Advanced Thermodynamics for Engineers, 2nd Edition

availability, supply logistics and the need for trouble-free operation over a wide range of conditions.

Industrial and marine gas turbines can compete effectively with the diesel engine only through the use

of very cheap fuels, such as residual oil or surplus gas. As a rule, gaseous fuels present no special

problems, but residual oils produc e a highly destructive ash and sometimes copious amounts of

exhaust smoke. Attempts to burn pulverized solid fuels in open-cycle gas turbines have generally

proved unsuccessful. However, developments in fluidised-bed combustion could dramatically change

that situation.

One fuel which approaches single component ...