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Excellence in IT reminds you that IT is an all or nothing career with too many people depending on you for the job to not be done well at all times. Everyone working in IT should rise to the occasion and seek to deliver the highest quality workmanship possible. The book covers all those things that keep IT professionals awake at night and offers advice on how to work around stress, work easier and faster, deal with problematic personalities, keep up with the never-ending chase for new knowledge,...
| Автор | Warren C. Zabloudil |
• The only other book in print on this topic is self-published and poorly produced. • This edition is considerably revised and updated since its first printing in Fall 2007. • This edition is a Mother Earth Wiser Living Series selection. • Filled with graphs and illustrations. • The book fills an increasingly important niche as people hurry to equip their houses with renewable energy systems. • The author has 35 years experience and is a...
| Автор | Bob Ramlow |
Wind energy is the fastest growing source of energy in the world, and by the year 2020 it is projected to supply at least 12 percent of global electrical demand. Wind Power Basics provides a clear understanding of wind and wind energy systems, including turbines, towers, inverters and batteries, site assessment, installation, and maintenance requirements. Whether you’re considering your own small-scale wind energy system or just want a straightforward, detailed introduction to the...
| Автор | Dan Chiras |
The book, The Business of Scaleup, is made up of three parts. The first is a review of engineering scaleup procedures, similar to those published in Process Scaleup and Design. Additional stories have been added. The second is a research paper that provides an example of a process scaledown. The main conclusions from these two discussions are that: 1) geometric similarity can be a hinderance to an effective and profitable design and 2) simple scaledown studies can provide significant insight...
| Автор | Tatterson, Gary Benjamin |
PROCESS SCALEUP AND DESIGN is an engineering text that can be easily understood by non-engineers, particularly business people. This book can be descibed by the various topics that are discussed. Chapter 1 introduces scaleup and process design. Process needs, objectives and design levels are discussed. The KIS principle, design accuracy and uncertainty are reviewed. The discussion on equipment selections includes human factors, performance, testing, solids handling, process physics, scalability,...
| Автор | Dr. Gary Benjamin Tatterson |
– This book is extremely timely. In the rush to embrace coal as an energy alternative it is vital that we examine the implications of this not-so-clean energy alternative. – Richard Heinberg is among the best-known writers on the topic of Peak Oil. The Party's Over has sold over 50,000 copies and PowerDown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World has sold 25,000 copies. He has given over 300 lectures on the topic. – Heinberg has been honored with a 2007 Gold IPPY award in...
| Автор | Richard Heinberg |
This book introduces electromechanical energy conversion through active learning. The book contains numerous hands-on challenges that encourage a creative and determined approach to problem solving, making it an ideal text for undergraduate courses. Covering linear and non-linear magnetic circuits, transformers, electromechanical energy and forces, and excited electromechanical systems, along with detailed examination of various machines involved, Electromechanical Energy Conversion Through...
| Автор | Professor José Roberto Cardoso |
This is the third of the Green Energy GuidesWell-written and concise, this guide cuts through the hype and confusion to offer straightforward facts about the most promising green cars and trucks, and sustainable fuels. It was written to clarify some of the misconceptions and to help people make informed decisions.Designed for ordinary citizens who are seeking more affordable and sustainable transportation options, entrepreneurs, legislators, car designers and engineers.Author is very well-known...
| Автор | Dan Chiras |
This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the applications of electrospun nanofibers for piezoelectric and triboelectric energy harvesting. It comprises eight chapters and covers the basis of electrospinning, nanofibers, piezoelectricity, triboelectricity and the emerging research on the use of nanofibers in energy harvesting devices. It is a key reference for graduate students, researchers and scientists in the fields of energy harvesting, sensors or nanofibers, and it will benefit...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Modern societies rely upon prodigious amounts of oil for transport activity. The impacts over the near term of increasing oil scarcity and higher prices on transport will be among the major challenges facing humanity and will require a revolution in thinking about how we move people and goods. Transport Revolutions analyzes five prior episodes of rapid and radical change in the way people and goods travel. It examines the worldwide state of transport today, especially its energy use and...
| Автор | Anthony Perl |
Architecture is based upon the misconception that strong is stable, both in sense of energy and structure, as an unchanged state of microclimate would require more material or insulation. Trans-structures are the opposite: building elements with the response-ability to change according to external conditions in order to maintain stability in terms of structure and/or energy. In this type of building, any effect (structural or thermal load) would generate an immediate affect (a response of the...
| Автор | Matyas Gutai |
A selected, fully open, and deep assemblage, that carries the explicit intent of outlining, conceptual and practical verifications, on critical views and specific projects, concerning the actual architecture in the Latin American territory.<br><br> The book intends to communicate a targeted objective, to circumscribe a segment, a series of observations and actions in architecture. However, it is a selected, fully open, and deep fragment, outlining conceptual and practical...
