This course covers the efficient evaluation of gas turbine performance for the selection and application of the right engine for the job at hand.

You Will Learn

• Methods for evaluating the performance of gas turbines
• Functions of the several components of the gas turbine
• Quantitative analysis of engine performance based on component characteristics
• Successful operation of gas turbines, including the necessary characteristics of materials and fuels, the control of combustion emissions, and elements of condition monitoring and maintenance

Who Should Attend
Design and development engineers, maintenance and reliability engineers, project managers, QA personnel, mechanical engineers.

Instructors
Walter O'Brien teaches and consults on turbo machinery and gas turbines and is a consultant to industry and government in gas turbine related areas. He actively researches on unsteady processes in compressors and has conducted investigations on the use of alternate fuels in gas turbines and is an active member of the AIAA, ASME and ISA, a U.S. AGARD panellist, and serves on several IGTI Technical Committees. Mr O’Brien is Mechanical Engineering Department Head at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. His experience includes work in propulsion, combustion, instrumentation, analysis and design of electromechanical devices, and product development.

John Blanton is Chief Consulting Engineer – Heat Transfer for GE Energy. He has 29 years of engineering design and analysis experience in industrial and aircraft engines. His  work has included leadership of industrial gas turbine alternative fuels research programmes, industrial gas turbine compressor design, SCRAMjet propulsion system studies, and for the past 20 years has focused on gas turbine heat transfer and thermal management. Dr. Blanton also has been an adjunct faculty at Union College in Schenectady NY and at the University of Cincinnati. He is an active member of ASME and AIAA and serves on several IGTI Technical Committees.

Course	ASME Member/Before 21 December 2009	ASME Member/Standard Rate	Before 21 December 2009	Standard Rate
PD 115	€895	€995	€995	€1.095

End of Early Bird Rate: 21 December 2009
    
Registrations: The online registration form will be available shortly. In the meantime, you can register with the PDF form.
Hotel: NH Amsterdam Centre, Stadhouderskade, 7, 1054ES Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
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Details: EUR 139.00 per room per night, excl. American breakfast at EUR 25.00 and excl. 5% city tax. Rates are guaranteed until 16 January 2010.
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Training Venue: NH Amsterdam Center