Green Architecture (GreenSource Books)
Authors: Attmann, Osman
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-162501-2
ISBN-10: 0071625011
©2010 | 1st Edition | 368 pages , Hardcover
Status: December 2009
Price: US$ 79.95
A GreenSource guide to sustainable architecture
This new GreenSource book includes information on green technologies and materials needed to design and construct energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, and sustainable buildings.
Green Architecture surveys and illustrates new developments, innovative techniques, and advanced technologies that will help restore the balance between the user and the natural environment. The book aids architects in understanding the engineering side of the design process. U.S. and international case studies are included.
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Smart Process Plants: Software and Hardware Solutions for Accurate Data and Profitable Operations
Authors: Bagajewicz, Miguel
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-160471-0
ISBN-10: 0071604715
©2010 | 1st Edition | 464 pages , Hardcover
Status: December 2009
Price: US$ 125.00
A Detailed Guide to the New Generation of Smart Process Plants
Maximize plant profitability by minimizing operating costs. Smart Process Plants addresses measurements and the data they generate, error-free process variable estimation, control, fault detection, instrumentation upgrade, and maintenance optimization, and then connects these activities to plant economics. Methods for calculating the value of the information produced are included. The book discusses optimal instrumentation type, quality, precision, and location along with preventive maintenance techniques. Practical examples throughout the book demonstrate how to perform essential calculations.
Smart Process Plants covers:
- Measurement instrument performance and measurement errors
- Variable classification and canonical representation
- Linear, nonlinear, and dynamic data reconciliation
- Gross error detection, equivalency, size elimination, and estimation
- Accuracy of estimators
- Value of accuracy, control strategies, parametric fault identification, and instrumentation upgrade
- Maintenance optimization
