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Anatomy of Surge Analysis for Industrial Firewater Systems
This paper will provide some guidance through the labyrinth of codes and often conflicting requirements that must be traversed in order to achieve a robust design.
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Infrastructure’s role in achieving the post-2015 UN SDGs
Infrastructure is not just about physical assets (e.g., roads and bridges), but also about sustainable solutions for the delivery of reliable energy, clean water, communications, logistics and mobility.
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Rethinking government capacity in Gabon: leveraging the private sector
Finding innovative ways to build government capacity in Africa.
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Systems Expansion Whilst Minimising Disruption to Existing Operations
The paper introduces systems expansion execution essentials, pre-enabling works and the controlled expansion process.
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Emission Reduction by the Use of Supercritical CO2 Cycles
This paper examines the feasibility of power generation for a LNG Liquefaction facility and makes a comparison of such a system to traditional simple cycle gas turbines and combined cycle systems.
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Water Conservation at Construction Project
This paper details the water conservation evaluation of alternatives and cost/benefit analysis based on current and predicted water usage for mine development projects.
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Random Vibration Theory-Based Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis
This paper presents an alternative approach of performing seismic soil structure interaction (SSI) analysis.
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A New Modular Paradigm in Building Information Modeling
As a case study of this new approach we will look at Bechtel Civil’s Project Planning and Development (PPD) design for a new community in Angondje, Libreville, Gabon where 6,000 dwelling units using 21 different building types for a population of 30,000 people were produced.
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NEPA Compliance for Licensing a Nuclear Small Modular Power Plant
The National Environmental Policy Act (or NEPA), signed into law on January 1, 1970, requires that all federal agencies funding or permitting projects—including nuclear power plants—make those decisions in full consideration of the impact to the natural and human environment.
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Design of Immobilized Cell Bioreactors for Chemical Agent Hydrolysate Treatment
The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant is being constructed for demilitarization of chemical weapons stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot, Pueblo, Colorado.
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Thermo-Economic Analysis of Combined Cycle Based Liquefaction Plants
This paper will examine heat integrated combined cycle approaches applied to the ConocoPhillips Optimized Cascade® Process and will address both industrial and aeroderivative gas turbines.
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Stability Studies for System Dependent Generator Protection Functions
This paper will provide a basic overview of stability studies and system dependent protection functions, will identify the required generation and transmission system parameters, present guidelines to perform a comprehensive study through an actual example, and will assist the generation and transmission engineers to achieve the desired result for system dependent generator protection functions.