Aimed at mechanical engineers, civil engineers, aerospace engineers, and environmental engineers. This book covers topics such as: Power Generation; Plant and Facilities Engineering; Environmental Control; Design Engineering. It features methods for automatic and digital control; alternative and renewable energy sources; and more.

• Market: 215,000 Mechanical Engineers; 228,000 Civil Engineers; 78,000 Aerospace Engineers; 47,000 Environmental Engineers
• Covers: Power Generation;Plant and Facilities Engineering; Environmental Control; Design Engineering
• New Edition features methods for automatic and digital control; alternative and renewable energy sources; plastics in engineering design.

Tabla de Contenidos

Contributors and Advisers

Preface

Acknowledgments

How to Use This Handbook

Part 1: Power Generation
Section 1: Modern Power-Plant Cycles and Equipment
Section 2: Steam Condensing Systems and Auxiliaries
Section 3: Combustion
Section 4: Steam Generation Equipment and Auxiliaries
Section 5: Feedwater Heating Methods
Section 6: Internal-Combustion Engines

Part 2: Plant and Facilities Engineering
Section 7: Pumps and Pumping Systems
Section 8: Piping and Fluid Flow
Section 9: Air and Gas Compressors and Vacuum Systems
Section 10: Materials Handling
Section 11: Heat Transfer and Heat Exchange
Section 12: Refrigeration

Part 3: Environmental Control
Section 13: Wastewater Treatment and Control
Section 14: Water-Supply and Storm-Water System Design
Section 15: Plumbing and Drainage for Buildings and Other Structures Section 16: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
Section 17: Solar Energy
Section 18: Environmental Control and Energy Conservation

Part 4: Design Engineering
Section 19: Shafts, Flywheels, Pulleys, and Belts for Power Transmission Section 20: Gear Design and Application
Section 21: Transmissions, Clutches, Roller-Screw Actuators, Couplings, and Speed Control
Section 22: Bearing Design and Selection
Section 23: Spring Selection and Analysis
Section 24: Mechanical and Electrical Brakes
Section 25: Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Design
Section 26: Metalworking and Nonmetallic Materials Processing

Bibliography

Index Biografía autor/es

Tyler Hicks
Tyler G. Hicks, PE (Rockville Center, NY) is a consulting engineer and a successful engineering book author. He has worked in plant designing and operation in a variety of industries, taught at several engineering schools, and lectured both in the United States and abroad. He holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cooper Union School of Engineering in New York.