Reliability Evaluation of Steam Turbine Blades for Process Drives
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Reliability Evaluation of Steam Turbine Blades for Process Drives
George M. Lucas
Reliability Evaluation of Steam Turbine Blades : Instructors : George Lucas
George M. Lucas P.E. has 31 years of experience in design, analysis, operation and maintenance of steam and gas turbines, generators, and other large rotating equipment. Mr. Lucas received his B. Sc. (1975) and M. Eng. (1976) degrees from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and began his professional career as a Design Engineer with Coffin Turbo Pump. He subsequently joined Dresser-Rand’s Steam Turbine Division in 1978, where he filled a variety of roles in new product development, product engineering, and project management, including Director of Engineering and V.P. Project Management.
While at Dresser-Rand, George was directly responsible for over 100 custom engineered steam turbines and contributed to the design and development of over 400 multistage steam turbines. He was Design Project Leader for the joint Dresser-Rand/EPRI project that resulted in the successful commissioning of the 110 MW gas turbine/expander train at Alabama Electric Cooperative’s McIntosh Compressed Energy Storage facility.
Mr. Lucas is currently an independent consultant specializing in rotating equipment design, maintenance, and repair, and energy conversion system design. He holds two U.S. patents, has authored several technical papers on turbo-machinery design topics, and co-developed short courses on turbine design, operation, and modifications for PowerGen and CoalGen.
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