API RP 652 - Linings of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tank Bottoms, 2005 Third Edition
Author: American Petroleum Institute | Size: 590 KB | Format:PDF | Quality:01-Aug-2005 | pages: 15
This recommended practice provides guidance on achieving effective corrosion control in aboveground storage tanks by application of tank bottom linings. It contains information pertinent to the selection of lining materials, surface preparation, lining application, cure, and inspection of tank bottom linings for existing and new storage tanks. In many cases, tank bottom linings have proven to be an effective method of preventing internal corrosion of steel tank bottoms.
The intent of this recommended practice is to provide information and guidance specific to aboveground steel storage tanks in hydrocarbon service. Certain practices recommended herein may also be applicable to tanks in other services. This recommended practice is intended to serve only as a guide. Detailed tank bottom lining specifications are not included.
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Cost-Benefit Analysis And Water Resources Management
Author: Roy Brouwer, David Pearce | Size: 2.96 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Unspecified | Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing | Year: 2005 | pages: 404 | ISBN: 1843763591
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Publication Date: October 5, 2005
`Water is not just H2O, but has a socioeconomic value for many use and non-use purposes. This volume contains a varied set of very interesting evaluation studies on water resources management. The editors have served the scientific community and relevant policy bodies with a balanced collection of operational contributions to a solid cost-benefit perspective on water management. This book is certainly an eye-opener for anyone interested in the significance of cost-benefit analysis for water policy issues.'
- Peter Nijkamp, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
`The book chapters are written to accommodate readers of various disciplines, using a descriptive analysis of complicated issues to be easily comprehended by non-technical readers. The coverage of the issues is also phenomenal, including application of CBA to flood control, river restoration, river basin management, water quality, ground water, and water allocation, to mention only a few. The group of contributing experts is also very impressive, including authoritative practitioners and academicians, all of whom display a high level of expertise and experience. In a world where water becomes a contested scarce resource, the appropriate use of economic tools in a policy context is a very important goal. This book with its authoritative guidance does contribute to achieving it.'
- Ariel Dinar, World Bank and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, US
`This book provides a solid foundation in the theory and methods of cost-benefit analysis of water resources, along with a wide range of case studies that illustrate the practical aspects of applying cost-benefit analysis. There is much an aspiring cost-benefit practitioner and water resources planner can learn from this volume to improve the economic efficiency of water resource management.'
- John Loomis, Colorado State University, US
`This book offers a unique and very coherent collection of ambitious CBA studies of water-related issues. It can be seen as a showcase of the potential, as well as a test on the limits, of cost-benefit analysis. Given the increasing importance of effective and efficient management of water - in response to water scarcity, water pollution and climate trends - the lessons from this book will be very useful to policymakers and social scientists alike.'
- Jeroen van den Bergh, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
How are the economic values of water and water quality accounted for in policy and project appraisal? This important new book aims to give an overview of the state-of-the-art in Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) in water resources management throughout Europe and North America, along with an examination of current applications.
The distinguished authors highlight problems and challenges encountered in the use of CBA in 15 country-specific case studies. Based on these case studies, the value and limits of CBA in water resources management are assessed and special attention is paid to the institutional and policy context in which CBA is carried out.
Cost-Benefit Analysis and Water Resources Management is written for both academics and policymakers interested in the use and usefulness of CBA in water resources management.
Contributors: I.J. Bateman, J. Briscoe, R. Bronda, R. Brouwer, P. Campos-Palacín, A. Dubgaard, D.P. Dupont, P. Frykblom, S. Georgiou, C. Griffiths, B. Groom, A. Helgesson, M.F. Kallesøe, J.M. Kind, A. Kontogianni, P. Koundouri, J. Ladenburg, I.H. Langford, J. López-Linage, S. Loubier, J. Maestu, D.W. Pearce, M.L. Petersen, S. Renzetti, J.-D. Rinaudo, H. Scharin, M. Skourtos, R. Smale, T. Söderqvist, G. Soto Montes de Oca, T. Swanson, W. Wheeler, R.A. Young, B. Zanou
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Ground Water Recharge Using Waters of Impaired Quality
Author: National Research Council | Size: 5.1 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Unspecified | Publisher: National Research Council | Year: 1994 | pages: 283 | ISBN: 0309051428
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As demand for water increases, water managers and planners will need to look widely for ways to improve water management and augment water supplies. This book concludes that artificial recharge can be one option in an integrated strategy to optimize total water resource management and that in some cases impaired-quality water can be used effectively as a source for artificial recharge of ground water aquifers. Source water quality characteristics, pretreatment and recharge technologies, transformations during transport through the soil and aquifer, public health issues, economic feasibility, and legal and institutional considerations are addressed. The book evaluates three main types of impaired quality water sources--treated municipal wastewater, stormwater runoff, and irrigation return flow--and describes which is the most consistent in terms of quality and quantity. Also included are descriptions of seven recharge projects.
