Gasification (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780750685283)

Gasification is a process that if properly utilized can transform the world in which we live. Comprehensive in its coverage, this second edition continues the tradition of the first by providing engineers and scientists with an up-to-date overview of commercial processes and applications relevant to today's demands. Gasification, 2nd edition is expanded and provides more detail on the integration issues for current generation, state-of-the-art Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles (IGCC); CO2 capture in the IGCC context addressing the issues of pre-investment and retrofitting as well as defining what the term "CO2 capture ready" might mean in practice; issues of plant reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) including as evaluation of feedback from existing plants; implementation of fuel cell technology in IGCC concepts. All statistics, processes and projects, including descriptions of a number of processes not covered in the previous edition.

Author: Christopher Higman,Maarten Van Der Burgt
ISBN-10: 075068528X
ISBN-13: 9780750685283
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2008
Pages: 456
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.87lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.04w x 1.17d