Power Resources category: 2047 books
by Alireza Bahadori
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
Fluid Phase Behavior for Conventional and Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs delivers information on the role of PVT (pressure-volume-temperature) tests/data in various aspects, in particular reserve estimation, reservoir modeling, flow assurance, and enhanced oil recovery for both conventional...
Heat Exchanger Equipment Field Manual
Common Operating Problems and Practical Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
From upstream to downstream, heat exchangers are utilized in every stage of the petroleum value stream. An integral piece of equipment, heat exchangers are among the most confusing and problematic pieces of equipment in petroleum processing operations. This is especially true for engineers just entering...
by Xinghui Liu, Xuehao Tan, Boyun Guo
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Petroleum Production Engineering, Second Edition, updates both the new and veteran engineer on how to employ day-to-day production fundamentals to solve real-world challenges with modern technology. Enhanced to include equations and references with today’s more complex systems, such as working with...
by Mohammad Jamshidnezhad
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
One of the main duties for reservoir engineers is reservoir study, which starts when a reservoir is explored and it continues until the reservoir abandonment. Reservoir study is a continual process and due to various reasons such as complexity at the surface and limited data, there are many uncertainties...
by James G. Speight
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Unconventional reservoirs of oil and gas represent a huge additional global source of fossil fuels. However, there is much still to be done to improve techniques for their processing to make recovery and refining of these particular energy sources more cost-effective. Brief but readable, Heavy and...
by Doug Lowe
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
A comprehensive collection of 8 books in 1 offering electronics guidance that can't be found anywhere else!
If you know a breadboard from a breadbox but want to take your hobby electronics skills to the next level, this is the only reference you need. Electronics All-in-One For Dummies has...
Big Data Support of Urban Planning and Management
The Experience in China
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
In the era of big data, this book explores the new challenges of urban-rural planning and management from a practical perspective based on a multidisciplinary project. Researchers as contributors to this book have accomplished their projects by using big data and relevant data mining technologies...
Solar Farms
The Earthscan Expert Guide to Design and Construction of Utility-scale Photovoltaic Systems
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
The market and policy impetus to install increasingly utility-scale solar systems, or solar farms (sometimes known as solar parks or ranches), has seen products and applications develop ahead of the collective industry knowledge and experience. Recently however, the market has matured and investment...
Smart Grids
Advanced Technologies and Solutions, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
The latest edition features a new chapter on implementation and operation of an integrated smart grid with updates to multiple chapters throughout the text. New sections on Internet of things, and how they relate to smart grids and smart cities, have also been added to the book. It describes the impetus...
Green Energy Audit of Buildings
A guide for a sustainable energy audit of buildings
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Energy audits have multiple goals including reducing energy consumption, managing costs and environmental impact. Improving the energy performance of existing buildings through energy retrofit measures is a great opportunity for developing sustainability in our structures and developing a green building...
Disrupting Mobility
Impacts of Sharing Economy and Innovative Transportation on Cities
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
This book explores the opportunities and challenges of the sharing economy and innovative transportation technologies with regard to urban mobility. Written by government experts, social scientists, technologists and city planners from North America, Europe and Australia, the papers in this book address...
E-Mobility in Europe
Trends and Good Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2015
Focusing on technical, policy and social/societal practices and innovations for electrified transport for personal, public and freight purposes, this book provides a state-of-the-art overview of developments in e-mobility in Europe and the West Coast of the USA. It serves as a learning base for further...
Sustainable Rail Transport
Proceedings of RailNewcastle Talks 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
This edited monograph presents the selected papers from RailNewcastle 2016, being held in Newcastle UK, June 2016. The collected papers focus on railway research, including topics such as rail operations, engineering, logistics, communication systems and safety. The target audience primarily comprises...
The Fracking Debate
The Risks, Benefits, and Uncertainties of the Shale Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
Over roughly the past decade, oil and gas production in the United States has surged dramatically—thanks largely to technological advances such as high-volume hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as “fracking.” This rapid increase has generated widespread debate, with proponents touting...