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Water Poverty The Next “Oil” Crisis

A water crisis on our immediate horizon is destined to hurt even kill millions of children and the window of opportunity to do something about it is rapidly closing. There is however a glimmer of hope that could turn into rays of sunshine. Water is a commodity and we have just come through some painful times dealing with the shortage of another commodity—energy. For those who lived through the energy crisis this book offers a brief trip down memory lane. | Water Poverty The Next “Oil” Crisis

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Testing and Balancing HVAC Air and Water Systems

This thoroughly revised book will provide the reader with an understanding of the principles and practices of testing and balancing (TAB) heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) air and water systems. It is for anyone interested in testing and balancing. For the novice and the experienced testing and balancing technician it is a field reference book of procedures equations and information tables. For those interested in getting into TAB or who are new to the HVAC industry it is a text for learning more about HVAC systems and testing and balancing. For the mechanical engineer building owner facility manager commissioning agency or energy manager this book can be used for teaching TAB writing more effective specifications and learning about TAB and how it interacts with system commissioning indoor air quality and energy management. It is the intent of this book to improve the communications between owners mechanical engineers designers vendors contractors TAB engineers supervisors and technicians to ensure that HVAC systems are being thoroughly tested and balanced. This book is used in test and balance self-study courses in-house training programs seminars and other training formats as preparation for TAB certification and as a text in colleges and technical schools. The sixth edition has general and specific testing and balancing procedures for constant air volume systems variable air volume systems return air and exhaust air systems positive and negative pressure conditioned spaces and fans and fan performance in Chapters 1 through 9. Chapters 10–12 cover testing and balancing fume hood systems and cleanrooms and commissioning HVAC systems. Chapters 13 and 14 provide information on water systems and centrifugal pumps including water balancing procedures using flow meters system components and temperatures and water pumps and pump performance. Chapter 15 reviews analog and digital controls. Chapters 16–20 cover terminology for fluid flow psychrometrics refrigeration¸ air distribution water distribution fans and pumps motors electrical and instrument usage and care. Chapters 21 and 22 are equations and tables. | Testing and Balancing HVAC Air and Water Systems

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HVAC Fundamentals Third Edition

Updated with chapters on ventilating and exhausting systems and HVAC systems this third edition of a bestseller covers the range of HVAC systems. The coverages is into components and controls for air water heating ventilating and air conditioning and readers will learn why one component or system may be chosen over another. New information is included on occupancy comfort process function thermodynamics heat transfer building envelope conditioned space heating and cooling load calculations air duct fundamentals water pipe fundamentals variable flow water systems refrigeration components piping fundamentals central plant water chiller optimization and the latest heat recovery technologies. | HVAC Fundamentals Third Edition

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A Multidisciplinary Introduction to Desalination

Although more than 70% of the globe is covered with water only a small portion is suitable for direct human use making the scarcity of freshwater one of our plant's most serious challenges. In this context desalination defined as the removal of salt from water is one of the possible solutions for overcoming our planet's municipal and industrial thirst. By drawing upon the authoritative expertise of a remarkable team of international authors this book aims to provide an encompassing and multidisciplinary introduction to various aspects of desalination. The forte of this publication is that it does not overtly focus on a particular sub-topic of desalination but rather addresses the topic as a whole. In other words the unique assortment of reader-friendly chapters is designed to strike a delicate balance between the technical and non-technical. The book is divided into five general sections:The first section presents an overview of water scarcity followed by a review of integrated water management and the alternatives to desalination. The fundamentals of desalination are provided including simple water chemistry;The second section covers the conventional technologies of today including thermal and membrane desalination processes. The topics of pre- and post- treatment are given due credit as no desalination plant can operate without them;The third section reviews the history of how desalination technologies originated including a review of today's R&D activities and cutting edge research. The processes and engineering applied for membrane manufacturing are also presented;Section four is concerned with energy and environmental issues including the application of renewable and nuclear energy minimization of energy usage and the water-energy-nexus brine management and environmental impacts;Finally section five covers the social and commercial issues ranging from rural desalination to the politics of desalination. Desalination costs and feasibility are presented as well as issues in business development and the future market prospects. Effectively A Multidisciplinary Introduction to Desalination aims to be a holistic go-to-compendium for anyone seeking a balanced understanding of the various facets of desalination

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The Component A Personal Odyssey towards Another Normal

The Component: A Personal Odyssey towards Another Normal is the Oosterhuis' personal account of four decades of architectural and societal thinking designing building and theorizing. It is an orchestrated yet non-linear series of subjects all leading toward the creation of a parallel world called Another Normal. Another Normal is as of now a hypothetical parallel world. Nomadic international citizens are the inhabitants of Another Normal. Urged by the climate crisis the food energy and water nexus and the COVID-19 pandemic Another Normal demonstrates the inevitable data-driven techno-social architecture of the physically built environment and the metaverse. Besides robotic production on demand of almost anything – when where and as needed – Oosterhuis' proposes a dozen strategies that run in parallel to establish Another Normal among others: ubiquitous basic income global birthright to own a generous piece of land distributed production of healthy food clean energy and drinking water ownership of private data and personal avatars in the Web 3. 0 autonomous electronic transportation ubiquitous shared responsibility for clean production and waste treatment techniques ubiquitous home delivery working from anywhere for any period of time and decentralized real-time peer to peer banking. The organic real and the synthetic hyper-real co-evolve naturally in Another Normal where a mix of strong and simple legislative planning and design rules create complexity diversity fairness and equality. | The Component A Personal Odyssey towards Another Normal

