**Meet the editor**

Dr Konstantin Volkov is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Kingston University London (UK). His areas of expertise cover multidisciplinary areas: from applied engineering problems related to design and optimization of energy systems to fundamental problems focused on computational fluid dynamics and mathematical modelling. He has a wide experience in design, development

and optimisation of engineering systems and technological processes. Dr K Volkov works in close collaboration with industrial companies and is actively involved in bidding for funding from national and international organizations. He has more than 120 published scientific publications including books and book chapters. He is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Physics, Combustion Institute and European Society of Mechanics.

Contents

**Preface VII** 

Chapter 1 **Ultra Micro Gas Turbines 5**  Roberto Capata

Chapter 2 **The Selection of Materials** 

Chapter 7 **Gas Turbine Diagnostics 191**  Igor Loboda

**for Marine Gas Turbine Engines 51**  I. Gurrappa, I. V. S. Yashwanth and A. K. Gogia

**for Gas Turbine Power Boosting 97** 

Chapter 5 **Gas Turbines in Unconventional Applications 121** 

Chapter 6 **The Recovery of Exhaust Heat from Gas Turbines 165**  Roberto Carapellucci and Lorena Giordano

Chapter 8 **Models for Training on a Gas Turbine Power Plant 213** 

Edgardo J. Roldán-Villasana and Yadira Mendoza-Alegría

Chapter 3 **Energy, Exergy and Thermoeconomics Analysis of Water** 

Chapter 4 **Energy and Exergy Analysis of Reverse Brayton Refrigerator** 

Rahim K. Jassim, Majed M. Alhazmy and Galal M. Zaki

Jarosław Milewski, Krzysztof Badyda and Andrzej Miller

**Chiller Cooler for Gas Turbines Intake Air Cooling 71**  Rahim K. Jassim, Majed M. Alhazmy and Galal M. Zaki

Introductory **Overview 1**  Chapter Konstantin Volkov
