Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide

5 12 2011

 

 

 

 

Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide

Author: Philip Kiameh
ISBN: 9780071772211 / 0071772219
©2012 | 1st Edition | 768 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 99.00
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A comprehensive guide to all types of power generation plants, their design, operation, systems, equipment, and maintenance

Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guidefocuses on the sizing, selection, operation, diagnostic testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and refurbishment of power plant equipment such as steam turbines, gas turbines, steam generators, condensers, feedwater heaters, compressors, pumps, valves, advanced electrical generators used in wind power stations, and more.

This book also provides thorough coverage of the various types of advanced combined cycle plants, plants that allow burning of coal, petroleum coke, biomass, and municipal waste in combined cycles. The economics of these plants, as well as all their power enhancement methods, are discussed in detail.

Advanced power plant instrumentation and control systems are also covered along with computer simulation of power plants. Ten computer simulation exercises and solutions are presented. All features used to enhance reliability and maintainability of power generating plants are discussed in detail.

 

 

About the Author

Philip Kiameh, M.A.Sc., B.Eng., D.Eng., P.Eng., has been a teacher at the University of Toronto, Canada, for 18 years. He also teaches courses and seminars worldwide to more than 4,000 engineers across Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Professor Kiameh has written four books for working engineers and has won excellence in teaching awards from the Professional Development Center at the University of Toronto and TUV Akademie. He performed research on power generation equipment with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and has more than 26 years of practical engineering experience with Ontario Power Generation, formerly, Ontario Hydro, the largest electric utility in North America.

 

 

 


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Nanotechnology for Environmental Decontamination

13 05 2011

 

Nanotechnology for Environmental DecontaminationNanotechnology for Environmental Decontamination

Authors: Manoj Ram, E. Silvana Andreescu, Ding Hanming
ISBN: 9780071702799 / 0071702792
©2011 | 1st Edition | 448 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUN-11
Price: US$ 150
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The latest developments in nanotechnology and detailed application methodologies to decontaminate water, air, soil, and food

Written by a team of global experts, Nanotechnology for Environmental Decontaminationsummarizes the techniques to structure target-specific nanomaterial, and how to apply it to decontaminate the natural environment from microbes, heavy metals, industrial toxic chemicals, chemical warfare agents, and biowarfare agents.

Recent developments in nanotechnology enable environmental decontamination through several target-specific nanomaterials, processes, and tools. This groundbreaking work covers these innovative methodologies in complete detail. It is an ideal resource for both professionals and graduate-level students whose specialty is nanotechnology which is applicable to environmental decontamination.

 

 

Nanotechnology for Environmental Decontamination features

  • A thorough overview of the most important developments in the field of decontamination
  • Nanomaterial design methodologies for specific targets such as microbes, heavy metals, and chemical/bio agents
  • Contributions from world-renowned leaders in nanotech decontamination
  • Coverage of a wide variety of diverse applications

 

 

In-depth details on:

  • Preparation and application of inner skin hollow fiber nanoporous membrane
  • Photocatalytic inactivation of water and air pollution
  • Application of nano TiO, catalyst in wastewater treatment
  • Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants at nanosemiconductor film electrodes under visible light irradiation
  • Disinfection of microbes by nanoparticles
  • Water disinfection and wastewater decontamination by solar photocatalysis using nanomaterials
  • The role of nanotechnology for decontamination of chemical warfare agents
  • Nanostructured bioassemblies for environmental bioremediation
  • Reactive nanoparticles for the treatment of chlorinated dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPL) in soil and groundwater
  • Persistent pesticides: detection and control using nanotechnology
  • Decontaminating chemical and biological warfare agents and related toxins with nanomaterials

 

 

About the Authors

Dr. Majoj K. Ram (St. Petersburg, FL)is head of the polymer group at Eclipse Energy Systems, Inc.

Dr. E. Silvana Andreescu (Potsdam, NY)is assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science at Clarkson University.

Dr. Hanming Ding (Shanghai, China) is an associate professor of Inorganic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at East China Normal University.

