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Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH Numerical and Experimental Investigations of
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£54.45
Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH Optimization and Investigation of Anammox Process
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£76.87
Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH Applications and Developments of Barodesy
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£70.06
Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH Organic Semiconductors Based on
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£69.86
Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Early History of Gold in India
Book SynopsisDespite the magnitude of the discovery there has never been a full scale study of the gold artefacts uncovered from a number of sites in India.
£12.00
New India Publishing Agency A Handbook of Minerals, Crystals, Rocks and Ores
Book SynopsisThe book is divided into four sections, minerals, crystals, rocks and ores. Section A incorporates nine s, begins with presenting salient features of the earth--its structure and composition. The second Minerals and Mineralogy briefly tells about their diversity and their categorisation and introduces the interesting way they are named. Crystal chemistry the third is the heart and soul of mineralogy and deals in somewhat details about the building blocks of minerals -atoms and ions and the way they form diverse types of minerals are. It tries to tell why every combination of chemical compounds cannot result into a naturally occurring mineral. The fourth and fifth s deal with Properties of Minerals, physical and optical. The s describe various physical properties that are helpful in the identification both in hand specimens and as thin section under the microscope. These two s are adequately aided with a number of illustrations, photographs and photomicrographs to bring home the point. five deals with classification of minerals and their occurrence and forms a prelude to the next two s on descriptive mineralogy. Important silicate and non silicate minerals are described in s eight and nine. A brief description of mineral uses is dealt with in both descriptive mineralogy as well Section D on mineral deposits, however, the last , Mineral uses presents an overall picture and will be interesting as well as educating to students and even general readeSection B is devoted to crystals and crystallography. one introduces the subject while two presents basic crystallographic elements. three deals with the main six crystals systems while also giving a preliminary idea about stereographic projection and x-ray crystallography. Section C covers petrology, beginning with introduction to science of petrology, rock nomenclature. two is devoted to the study of igneous rocks, including their forms, composition, textures, structures, classification and description. Sedimentary rocks is the theme of three while different aspects of metamorphic rocks including kinds and agents of metamorphism and classification and description of metamorphism. The last portion of this also considers metamorphism in the background of global tectonics. five, the rock cycle presents a concise summary of geological events that have shaped the planet earth. The last section D is what geology is all about for a man on the street and its significance in nation building--the Ore minerals. It begins with what ore is and its place in human affairs as a well as presenting the important terminology in economic geology. two deals with ore genesis and presents various hypogene and supergene process that carves out ore deposits from non economic materials. three, mineral deposits and global tectonics is becoming a very popular theme among the earth scientists. A brief introduction of the same will be certainly appreciated by the student community and prompt them for further study in this direction. A general survey of India's mineral resources is the theme of four. It covers almost all of the commonly used ores, metallic, non metallic or fuels. The last of section D and the boom, 'Indian mineral industry: some facts and figures' will present where our country stands in the realm of mineral resources. Latest available data of resources, production, export, import, organisations that matter and other useful facts and figures are presented.Table of ContentsSection I - Minerals: 01: The earth, 02: Minerals and mineralogy, 03: Elements of crystal chemistry, 04: Physical properties of minerals, 05: Optical properties of minerals, 06: Minerals: their classification and occurrence, 07: The silicate minerals, 08: The non-silicate minerals, 09: Mineral uses Section II - Crystals: 01: Introduction, 02: Elements of crystallography, 03: The six crystal systems, 04: Preliminary ideas on stereographic projection and x-ray crystallography Section III - Rocks: 01: Introduction, 02: Igneous rocks, 03: Sedimentary rocks, 04: Metamorphic rocks, 05: The rock cycle. Section IV - Ores: 01: Ore minerals, 02: Genesis of ore deposits, 03: Mineral deposits and global tectonics, 04: Indian mineral deposits, 05: Indian mineral industry: some facts and figures.
£167.21
International Books Case Books: Second International Water Tribunal:
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£26.96
IAEA World Distribution of Uranium Deposits (UDEPO)
Book SynopsisThe World Distribution of Uranium Deposits (UDEPO) is a database on technical, geographical and geological characteristics of worldwide uranium deposits. The current version presents and describes modifications made since 2009. It presents a preliminary statistical and tabular analysis of the data for the first time, with a view to ensuring that the data is robust enough to serve as a basis for more sophisticated analysis in the future. This is supported by a detailed explanation of the structure of the database to better understand the nature of the data as a form of metadata. Furthermore, some basic graphical representations of the statistical and spatial distribution of the database is presented for the first time.
