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Combustion and incineration processes—Applications in environmental engineering
resources,
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Book Review
Combustion and Incineration Processes -Applications in Environmental Engineering (2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded), Walter R. Niessen, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 270 Madison Avenue, New York (September 1994). Mr. Niessen, a Professional Engineer well known in the United States, has written a highly useful and scholarly text complete with an accompanying diskette which provides spreadsheet templates for heat and material balance calculations. Together these materials provide the practitioner with a thorough and rich review of the underlying science and engineering of incineration of waste materials. This second edition has been completely updated and revised. It is a valuable addition to the reference library. Akin to the first edition, the focus of the text remains on fundamentals of incineration systems and combustion processes. Lesser emphasis is upon specific equipment, which has undergone and continues to undergo rapid change as new and more proscriptive laws concerning incineration are enacted and regulations to implement them are developed. Practically all basic aspects of this complex technology and associated processes are richly described in considerable detail. If the text lacks in any area at all, it is with regard to the issue of monitoring of emissions. This, however, is hardly a reason not to buy the text as there are a number of available, useful books which address emissions monitoring. Within the text there are a few minor inconsistencies, e.g., the discussion of dioxins attributes proof that catalysis is important to papers written in the mid- 1980s (actually the proof was first discussed in October 198 1) and the findings of some other studies are not clearly brought out (one referenced study showed the role of gas phase processes to be minor, but the reader is left with a contrary impression). However, from the point of view of the general utility of the text, these concerns by no means detract from the value of the text as a good solid, general reference. The specialist will always look for more details and information than can possibly be found in any one text. In sum, leaving aside the price of the text which puts it somewhat out of reach of the student, it is a desirable acquisition for the library, which no doubt will see extensive use. Walter M. Schaub CORRE, Inc. P.O. Box 2248 Reston, VA 22090, USA Elsevier Science B.V. SSD1’0921-3449(95)00052-2
ELSEVIER
conservation and recycling Resources, Conservation
and Recycling
15 ( 1995) 82
Book Review
Combustion and Incineration Processes -Applications in Environmental Engineering (2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded), Walter R. Niessen, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 270 Madison Avenue, New York (September 1994). Mr. Niessen, a Professional Engineer well known in the United States, has written a highly useful and scholarly text complete with an accompanying diskette which provides spreadsheet templates for heat and material balance calculations. Together these materials provide the practitioner with a thorough and rich review of the underlying science and engineering of incineration of waste materials. This second edition has been completely updated and revised. It is a valuable addition to the reference library. Akin to the first edition, the focus of the text remains on fundamentals of incineration systems and combustion processes. Lesser emphasis is upon specific equipment, which has undergone and continues to undergo rapid change as new and more proscriptive laws concerning incineration are enacted and regulations to implement them are developed. Practically all basic aspects of this complex technology and associated processes are richly described in considerable detail. If the text lacks in any area at all, it is with regard to the issue of monitoring of emissions. This, however, is hardly a reason not to buy the text as there are a number of available, useful books which address emissions monitoring. Within the text there are a few minor inconsistencies, e.g., the discussion of dioxins attributes proof that catalysis is important to papers written in the mid- 1980s (actually the proof was first discussed in October 198 1) and the findings of some other studies are not clearly brought out (one referenced study showed the role of gas phase processes to be minor, but the reader is left with a contrary impression). However, from the point of view of the general utility of the text, these concerns by no means detract from the value of the text as a good solid, general reference. The specialist will always look for more details and information than can possibly be found in any one text. In sum, leaving aside the price of the text which puts it somewhat out of reach of the student, it is a desirable acquisition for the library, which no doubt will see extensive use. Walter M. Schaub CORRE, Inc. P.O. Box 2248 Reston, VA 22090, USA Elsevier Science B.V. SSD1’0921-3449(95)00052-2