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Authoritative resource providing coverage of all aspects of HVAC,
fully updated to align with the latest HVAC technologies and
methods Now in its Seventh Edition, Heating, Ventilating, and Air
Conditioning has been fully updated to align with the latest
technologies and industry developments while maintaining the
balance of theoretical information with practical applications that
has prepared many generations of students for their careers. As
they work through the book, students will become familiar with
different types of heating and air conditioning systems and
equipment, understand processes and concepts involving moist
atmospheric air, learn how to provide comfort to occupants in
controlled spaces, and gain practice calculating probable heat
loss/gain and energy requirements. A companion website includes
additional multiple-choice questions, tutorial videos showing
problem-solving for R-value calculation, and Excel spreadsheets
that can be used for practice calculations. The Seventh Edition
includes new coverage of ductless A/C systems, heat exchangers and
hybrid heat pumps, geothermal heat pumps, energy-efficient
equipment, and UV principles of air quality treatment of airborne
viruses like COVID-19. Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
includes detailed coverage of sample topics such as: Common HVAC
units and dimensions, fundamental physical concepts, and system
selection and arrangement Types of all-air systems, air-and-water
systems, all-water systems, and decentralized cooling and heating
Moist air and the standard atmosphere, fundamental parameters,
adiabatic saturation, and wet bulb temperature and the
psychrometric chart Outdoor and indoor design conditions,
transmission heat losses, infiltration, heat losses from air ducts,
auxiliary heat sources, and intermittently heated structures Heat
gain, cooling load, and heat extraction rate, and application of
cooling load calculation procedures Selection of pumps and fans,
and duct HVAC sizing Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
helps prepare students for the industry by connecting the content
to ASHRAE standards and by introducing coverage of software tools
commonly used in HVAC design. The text is suitable for one- or
two-semester HVAC courses taught at junior to graduate levels in
various engineering departments.
This volume, originally published in 1997, reports the findings of
extensive archival and contextual research into the surviving
accounting and business records of some 200 British Industrial
Revolution enterprises. This study presents an overview of cost
accounting and cost management practices, whilst investigating
these methods in the three dominant industries of the period -
iron, textiles, and mining. In addition, it provides two
organisational case studies - the Carron Company and Boulton &
Watt. Finally, it explores two issues central to Industrial
Revolution costing - the relationship between technological change
and cost management, and the paradigmatic approaches that have
predominated in costing historiography.
This volume, originally published in 1997, reports the findings of
extensive archival and contextual research into the surviving
accounting and business records of some 200 British Industrial
Revolution enterprises. This study presents an overview of cost
accounting and cost management practices, whilst investigating
these methods in the three dominant industries of the period -
iron, textiles, and mining. In addition, it provides two
organisational case studies - the Carron Company and Boulton &
Watt. Finally, it explores two issues central to Industrial
Revolution costing - the relationship between technological change
and cost management, and the paradigmatic approaches that have
predominated in costing historiography.
Although developments in wastewater treatment over recent decades
have focused on the biological reactor, the secondary settling tank
(SST) also plays a major role in achieving increasingly stringent
effluent quality standards. This report collates many of the
significant developments that have taken place in SST theory,
design, modelling and operation. Earlier SSTs were designed only by
empirical hydraulic criteria such as overflow rate, which do not
recognize sludge concentration and settleability. Today, there are
available not only much improved design procedures but also
hydrodynamic models for simulating water and solids distribution
and flows in full-scale SSTs. Nine chapters cover a wide range of
subjects including: Flocculation and settling behaviour of
biological sludges SST performance evaluation protocols Development
and evaluation of the different design procedures such as the flux
theory and the ATV design rules Developments in and application of
one- two- and three-dimensional modelling Experience-based aspects
of design and operation of circular, rectangular and vertical SSTs.