£15.15
IAEA Geological Classification of Uranium Deposits and
Book SynopsisWith the increased level of investigation into uranium deposits in recent years, a wealth of new information has become available, which has made it possible to investigate some of the least understood aspects of uranium metallogeny. This publication defines a new classification scheme, which is simple and descriptive, but flexible enough to encompass the recent advances in our understanding of uranium geology and deposit genesis. It contains improved definition of the deposit types, supported by type examples of those deposits for which good data are available, but not well described in previous literature. Along with the descriptive information, new data on uranium resources available for each deposit type are also provided.
£15.15
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Fractals In Reservoir Engineering
Book SynopsisMany natural objects have been found to be fractal and fractal mathematics has been used to generate many beautiful “nature” scenes. Fractal mathematics is used in image compression and for movies and is now becoming an engineering tool as well. This book describes the application of fractal mathematics to one engineering specialty — reservoir engineering. This is the process of engineering the production of oil and gas. The reservoir engineer's job is to design and predict production from underground oil and gas reservoirs. The successful application of fractal mathematics to this engineering discipline should be of interest, not only to reservoir engineers, but to other engineers with their own potential applications as well. Geologists will find surprisingly good numerical descriptions of subsurface rock distributions. Physicists will be interested in the application of renormalization and percolation theory described in the book. Geophysicists will find the description of fluid flow scaling problems faced by the reservoir engineer similar to their problems of scaling the transport of acoustic signals.
£59.85
Springer Verlag, Singapore Surface Mining Technology
Book SynopsisThis book gives a brief history and a general overview of the state of surface mining technology with topics ranging from the principles to surface mining methods, systems, and pit planning design. It starts with the definition of surface mine and ends with land reclamation and mine closure. The following chapters address the basics of mineral economics, calculation of stripping ratio; exploitation of difficult parts of ore deposits, slope stability, controlling falls and slides in the surface mines, sorts of freight traffic, scrapers, bulldozers, and loaders. The book serves as a reference text for mining students, engineers, and geologists.Table of ContentsChapter 1 1. Introduction to Mining 1.1. Advancements in Mining Technology 1.2. Introductory to Mining 1.2.1 Mineral 1.2.2 Rock 1.2.3 Metallic ores 1.2.4 Nonmetallic minerals (also known as industrial minerals) 1.3. Surface Mine Terminology 1.4. The Choice between Surface and Underground Mining 1.5. Surface Mining 1.5.1. Open Pit Mining 1.5.2. Open cast mining 1.5.3. Glory Holing 1.5.4. Quarrying or Quarry Mining 1.5.5. Strip Mining 1.5.6. Auger Mining 1.5.7. Placer Mining or Alluvial Mining 1.5.7.1. Panning and Sluicing 1.5.7.2. Hydraulic Mining 1.5.7.3. Dredging 1.5.7.4. In Situ Leaching 1.6. Underground mining 1.7. Preparation of Open pit Field for Mining 1.8. Stages in the Life of a Mine 1.8.1. Prospecting 1.8.2. Exploration 1.8.3. Development 1.8.4. Exploitation 1.8.5. Reclamation 1.9 Unit Operations of Mining Chapter 2 2 Principles of Surface Mining of Mineral Deposits 2.1. Mine Layout 2.1.1. The shape and depth of the deposit 2.1.2. The properties of the ore and overburden 2.1.3. The geometry of the excavating equipment (digging height, dumping height and reach). 2.2. Types of Surface Mining Deposits 2.2.1. As regards their shape 2.2.2. The surface relief 2.2.3. Depending on their position 2.2.4. By the angle of inclination (dip) 2.2.5. The Capacity or depth of deposits 2.2.6. The quality of a mineral 2.2.7. By the prevailing type of rock 2.3. Kinds of Surface Mining 2.4. Kinds and Sizes of Open-pit Fields 2.5. Variations of Open Pit Mining 2.6. Surface Mining Economics 2.6.1. The Concept of “Cut-off” 2.6.2. Profit Margin 2.7. Maximum vs. Overall Stripping Ratio 2.8. Different stripping ratios 2.8.1. Industrial excavation ratio 2.8.2. Exploitation excavation ratio 2.8.3. Current excavation ratio 2.8.4. Expansion excavation ratio 2.8.5. Layer ratio 2.8.6. Border excavation ratio (Critical ratio) 2.9. Difficult parts 2.9.1. Case 1.a: Difficult part near to one of the borders 2.9.2. Case 1. b: Difficult part near to two borders: 2.9.3. Case 2- Turning Point: 2.9.4. Case 3-Intersection: 2.10. The important coefficients in surface mining Chapter 3 3. Slope Stability 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Physical properties of the Soil slope material 3.2.1. Formation of Soil 3.2.2. Soil Types 3.3. Some Physical Properties of Soil 3.3.1. Soil Moisture Content 3.3.2. Permeability 3.3.3. Capillarity 3.3.4. Shear strength of the soil slope material 