Table of Contents
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Gas-Fired Power Generation
1.1 The History of Natural Gas as an Energy Source and for Power Generation
1.2 Global Electricity Production from Natural Gas
Chapter 2. The Natural Gas Resource
2.1 The Composition of Natural Gas
Chapter 3. Gas-Fired Power Generation Technology
3.1 Natural Gas-Fired Steam Turbine Power Plants
3.2 Piston Engine-Based Natural Gas Power Units
4.1 The History of the Gas Turbine
Chapter 5. Advanced Gas Turbine Design
Chapter 6. Advanced Gas Turbine Cycles
Chapter 7. Combined Cycle Power Plants
7.1 Evolution of the Combined Cycle Concept
7.2 The High Efficiency Combined Cycle Power Plant
7.3 Heat Recovery Steam Generators
7.4 Flexible Combined Cycle Power Plants
7.5 Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Power Plant
8.3 Applications for Microturbines
Chapter 9. Gas-Fired Power Plants and the Environment
9.4 Selective Catalytic Reduction
Chapter 10. The Cost of Electricity Generation from Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants