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En este texto se reunaen los conocimientos básicos sobre materiales, enfocados desde una óptica común, centrandose el estudio en los materiales estructurales y en las propiedades mecánicas que las caracterizan. Por tanto, este libro está dedicado al conocimiento de la ciencia de materiales con aplicaciones estructurales. Con el fin de obtener una perspectiva general, la metodología empleada se ha basado en el conocimiento de la microestructura y su relación con las propiedades. Para conseguir los objetivos mencionados, el libro aborda los conocimientos fundamentales acerca de la estructura fundamental de los sólidos. A continuación se estudian los diferentes sistemas de aleación y los diferentes tipos de materiales.

Energy history is an approach to understanding the past that takes changes in the human exploitation of Earth's energies as its object of inquiry. This interdisciplinary field documents and analyzes how humans have thought about, harnessed, stored, and exploited stocks and flows of energy. In recent decades, in response to evidence of the effect of fossil fuel use in our climatic system and coinciding with an energy turn across the humanities, a new urgency and purpose has been ascribed to such work. Energy's History challenges abstract and universalizing conceptions of energy's history-making capacities. Each of the twelve essays in this collection presents, analyzes, and contextualizes a primary source. The contributors focus on ideas, events, and statements that recorded and critiqued the distinct historical paths of energy, thereby broadening the scope of where and what constitutes energy history.

Esta obra nos ofrece un nuevo enfoque sobre el núcleo del actual conflicto en torno a los usos de la energía, profundizando en este reto fundamental de las sociedades más avanzadas: la búsqueda de una nueva relación entre el hombre y su medio.

El desarrollo de las energías renovables ofrece una solución positiva frente a los problemas ambientales conexos a los usos energéticos convencionales, como son la escasez de recursos energéticos y la emision de gases de efecto invernadero. Los recursos solares, de viento, biomasa... -por los que apuesta el autor- son ecologicos, abundantes y ofrecen, en su estado actual de aprovechamiento, la posibilidad de creacion de empleo. Emilio Menendez repasa en este nuevo texto las posibilidades que la utilizacion de estas energias alternativas ofrece en nuestro pais y en los paises en vias de desarrollo, encuadrandolos siempre en un esquema de sustentabilidad.

Since publication of the first edition of Fuel Cell Systems Explained, three compelling drivers have supported the continuing development of fuel cell technology. These are: the need to maintain energy security in an energy-hungry world, the desire to move towards zero-emission vehicles and power plants, and the mitigation of climate change by lowering of CO2 emissions. New fuel cell materials, enhanced stack performance and increased lifetimes are leading to the emergence of the first truly commercial systems in applications that range from fork-lift trucks to power sources for mobile phone towers. Leading vehicle manufacturers have embraced the use of electric drive-trains and now see hydrogen fuel cells complementing advanced battery technology in zero-emission vehicles. After many decades of laboratory development, a global but fragile fuel cell industry is bringing the first commercial products to market. This thoroughly revised edition includes several new sections devoted to, for example, fuel cell characterisation, improved materials for low-temperature hydrogen and liquid-fuelled systems, and real-world technology implementation.

Practical Wellbore Hydraulics and Hole Cleaning presents a single resource with explanations, equations and descriptions that are important for wellbore hydraulics, including hole cleaning. Involving many moving factors and complex issues, this book provides a systematic and practical summary of solutions, thus helping engineers understand calculations, case studies and guidelines not found anywhere else. Topics such as the impact of temperature and pressure of fluid properties are covered, as are vertical and deviated-from-vertical hole cleaning differences. The importance of bit hydraulics optimization, drilling fluid challenges, pressure drop calculations, downhole properties, and pumps round out the information presented.Packed with example calculations and handy appendices, this book gives drilling engineers the tools they need for effective bit hydraulics and hole cleaning operation design.Provides practical techniques to ensure hole cleaning in both vertical and deviated wellsAddresses errors in predictive wellbore hydraulic modeling equations and provides remediesTeaches how to improve the economic efficiencies of drilling oil and gas wells using calculations, guidelines and case studies