| Автор | Ana de Brea |
In the Age of Environment, the scale of waste management is geographic all while often relegating such undesired matter to invisibility as «matter out of place.» Geographies of Trash reclaims the role of forms, technologies, economies and logistics of the waste system in the production of new aesthetics and politics of urbanism. Honored with a 2014 ACSA Faculty Design Award, the book charts the geographies of trash in Michigan across scales to propose five speculative projects that bring to...
| Автор | Rania Ghosn |
Renewable energy is a fast-expanding field, welcomed by many as part of the answer to climate change and energy security concerns; but can renewables deliver enough energy reliably and economically? Rapid expansion continues in the area of renewable energy, with wind capacity expected to double over the next five years and PV solar perhaps treble in the same period. There have been some dramatic projections of potential expansion longer term, with some studies now suggesting that renewables...
| Автор | Professor David Elliott |
As we settle into this second decade of the 21st century it is evident that the advances in microelectronics have truly revolutionized our day-to-day lifestyle. The growth of microelectronics itself has been driven, and in turn is calibrated by, the growth in density of transistors on a single integrated circuit, a growth that has come to be known as Moore’s Law. Considering that the first transistor appeared only at the middle of the last century, it is remarkable that billions of transistors...
| Автор | David K Ferry |
Contemporary American society, with its emphasis on mobility and economic progress, all too often loses sight of the importance of a sense of “place” and community. Appreciating place is essential for building the strong local communities that cultivate civic engagement, public leadership, and many of the other goods that contribute to a flourishing human life.Do we, in losing our places, lose the crucial basis for healthy and resilient individual identity, and for the...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Canadian and British airmen engaged in fierce and deadly battles in the skies over Europe during the Second World War. Those who survived often had to overcome incredible obstacles to do so – dodging bullets and German troops, escaping from burning planes and enduring forced marches if they became prisoners. In one story, a tail gunner from Montreal survived despite being unconscious when blown out of his bomber. Another story describes how the crew of a navigator from Ottawa used chewing gum to...
| Автор | Ian Darling |
The development of the Avro Arrow was a remarkable Canadian achievement. Its mysterious cancellation in February 1959 prompted questions that have long gone unanswered. What role did the Central Intelligence Agency play in the scrapping of the project? Who in Canada’s government was involved in that decision? What, if anything, did Canada get in return? Who ordered the blowtorching of all the prototypes? And did Arrow technology find its way into the American Stealth fighter/bomber program? ...
| Автор | Palmiro Campagna |
The steamer Wexford , with her flared bow, tall masts, and her open, canvas-sided hurricane deck, charmed spectators as she carried cargo across the Great Lakes. The romance and adventure of her British and French history in the South American trade followed her. Under newly appointed 24-year-old captain Bruce Cameron, her fateful final voyage was punctuated with opportunities to be saved from destruction , but his persistence in trying to make port at Goderich led to tragedy – a victim of the...
| Автор | Paul Carroll |
Winner of the 2004 International Gallery of Superb Printing Bronze Award for Superb Craftsmanship in Production, and the Ontario Printing and Imaging Association Excellence in Print Awards, commended for the 2004 Honourable Mention for Superb Craftsmanship in Production From rumble seats and running broads to power tops and tailfins, 60 Years Behind the Wheel captures the thrill of motoring in Canada from the dawn of the twentieth century to 1960. There are intriguing stories of cars with no...
| Автор | Bill Sherk |
Sixty people died in 1857, leaving behind their stories and the tales of those involved. In 1857, the Desjardins Canal bridge collapsed under a Toronto-to-Hamilton train, creating one of the worst railway wrecks in North American history. Sixty lives, including that of the main contractor, were lost. The story of how the Great Western Railway was conceived, where it was located, and how it was constructed is replete with high irony covering political intrigue, commercial skullduggery, and bold...
| Автор | Don McIver |
The essence of a vibrant, growing, and changing Calgary is captured over the life of its development. Calgary is a typical boom-and-bust town that was first based on ranching and farming, then oil and gas, and now energy. And energy is what its citizens have, whether for skiing, work, or construction. It is a city that leaps ahead eagerly to new futures and rarely looks back., but Calgary can also be an unsentimental city, discarding its ideas, plans, and buildings with ease. Unbuilt Calgary ...
| Автор | Stephanie White |
In 1996, successful businessman and certified pilot, Scott Griffin, decided to break from the comfortable routine of his life to go work for the Flying Doctors Service, an African organization that flies doctors to remote areas to administer medical assistance. Griffin also made the daring decision to fly his small, single-engine Cessna 180 solo from Canada to Africa and back again. My Heart is Africa is the engaging, personal story of Griffin’s two-year aviation adventure throughout Africa....
| Автор | Scott Griffin |
Brown celebrates the survival of our railway heritage in stations that have been saved or remain in use. Despite the «green» benefits of rail travel, Canada has lost much of its railway heritage. Across the country stations have been bulldozed and rails ripped up. Once the heart of communities large and small, stations and tracks have left little more than a gaping hole in Canada’s landscapes. This book revisits the times when railways were the country’s economic lifelines, and the station the...
| Автор | Ron Brown |