TP – 1292 An Introduction to Steam Turbine Design for Professional Engineers

Description

The cycle of a steam power plant is the group of interconnected major equipment components selected for optimum thermodynamic characteristics, including pressures, temperatures, and capacities, and integrated into a practical arrangement to serve the electrical (and sometimes by-product steam) requirements of a particular project. Selection of the optimum cycle depends upon plant size, cost of money, fuel costs, non-fuel operating costs, and maintenance costs.