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Handbook of industrial mixing-science and practice [book review]

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 B O O K
by
John J.
Shea
Dictionary of Engineering
Materials
H. Keller and U. Erb
John Wiley & Sons
111 River Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
ISBN# 0-471-44436-7
Phone + 877 762 2974
Fax + 800 597 3299
http://www.wiley.com
1314 pp.-$225 (Hardcover), 2004
This engineering materials dictionary
describes types of materials, composition,
general properties, and applications for
close to 40,000 generic and proprietary
engineering materials. It covers a broad
spectrum of engineering materials from
traditional to more recently developed
materials such as diamond-like carbon,
dendrimers, and nanomaterials. The 10
broad categories include metallics, poly-
mers, ceramics, composites, wood, textiles,
adhesives, abrasives, electronic, and a mis-
cellaneous category. Many of the tradi-
tional materials may be considered old and
may be no longer manufactured, but can
still be found in buildings and other appli-
cations, for example, Bakelite or asbestos.
To give you a feeling for some of the en-
tries, examples of some better-known ma-
terials include laminated wood, Langmuir-
Blodgett film, R-glass, concrete block, and
magnesium boride. More recent material
examples are CoolMax, nanotubes, and
conductive plastics. Some tradename ex-
amples described are Conap, Arco, Napco,
Arlex, Arma, and Araldite. Some of the
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more strange entries include stenhuggarite,
argillite, centanin, and nasonite. I’ve found
that the entries for material tradenames are
very useful for identifying materials, es-
pecially when only the tradename is
known.
While the authors point out that this
book is intended to serve a broad audience
range (technical to non-technical), the en-
tries are intended to be useful for identify-
ing a broad range of materials. This is
apparent, as there are no technical details,
such as properties, rheology, etc. of mate-
rials. Readers with a technical background
will find the entries lacking depth and cov-
erage. However, the book is still very use-
ful for identification of materials, espe-
cially for some of the lesser-known mate-
rials and tradenames. Also, the extensive
appendix gives some very good references
for in-depth study and also included is a
very handy web site listing of suppliers/
manufacturers.
Electric Power Distribution
Handbook
T. A. Short
CRC Press LLC
2000 Corporate Blvd. NW
Boca Raton, FL 33431
ISBN# 0-8493-1791-6
Phone + 800 272 7737
Fax + 800 374 3401
http://www.crcpress.com
773 pp.-(Hardcover), 2004
This handbook covers the electrical as-
pects of power distribution systems in
North America. With focus on utility-style
distribution systems with typical voltages
up to 35 kV, the author provides a wealth
of very useful and practical information for
power engineers. The book is very read-
able for a practicing engineer. Basic theory
and fundamental equations are presented
along with hundreds of tables, graphs, fig-
ures, and excellent written descriptions,
which makes the book very easy to read
and understand. The comprehensive col-
lection of many hard-to-find tables and
E W S
graphs also makes this book a worthwhile
investment.
The first six chapters describe distribu-
tion equipment and applications ranging
from the fundamentals of distribution sys-
tems, overhead lines, underground lines,
transformers and choosing transformer
connections, voltage regulation, and ca-
pacitor sizing and location. The next five
chapters target power reliability and power
quality. Specifically, they focus on line
faults, short-circuit protection, reliability
prediction and ways to improve reliabil-
ity, voltage sags and momentary interrup-
tions, overvoltages, switching surges, har-
monics, and flicker solutions. The last
three chapters deal with lightning protec-
tion, safety, and distributed generation
(DG). The timely chapter on DG provides
a great summary of many of the issues that
DG brings to the distribution system, in-
cluding islanding, relay issues, backfeed
problems, protection, and the impact on
power quality. To attest to the practicality
of the book, the author has included en-
lightening (and some humorous) quotes
from powerline men at the end of each
chapter.
This handbook is highly recommended
for power engineers working on distribu-
tion systems or those who want to learn
more about the modern power distribution
system.
Handbook of Industrial
Mixing – Science and
Practice
E. L. Paul, V. A. Atiemo-Obeng, and S. M.
Kresta, Editors
John Wiley & Sons
111 River Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
ISBN# 0-471-26919-0
Phone + 877 762 2974
Fax + 800 597 3299
http://www.wiley.com
1427 pp.-$160 (Hardcover), 2004
In the manufacture of dielectrics, mix-
ing always plays a key role in reliability
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and cost of the product. Not all materials
can be scaled-up with the same mixing
process. Frequently, scaling-up the mix-
ing process from small research batches
to large quantities, necessary for produc-
tion, can lead to unexpected problems.
