Thermal power plants

All three authors are Emeritus Professors of the École polytechnique de Louvain and therefore have an extensive experience in teaching mechanical engineering topics and in particular machine thermodynamics.

Pierre Wauters taught basic thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, turbomachinery, fuel management and energetics. Via a permanent contact with industry, his research activity centred on steam turbines and fans.

Joseph Martin was in charge of internal combustion engines, aircraft propulsion, thermodynamics, combustion, and design of machine elements. His research into the implementation of nonconventional fuels led to an industrial development of biomass gasification.

David Johnson's activities, both in teaching and research, were more oriented towards basic mechanical engineering, namely mechanical vibrations, vehicle dynamics, aerospace dynamics, dynamics of machinery and design of machine elements.