This comprehensive book examines the technology and practical applications of plant multivariable envelope control. Optimize plant productivity, including air handlers, boilers, chemical reactors, chillers, clean-rooms, compressors and fans, cooling towers, heat exchangers, and pumping stations. Bela G. Liptak speaks on Post-Oil Energy Technology on the AT&T Tech Channel.

Covers nearly every type of temperature measurement device, in particular, bimetallic thermometers, filled bulb and glass stem thermometers, thermistors, thermocouples, and thermowells. Includes suppliers and prices.

This comprehensive guide offers authoritative answers on flow measurement from dozens of leading experts. Fully illustrated with diagrams, tables, and formulas, Flow Measurement covers virtually every type of flow meter in use today, including those for heat exchangers and gaseous fuels, and laminar, magnetic and mass flow meters. Valuable information on applications and selection criteria.

Analytical Instrumentation examines analyzers for detecting pollutants and other hazardous matter, including carbon monoxide, chlorine, fluoride, hydrogen sulfide, mercury, and phosphorous. Also covers selection, application, and sampling procedures.

In Optimization of Industrial Unit Processes, the term "optimization" means the maximizing of productivity and safety while minimizing operating costs. In a fully optimized plant, efficiency and productivity are continuously maximized while levels, temperatures, pressures, or flows float within their allowable limits.
This control philosophy differs from earlier approaches - where levels and temperatures were controlled at constant values, and plant productivity was only an accidental, uncontrolled consequence of those controlled variables. With this approach, the sides of a multivariable...

Protecting the global environment is a single-minded goal for all of us. Environmental engineers take this goal to task, meeting the needs of society with technical innovations. Revised, expanded, and fully updated to meet the needs of today's engineer working in industry or the public sector, the Environmental Engineers' Handbook, Second Edition is a single source of current information. It covers in depth the interrelated factors and principles that affect our environment and how we have dealt with them in the past, are dealing with them today, and how we will deal with them in the future....

A solution to the climate and energy crisis
The reversible fuel cell (RFC) described in this volume stores solar energy and thereby makes it continuously available. This can make the building of energy-free homes and all electric transportation a reality. The foldout drawing at the back of this book also describes the detailed design of the world s first 1,000 megawatt solar-hydrogen power plant.

How is this possible?
Our planet receives more solar energy in an hour than humans use in a year. In fact, 5% of the Sahara could meet the total energy requirement...

Goundwater and Surface Water Pollution contains almost all the technic al know-how required to clean up our water supply. It provides a surve y of up-to-date technologies for remediation, as well as a step-by-ste p guide to pollution assessment for both ground and surface waters. T he book defines groundwater, aquifers and surface water and discusses the physical properties of soils, liquids, vadose zones and aquifers. It emphasizes controlling nonpoint source pollution, best management p ractices, and an integrated management approach.

This stellar resource addresses the prevention of pollution created by existing technology, and the design of future zero-emissions technolo gy. A useful guide for engineers, students or anyone working for envir onmental protection, Air Pollution provides a solid foundation and pre sents a sound environmental philosophy.

In an exhaustive compilation of current knowledge, Wastewater Treatmen t covers subjects that run the gamut from wastewater sources, characte ristics, and monitoring to chemical treatments and nutrient removal. T horoughly examining basic and advanced topics, this resource has it al l. The wealth of easy-to-use tables and illustrations provides quick and clear references, making it indispensable. Schematic drawings of e quipment and devices explain the technology and techniques. With the l evel of detail included, you can count on finding both introductory ma terial and very technical answers...