This limited edition of just 300 copies illustrates the work of Network Rail during the past eight years to transform the Western Region from a diesel-only railway with track layouts from the 1960s and '70s to a modern electrified railway from Paddington to Cardiff and Newbury, with enhanced capability, new signalling systems and widespread equipment renewals, including the new station and flyovers at Reading. Using never before published photographs of the work both under way and completed, it provides a unique insight into the work involved. As well as covering the core section of the route between Paddington and Bristol, it also extends into Wales, Devon and Cornwall, emphasising the widespread nature of the work. As well as numerous photographs, it also includes track diagrams of new layouts, the campaign diagrams utilised during the big blockade works, and showing key stages of the works and milestones attained. This limited edition also includes previously unreleased photographs of this challenging electrification project as well as the extensive Crossrail works from Paddington to Maidenhead, supported by archive photographs on the lines and photographs capturing the human element of the works over the last eight years.

This book illustrates the work of Network Rail over the past eight years to transform the Western Region from a diesel-only railway, with track layouts from the 1960s and '70s, to a modern electrified railway on the core Paddington to Cardiff and Newbury section, with enhanced capability, new signalling systems, and widespread equipment renewal, including the new station and flyovers at Reading. Using never before published photographs of the upgrade and renewal work both under way and completed, it gives an insight into the work involved. The book does not just encompass the core section of upgrade work, but also extends into Wales, Devon and Cornwall, emphasising the widespread nature of the work. Lavishly illustrated, it also includes track diagrams of new layouts, the campaign diagrams utilised during the big blockade works, and tables showing key stages of the works and milestones attained.

Engineering Experiment Station Series No. 43. Bulletin Of The Virginia Polytechnic Institute, V33, No. 7, March, 1940.

The research setting for this book is Zimbabwe, a country situated in Southern Africa. The rises in the costs of commercial beers and distillates beyond the reach of some Zimbabweans results in the informal beer sellers and street vendors doing brisk business, albeit illegally, selling opaque beer and illicit distillates discreetly. Physiological manifestations, however, indicate that the taking of some of these home-made drinks can have its repercussions. Some consumers suffer from alcoholic poisoning. As a direct consequence, there is a research imperative to use existing chemical engineering theories, food standards, and applicable legislation in a bid to provide additional knowledge required to contain the adverse effects of these home brews and illicit distillates. This book addresses that gap by presenting the results of an investigation into home brewing and illicit distillation and their associated risks and impacts.

Carbon Disulphide is used mainly in the rayon industry and as a precursor for fungicides, metal ores treatment and rubber chemicals. This book involves the design of a continuously operating plant to produce 80000 tonnes per year of Carbon Disulphide from natural gas and sulphur feed stocks. Basic chemical engineering principles are used. This includes a mass and energy balance; a process flow diagram for the complete process showing all major items of equipment; a piping and instrumentation diagram for the absorber/stripper section starting from the stabiliser feed drum including the two towers and associated equipment. The design shows the method of equipment protection from overpressure or excessive heat. The likely impact of power; cooling water; exchanger tube; and pump failure is reviewed. The Carbon Disulphide is produced according to international standards applicable to the industrial grade. The product is packed and transported according to accepted international safety regulations.This book targets the needs of individuals engaged in process engineering design. It will appeal to even the most analytical thinkers in chemical engineering including students.