Comprehensive, Best Selling HandBook Covering Both Plant Engineers & Managers to...

Comprehensive, Best Selling HandBook Covering Both Plant Engineers & Managers to Energy Conservation out Now

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ab4e6d/plant_engineers)
has announced the addition of the "Plant Engineers & Managers Guide To
Energy Conservation, 9th Edition" report to their offering.

Authors:

Albert Thumann, P.E., C.E.M. and Scott Dunning, Ph.D., P.E.

Now in its fully updated ninth edition, this comprehensive, best
selling handbook covers both management and engineering strategies
which can be utilized to slash energy costs by as much as 40% in
industrial facilities. Many of the existing chapters have been revised
to reflect the latest advances, and new material has been added on
motor drive systems, LEED(R), measurement and verification, and
building commissioning. Topics covered include cogeneration, gas
distributed generation technologies, steam system optimization,
geothermal heat pumps, electricity purchasing strategies and power
quality case studies. You'll also find ready-to-apply guidelines for
life cycle costing, electrical system optimization, lighting and HVAC
system efficiency improvement, mechanical and process system
performance, building energy loss reduction, financing energy
projects, energy purchasing, and strategies for establishing an
effective energy conservation-oriented maintenance program.

Key Topics Covered:

-The Role of the Plant Engineer in Energy Management

-Energy Economic Decision Making

-The Facility Survey

-Electrical System Optimization

-Utility and Process System Optimization

-Heat Transfer

-Reducing Building Energy Losses

-Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning System Optimization

-Cogeneration

-Establishing a Maintenance Program for Plant Efficiency and
Energy Savings

-Managing an Effective Energy Conservation Program

-Industrial Power Monitoring and Control

-Reliable & Economic Natural Gas Distributed Generation Projects

-Financing Energy Efficiency Projects

-Steam System Optimization: A Case Study

-Cost Containment Design for Commercial Geothermal Heat Pumps

-Fundamentals of Energy Outsourcing

-Economic Evaluations for Power Quality Solutions

-Purchasing Strategies for Electricity

-Power Quality Case Studies

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