3.4. Stability Analysis of Slopes 3.4.1. Factors Contributing to Slope Failures 3.4.2. Classification of slides 3.4.3. Mode of Rupture 3.4.4. Plane Rupture Surfaces 3.4.5. Circular Sliding Surface 3.4.6. Seepage Force 3.4.7. Seismic Forces 3.4.8. Friction-Circle Method 3.4.9. Remedial Work against Failures of Slopes Chapter 4 4. Prevention of slides and falls in surface mines 4.1. General Characteristics of Slides and falls in Opencast Mines 4.2. Stability of Pit Benches and Faces 4.3. Stability of Pit Wall 4.4. Stability of Waste Banks Chapter 5 5. Surface Mine Development 5.1 Order of Development of Opencast Mining Work 5.2 The Concepts of Regimes and Stages of Mining Work 5.3 The Theory of Stripping of Mining Levels 5.3.1 The Order of Formation of Freight Traffic 5.3.2 Kinds of Freight Traffic 5.3.3 Prerequisites for the Formation of Freight Traffic 5.3.4 Initial Stages of Mining Work Development 5.3.5 Stripping Workings. 5.3.6 Methods of Stripping of Working Levels in a Quarry 5.3.7 Routes of Stripping Workings 5.3.8 Route Forms of Permanent Workings 5.3.9 Volumes of Main Trenches and Half-trenches* 5.3.10 Working Trenches and Pits 5.4 The Nature of Surface Mining 5.4.1 Land Reclamation 5.4.2 Topsoil Stockpiles and Waste Disposal 5.4.3 Advanced Stripping 5.4.4 Plant Layout 5.5 Pit Planning and Design 5.5.1 Introduction 5.5.2 Long-Term Mine Planning 5.5.3 Short-Term Mining Planning 5.5.4 Stripping ratio and pit limit 5.6 Special topics 5.6.1 Calculation of stripping ratios and pit limits 6. Surface Mining Equipments 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Types of draglines 6.2.1 Size of dragline (range and capacity): 6.2.2 The output of draglines 6.2.3 Mining Method 6.2.4 Average mining load per cycle 6.2.5 Fillability: 6.2.6 Cycle times 6.2.7 Theoretical Swing Time 6.2.8 Mining Cycle Time 6.2.9 Percent Operating Time 6.2.10 Costs 6.2.11 Outputs of clamshells 6.2.12 Working ranges of clamshells 6.2.13 Production Rate 6.3 Continuous Excavators (Bucket Wheel and Chain Diggers) 6.3.1 Introduction 6.3.2 Material Transport 6.3.3 Sizing and Operating a BWE 6.3.4 Example of BWE Selection 6.3.5 Estimating BWE costs 6.3.6 Selection of Type of Hauling Equipment 6.3.7 Definition of Payloads 6.3.8 Cost Estimating 6.3.9 Ownership cost items 6.3.10 Operating cost items 6.3.11 Development data for above 6.4 Loading and excavation 6.4.1 Materials Handling 6.4.2 Principles of Loading 6.4.3 Selection of Equipment 6.5 Haulage and hoisting 6.5.1 Principles of Haulage and Hoisting Chapter 7 7. Rock Extraction with Scrapers, Bulldozers and Loaders 7.1 Technological Parameters of Wheeled Scrapers 7.2 Mining Rock with Scrapers 7.2.1 Scraper Capacity 7.3 Rock Extraction with Bulldozers 7.3.1 Bulldozer Capacity 7.4 Technological Fundamentals of Mining Automation 7.5 Technological Characteristics of Loaders 7.5.1 Rock Extraction with Loaders 7.5.2 Loader Capacity 7.6 Rock Extraction with Single-Bucket Excavators 7.6.1 Technological Parameters of Power Shovels 7.7 Working Parameters of Draglines 7.7.1 Dragline Faces 7.7.2 Road width 7.7.3 Services 7.7.4 Stockpiles 7.7.5 Mine layout 8. Surface Mining Methods and Systems 8.1 Surface mining methods 8.1.1 Strip Mining 8.2 Introduction 8.3 Opening up the Deposit 8.4 Advance benching (or side benching or chop -down) 8.5 Dragline bucket size 8.5.1 Dragline selection 8.5.2 Dragline geometry 8.6 Introduction to strip mine design 8.6.1 Major Factors 8.6.2 Stripping Ratio 8.7 Terrace Mining (multi-bench, lateral advance) 8.7.1 Terrace mining 8.8 Reclamation 8.9 Conveyor advancement 8.9.1 Bench Conveyors 8.9.2 Bench Lift Conveyors 8.9.3 Shuttle Conveyors 8.10 The Conical Pit Mining 8.10.1 Introduction 8.10.2 Design considerations 8.11 Classification of Opencast Mining Systems 8.12 Classification of Mining Systems 8.12.1 Based on the direction of transfer of overburden and the method of stripping work 8.12.2 Development Schemes 9. Glossary of Surface Mining Terms References
£125.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Pipeline Inspection and Health Monitoring
Book SynopsisThis book includes six chapters aiming to introduce global pipeline inspection and health monitoring technologies comprehensively. The pipeline is the blood vessel of the energy system and a vital lifeline project. After many years of service, the pipeline gradually enters the aging stage. Pipeline inspection and health monitoring can effectively reduce the failure and accident risks of the pipeline, and it is conducive to integrity management. Through case analysis, practitioners can have a deeper understanding of the application of related technologies.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Pipeline Inspection Technology.- Pipeline Health Monitoring Technology Based on Hardware.- Health Monitoring Technology Based on Signal Processing.- Health Monitoring Technology Based on Artificial Intelligence.- Data Preprocessing Technology in Pipeline Health Monitoring.- Heterogeneous Data Preprocessing and Alignment Technology in Pipeline Health Monitoring.- Application and Cases of Pipeline Inspection Technology.- Application and Cases of Pipeline Health Monitoring Technology.
