Technologie

Modern look at the thermodynamics of hydrocarbon reservoirs

This brilliant, original work offers novel formulations of thermodynamic principles for hydrocarbon reservoirs. The book is packed with valuable step-by-step derivations for retrograde phenomena in capillaries, diffusion and convection, stability and criticality in mixtures, precipitation from complex mixtures, and numerous examples that show in detail how to calculate and apply concepts using the most contemporary techniques.

The book is not only a valuable reference for petroleum and chemical engineers, but can be...

The easy way to keep your HVAC systems humming. Meet the demand for better quality and efficiency in air systems by mastering the latest TAB (testing, adjusting, and balancing) techniques in the Third Edition of HVAC Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing Manual, by John Gladstone and W. David Bevirt. This time-saving productivity tool puts at your fingertips proven TAB methodologies, equations, and calculations for system balancing, controls, clean rooms, sound vibration and more. It's the only resource you need to: balance air and water distribution systems; adjust the total system to provide...

The benchmark guide for compressor technology pros

You don't have to scour piles of technical literature for compressor answers any longer. The Compressor Handbook compiled by Paul Hanlon packs all the answers on design procedures, practical application, and maintenance of compressors--straight from top experts on these widely used machines. You get details on everything from fundamentals and theory to advanced applications, techniques, and today's materials -- including sought-after data on compressors that inflate tires, spray paint, increase the density of natural gas, or perform any...

With the help of this sure-fire instruction guide, you can learn how to build a sophisticated, yet low-cost microprocessor-controlled radio transceiver as well as smaller devices such as a simple frequency synthesizer and a spectrum analyzer.

Filled with tested, hands-on projects that really work, this great reference features single-sided circuit boards that are easy to build, and includes detailed circuit-board layouts and extensive parts lists.

"Build Your Own Intelligent Amateur Radio Transceiver" will enable you to:

Interface digital and analog circuitry

Keep digital...

Cash in on the growing demand for home alarm and security systems!

If you're an electronics technician interested in expanding your expertise to include the lucrative and rapidly growing field of intrusion-alarm systems, this is the book for you. It's filled with the information you need to get into this booming market and start installing effective, reliable home alarm systems right away.

Delton T. Horn's well-illustrated instructions guide you every step of the way, from mapping out a cost-efficient design to troubleshooting those "tough dog" problems. Topics include:

The basic...

This is a behind-the-scenes look at the high-tech brain centres of modern aviation. The book is designed for aviation and computing professionals who probe the use of aviation computer systems in everything from aircraft design and manufacture to flight planning, weather forecasting and air-traffic monitoring.

101 all-new resumes from America's top resume experts Land your dream job with the perfect resume Jay A. Block and Michael Betrus -- the experts behind the bestselling 101 Best Resumes -- have put together 101 More Best Resumes to give you the edge in today's fiercely competitive job market. It's bursting with insights, phrases and formats that generate high-energy ways to sell yourself to employers. You get examples of outstanding resumes for jobs in 70 different categories and for every level of skill as you pick up all the ingredients that every great resume must have. You learn how to:...

Discussing distillation, this book gives readers guidelines for operation, troubleshooting and control. It offers a compendium of Do's and Don'ts, good practices, and guidelines for trouble-free design; operation and troubleshooting for inlets and outlets; avoiding tray damage; installation; commissioning and startup techniques; and more.

The first comprehensive reference on all aspects of industrial centrifugation technology

This practical resource offers detailed coverage of fluid particle separation in centrifuges, examining equipment, selection, testing, and optimization for specific applications, from small-scale protein separations to large-scale industrial techniques involving batch and continuous feed sedimenting, as well as parallel filtering operations.

Integrating theory with hands-on methods, many of which are previously unpublished, the book discusses laboratory, pilot, and production tests;...

This up-to-the-minute instructional manual provides hard-to-find information on stall and spin awareness, recovery procedures, and avoidance methods -- and includes an entire chapter on how to teach these life-savings techniques.

This practical guide helps pilots to recognize systems problems in many types of avionics equipment and to resolve them quickly and inexpensively.

All the laws, terms, documents, and guidance on environmental impact assessment you need -- in one book

Anyone who has ever had to wade through volumes of regulations and permit procedures. . .been besieged by confusing jargon and unknown acronyms. . .or otherwise wished there were a clear and reliable guide to the essentials of environmental impact assessment, will applaud this comprehensive and intelligently organized book.

Here, for the first time in one convenient volume, are all the key legislation, terminology, and documents you need to know, as well as invaluable...

A new edition of the authoritative, single-source handbook to the selection, design, specification, and installation of flowmeters measuring liquid, gas, and steam flows. Miller (president, RW Miller Consulting) supplies the key information on seven-place equation constants and simplifying equations and includes many examples, graphs, and tables to help improve performance, and save time and expense. The revised edition features the latest ISO, ASME, and ANSI-related standards, meter influence quantities for flowmeters, and proposed orifice and nozzle equations. The nine appendices present...

This problem-solving reference answers questions such as, "Why do interior lights dim or burn out rapidly" and "Why won't the batteries recharge after a night without electricity?"

The one reference devoted exclusively to aboveground storage tanks (ASTs), this book helps owners and regulators understand the design, operation, and maintenance of ASTs in the face of new industry regulations and meet the rigorous compliance requirements. Here is an ideal handbook for chemical, environmental, and civil engineers, and others concerned with the regulatory issues of ASTs. Sections examine various types of storage media and their applications; fundamental environmental engineering concerns; how to select the right industrial codes and standards for the tank; design...

Examines in detail the theory, fabrication techniques, and applications of the hybrid types, of optical integrated circuits, as well as explaining waveguiding theory, device design, and fabrication. Provides material on the derivation of the fundamental equations, physical explanation, numerical exa"

Refinery and petrochemical engineers can turn to this guide for expert information on the sources of and solutions to the full range of fuel performance problems encountered during testing, storage, transportation, delivery, and combustion. Using actual field examples to demonstrate concepts, the book fully covers specific testing and analysis methods, fuel additive problems, safety and hazard guidelines, and trouble shooting techniques. This time- and money-saving resource also features specialized information on chemical storage tanks, fuel filters, flowmeters, metals, plastics, and more.

Modeled on airline training courses, this groundbreaking book thoroughly explores the driving maxim of jet transport design and engineering--carry as much weight as possible as far as possible at the greatest profit possible. Experience performance engineer Carlos Padilla examines the key concepts and methods being used by today's TMS successful industry players to achieve this important goal.

This extensively researched volume provides you with important insights and hard-to-find information gained only through experience, including comprehensive explanations of performance issues related...

Make sure your boiler runs at maximum efficiency

Do you know how much make-up water you need in your boiler? How much blowdown? How to calculate the amount of chemical you need to add, and when? This guide provides answers to these and many more questions about water treatment in industrial plants. It gives you a solid understanding of water treatment problems and solutions, so you can improve treatment efficiency and communicate more effectively with water treatment specialists and chief engineers. You get technical details of water treatment in a clear, precise, and...