Ceramics Books and Magazines

Authors: Prabir Basu, Cen Kefa, Louis Jestin
Publisher: Springer
Category: Book

List Price: ~~$159.00~~
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Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

3 reviews
Sales Rank: 783810

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 588
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.5

ISBN: 0387987037
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.18
EAN: 9780387987033

Publication Date: December 17, 1999
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
A joint effort of three continents, this book is about rational utilization of the fossil fuels for generation of heat or power. It provides a synthesis of two scientific traditions: the high-performance, but often proprietary, Western designs, and the elaborate national standards based on less advanced Eastern designs; it presents both in the same Western format. It is intended for engineers and advanced undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in steam power plants, burners, or furnaces.

The text uses a format of practice based on theory: each chapter begins with an explanation of a process, with basic theory developed from first principles; then empirical relationships are presented and, finally, design methods are explained by worked out examples. It will thus provide researchers with a resource for applications of theory to practice. Plant operators will find solutions to and explanations of many of their daily operational problems. Designers will find this book ready with required data, design methods and equations. Finally, consultants will find it very useful for design evaluation.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars

Too cumbersome May 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Although the book is chock-full of equations (both empirical and derived) and qualitative graphs, I found that it has virtually no utility for the practical engineer. Add to this that nearly all of the units produced from the equations are in metric (a very annoying thing in the English-dominated power industry). In the book's defence, some of the theory was helpful in understanding how certain elements function on a technical level, but there were several errors and bizarre units. Clarifying the formulae into a form that is comprehensible takes a considerable amount of time by the reader. It's not a completely terrible book, but rather it was simply not what I needed.

1 out of 5 stars

Errors April 7, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This book is filled with more errors than one can count right from the beginning when the authors thank their "waves" to equations not unit balancing and mislabeled figures. I have given up correcting it with red pen. I just don't use it, I don't trust it.

I feel I have wasted my money. I wish I just bought the B&W Steam Book. That is a fantastic book.

4 out of 5 stars Great for design, but not operation. May 25, 2000
15 out of 16 found this review helpful

I read this book with hopes of some insight to operation experiences. The design explanations are very good for boiler and burner engineering.

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