wind Tunnel at ETH Zurich; 4.2.4.2 The Guidonia Wind Tunnel; 4.2.4.3 The AVA/LFM Wind Tunnel Projects; 4.2.4.4 The Mach 4 Wind Tunnel at LRBA Vernon, France, 1947; 4.2.4.5 The Hypersonic Wind Tunnel for Kochel/Tullahoma 1943-1960