James G : 517 books
by James G. Speight
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Petroleum refining involves refining crude petroleum as well as producing raw materials for the petrochemical industry. This book covers current refinery processes and process-types that are likely to come on-stream during the next three to five decades. The book includes (1) comparisons of conventional...
by James G. Speight
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
World gasification capacity is expected to grow by more than 70% by 2015. While gasification is not a new process, the higher price in crude has lead operators and refineries to look at all possible coal-based technologies for energy conversion, and with the flow of heavy oil, tar sands and other...
by James G. Speight
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Asphalt is a complex but popular civil engineering material. Design engineers must understand these complexities in order to optimize its use. Whether or not it is used to pave a busy highway, waterproof a rooftop or smooth out an airport runway, Asphalt Materials Science and Technology acquaints...
by James G. Speight
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Heavy Oil Recovery and Upgrading covers properties, factors, methods and all current and upcoming processes, giving engineers, new and experienced, the full spectrum of recovery choices, including SAGD, horizontal well technology, and hybrid approaches. Moving on to the upgrading and refining of the...
by James G. Speight
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Finally, there is a one-stop reference book for the petroleum engineer which offers practical, easy-to-understand responses to complicated technical questions. This is a must-have for any engineer or non-engineer working in the petroleum industry, anyone studying petroleum engineering, or any reference...
Oil and Gas Corrosion Prevention
From Surface Facilities to Refineries
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
According to NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers), the total annual cost of corrosion in petroleum refining takes up $3.7 billion in the US alone. Corrosion control is always a challenge for the downstream industry, but as the quality of feedstock is declining due to refineries accepting...
by James G. Greenlee
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Under the influence of mounting foreign competition in the late-Victorian and Edwardian periods, many Britons sought to bolster England’s world position by reinforcing the unity of the Empire. For the most part their effort were channelled into an attempt to construct a formal political union or...
The Roots, Rituals, and Rhetorics of Change
North American Business Schools After the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
Some rather remarkable changes took place in North American business schools between 1945 and 1970, altering the character of these institutions, the possibilities for their future, and the terms of discourse about them. This period represents a minor revolution, during which business school are reported...
The Mouse in Biomedical Research
Diseases
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2006
Diseases, the second volume in the four volume set, The Mouse in Biomedical Research, departs from the first edition, by discussing specific disease causing microorganisms, rather than the format used in the first edition which discussed infectious diseases affecting specific organs and tissues. As...
Ethics and Information Technology
A Case-Based Approach to a Health Care System in Transition
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2007
This series is directed to health care professionals who are leading the tra- formation of health care by using information and knowledge. Launched in 1988 as Computers in Health Care, the series offers a broad range of titles: some addressed to specific professions such as nursing, medicine, and...
The Network Challenge (Chapter 6)
Biological Networks: Rainforests, Coral Reefs, and the Galapagos Islands
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Biology remains the most extensive and complex information network on the planet. This chapter examines the nature of biological networks, including their inherent stability and risks to their resilience. After a general introduction exploring networks and biological systems, this chapter reviews (1)...
by James G. Speight
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015
This is an American story as told to me during many conversations that I had over a four-year period with Robert Carl Milliken (Bob). The book is important because it tells of men and women who stood up to be counted when their country called people whose deeds are fading into history and soon may...
by James G. Deegan
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Using material from American, Australian and British empirical studies, this book examines children's interests, needs, assets and capacities in multicultural classrooms and provides international comparisons on what it is like to "be" and "have" friends. The book also explores...
The Imperial Republic
A Structural History of American Constitutionalism from the Colonial Era to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
This title was first published in 2002. The Imperial Republic addresses the enduring relationship that the American constitution has with the concept of empire. Early activists frequently used the word to describe the nation they wished to create through revolution and later reform. The book examines...