Pergamon imprint: 338 books
Alternative Energy Systems
Electrical Integration and Utilisation
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Alternative Energy Systems: Electrical Integration and Utilisation covers the proceedings of the conference held at the Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic Coventry, England from 10th to 12th of September 1984. The book presents 24 papers that tackle alternative energy systems and their electrical integration...
Evaluation of Quality of Care in Psychiatry
Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the Queen Street Mental Health Centre, Toronto, Canada, 1979
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Evaluation of Quality of Care in Psychiatry covers the proceedings of the symposium on Quality of Care in Psychiatry. The book discusses topics relevant to the evaluation of the quality of psychiatric care.
Comprised of nine chapters, the book first tackles quality assurance in health care, and then...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
This book, a translation of the French title Technologie des Propergols Solides, offers otherwise unavailable information on the subject of solid propellants and their use in rocket propulsion. The fundamentals of rocket propulsion are developed in chapter one and detailed descriptions of concepts...
by F. Zhao, M.-C. Lai, D.L. Harrington
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2000
The process of fuel injection, spray atomization and vaporization, charge cooling, mixture preparation and the control of in-cylinder air motion are all being actively researched and this work is reviewed in detail and analyzed.
The new technologies such as high-pressure, common-rail, gasoline...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Progress in Nuclear Physics, Volume 9 is a collection of six papers dealing with nuclear physics. The monograph discusses the significance of visual techniques in the development of high energy physics; the development of solid semiconductor detectors; theoretical techniques of high-energy beam design;...
European Electricity Systems in Transition
A comparative analysis of policy and regulation in Western Europe
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 1997
The electricity generation and supply industry is undergoing rapid changes in the 1990s. As demands for economic power continue to increase, governments throughout Europe are contemplating a reformation of electricity policy for the 21st century. This book discusses the current state of the European...
Solar-Hydrogen Energy Systems
An Authoritative Review of Water-Splitting Systems by Solar Beam and Solar Heat: Hydrogen Production, Storage and Utilisation
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Solar-Hydrogen Energy Systems is a collection of papers that discusses the advancements in the research of alternative energy technologies that utilizes solar-hydrogen energy systems.
The text first introduces the concept of solar-hydrogen energy system, and then proceeds to covering the technical...
by A. Kiejna, K.F. Wojciechowski
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1996
During the last thirty years metal surface physics, or generally surface science, has come a long way due to the development of vacuum technology and the new surface sensitive probes on the experimental side and new methods and powerful computational techniques on the theoretical side. The aim of...
CALPHAD (Calculation of Phase Diagrams): A Comprehensive Guide
A Comprehensive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 1998
This monograph acts as a benchmark to current achievements in the field of Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry, often called CALPHAD which is an acronym for Computer CALculation of PHAse Diagrams. It also acts as a guide to both the basic background of the subject area and the cutting...
by I. Pop, Derek B Ingham
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2002
Transport phenomena in porous media continues to be a field which attracts intensive research activity. This is primarily due to the fact that it plays an important and practical role in a large variety of diverse scientific applications. Transport Phenomena in Porous Media II covers a wide range...
Hydro-Power
The Use of Water as an Alternative Source of Energy
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Hydro-Power: The Use of Water as an Alternative Source of Energy deals with the use of water as an alternative source of energy. The principles of the technology involved in the extraction of energy from water for use in some other form are discussed, and some of the projects that are being undertaken...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2001
The Coming of Materials Science both covers the discipline of materials science, and draws an impressionistic map of the present state of the subject.The first chapter examines the emergence of the materials science concept, in both academe and industry. The second and third chapters delve back into...
Melatonin: Current Status and Perspectives
Proceedings of an International Symposium on Melatonin, Held in Bremen, Federal Republic of Germany, September 28-30, 1980
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Advances in the Biosciences, Volume 29: Melatonin – Current Status and Perspectives is a compilation of papers by different authors presented in the Proceedings of an International Symposium on Melatonin, held in Bremen, Federal Republic of Germany on September 28-30, 1980.
This volume is divided...
Probabilistic Methods Applied to Electric Power Systems
Proceedings of the First International Symposium, Toronto, Canada, 11–13 July 1986
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Probabilistic Methods Applied to Electric Power Systems contains the proceedings of the First International Symposium held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 11-13, 1986. The papers explore significant technical advances that have been made in the application of probability methods to the design...