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Airport Planning and Management

14 04 2011

Airport Planning and ManagementAirport Planning and Management

Authors:Seth Young, Alexander Wells
ISBN: 9780071750240 / 007175024X
©2011 | 608 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: MAR-11
Price: US$ 69.95
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The definitive, up-to-date guide to airport planning and management

Fully revised, updated, and reorganized to reflect the latest advances in the aviation industry, Airport Planning and Management, Sixth Edition offers comprehensive coverage of this challenging field. Airports, airport systems, operations management, and administration are discussed in detail. This authoritative volume addresses changes in technology, structure, and political environment, including enhanced security, environmental impact, and regulatory issues. The Sixth Edition of this landmark guide to the planning, development, and management of airports is ideal as a course text, self-study tool, and professional reference.

New to This Edition

  • Updated coverage of privatization of airports
  • New material on airfield infrastructure and safety and airport planning
  • New focus on redesign of the air traffic systems
  • New descriptions of passenger and baggage processing technologies
  • Security updated throughout
  • New coverage of federal regulations on airport finance and revenue strategies
  • Energy efficiency and sustainability added
  • New chapter on airports in the global environment, drawing more international interest
  • Test prep questions with solutions available online

 

About the Authors

Alexander T. Wells (Deland, Florida) is a onsultant and adjunct professor in the Aviation Business Administration Department at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. The author of a number of leading aviation industry texts, he also wrote Commercial Aviation Safety, second edition, also from McGraw-Hill.

Seth B. Young (Upper Arlington, Ohio) is Professor of Aviation at Ohio State University and co-author with Horonjeff of Planning and Design of Airports, fifth edition.

 

Book Review

  1. SciTech Book News, August 2011

Intended as a textbook for undergraduate students, this new edition includes expanded focus on security measures, privatization of airports, and energy efficiency. Young (aviation, Ohio State U.) and Wells (consultant on airport management) begin with a general and historical discussion of airport systems, and then focus on operations and administrative management. Each chapter opens with an outline and objectives and closes with key terms and questions for review. The book closes with references to the application sections of the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 150 Series Advisory circulars. A helpful glossary and expansion of abbreviations are also included. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

 

 

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Handbook of Transportation Engineering Volume I & Volume II

8 03 2011

 

Handbook of Transportation EngineeringHandbook of Transportation Engineering Volume I & Volume II

Author: Myer Kutz
ISBN: 9780071761130 / 0071761136
©2011 | 2nd Edition | Hardback
Pub Date: MAR-11
Price: US$ 350
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The definitive transportation engineering resource—fully revised and updated

The two-volume Handbook of Transportation Engineering, Second Edition offers practical, comprehensive coverage of the entire transportation engineering field. Featuring 18 new chapters and contributions from nearly 70 leading experts, this authoritative work discusses all types of transportation systems—freight, passenger, air, rail, road, marine, and pipeline—and provides problem-solving engineering, planning, and design tools and techniques with examples of successful applications. Volume I focuses on transportation networks and systems, operations, and economics. Volume II focuses on applications in automobile and non-automobile transportation, and on safety and environmental issues.

 

Volume I covers:

  • National transportation networks and inter-modal systems
  • Transportation network planning: theoretical notions
  • Reliability of travel times and robustness of transport networks
  • Transportation systems modeling and evaluation
  • Software systems and simulation for transportation applications
  • Applications of GIS in transportation
  • Travel demand forecasting
  • Transportation and land use
  • Sustainable transportation practice
  • Transportation planning and modeling
  • Transportation economics
  • Innovative information technology applications in public transportation
  • Parking management
  • Trucking operations
  • The economics of railroad operations: resurgence of a declining industry
  • Airline management and operations
  • The marine transportation system
  • Global logistics
  • Freight transportation planning
  • Management of transportation organizations

 

Volume II covers:

  • Traffic engineering analysis
  • Traffic origin-destination estimation
  • Traffic congestion
  • Highway capacity
  • Traffic control systems: freeway management and communications
  • Traffic signals
  • Highway sign visibility
  • Transportation lighting
  • Geometric design of streets and highways
  • Intersection and interchange design
  • Pavement engineering: flexible and rigid pavements
  • Pavement testing and evaluation
  • Bridge engineering
  • Tunnel engineering
  • Pedestrians
  • Bicycle transportation
  • Spectrum of automated guideway transit (AGT) and its applications
  • Railway vehicle engineering
  • Railway track design
  • Improvement of railroad yard operations
  • Modern aircraft design techniques
  • Airport design
  • Air traffic control systems design
  • Ship design
  • Pipeline engineering
  • Traffic safety
  • Transportation hazards
  • Hazardous materials transportation
  • Incident management
  • Network security and survivability
  • Optimization of emergency evacuation plans
  • Transportation noise issues
  • Air quality issues in transportation
  • Transportation and climate change

 

About the Author

Myer Kutz is President of Myer Kutz Associates, Inc., a publishing and information services consulting firm, and editor of number successful handbooks including Standard Handbook of Biomedical Engineering Design.