£134.99
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Lecture Notes On Applied Reservoir Simulation
Book SynopsisReservoir simulation, or modeling, is one of the most powerful techniques currently available to the reservoir engineer. The author, Prof Leonard F Koederitz, (Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri-Rolla) is a highly notable author and teacher, with many teaching awards. This book has been developed over his twenty years in teaching to undergraduate petroleum engineering students, with the knowledge that they would in all likelihood be model-users, not developers.Most other books on reservoir simulation deal with simulation theory and development. For this book, however, the author has performed model studies and debugged user problems; while many of these problems were actual model errors (especially early on), a fair number of the discrepancies resulted from a lack of understanding of the simulator capabilities, or inappropriate data manipulation. The book reflects changes in both simulation concepts and philosophy over the years, by staying with “tried and true” simulation practices as well as exploring new methods which could be useful in applied modeling.Table of ContentsTheoretical Development; PVT Data; Relative Permeability and Capillary Pressure Data; Transmissibilities; Gridding Considerations; Well Packages; Field Studies; Other Types of Models.
£80.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Introduction To Petroleum Exploration And
Book SynopsisThis book is an introduction to oil and gas designed to be both accessible to absolute beginners who know nothing about the subject, and at the same time interesting to people who work in one area (such as drilling or seismic exploration) and would like to know about other areas (such as production offshore, or how oil and gas were formed, or what can go wrong).It begins by discussing oil and gas in the broader context of human society, and goes on to examine what they consist of, how and where they were formed, how we find them, how we drill for them and how we measure them. It describes production onshore and offshore, and examines in detail some instructive mishaps, including some that are well known, such as Deepwater Horizon and Piper Alpha, and other lesser known incidents. It looks at recent developments, such as shale oil, and concludes with some speculation about the future. It includes many references for readers who would like to read further. Mathematical content is minimal.
£57.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Introduction To Petroleum Exploration And
Book SynopsisThis book is an introduction to oil and gas designed to be both accessible to absolute beginners who know nothing about the subject, and at the same time interesting to people who work in one area (such as drilling or seismic exploration) and would like to know about other areas (such as production offshore, or how oil and gas were formed, or what can go wrong).It begins by discussing oil and gas in the broader context of human society, and goes on to examine what they consist of, how and where they were formed, how we find them, how we drill for them and how we measure them. It describes production onshore and offshore, and examines in detail some instructive mishaps, including some that are well known, such as Deepwater Horizon and Piper Alpha, and other lesser known incidents. It looks at recent developments, such as shale oil, and concludes with some speculation about the future. It includes many references for readers who would like to read further. Mathematical content is minimal.
£30.40
Springer Verlag, Singapore Hydraulic Fracturing and Rock Mechanics
Book SynopsisThis open access book is the first to consider the effect of non-uniform fluid pressure in hydraulic fractures. The book covers the key topics in the process of hydraulic fracture nucleation, growth, interaction and fracture network formation. Laboratory experiments and theoretical modeling are combined to elucidate the formation mechanism of complex fracture networks. This book is suitable for master’s/Ph.D. students, scientists and engineers majoring in rock mechanics and petroleum engineering who need to use a more reliable model to predict fracture behavior.Table of Contents1 Introduction.- Part I Laboratory observation.- 2 Rock mechanics in hydraulic fracturing operations.- Part II Laboratory observation.- 3 Reservoir characteristics.- 4 Constant flow injection.- 5 Constant pressure injection.- Part III Theoretical modeling considering Nonuniform fluid pressure.- 6 Fracture initiation.- 7 Fracture propagation.- 8 Fracture interaction behaviors.- Part IV Field implication.- 9 Formation of complex networks.- Epilogue.- References.
£40.49
Robert Martin Back to Basics: How to Move Dirt Efficiently
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