Monday, December 8, 2008

A Concise Public Speaking Handbook or A Working Guide to Process Equipment

A Concise Public Speaking Handbook

Author: Steven A Beeb

A Concise Public Speaking Handbook, 2/e


Steven A. Beebe, Texas State University - San Marcos


Susan J. Beebe, Texas State University - San Marcos



The Concise Public Speaking Handbook offers the authors’ unique, audience-centered approach in a brief and inexpensive spiral-bound text. The comprehensive coverage of key public speaking topics and skills makes The Concise Public Speaking Handbook an ideal core text for public speaking courses, and its low cost makes it affordable as a supplement for any course or setting that requires public speaking.



New to the Second Edition:


  • New examples and sample speech outlines throughout the text ensure that the models are contemporary and useful.

  • Greater emphasis on rhetorical analysis helps you better analyze your own speec hes and those of others.

  • A new section called “Understanding Your Listening Style” aids you in becoming a better audience member.





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Praise for A Concise Public Speaking Handbook,2e:


“When I picked up A Concise Public Speaking Handbook by Beebe and Beebe, the decision to change was almost immediate. Finally, I was holding a textbook for experienced instructors of public speaking. Instead of dictating speech outline form ats or sample response sheets for speakers as so many other textbook authors, Beebe and Beebe offer practical reinforcement of key ideas about conversation, listening and speech delivery that all of us discuss with students in our classes.” – Judith A. Schum, Reading Area Community College





Table of Contents:

Part 1. Introduction


1. Speaking in Public


2. The Speechmaking Process


3. Ethics and Free Speech


4. Improving Your Confidence



Part 2. Analyzing an Audience


5. Listening


6. Analyzing Your Audience


7. Adapting to Your Audience



Part 3. Preparing a Speech


8. Developing Your Speech


9. Gathering Supporting Material


10. Finding Internet Resources


11. Supporting Your Speech



Part 4. Crafting a Speech


12. Organizing Your Speech


13. Developing an Introduction


14. Developing a Conclusion


15. Outlining Your Speech


16. Using Words Well



Part 5. Delivering a Speech


17. Methods of Delivery


18. Effective Delivery


19. Delivering Your Speech


20 . Selecting Presentation Aids


21. Using Presentation Aids


22. Designing Presentation Aids


23. Using Presentation Software



Part 6. Types of Speeches


24. Informative Speaking


25. Persuasive Speaking


26. Using Persuasive Strategies


27. Speaking on Special Occasions


28. Speaking in Small Groups



Notes


Glossary


Index

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A Working Guide to Process Equipment

Author: Norman P Lieberman

The industry’s “go-to” reference for pinpointing and repairing problems in chemical process equipment – updated with new equipment categories

The Third Edition of what has become a classic in the field thoroughly explains everything you need to know to fully understand how process equipment works and effectively troubleshoot even the most complex process equipment problem.

Drawing upon their decades of experience, the authors shed light on the inner workings of continuous process equipment for a broad range of industries, including such major ones as chemical, refining, pharmaceutical, and fertilizer. They include a wealth of diagnostic tips, practical examples, worked-out calculations, and up-todate illustrations allowing readers to quickly and easily pinpoint and repair malfunctions.



Table of Contents:

1 Process Equipment Fundamentals 1

2 Basic Terms and Conditions 13

3 How Trays Work: Flooding 23

4 How Trays Work: Dumping 37

5 Why Control Tower Pressure 47

6 What Drives Distillation Towers 57

7 How Reboilers Work 67

8 Inspecting Tower Internals 79

9 How Instruments Work 89

10 Packed Towers: Better than Trays? 105

11 Steam and Condensate Systems 119

12 Bubble Point and Dew Point 137

13 Steam Strippers 145

14 Draw-Off Nozzle Hydraulics 155

15 Pumparounds and Tower Heat Flows 167

16 Condensers and Tower Pressure Control 177

17 Air Coolers 193

18 Deaerators and Steam Systems 205

19 Vacuum Systems: Steam Jet Ejectors 217

20 Steam Turbines 235

21 Surface Condensers 247

22 Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers 259

23 Heat Exchanger Innovations 279

24 Fired Heaters: Fire- and Flue-Gas Side 291

25 Fired Heaters: Process Side 315

26 Refrigeration Systems 331

27 Cooling Water Systems 339

28 Catalytic Effects: Equilibrium and Kinetics 349

29 Centrifugal Pumps: Fundamentals of Operation 357

30 Centrifugal Pumps: Driver Limits 373

31 Centrifugal Pumps: Suction Pressure Limits 381

32 Control Valves 397

33 Separators: Vapor-Hydrocarbon-Water 407

34 Gas Compression: The Basic Idea 419

35 Centrifugal Compressors and Surge 425

36 Reciprocating Compressors 439

37 Compressor Efficiency 451

38 Safety Concerns 459

39 Corrosion - Process Units 471

40 Fluid Flow in Pipes 487

41 Super-Fractionation Separation Stage 517

42 Computer Modeling and Control 527

43 Field Troubleshooting Process Problems 535

Glossary 547

Index 559

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