Product Description: This fully illustrated reference brings you detailed coverage of the full spectrum of equipment and processes used in the production of electricity, from the basics of energy conversion, to prime movers, generators, and boilers. The reader will find much useful information on the characteristics of fuels, including coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear and others, along with proper methods for handling them and their residues...read more

Product Description: Celebration of the Christmas holiday includes a rich musical tradition. For this score and accompanying CD, the internationally-renowned Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo presents a ravishing collection of sacred music written for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany...read more

Product Description: This illustrated reference brings readers detailed coverage of the full spectrum of equipment and processes used in the production of electricity, from the basics of energy conversion to prime movers, generators and boilers. Written to be comprehensible to the non-technical reader, the book provides a fully detailed overview of those who are involved in any aspect of power generation...read more

Addresses the recent societal changes occurring in the areas of race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy, the Internet, privacy, and epidemiology.

Product Description: This text is designed for courses in powerplant technology, powerplant engineering, and energy conversion offered in departments of mechanical engineering and nuclear engineering. It is also suitable as a supplement to courses in energy analysis offered in mechanical or nuclear engineering departments or energy analysis programs...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Arranged into 370 subject areas, these volumes present information on classic and new sociological concerns, and discuss current sociological concepts and investigations (view table of contents)

Product Description: Fully illustrated reference brings you detailed coverage of the full spectrum of equipment and processes used in the production of electricity, from the basics of energy conversion to prime movers, generators, and boilers. DLC: Electric power production.

Product Description: This is a practical work on the commissioning of power stations and aims to provide sufficient information for readers to adopt particular methods to their own situations. Based on the many years' commissioning experience of the authors, the guide deals with the organisation and planning of commissioning, pre-steam to turbine commissioning the major plant areas, and commissioning from steam to turbine through to post-commissioning testing...read more

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Describes the various sources of electricity; how it is harnessed, controlled, and generated; and how it is distributed to provide us with power and light.