Heat Transfer Performance Improvement Technologies for Hot Gas Path Components in Gas Turbines

In the past few decades, the operating temperatures of gas turbine engines have increased significantly with a view towards increasing the overall thermal efficiency and specific power output. As a result of increased turbine inlet temperatures, the hot gas path components downstream of the combusto...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ravi, Bharath Viswanath
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71352