 

 

 


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Structural Steel Designer’s Handbook

14 01 2011

 

Structural Steel Designer's HandbookStructural Steel Designer’s Handbook

Authors: Roger Brockenbrough, Frederick Merritt
ISBN: 9780071666664 / 0071666664
©2011 | 5th Edition | 944 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: FEB-11
Price: US$ 175.00
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A Complete and Current Guide to Structural Steel Design

Fully updated with the most recent design codes, standards, and specifications, Structural Steel Designer’s Handbook, Fifth Edition, provides a convenient, single source of the latest information essential to the practical design of steel structures.

This comprehensive volume begins by covering the properties of structural steel and the fundamentals of fabrication and erection. Modern structural design methods applicable to buildings and other structures, such as roof systems and various types of bridges, are presented. Details on the design of members–beams, columns, and tension components–and of bolted and welded connections are also covered. Featuring contributions from renowned engineering experts, this is an invaluable working tool for structural steel designers.

Based on the latest design standards, codes, and specifications:

  • ANSI/AISC 360-10–unified LRFD and ASD specification
  • ANSI/AISI S100–unified specification for cold-formed members
  • SEI/ASCE 7-10 wind, seismic, and live loads, consolidated into the International Code Council (ICC) International Building Code (IBC)
  • AASHTO highway bridge design standards
  • ASTM material standards
  • AREMA railroad bridge design specifications

 

New to this Edition

  • Chapter 1 updated to reflect changes in the steel specifications—American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) through 2009
  • Chapter 4 updated to cover the latest loading codes for buildings—American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 7-09 and the 2009 International Building Code (IBC)
  • Chapters 5 and 6 updated to cover the latest design specifications for buildings—American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) 360-2010
  • Chapter 8 revised to include changes in seismic design requirements for buildings per ASCE 7-09 and the 2009 IBC
  • Chapter 9 revised to reflect the latest in cold-formed steel design, per American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) S100-2007 standards
  • Chapters 10 and 12 through 15 revised to include changes in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO’s) specifications through 2009

 

About the Authors

Roger Brockenbrough, P.E., is president of R. L. Brockenbrough & Associates, Inc. He was a senior research consultant for U.S. Steel, where he worked for 30 years until retiring. Mr. Brockenbrough is a member of AISC and ASTM, and is an ASCE Fellow. He is the editor of Highway Engineering Handbook, now in its Third Edition, and a contributor to Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers, now in its Fifth Edition.

Frederick S. Merritt, P.E. was a consulting engineer for many years with experience in building and bridge design, structural analysis, and construction management. A Fellow of ASCE and a Senior Member of ASTM, he was a senior editor of Engineering News-Record and author or editor of many books, including Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers, now in its Fifth Edition.

 

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Government Program Management

14 01 2011

  

Government program ManagementGovernment Program Management

Author: Bruce Barkley
ISBN: 9780071744485 / 0071744487
©2011 | 1st Edition | 544 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: FEB-11
Price: US$ 59.95
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Proven strategies for bringing program management techniques to government projects, people, and structures worldwide for improvement on every level– including on-time delivery, accountability, and revenue control

Government Program Management reveals how to fundamentally change the roles, structures, and workforce characteristics of government agencies, with special emphasis on moving to a uniform government program management system. A new system to achieve accountability at the federal level is presented. This pioneering guide covers the history of modern reform movements at the government level and outlines reasons for failure of these initiatives. It offers innovative solutions to the problem of accountability and delivery in government programs and discusses recent movements toward reform in the U.S. and other countries such as the global movement called New Public Management.

Government Program Management addresses new initiatives in performance reporting and budgeting at the federal level, and presents specific reorganization and restructuring recommendations. A full chapter on reforming healthcare programs is included in this timely resource.