In this edition of Oil and Gas Pipelines in Nontechnical Language, Tom Miesner and Bill Leffler leverage the hundreds of courses they have taught in the past decade, along with the interaction with their audiences, clients, and opposing attorneys to present a totally understandable view of pipeline inception, planning, construction, start-up, and operation. Those experiences allowed them to expand but simplify the complexities of pipelines, including a totally revised chapter on equipment that provides a complete view of pipeline components. A separate chapter on control systems updates this technology. An expanded discussion of pipeline integrity including the concept of risk management demonstrates how important the subjects of safety, reliability, efficiency, and environmental performance have become.Hundreds of pictures, drawings, and graphs taken and developed by the authors since the first edition bring the material to life. With all these changes and upgrades, the final conclusion is the same as the first edition - an overriding challenge to the oil and gas pipeline industry remains balancing the needs and wants of the industry's myriad of stakeholders.Features and BenefitsConcise overviews of the various pipeline functions and operations.Individual coverage of oil, natural gas, and chemical pipeline operations and their differences.Descriptive photos, charts, and tables for easy comprehension.

This ""how to"" book covers the various mechanics of natural gas trading, including the physical (cash) market for natural gas production, transportation, distribution, and consumption.It has been 23 years since Trading Natural Gas: A Nontechnical Guide was released, and many things have changed: electronic trading, power market deregulation, fracking and the shale revolution, pipelines reversing flow patterns, and LNG exports from the United States.In this second edition, the author addresses these changes, beginning with a deeper dive into the natural gas market fundamentals of supply, demand, storage, and transportation, maintaining a focus on the relationship to market pricing.Following discussion of the mechanics of trading physical natural gas, the heart of the text remains a study of financial derivative products specific to natural gas trading, presented through definitions and trading examples. Many of these products and concepts are still current and have been refreshed and kept intact.New material on the role of natural gas in the power market as it relates to fuel- switching and economic dispatch, as well as a survey of the global LNG market and US exports, is included in this second edition to bring in two of the biggest factors influencing prices in today's market. Additional statistics, tables, graphs and suggested spreadsheet templates have been provided throughout the book to help visualize many of the discussions on data.

Roberts' dictionary is a comprehensive yet concise guide to the various legal, regulatory, technical, commercial, and financial abbreviations, acronyms, terms and phrases which define the oil and gas industry today. The dictionary is divided into three sections: commonly-used acronyms, an A to Z definition of terms and phrases and a series of technical appendices which summarise certain essential aspects of the industry.Written by a leading practitioner and containing over 7,000 definitions plus a series of technical and narrative appendices, this is an essential guide to interpreting the industry's extensive and complex jargon.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a commercially attractive phase of the commodity that facilitates the efficient handling and transportation of natural gas around the world. The LNG industry, using technologies proven over decades of development, continues to expand its markets, diversify its supply chains and increase its share of the global natural gas trade. The Handbook of Liquefied Natural Gas is a timely book as the industry is currently developing new large sources of supply and the technologies have evolved in recent years to enable offshore infrastructure to develop and handle resources in more remote and harsher environments. It is the only book of its kind, covering the many aspects of the LNG supply chain from liquefaction to regasification by addressing the LNG industries' fundamentals and markets, as well as detailed engineering and design principles. A unique, well-documented, and forward-thinking work, this reference book provides an ideal platform for scientists, engineers, and other professionals involved in the LNG industry to gain a better understanding of the key basic and advanced topics relevant to LNG projects in operation and/or in planning and development.

