PEP’s Dr. Ashok Rao, along with an international team of contributors, released the book Combined cycle systems for near-zero emission power generation through Woodhead Publishing. The book provides a comprehensive review of the combined cycle power plant and advanced gas turbine design, engineering and operational issues of a range of the main types of combined cycle systems. Also included is a discussion of the technology, efficiency and emissions performance of natural gas-fired combined cycle (NGCC) systems and integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) systems, along with humid air cycle systems and oxy-combustion turbine cycle systems.

The final chapter reviews techno-economic analysis of combined cycle systems. Prior to his current role of Chief Scientist at APEP, Dr. Rao was a director of process engineering and a senior fellow at Fluor. He has worked extensively in the design and development of gas-fired power plants, and gasification and synthetic fuels plants. Dr. Rao is the recipient of several patent awards in the area of energy conversion, including a patent for the Humid Air Turbine (HAT) cycle, an advanced gas turbine based cycle.