Compressor Performance

Compressor Performance: Aerodynamics for the User, 3rd Edition, serves as an engineering reference for evaluating compressor design and maintenance. Continuing a 25-year history, the volume explains how basic aerodynamic theory guides practical equipment behavior.

The text outlines the selection, operation, testing, and maintenance of axial and centrifugal compressors. It addresses core aerodynamic principles alongside machinery components, including coverage of equipment strings incorporating gas turbines.

Intended for turbomachinery engineers, project engineers, field inspectors, plant engineers, and facilities engineers, the work highlights best practice performance testing aligned with ASME standards and provides diagnostic troubleshooting guidelines.