A revised, updated and expanded reference (the first edition of 1970 was titled Handbook of Materials and Processes for Electronics ) on electronic materials and process technology, presenting a source book of practical material data, guidelines, information and manufacturing methods including cost and fabrication trade-off, design and application criteria, and performance limits. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. (view table of contents)

Product Description: When new plants or systems go online, the control systems technician (CST) faces special challenges. In Start-Up: A Technician's Guide, author Diane Harris explores and explains the crucial role of a technician in this process. What is meant by 'wet run?' What drawings are important during PHA and pre-start-up safety reviews? How are 'layers' used on P&IDs? Which department is most likely to employ a CST for DCS work? How does calibration methodology affect ISO 9000 certification? What does a CST do during the configuration phase of a start-up? Why is vendor documentation important when troubleshooting a problem? When can model-predictive control be used? If you're a technician, questions like these are your bread and butter during a plant start-up...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Intended to serve as general information for normal design criteria for pulp and paper process engineering. Paper.

Product Description: Breaks down the treatment of each process into three categories: Knowledge, Application, and Development and organizes each process family based on common characteristics. Comprehensively illustrates, defines, and explains each process to provide the reader with an unequaled understanding of the process and its applications...read more

Product Description: This volume is a collection of papers presented during the first International ACM-L Workshop, which was held in Tucson, Arizona, during the 25th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2006. Included in this state-of-the-art survey are 11 revised full papers, carefully reviewed and selected from the workshop presentations...read more