Facing death in Cambodia [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Maguire

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451633203321
• Autore: Maguire Peter (Peter H.)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Columbia University Press, c2005
• ISBN: 0-231-50939-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 959.604/2
• Soggetti: Political atrocities - Cambodia; Trials (Genocide) - Cambodia; Electronic books.; Cambodia History 1975-1979
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-248) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "So you've been to school for a year or two . . ." -- 2. "Do not kill any living creature, with the exception of the enemy." -- 3. "The Angkar is more important to me than my father and mother." -- 4. "The weapon of the mouth" -- 5. "Only the third person knows." -- 6. "I am excellent survivor." -- 7. "Am I a savage person?" -- 8. "She is nice girl, but she is sick." -- 9. "I am no longer HIV positive." -- 10. "I am not dead. I am alive." -- Conclusion: War Crimes Trials as a Welcome Distraction -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Khmer Rouge regime took control of Cambodia by force of arms, then committed the most brazen crimes since the Third Reich: at least 1.5 million people murdered between 1975 and 1979. Yet no individuals were ever tried or punished. This book is the story of Peter Maguire's effort to learn how Cambodia's "culture of impunity" developed, why it persists, and the failures of the "international community" to confront the Cambodian genocide. Written from a personal and historical perspective, Facing Death in Cambodia recounts Maguire's growing anguish over the gap between theories of universal justice and political realities. Maguire documents the atrocities and the aftermath through personal interviews with victims and perpetrators, discussions with international and NGO officials, journalistic accounts, ; and government sources gathered during a ten-year odyssey in search of answers. The book includes a selection of haunting pictures from among the thousands taken at the now infamous Tuol Sleng prison (also referred to as S-21), through which at least 14,000 men, women, and children passed-and from which fewer than a dozen emerged alive. What he discovered raises troubling questions: Was the Cambodian genocide a preview of the genocidal civil wars that would follow in the wake of the Cold War? Is international justice an attainable idea or a fiction superimposed over an unbearably dark reality? Did issues of political expediency allow Cambodian leaders to escape prosecution? The Khmer Rouge violated the Nuremberg Principles, the United Nations Charter, the laws of war, and the UN Genocide Convention. Yet in the decade after the regime's collapse, the perpetrators were rescued and rehabilitated-even rewarded-by China, Thailand, the United States, and the UN. According to Peter Maguire, Cambodia holds the key to understanding why recent UN interventions throughout the world have failed to prevent atrocities and to enforce treaties.

Modeling and simulation of catalytic reactors for petroleum refining [[electronic resource] /] / Jorge Ancheyta