Government Program Management

  • Offers an in-depth, analytic look on reforming government agency program and project management structures
  • Brings the new Project Management Institute (PMI) Program Management standards and certification requirements to government programs and projects
  • Provides hands-on applications in the areas of government health care, park service, transportation, education, and other programs
  • Shows the importance of public management and program management in governments around the world, with models from every continent
  • Offers new insights from interviews and surveys from government program managers on reform and program delivery issues – exactly as they see them
  • Includes case studies and practical program and project applications for teaching and training purposes
  • Discusses global impacts and developments affecting future government-sponsored and outsourced programs and projects

 

About the Author

Bruce Barkley (Cumming, GA) is a Former Federal Senior Executive, Executive Office of The President of the United States and several Cabinet Agencies, Washington DC. He is currently Senior Faculty, Keller Graduate School of Management, Curriculum Coordinator, in the area of Project Management. Prior to this, Barkley served as VP for a business consulting firm in the areas of strategic planning and program management. He was also a manager with the Program Management Office (PMO) Universal Avionics, Inc.

Barkley is the author of Project Risk Management, Integrated Project Management, Customer-Driven Project Management, and Project Management in New Product Development, as well as the upcoming Global Program Management, with Paula Wagner.

 

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Linden’s Handbook of Batteries

7 10 2010


Linden's Handbook of BatteriesLinden’s Handbook of Batteries

Authors: Thomas Reddy, David Linden
ISBN: 9780071624213 / 007162421X
©2010 | 1st Edition | 1200 pages | Softback with CD
Pub Date: NOV-10
Price: US$ 199.95
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The definitive engineering guide to battery design and selection—updated with the latest advances in cell efficiency

The standard battery reference for more than twenty years, Linden’s Handbook of Batteries provides authoritative data on the characteristics, properties, and performance of every major battery type. The Fourth Edition is entirely rewritten and reorganized to reflect huge advances in cell efficiency, including new information on lithium ion and large nickel metal hydride batteries, and portable fuel cells. This unparalleled resource allows you to: determine the performance characteristics of batteries under all conditions; select the most suitable battery for a given application; apply leading-edge technologies, materials, and methods in new designs and products; and have necessary data and equations at your fingertips.

Linden’s Handbook of Batteries, Fourth Edition includes new chapters on:

  • Battery modeling
  • Battery electrolytes
  • Batteries for electric vehicles
  • Batteries for biomedical applications
  • Nano-sized batteries
  • Stationary fuel cells
  • International standards


About the Authors

Thomas Reddy, Ph.D. (Bronxville, NY), a pioneer in the lithium battery field, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey. He previously served as Vice President of Power Conversion Inc., (currently Hawker Electracell, Inc.) and Yardney Technical Products, Inc. He continues to serve as a consultant to Yardney and other organizations.
David Linden (Little Silver, NJ) now retired, was previously a consultant with Duracell, Inc. and Director of the Power Sources Division of the U.S. Army Electronics R&D Command.

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Nanobiophotonics

9 06 2010


Nanobiophotonics

Nanobiophotonics

Authors: Popescu, Gabriel
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-173701-2
ISBN-10: 0071737014
©2010 | 1st Edition | 464 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: July 2010
Price: US$ 150.00

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An in-depth guide to achieving super resolution medical imaging using nanotechnology and optical technology

Nano-Biophotonics reviews the basics and recent developments of this emerging field which is cross-disciplinary among nanoscience and nanotechnology, biology, and photonics. The book covers nanoscale and super resolution imaging and biomedical applications. This unique volume is particularly useful for graduate students and researchers in the field of nanoscience, biomedical engineering, and optical science and engineering who are interested in applying their knowledge in the biomedical engineering field.

Nano-Biophotonics:

  • Covers fundamentals knowledge of three distinct disciplines: optics, biomedicine, and nanotechnology
  • Reviews the most up-to-date research areas of nano-biophotonics
  • Allow you to quickly acquire and familiarize the fundamental knowledge necessary for this emerging field
  • Includes the most recent research by prominent contributors from major universities: University of Chicago, Arizona State University, and Yale Medical School


About the Author


Gabriel Popescu (Urbana, IL) is an Assistant Professor at Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He and his colleagues started the Nanobiophotonics Summer School at the Beckman Institute in 2009. The school was sponsored by the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN), which is funded by the National Science Foundation. Plans for future Nanobiophotonics Summer School sessions are currently underway.

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