The manual has been thoroughly revised, several new experiments and tests have been added while some redundant material has been deleted. Chapter 2 has been completely rewritten. An obvious change of this edition constitutes the splitting of Chapter 7 into two separate Chapters. Tables on derivatives of organic compounds have been expended. Also included are 20 estimations, 75 preparations and....     View More Details

Heterogeneous Catalysis is a subject of great industrial importance. Almost eighty per cent of the heavy chemicals are produced by employing heterogeneous catalysts at some stage or other. This is why it has become necessary to introduce the subject in the Master?s programmes in Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Excellent monographs have been written by leading experts with great insight and ....     View More Details

This volume is an outgrowth of the workshop ``Application of Advanced Control Theory to Robotics and Automation,`` organized in honor of the 70^th birthdays of Peter V. Kokotovic and Salvatore (Turi) Nicosia. Both Petar and Turi have carried out distinguished work in the work in the control community and have long been recognized as mentors, experts, and pioneers in the field of auto....     View More Details

In spite of decades of good research in the basic area of Biotechnology, India has not created as much wealth as it could have. Perhaps there is still a dearth of knowledge especially in the commercialization of these lab-scale research findings. Yet another potential area that can generate high value compounds is algal biotechnology. However, several limitations exist in the Industrial implem....     View More Details

In the last few years there has been significant progress in the development of microfluidics and nanofluidics at the application as well as at the fundamental and simulation levels. This book provides a comprehensive summary of these changes describing fluid flow in micro and nano configurations. Whereas in their previous book entitled Microflows: Fundamentals and Simulation the authors cover....     View More Details

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 topic....     View More Details

This book is primarily intended to be a textbook for B.E./B.Tech. first year students of all branches of Engineering & Technology. Efforts have been made to cover the complete syllabus of Engineering Chemistry and Applied Chemistry for B.E./B.Tech. students.

Salient features of the book: The book is comprehensive with easy language. It contains all relevent topics with det....     View More Details

A rigorous mathematical approach to identify a set of design alternatives and selecting the best candidate from within that set, engineering optimization was developed as a means of helping engineers to design systems that are both more efficient and less expensive and to develop new ways of improving the performance of existing systems.

Thanks to the breathtaking growth in computer te....     View More Details

This book presents an introduction to MATLAB and its applications in engineering problem solving. The book is designed as an introductory course in MATLAB for engineers. The classical methods of electrical circuits, control systems, numerical methods, optimization, direct numerical integration methods, engineering mechanics and mechanical vibrations are covered using MATLAB software.
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Differential evolution is arguably one of the hottest topics in today`s computational intelligence research. This book seeks to present a comprehensive study of the state of the art in this technology and also directions for future research.

The fourteen chapters of this book have been written by leading experts in the area. The first seven chapters focus on algorithm design, while the....     View More Details

Now that India is virtually the only player in this field, an elaboration is needed with respect to more fundamental understanding as well as future prospects and needs, which this edition has tried to fulfill. It can now fulfill the need of a reference textbook in alternate iron making area for undergraduate and post graduate students in Metallurgical, Production, Manufacturing, Chemical, Mat....     View More Details

Manufacturing Science and Technology is written for mechanical, industrial and production engineering students at both degree and diploma level and for competitive examinations. It consists of 16 chapters covering the various topics systematically. This book is useful for I and II semester of B.Tech. students of JNTU Hyderabad and also for students of other Universities in India.

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Man has always known that air (oxygen) and water are the two most important items for life. Yet, few people are aware of the scientific facts regarding water. In a sense, water is a weird compound of nature. Man being highly selfish exploiting the natural resource like water and also making water bodies getting polluted.

The present work is an attempt to bring awareness among public ab....     View More Details

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary science in the real sense. To appreciate nature and its vagaries, one requires an intimate knowledge of chemical, physical and biological sciences. It is presumed that the reader is quite conversant with the fundamental principles of analytical chemistry and that he is primarily interested to understand their applications in solving problems in the....     View More Details

This handbook provides all aspects of piping design starting from fluid properties, stress analysis, construction and fabrication details, compensating methods for thermal expansion, erection, etc. to maintenance of all pipeworks whether underground or overhead, carrying any fluid like water, oil, air, industrial gases (like Oxygen, Nitrogen, Acetylene, etc.), steam and slurry. All theories, t....     View More Details

This is a comprehensive book of Physical Chemistry especially written for B.Sc. II year and B.Sc. III year students of Indian universities based on the model syllabus prepared by UGC, New Delhi. The book is written in a simple language and gives a comprehensive detail of the subject with latest developments. There are 11 Chapters in the book. The book is equally useful to students and teachers....     View More Details

Degrading quality of environment due to increasing industrialization and urbanization has become a matter of great concern. The information about the parameters affecting their quality is the prime requirement to meet the menace.

This book ``Practical Methods for Water and Air Pollution Monitoring`` brings together the various experimental methods for analyzing the available parameters.....     View More Details

In the present edition besides few corrections, additions and overall refinement of the structural, diagrammatic and figurative illustrations, `Study Questions` are placed at the end of each chapter to help as good rehearse of the concepts.

The book covers the essential basics of the Group Theory that are required for all sections of chemistry and emphasizes the necessity of this theory....     View More Details

The composites are well known to mankind since pre-historic period and were practiced as well. But with the development of polymers and polymer science, the concept and technology have undergone sea change in the understanding of the basics like the role of matrix and reinforcement, bonding mechanism, morphological features and environmental effects, etc.

Polymer composites due to their....     View More Details

``Exposure to Boilers`` is the comprehensive book covering basic concepts, analytical and theoretical aspects of boiler design, operation and maintenance.  The book covers the syllabus for:

• Degree/Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering.
• Power Plant Engineering, Applied Engineering
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