AMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDBasicGasTurbineANSI8133.2-1977SECRETARIATTHEAMERICANSOCIETYOFMECHANICALENGINEERSPUBLISHEDBYTHEAMERICANSOCIETYOFMECHANICALENGINEERSUnitedEngineeringCenter345East47thStreetNewYork,N.Y.10017Nopartofthisdocumentmaybereproducedinanyform,Inanelectronicretrievalsystemorotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher.Copyright®1977byTHEAMERICANSOCIETYOFMECHANICALENGINEERSAllRightsReservedPrintedInU.S.A.FOREWORDThepurposeoftheBl33standardsistoprovideguidanceandcriteriatofacilitatepreparationofgastur-bineprocurementspecifications.Thesestandardswillalsofacilitateresponsetosuchspecifications.TheBl33standardsprovideessentialinformationfortheprocurementofgasturbinepowerplants.Theyapplytoopencycle,.closedcycle,andsemi-closedcyclegasturbineswithconventionalcombustionsystemsforindustrial,marine,andelectricpowerapplications.Auxiliariesneededforproperoperationarecovered.Notincludedaregasturbinesappliedtoearthmovingmachines,agriculturalandindustrial-typetractors,automobiles,trucks,busesandaeropropulsionunits.Forgasturbinesusinguncon\'entlonalorspecialheatsources(suchas:chemicalprocesses,nuclearreac-tors,orfurnacesorsuperchargedboilers),thesestandardsmaybeusedasabasisforprocurement,butap-propriatemodificationsmaybenecessary.TheintentoftheB133standardsistocoverthenormalrequirementsofthemajorityofapplications,recognizingthateconomictrade-offsandreliabilityimplicationsmaydifferinsomeapplications.Theusermaydesiretoadd,deleteormodifytherequirementsinthisstandardtomeethisspecificneeds,inthepreparationofhisownprocurementspecification.TheB133.2standardpresentsanddescribesfeaturesthataredesirablefortheusertospecifyinordertoselectagasturbinethatwillyieldsatisfactoryperformance,availabilityandreliability.TheBl33.2standardislimitedtoaconsiderationofthebasicgasturbineincludingthecompressorcombustionsystemandturbine.Suggestionsforimprovementofthisstandardwillbewelcome.TheyshouldbesenttoTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers,UnitedEngineeringCenter,345East47thStre...