Reprinted for 2006 Scientific and Technical Report No.6
Selecting from the wide range of research methodologies remains a
dilemma for all scholars, not least those looking to study the
world of accounting. Both established and emerging research methods
are frequently advocated, creating a challengingly broad range of
choices. Covering a selection of qualitative methodological issues,
research strategies and methods, this comprehensive compilation
provides an essential guide to the choice and execution of
qualitative research approaches in this field. The contributions
are grouped into four sections: Worldview and paradigms
Methodologies and strategies Data collection methods and analysis
Experiencing qualitative field research: personal reflections
Edited by leading scholars, with contributions from experts and
rising stars, this volume will be essential reading for anyone
looking to undertake research in the qualitative accounting field.
This is the book we have been waiting for . . . a permanent
enrichment of our understanding of the Oxford Movement" proclaimed
The Downside Review upon the publication of Christopher Dawson's
masterwork in 1933, exactly 100 years after John Keble's sermon
National Apostasy stirred a nation. Dawson himself regarded the
book as one of his two greatest intellectual accomplishments.
Dawson and John Henry Newman were Oxonians and both were converts
to Catholicism; both stood against progressive and liberal
movements within society. In both ideologies, Dawson saw a pathway
that had once led to the French Revolution. Newman, for Dawson, was
a kindred spirit. In The Spirit of the Oxford Movement, Dawson goes
beyond a mere retelling of the events of 1833-1845. He shows us the
prime movers who sought a deeper understanding of the Anglican
tradition: the quixotic Hurrell Froude, for instance, who "had none
of the English genius for compromise or the Anglican faculty of
shutting the eyes to unpleasant facts." It was Froude who brought
Newman and Keble together and who helped them understand each
other. In many ways, Dawson sees these three as the true embodiment
of the Tractarian ethos. Dawson probes deeply, though, to provide a
richer, clearer understanding of the intellectual underpinnings of
the Oxford Movement, revealing its spiritual raison d'etre. We meet
a group of gifted like-minded thinkers, albeit with sharp
disagreements, who mock outsiders and each other, who pepper their
letters with Latin, and forever urge each other on. Newman came to
believe, as did Dawson, that the only intellectually coherent
bastion against secular culture was religion, and the "on" to which
they were urged was the Catholic church. The Spirit of the Oxford
Movement provides insights into why Newman, and Dawson, came to
this understanding.
Geometry: A Metric Approach with Models, imparts a real feeling for
Euclidean and non-Euclidean (in particular, hyperbolic) geometry.
Intended as a rigorous first course, the book introduces and
develops the various axioms slowly, and then, in a departure from
other texts, continually illustrates the major definitions and
axioms with two or three models, enabling the reader to picture the
idea more clearly. The second edition has been expanded to include
a selection of expository exercises. Additionally, the authors have
designed software with computational problems to accompany the
text. This software may be obtained from George Parker.
Centralized, top-down management of water resources through
regulations has created unnecessary economic burdens upon users.
More flexible decentralized controls through the use of economic
incentives have gained acceptance over the past decade. The theme
of this book is the increasing efforts throughout water-scarce
regions to rely upon economic incentives and decentralized
mechanisms for efficient water management and allocation. The book
begins with a section of introductory chapters describing water
systems, institutions, constraints, and similarities in the
following regions: Israel and the Middle East, Turkey, California,
Florida, and Australia. Four of these regions face similar climates
with wet winters and dry summers. Florida has a more even seasonal
distribution of rainfall, yet it uses similar management strategies
in controlling groundwater demand and water quality. The book
concludes with a section on water management case studies. These
case studies examine issues of conflict related to both water
quality and water quantity. While the case studies address both
international and intranational concerns in specific regions of the
world, they portray broad principles that are applicable to many
regions.
Centralized, top-down management of water resources through
regulations has created unnecessary economic burdens upon users.