With over 100,000 copies sold, the new 4th edition joins this series to provide the most complete upstream petroleum guide for students and professionals. Dr. Norman Hyne guides you through the upstream segment of the value supply chain. Commonly used in universities, this easy-to-read and interpret book provides insight into the nature of gas and oil production explaining how it occurs in the earth, how to find it, how to drill for it, how to read well logs for evaluating the well, how to complete a well, how to produce gas and oil, and how to revive mature fields. He also introduces you to newer concepts such as drilling unconventional shale reservoirs which have revolutionized the industry and changed the world market.Features and BenefitsNew, colored figures and platesPresent-date statisticsModern techniques and equipmentA glossary of need-to-know industry termsItalicized key words and phrases in the text

International Petroleum Accounting 2nd edition is a comprehensive, cover-to-cover revision of the International Petroleum Accounting 1st edition. This book uniquely presents a comprehensive guide to both U.S. accounting standards and the International Accounting Standards Board (IFRS). The 2nd edition focuses on accounting standards and guidance issued by the IFRS, the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission as they relate to accounting and reporting for global petroleum-related operations. The new edition also includes a detailed, point-by-point comparison of U.S. and IFRS standards spanning all significant accounting topics from initial exploration and evaluation of potential oil and gas prospects through production and final abandonment, also including the latest standards relating to revenue recognition, leases, and joint operations. The 2nd edition is updated to include detailed discussion and analyses of current issues related to global economic and political policies impacting the petroleum industry in addition to various petroleum fiscal policies, tax issues, various petroleum contracts, and joint operating agreements. This new edition also includes a new chapter on oil and gas reserves which encompasses a detailed discussion of the latest reserves reporting requirements issued by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission along with the reserves reporting guidance from the Petroleum Reserve Management System (which is utilized by many companies accounting under IFRS).

Many oil production processes present a significant challenge to the oil and gas field processing facilities and equipment design. The optimization of the sequential operations of handling the oil gas mixture can be a major factor in increasing oil and gas production rates and reducing operating costs.Petroleum and Gas Field Processing provides an all-inclusive guide to surface petroleum operations and solves these and other problems encountered in the field processing of oil and gas. Fully revised and updated to reflect major changes over the past decade or so, this second edition builds on the success attained in the first edition. It delivers an expanded and updated treatment that covers the principles and procedures related to the processing of reservoir fluids for the separation, handling, treatment, and production of quality petroleum oil and gas products.With five new chapters, this second edition covers additional subjects, in particular natural gas, economics and profitability, oil field chemicals, and piping and pumps. The book also contains worked-out examples and case studies from a variety of oil field operations.

Ampliamente considerado como el texto estándar sobre EMC (compatibilidad electromagnética), ofrece toda la información necesaria para conocer los requisitos de la Directiva EMC. Y aún más importante, muestra como incorporar los principios de diseño EMC a los productos, evitando incrementos en los costes y aumentando el rendimiento, y, al mismo tiempo, satisfaciendo los requerimientos de estandares especificos, lo que da como resultado, en general, un mejor producto.Indice Extractado: Parte 1: La Directiva, los Estandares y las Pruebas - Introduccion - Estandares - Mediciones EMC - Parte 2: Principios de Diseño - Mecanismos de acoplamiento de interferencias - Disposicion esquematica y conexion a tierra - Diseño de circuitos analogicos y digitales - Interfaces, filtrado y apantallado - Etc.

Esta obra recoge los textos de las ponencias, debidamente revisadas por los autores para esta publicación, presentadas en la XV Reunión Anual Iberoamericana de Reguladores de la Energía, celebrada en abril de 2011 en Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, dentro de las actividades de la Asociacion Iberoamericana de Entidades Reguladoras de la Energia (ARIAE). El regulador ante los nuevos desafios de la energia en Iberoamerica abarca 18 capitulos, estructurados en cuatro partes bien delimitadas, que responden a otras tantas lineas de atencion comun entre los reguladores energeticos integrados en ARIAE: mercados de produccion e infraestructuras; redes energeticas, innovacion y eficiencia; mercados minoristas y suministro al consumidor, y el regulador energetico: aspectos institucionales y de gobernanza.