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910141014303321
• Autore: Ancheyta Jorge
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2011
• ISBN: 1-118-00216-4; 1-283-05233-4; 9786613052339; 0-470-93356-9; 0-470-93355-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (525 p.)
• Disciplina: 665.5/3
• Soggetti: Catalytic reforming - Simulation methods; Petroleum - Refining
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: MODELING AND SIMULATION OF CATALYTIC REACTORS FOR PETROLEUM REFINING; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; 1: PETROLEUM REFINING; 1.1 PROPERTIES OF PETROLEUM; 1.2 ASSAY OF CRUDE OILS; 1.3 SEPARATION PROCESSES; 1.3.1 Crude Oil Pretreatment: Desalting; 1.3.2 Atmospheric Distillation; 1.3.3 Vacuum Distillation; 1.3.4 Solvent Extraction and Dewaxing; 1.3.5 Deasphalting; 1.3.6 Other Separation Processes; 1.4 UPGRADING OF DISTILLATES; 1.4.1 Catalytic Reforming; 1.4.2 Isomerization; 1.4.3 Alkylation; 1.4.4 Polymerization; 1.4.5 Catalytic Hydrotreating; 1.4.6 Fluid Catalytic Cracking; 1.5 UPGRADING OF HEAVY FEEDS1.5.1 Properties of Heavy Oils; 1.5.2 Process Options for Upgrading Heavy Feeds; 2: REACTOR MODELING IN THE PETROLEUM REFINING INDUSTRY; 2.1 DESCRIPTION OF REACTORS; 2.1.1 Fixed-Bed Reactors; 2.1.2 Slurry-Bed Reactors; 2.2 DEVIATION FROM AN IDEAL FLOW PATTERN; 2.2.1 Ideal Flow Reactors; 2.2.2 Intrareactor Temperature Gradients; 2.2.3 Intrareactor Mass Gradients; 2.2.4 Wetting Effects; 2.2.5 Wall Effects; 2.3 KINETIC MODELING APPROACHES; 2.3.1 Traditional Lumping; 2.3.2 Models Based on Continuous Mixtures; 2.3.3 Structure-Oriented Lumping and Single-Event Models; 2.4 REACTOR MODELING2.4.1 Classification and Selection of Reactor Models; 2.4.2 Description of Reactor Models; 2.4.3 Generalized Reactor Model; 2.4.4 Estimation of Model Parameters; REFERENCES; NOMENCLATURE; 3: MODELING OF CATALYTIC HYDROTREATING; 3.1 THE HYDROTREATING PROCESS; 3.1.1 Characteristics of HDT Reactors; 3.1.2 Process Variables; 3.1.3 Other Process Aspects; 3.2 FUNDAMENTALS OF HYDROTREATING; 3.2.1 Chemistry; 3.2.2 Thermodynamics; 3.2.3 Kinetics; 3.2.4 Catalysts; 3.3 REACTOR MODELING; 3.3.1 Effect of Catalyst Particle Shape; 3.3.2 Steady-State Simulation; 3.3.3 Simulation of a Commercial HDT Reactor with Quenching3.3.4 Dynamic Simulation; 3.3.5 Simulation of Countercurrent Operation; REFERENCES; NOMENCLATURE; 4: MODELING OF CATALYTIC REFORMING; 4.1 THE CATALYTIC REFORMING PROCESS; 4.1.1 Description; 4.1.2 Types of Catalytic Reforming Processes; 4.1.3 Process Variables; 4.2 FUNDAMENTALS OF CATALYTIC REFORMING; 4.2.1 Chemistry; 4.2.2 Thermodynamics; 4.2.3 Kinetics; 4.2.4 Catalysts; 4.3 REACTOR MODELING; 4.3.1 Development of the Kinetic Model; 4.3.2 Validation of the Kinetic Model with Bench-Scale Reactor Experiments; 4.3.3 Simulation of Commercial Semiregenerative Reforming Reactors4.3.4 Simulation of the Effect of Benzene Precursors in the Feed; 4.3.5 Use of the Model to Predict Other Process Parameters; REFERENCES; NOMENCLATURE; 5: MODELING AND SIMULATION OF FLUIDIZED-BED CATALYTIC CRACKING CONVERTERS; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.1.1 Description of the Process; 5.1.2 Place of the FCC Unit Inside the Refinery; 5.1.3 Fractionation of Products and Gas Recovery; 5.1.4 Common Yields and Product Quality; 5.2 REACTION MECHANISM OF CATALYTIC CRACKING; 5.2.1 Transport Phenomena, Thermodynamic Aspects, and Reaction Patterns
• Sommario/riassunto: Modeling and Simulation of Catalytic Reactors for Petroleum Refining deals with fundamental descriptions of the main conversion processes employed in the petroleum refining industry: catalytic hydrotreating, catalytic reforming, and fluid catalytic cracking. Common approaches for modeling of catalytic reactors for steady-state and dynamic simulations are also described and analyzed. Aspects such as thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, process variables, process scheme, ; and reactor design are discussed in detail from both research and commercial points of view. Results of simulation with t

Statistica aziendale / Bruno Bracalente, Massimo Cossignani, Anna Mulas

• Record Nr.: UNISANNIOUTO1053209
• Autore: Bracalente, Bruno
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milano [etc.], : McGraw-Hill, [2009]
• ISBN: 9788838664960
• Descrizione fisica: XVII, 387 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
• Collana: Collana di istruzione scientifica , . Serie di matematica
• Altri autori (Persone): Cossignani, Massimo; Mulas, Anna
• Disciplina: 519; 519.5024658
• Soggetti: Statistica aziendale
• Collocazione: POZZO LIB.ECON MON 2660
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: In cop.: Web site.