Table of Contents

List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; The Nuclear Power Industry at the Turn of the 21st Century; The Thermal Process in Wet-Steam Turbines; Design; Operation; Refurbishment; Appendices; List of Abbreviations and Symbols; Unit Conversion Table; Index.

About the Author

Dr. Alexander Leyzerovich has more than 40 years of experience in analysis, research, and development for large steam-turbine power units, both serviced and newly designed. He graduated from Moscow Power Engineering Technological University as a mechanical engineer with a major in power steam turbine design before working as a leading specialist at the All-Russian Thermal Engineering Research Institute. There he became chief researcher, focusing on cycling operation of steam-turbine power units, unsteady temperature and thermal-stress states of diagnostics, as well as information support for the operational personnel. For years he also engaged in research and development for wet-steam turbines of nuclear power plants. In 1994, Dr. Leyzerovich relocated to the United States, where he works as a power engineering consultant. He also contributes to professional periodicals, and is the author and coauthor of about 200 published papers in Russian and English, as well as author of several professional books, including the two-volume Large Power Steam Turbines: Design & Operation, published by PennWell.