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Cyber Resilience

Modern cyber systems acquire more emergent system properties as far as their complexity increases: cyber resilience controllability self-organization proactive cyber security and adaptability. Each of the listed properties is the subject of the cybernetics research and each subsequent feature makes sense only if there is a previous one. Cyber resilience is the most important feature of any cyber system especially during the transition to the sixth technological stage and related Industry 4. 0 technologies: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Cloud and foggy computing 5G + IoT/IIoT Big Data and ETL Q-computing Blockchain VR/AR etc. We should even consider the cyber resilience as a primary one because the mentioned systems cannot exist without it. Indeed without the sustainable formation made of the interconnected components of the critical information infrastructure it does not make sense to discuss the existence of 4. 0 Industry cyber-systems. In case when the cyber security of these systems is mainly focused on the assessment of the incidents' probability and prevention of possible security threats the cyber resilience is mainly aimed at preserving the targeted behavior and cyber systems' performance under the conditions of known (about 45 %) as well as unknown (the remaining 55 %) cyber attacks. This monograph shows that modern Industry 4. 0. Cyber systems do not have the required cyber resilience for targeted performance under heterogeneous mass intruder cyber-attacks. The main reasons include a high cyber system structural and functional complexity a potential danger of existing vulnerabilities and “sleep” hardware and software tabs as well as an inadequate efficiency of modern models methods and tools to ensure cyber security reliability response and recovery.

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Veins of the Desert A Review on Qanat / Falaj / Karez

Qanat is a gently sloping subterranean canal which taps a water-bearing zone at a higher elevation than cultivated lands. A qanat consist of a series of vertical shafts in sloping ground interconnected at the bottom by a tunnel with a gradient flatter than that of the ground. From the air this system looks like a line of anthills leading from the foothills across the desert to the greenery of an irrigated settlement. Qanat engages a variety of knowledge and its studying entails an interdisciplinary approach. In a traditional realm qanats are embraced by a socio-economic system which guarantees their sustainability. The facets of this socio-economic system operate closely together and make it possible for the qanats to remain into future. Veins of the Desert shows that digging a qanat requires a variety of sciences and technologies though at a glance qanat is just a horizontal tunnel which drains out groundwater. Qanat is a feat of technology left from our ancestors; hidden underground but its technical importance is apparent not less valuable than such surface structures as bridges castles towers etc. Qanat enjoys extended structures and sometimes its length reaches tens of kilometers. It passes through geological formations and faces different conditions and obstacles so the qanat masters' efforts to solve these problems led to the accumulation of knowledge in terms of qanat construction over time which has been handed down from generation to generation. Qanat is one of the most complicated traditional technologies which require knowledge on nature ranging from groundwater to management. This indigenous technology used to bring water efficiently from tens of kilometers away to the thirsty lands. This book also gives insight into cultural and social heritages which have crystalized around this technique. | Veins of the Desert A Review on Qanat / Falaj / Karez

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Energy Conservation Guidebook Third Edition

Revised and edited this new third edition reference covers the full scope of energy management techniques and applications for new and existing buildings with emphasis on the systems approach to developing an effective overall energy management strategy. Foremost in the enhancements to the new edition is content that reflects the emphasis on conservation for green energy awareness. Also examined are building structural considerations such as heat loss and gain windows and insulation. A thorough discussion of heating and cooling systems basics is provided along with energy management guidelines. Also covered are energy conservation measures that may be applied for lighting systems water systems and electrical systems. Specific energy management technologies and their application are discussed in detail including solar energy systems energy management systems and alternative energy technologies. • Covers the full scope of energy management techniques and applications for new and existing buildings• Emphasizes a systems approach to developing an effective overall energy management strategy• Includes enhanced content that reflects the emphasis on conservation for green energy awareness | Energy Conservation Guidebook Third Edition

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Slime Mould in Arts and Architecture

The slime mould Physarum polycephalum was a source of explosive growth of bioengineered hybrid sensing and computing devices in the past decade. Being in its vegetative state the plasmodium the slime mould configures its protoplasmic network to optimize its geometry with relation to patterns of attractants and repellents. The slime mould’s adaptability polymorphism and aestheticism inspired artists and architects. The slime mould has been seen as a self-conscious liquid form continuously changing its shape in response to external stimulation and due to interactions of thousands of micro-oscillators in its body. Elusiveness is a magic feature of the slime mould. One moment the slime mould gives you a solution to a mathematical problem by a shape of its body next moment it changes its shape and the solution disappears. Slime Mould in Arts and Architecture presents a set of unique chapters written by leading artists architects and scientists which resulted from creative translations of the slime mould behaviour into forms and sounds unconventional investigations and sensorial experiences and the slime mould ability to remove boundaries between living and artificial solid and fluid science and arts. The book gives readers unique tools for designing architectural forms and creative works using the slime mould understanding how pro-cognitive living substrates can be used in everyday life it sparks new ideas and initiates further progress in many fields or arts architecture science and engineering.

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