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Water Management: Conservation, Harvesting and Artificial Recharge
Author: A. S. Patel, D. L. Shah | Size: 4.54 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Original preprint | Publisher: New Age | Year: 331 | pages: 2008 | ISBN: 8122422241
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This is a very useful book in the subject `Water Management` for undergraduate & post graduate students. It is also very useful for practising engineers, farmers and policy-makers. This book has various chapters dealing with Hydrological cycle, Groundwater occurrence, Water losses and its prevention, Water conservation, Rainwater harvesting, Artificial recharge methods, etc. Other topics that have been analyzed include Seawater intrusion, Reuse of water, Artificial rain, Reverse osmosis, Moisture harvesting from air in desert area and Desalination. The concept of virtual water is also discussed. Many case studies are analyzed to adopt such methods in similar conditions throughout the world. These chapters can be a guide for research in the above-mentioned fields. It can also guide the policymakers and farmers to prepare a water footprint for the country and help in managing water resources in a better way.
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Dear admin, honorable moderators and group members of CivilEA family,
Greetings!!!!
I would like to draw your attention to a point regarding the topic mentioned in the heading of this post. Many of our members sometimes ask for a MSc and PhD thesis relevant to their works. Even, some of us sometimes upload the important MSc and PhD thesis/dissertations, which is now available in a thread under the section "General Books".
But my suggestion to all of you that if there is a new section under the "General Books" category named "Civil Engineering MSc and PhD thesis", then members would be able to upload their works in that section independently as well as based on the members' demand.
Today, when I tried to upload a PhD thesis (now published as a book from CRC press), then I got this point in my mind, which I thought to share with all of you. I hope you will consider this issue for further actions.
Thanks in advance for your attention and time in this regard. Wish you all the best.
Particulate discrete element analysis is becoming increasingly popular for research in geomechanics as well as geology, chemical engineering, powder technology, petroleum engineering and in studying the physics of granular materials. With increased computing power, practising engineers are also becoming more interested in using this technology for analysis in industrial applications. This is the first single work on Discrete Element Modelling (DEM) providing the information to get started with this powerful numerical modelling approach. Written by an independent author with experience both in developing DEM codes and using commercial codes, this book provides the basic details of the numerical method and the approaches used to interpret the results of DEM simulations. Providing a basic overview of the numerical method, Particulate Discrete Element Modelling discusses issues related to time integration and numerical stability, particle types, contact modelling and boundary conditions. It summarizes approaches to interpret DEM data so that users can maximize their insight into the material response using DEM. The aim of this book is to provide both users and prospective users of DEM with a concise reference book that includes tips to optimize their usage. Particulate Discrete Element Modelling is suitable both for first time DEM analysts as well as more experienced users. It will be of use to professionals, researchers and higher level students, as it presents a theoretical overview of DEM as well as practical guidance on running DEM simulations and interpreting DEM simulation data.
Applied Geotechnics series
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The continuous growth in the demand for water supply and sanitation services has posed decision makers with the challenge to discover new, and to adapt existing, institutions. Since the last two decades, the most prominent institutional change for the water and sanitation sector is neo-liberalism. Neo-liberalism manifests itself in the water sector through privatization, private sector involvement and liberalisation. This book analyses whether neo-liberalism has had an effect on the institutions, the strategies, and the performances of water providers. Strategies are interpreted through what a water provider can do (strategic context), wants to do (strategic plans), and actually does (strategic actions). On the basis of studies in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, the United Kingdom and Italy, the book concludes that neo-liberal institutional changes matter for the strategies of water providers. However, it also finds that the inherent problems with performance interpretation, measurement and comparison obscure any accurate insight in the effect of neo-liberal institutional changes on performance. In this regard the book opens a window for research both on the relation between institutions and conduct, and between conduct and performance of water and sanitation providers.
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STATISTICS IN PRACTICE A practical exploration of alternative approaches to analyzing water-related environmental issuesWritten by an experienced environmentalist and recognized expert in the field, this text is designed to help water resource managers and scientists to formulate, implement, and interpret more effective methods of water quality management.After presenting the basic foundation for using statistical methods in water resource management, including the use of appropriate hypothesis test procedures and some rapid calculation procedures, the author offers a range of practical problems and solutions on environmental topics that often arise, but are not generally covered.
These include:
* Formulating water quality standards
* Determining compliance with standards
* MPNs and microbiology
* Water-related, human health risk modeling
* Trends, impacts, concordance, and detection limits
In order to promote awareness of alternative approaches to analyzing data, both frequentist and Bayesian, statistical methods are contrasted in terms of their applicability to various environmental issues.
Each chapter ends with a number of set problems for which full answers are provided. The book also encourages discussion between technical staff and management before embarking on statistical studies.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Part I Issues
1 Introduction
2 Basic concepts of probability and statistics
3 Intervals
4 Hypothesis testing
5 Detection
6 Mathematics and calculation methods
Part II Problems and Solutions
7 Formulating water quality standards
8 Percentile standards (and the Reverend Bayes)
9 Microbial water quality and human health
10 MPNs and microbiology
11 Trends, impacts, concordance, detection limits
12 Answers to exercises
References
Author Index
Topic Index
Appendix A Statistical Tables
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