Abstract: The design of direct driven turbomachinery is an interdisciplinary task. Standard design procedures propose to split such systems into subcomponents and to design each one individually. This ...

Abstract: The shock waves formed at the leading edge of the rotor blades of a supersonic axial compressor with subsonic axial velocity move with these blades and simultaneously propagate upstream in the ...

Abstract: Combined cycle power plants are currently one of the most important options for the construction of new generating capacity as well as for the replacement and repowering of existing units. Due ...

Abstract: The properties of sealing materials are important for the performance and reliability of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Even if the properties of a sealing material can be studied separately, ...

Abstract: Large scale power production benefits from the high efficiency of gas-steam combined cycles. In the lower power range, fuel cells are a good candidate to combine with gas turbines. Such systems ...