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Title: Power handbook. Parts 1 and 2

Book ·
OSTI ID:7361572

Part I of this handbook contains the basic scientific facts which are the rock-bottom data of power engineering presented in the form that engineers understand. The tables, charts, and formulas related to mechanics and mechanisms, strength of materials, heat fundamentals, steam tables, basic electricity, hydraulics and pumping, and piping and tanks can be used for the solution of everyday engineering problems. Part II applies the scientific fundamentals of Part I to each of the following power services and functions: feedwater treatment; fuels and combustion; steam generation; steam turbines; diesel and gas engines; compressors and fans; refrigeration; heating; air conditioning; heat transfer equipment; lubrication; insulation; electrical machinery; and ac converters; (LCL)

OSTI ID:
7361572
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English