Wild blue yonder: after more than 50 years of intense research, designers...

Mechanical Engineering-CIME;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......ASME sponsored a conference featuring gas turbine technical papers, only two papers were submitted. It was understandable. The gas turbine had been invented only five years earlier...the technical interest aroused by the gas turbine, first new prime mover in 50 years...

Gas Turbine Users Symposium Set for September in Houston

Mechanical Engineering;  May 1, 2008 ;     456 words ...The Gas Turbine Users Symposium (GTUS) will be co-located with...GTUS offers a complimentary hands-on focus on gas turbine drivers. Mark your calendar now to attend GTUS 2008 ! The Gas Turbine Users Symposium-a comprehensive cluster of...

Gas Turbine Users Symposium Establishes Itself as a Success in Orlando

Mechanical Engineering;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......attendees at the first annual, separate Gas Turbine Users Symposium (GTUS) held in Orlando...drawing strong attendance from the world's gas turbine operators, owners, managers, OEMs, and...Expert, influential leaders of the gas turbine user community offered an impressive...

Turbine engine history: a look back at the developments that led to...

Aircraft Maintenance Technology;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......inventions that have led to today's gas turbine engine technology. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...back to Egyptian times for the roots of gas turbine history. One might even say this early...jack Leonardo Da Vinci also has ties to gas turbine history. He designed a machine called...

Tractors packages, tests gas turbine generators, BUSINESS TIMES

Business Times (Malaysia);  March 10, 2003 ;     396 words ......business base into packaging and testing gas turbine generators for partner Kawasaki Heavy...its dealer for the locally- packaged gas turbine generators for the region. Tractors...different Asian countries to supply the gas turbine generators and expects negotiations...

Croatian Inventor Develops Oil Lifting Gas Turbine

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 15, 2007 ;     307 words ......Veliko Trojstvo, Croatia, has developed a gas turbine for oil lifting. According to the U...Trademark Office, the invention relates to "gas turbine driven oil lifting device for increasing...separated by a bypass packer, on which a gas turbine is fixed by a coupling and a tubing...

Japanese Inventors Develop Gas Turbine Plant

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 9, 2006 ;     261 words ......Chigasaki, Japan, and Shokou Ito of Sagamihara, Japan, have developed a gas turbine plant which previously heats a fuel supplied to a gas turbine combustor of the gas turbine plant. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine...

New 55mw gas turbines. (ABB Power Generation Inc.'s GT8 model gas turbine)

Energy Report;  June 1, 1992 ;     196 words ......promising redesign of its GT8 model gas turbine. Positioned to compete with 50MW...said, This advanced industrial gas turbine is the result of ABB's own intensive development effort outside the gas turbine development programme with Rolls...

Register today for Turbo Expo 2008 in Berlin: the most important...

Mechanical Engineering-CIME;  May 1, 2008 ;     423 words ......'s not too late to join more than 2500 gas turbine professionals from over 50 countries...and a three-day, premium exhibition of gas turbine products and services supported by leading...will share their perspectives on Clean Gas Turbine Technologies for Land, Sea, and Air...

PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR GAS TURBINE END-USERS

Mechanical Engineering;  June 1, 2005 ;     430 words ......success of the inaugural stand-alone Gas Turbine Users Symposium (GTUS) in 2004, ASME International Gas Turbine Institute invites you to attend the...challenges confronting both hands-on gas turbine operators and management-level decision-make...

Gas turbine users symposium set for September in Houston.

Mechanical Engineering-CIME;  May 1, 2008 ;     215 words ...The Gas Turbine Users Symposium (GTHS) will be co-located with...GTUS offers a complimentary hands-on focus on gas turbine drivers. Mark your calendar now to attend GTUS 2008! The Gas Turbine Users Symposium--a comprehensive cluster of...

Avoid problems that can hamper proper measurement. (gas turbine meters)

Pipeline & Gas Journal;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...The gas turbine meter is no different than any other...be discussed. Sizing The size of a gas turbine meter depends on several factors: flow...100,000 scfh would require an 8-inch gas turbine meter if the pressure available is...

Japanese Inventor Develops Uniaxial Gas Turbine System

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 14, 2006 ;     269 words ......Japan, has developed an uniaxial gas turbine system constituted so as to drive a rotary machine by a unaxial gas turbine. According to the U.S. Patent...invention relates to a "uniaxial gas turbine system, comprising a uniaxial gas...

Gas Turbine Heat Transfer and Cooling Technology

Mechanical Engineering;  September 1, 2001 ;     131 words ...Gas Turbine Heat Transfer and Cooling Technology...and researchers, this book focuses on gas turbine heat transfer issues and associated cooling...technologies for both aircraft and land-based gas turbine engines. Topics discussed include gas...

Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook. Third Edition.(ME bookshelf)(Brief...

Mechanical Engineering-CIME;  August 1, 2006 ;     207 words ...Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook. Third Edition...pages. $125. ISBN 978-0-7506-7846-9. Gas Turbine and Engineering Handbook, according to...which investigates various types of gas turbine failures and just how they could have...