1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457257503321

Titolo

Air pollution [[electronic resource] ] : economic modelling and control policies / / editor, Maria Llop

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Saif Zone, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates], : Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., [2011]

ISBN

1-60805-217-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LlopMara

Disciplina

628.5/3

628.53

Soggetti

Air - Pollution

Greenhouse gases

Electronic books.

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

01 Title.pdf; 02 cover page; 03 eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 CONTENTS; 05 FOREWORD; 06 PREFACE; 07 CONTRIBUTORS; 08 CHAPTER 1; 09 CHAPTER 2; 10 CHAPTER 3; 11 CHAPTER 4; 12 CHAPTER 5; 13 CHAPTER 6; 14 CHAPTER 7; 15 CHAPTER 8; 16 CHAPTER 9; 17 Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Environmental pollution has received the attention of both economists and ecologists who have integrated their ideas and concepts in recent decades. Production and consumption of material goods generates residuals that are disposed in the environment. Air emissions constitute one of the most important residuals, including greenhouse gases, as well as localized substances toxic to human health and the environment. How economic activity affects gas emissions is valuable information for pollution control and is extremely useful for defining and implementing successful environmental policies, aime



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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003231359707536

Autore

Naidu, D. S. (Desineni S.), 1940-

Titolo

Modeling, sensing and control of gas metal arc welding [e-book] / Desineni Subbaram Naidu, Selahattin Ozcelik, Kevin L. Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsvier, 2003

ISBN

9780080440668

0080440665

Descrizione fisica

xx, 351 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Ozcelik, Selahattin, 1965-author

Moore, Kevin L., 1960-

Disciplina

671.5212

Soggetti

Gas metal arc welding

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

GMAW:Modeling. GMAW:Sensing.GMAW:Automatic Control.GMAW:Case Study.Conclusions

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Arc welding is one of the key processes in industrial manufacturing, with welders using two types of processes - gas metal arc welding (GMAW) and gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). This new book provides a survey-oriented account of the modeling, sensing, and automatic control of the GMAW process. Researchers are presented with the most recent information in the areas of modeling, sensing and automatic control of the GMAW process, collecting a number of original research results on the topic from the authors and colleagues. <P>Providing an overview of a variety of topics, this book looks at the classification of various welding processes; the modeling aspects of GMAW; physics of welding; metal transfer characteristics; weld pool geometry; process voltages and variables; power supplies; sensing (sensors for arc length, weld penetration control, weld pool geometry, using optical and intelligent sensors); control techniques of PI, PID, multivariable control, adaptive control, and intelligent control. Finally, the book illustrates a case study presented by the authors and their students at Idaho State University, in collaboration with researchers at the Idaho National Engineering and Environment Laboratory