More flexible decentralized controls through the use of economic
incentives have gained acceptance over the past decade. The theme
of this book is the increasing efforts throughout water-scarce
regions to rely upon economic incentives and decentralized
mechanisms for efficient water management and allocation. The book
begins with a section of introductory chapters describing water
systems, institutions, constraints, and similarities in the
following regions: Israel and the Middle East, Turkey, California,
Florida, and Australia. Four of these regions face similar climates
with wet winters and dry summers. Florida has a more even seasonal
distribution of rainfall, yet it uses similar management strategies
in controlling groundwater demand and water quality. The book
concludes with a section on water management case studies. These
case studies examine issues of conflict related to both water
quality and water quantity. While the case studies address both
international and intranational concerns in specific regions of the
world, they portray broad principles that are applicable to many
regions.
Geometry: A Metric Approach with Models, imparts a real feeling for
Euclidean and non-Euclidean (in particular, hyperbolic) geometry.
Intended as a rigorous first course, the book introduces and
develops the various axioms slowly, and then, in a departure from
other texts, continually illustrates the major definitions and
axioms with two or three models, enabling the reader to picture the
idea more clearly. The second edition has been expanded to include
a selection of expository exercises. Additionally, the authors have
designed software with computational problems to accompany the
text. This software may be obtained from George Parker.
As real estate investment trusts continue to grow exponentially in
Asia and Europe - being already well established in the USA and
Australasia - a comprehensive guide to the issues involved in REIT
property investment decision making is badly needed.
This book draws together the most recent developments in REIT
management from academic research and professional practice. It is
based on current, original academic research, including structured
interviews with the managers of a wide range of different types of
REITs as well as the research and publications of others, together
with the author's 25 years experience in REIT management. It
provides a theoretically robust and practically relevant up to date
guide to the property investment decision making process for
REITs.
Presenting new insights, the author breaks the REIT property
investment decision making process down into three phases
comprising six stages with 30 sequential steps. Each chapter
focuses on one stage of the property investment decision making
process and introduces the key people in the REIT management team
relevant to the activities in that chapter. The theory and
principles are considered and illustrated by application to Super
REIT, a $15bn diversified REIT.
"Global Real Estate Investment Trusts: People, Process and
Management" fuses not only how REITs should undertake property
investment decision making - based on how it is undertaken and the
underlying property theory, capital market theory and finance
theory - but also why each part of the decision making process is
important.
This book provides the first sole-authored scholarly work
specifically on REITs as a business enterprise and REIT property
investment decision making as an holistic and cyclical process. The
focus is on principles, making it relevant in each of the four
major REIT markets around the world: USA, Europe, Asia and
Australasia.
An essential book for REIT managers and all those practising
professionals involved in the REIT industry - including property
practitioners, researchers, lawyers, accountants, bankers and
directors around the world.
Traditional economic and accounting theories focus on investor -
owned enterprise which deal with the production of goods and
services to maximise its economic value for shareholders. This book
offers an alternative perspective. It focusses on non-profit
organisations that produce goods and services with the intention of
maximising social value for the broader community. Traditional
accounting theories face limitations when dealing with these
organisations as their bottom line is not based on the traditional
model. Nonetheless, such entities have to consider economic and
financial equilibrium as a requirement for long-term survival.
Accordingly, this book presents research addressing three main
subjects: the limitations of conventional accounting for nonprofit
organisations, the meaning of accountability in relation to their
broad scope remit; and the potential of social and environmental
accounting for contributing to the accountability of social and
non-profit organizations. After a description of different types of
NPO organization, the authors analyse the performance measurement
adopted by NPOs and propose the development of broader and
multidirectional accountability models.
Selecting from the wide range of research methodologies remains a
dilemma for all scholars, not least those looking to study the
world of accounting. Both established and emerging research methods
are frequently advocated, creating a challengingly broad range of
choices. Covering a selection of qualitative methodological issues,
research strategies and methods, this comprehensive compilation
provides an essential guide to the choice and execution of
qualitative research approaches in this field. The contributions
are grouped into four sections: Worldview and paradigms
Methodologies and strategies Data collection methods and analysis
Experiencing qualitative field research: personal reflections
Edited by leading scholars, with contributions from experts and
rising stars, this volume will be essential reading for anyone
looking to undertake research in the qualitative accounting field.
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