Technology : Engineering

Written in a practical, easy to understand style, this text provides a step-by-step guide to System Analysis and Engineering by introducing concepts, principles, and practices via a progression of topical, lesson oriented chapters. Each chapter focuses on specific aspects of system analysis, design, and development, and includes definitions of key terms, examples, author's notes, key principles, and challenging exercises that teach readers to apply their knowledge to real world systems. more...

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Twenty-five years ago, Hollywood released The China Syndrome, featuring Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas as a TVnews crew who witness what appears to be a serious accident at a nuclear power plant. In a spectacular coincidence, on March 28, 1979, less than two weeks after the movie came out, the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States occurred at Three Mile Island. more...

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Capitalize on the Latest Design and Operating Innovations forAchieving Peak Performance in Any Wastewater Treatment Plant. Wastewater treatment professionals can turn to the updated Second Edition of Water Quality Control Handbook for cutting-edge information on designing and operating systems used to treat wastewater from industrialand domestic sources. This state-of-the-art guide explores design innovations, equipment selection, treatment processes, new regulations,and operating methods for achieving peak performance in all kinds of wastewater treatment facilities. Noted pollution control expert E. Roberts Alley examines breakthroughs that are improving current wastewater treatment practice. He covers the optimization of activated sludge wastewater treatment through cation control …pH control for quickly varying pH levels…and the use of separate activated sludge treatment units in series to efficiently treat a mixture of biodegradable and refractory organics. The author also discusses the design of activated sludge wetlands…new pollutant precipitation techniques…total nitrogen removal design…recommendations for reducing effluent toxicity to aquatic life…and much more. Filled with 650 illustrations, charts, and tables, the Second Edition of Water Quality Control Handbook features: Expanded coverage of treatment systems for specific pollutants; The latest water quality regulations; New sections on wastewater treatment operations, new material on membrane treatment processes, and new developments in cost-saving treatment design methods. Inside This Landmark Water Quality Control Guide • Sources of Water Pollution • Pollutant Classification • Water Quality • Environmental Management • Regulatory Standards • Wastewater Treatment Plant Design • Physical Treatment • Chemical Treatment • Biological Treatment • Residuals Treatment • Schematics and Flow Diagrams • Pol more...

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Since its initial publication in 1987, Welding Metallurgy has been the standard text for the instruction of welding in technical schools and as a reference for professional welders. Updating the existing material and adding a substantial amount of new content, the Second Edition expands the scope of the first and remains the benchmark resource in its field. more...

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Dieses umfassende Nachschlagewerk der lhydraulik fr Gerteentwickler wie fr projektierende Ingenieure von Maschinen und Anlagen liegt in aktueller, erweiterter Auflage wieder vor. Das hydrostatische Wirkprinzip wird erlutert, dessen Umsetzung in hydrostatischen Antrieben und Steuerungen beschrieben. Eine systematische Eingliederung in die Getriebetechnik erleichtert die Bewertung der hydrostatischen Lsung mit Leistungsbertragungen anderer Energiearten erleichtert. Aus einem breiten industriellen Anwendungsfeld werden mobile und stationre hydraulische Anlagen vorgestellt, die zur Lsung  gleichmig und ungleichmig bersetzender Bewegungsaufgaben eingesetzt werden. Komponenten fr einen zuverlssigen Betrieb werden zur methodischen Auswahl fr hydraulische Anlagen nach Aufgaben geordnet. Anhand einer Vielzahl detaillierter Schnittbilder werden hydraulische Gerte  nach Funktion und Aufbau fr die Praxis erlutert. Zu deren anforderungsgerechter Auslegung werden Grundlagen der Strmungsmechanik und angrenzender Disziplinen wie Konstruktionslehre, Getriebetechnik und Leittechnik (Steuerungs- und Regelungstechnik) dargestellt. Neu aufgenommen in der fnften Auflage wurden  umweltvertrgliche Fluide, die Kfz-Hydraulik, sowie Simulationen. Die Abschnitte zu Mechatronik und Elektrohydraulik wurde ausgeweitet. more...

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