This reference book is intended to help the
reader both identify and solve mixing prob-
lems. It is a comprehensive handbook that
provides excellent coverage on the funda-
mentals, design, and applications of cur-
rent mixing technology in general. Al-
though this book includes many technol-
ogy areas, one of main areas of interest to
our readers would be in the polymer pro-
cessing area. This would include the first
eight chapters in the book and a specific
application chapter on polymer process-
ing. These cover the fundamentals of mix-
ing technology, important to polymer pro-
cessing, including residence time distribu-
tions and laminar mixing techniques. In
the experimental section of the book, some
of the relevant tools and techniques cover
flow visualization technologies, lab scale
mixing, flow and torque measurements,
CFD coding, and numerical methods.
There is a good overview of various types
of mixers used for polymer processing in
a dedicated applications chapter on mix-
ing high viscosity materials such as poly-
mers. There are many details given on the
differences between the mixing blades in
various types of high viscosity mixers and
suggestions for choosing the proper mixer
for high viscosity applications. The ma-
jority of the book does, however, focus on
the chemical, petroleum, and pharmaceu-
tical industries that generally process ma-
terials with much lower viscosity than
polymers. The reader interested in learn-
ing about the fundamentals of mixing in
general as well as some specifics on poly-
mer processing would find this book to be
a useful reference.
Transformer and Inductor
Design Handbook, 3rd Ed.
W. T. McLyman
Marcel Dekker, Inc.
270 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10016
ISBN# 0-8247-5393-3
Phone + 800 228 1160
Fax + 212 685 4540
January/February 2005 — Vol. 21, No. 1
View publication stats
http://www.dekker.com
500 pp.-$150 (Hardback), 2004
Transformers and inductors are key
power conversion components for many
electrical and electronic applications. Fre-
quently, they are the largest and heaviest
components in power electronics, espe-
cially in aerospace applications, where size
and weight need to be minimized. The
overall system efficiency, weight, and cost
are greatly influenced by the transformer
components and, thus, must be optimized
to achieve the best design.
This third edition transformer design
handbook includes new topics covering
flyback, quiet, and forward converters;
rotary transformers; and planar transform-
ers along with many more design examples
not covered in the previous editions. Simi-
lar to the previous editions, the author pre-
sents very practical material for the design
of all types of transformers and inductors
for all types of applications ranging from
high frequency, lightweight aerospace
transformers to low-cost, 60-Hz transform-
ers. Not only would the expert working
on a specific design benefit from this hand-
book, but also the general reader would get
a very good working knowledge on trans-
former design because the book covers
fundamentals and magnetic material char-
acteristics in a very clearly written, easy-
to-read style. Essential to good designs
are the details, and this book covers criti-
cal design issues regarding magnet wire,
insulation, area product, window area, and
core cross-section along with practical
design tradeoffs. Some of the more spe-
cific application areas covered, not previ-
ously mentioned, are power transformers,
AC and DC inductors, constant voltage
transformers, three-phase design, input fil-
ter design, and current transformers. There
is also a detailed, but short chapter on wind-
ing capacitance and leakage inductance.
Along with all of the practical design
examples, the book is filled with clear and
well-annotated illustrations and circuit
schematics that provide great insight; the
many references make this book a must
have for anyone designing transformers or
inductors.
Power Converter Circuits
W. Shepherd and L. Zhang
Marcel Dekker, Inc.
270 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10016
ISBN# 0-8247-5054-3
Phone + 800 228 1160
Fax + 212 685 4540
http://www.dekker.com
547 pp.- $165 (Hardback), 2004
Power electronics has become a very
important part of the electrical engineer-
ing curriculum. Not only is power elec-
tronics used for power conditioning in tra-
ditional rectifier circuits for high power
requirements, but also today virtually all
types of electronic devices use power elec-
tronics in some fashion. Today, electrical
engineering students need to, at the very
least, be familiar with power electronics.
This textbook is intended for use in an
undergraduate class in power electronics.
It covers power electronic circuit design
and circuit analysis for rectifiers, invert-
ers, AC-to-AC converters and DC-to-DC
converters. The rectifier section contains
excellent coverage of the theory on single-
phase and three-phase circuits, controlled
bride rectifiers, and pulse-width modula-
tion. The section on DC-to-AC inverters
covers three-phase controlled bridge, step-
wave, and pulse-width-modulated circuits.
The AC-to-AC converters section covers
phase-controlled cyclo-converters, and
hard-to-find information on envelope and
matrix converters. The DC-to-DC section
covers switch-mode and DC-to-DC con-
verters. There are numerous worked-out
numerical examples and many questions
and answers at the end of each chapter.
Electrical engineering students would find
this book a good choice for the clarity and
ease of understanding of the material pre-
sented. Teachers might want to consider
this book as part of a course offering in
power electronics.
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