Blast Furnace Ironmaking: Analysis, Control, and Optimization uses a fundamental first principles approach to prepare a blast furnace mass and energy balance in Excel™. Robust descriptions of the main equipment and systems, process technologies, and best practices used in a modern blast furnace plant are detailed. Optimization tools are provided to help the reader find the best blast furnace fuel mix and related costs, maximize output, or evaluate other operational strategies using the Exc...

The return of the Crimson Guard could not have come at a worse time for an empire exhausted by warfare and weakened by betrayals and rivalries.Into the seething cauldron of Quon Tali - the Malazan Empire's heartland - they march, and with their return comes the memory of their vow: undying opposition to the Empire. But elements within the Guard's �lite, the Avowed, have set their sights on far greater power, while other, more ancient entities are rising up, intent on furthering the...

Process Modelling and Model Analysis describes the use of models in process engineering. Process engineering is all about manufacturing--of just about anything! To manage processing and manufacturing systematically, the engineer has to bring together many different techniques and analyses of the interaction between various aspects of the process. For example, process engineers would apply models to perform feasibility analyses of novel process designs, assess environmental impact, and dete...

A book for the world today …Covers Quarantine practices and procedures throughout history, not too unlike the self-isolation being practiced within the world today with COVID–19. Describes virulent diseases, quarantine centres, epidemic and pandemic disease and impact on historical immigration. Deals with viral mutation, influenza “drift” and "shift" plus critical viral and bacterial infections and pandemics over the last 200 years on the east coast of NA, but in addition, updated ...

Establishing playfulness as an essential component of dementia care, this positive and uplifting book will be key in changing attitudes and providing ideas for new and valuable ways of interacting and being with individuals with the condition.John Killick explores the nature of playfulness and the many ways in which it can enrich the lives of people with dementia, including as a means of maintaining relationships and communication, supporting communication and generally lifting the...

**Brought to you by Penguin.THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE 2023**I’m fizzing. I love not being his son.Yes. I can feel it in my whole body. A great thrill – as if an adventure has begun. As if I’m the boy in a book about a boy who finds out his dad is the king of a magical and distant land.Christmas, 1983. In the aftermath of yet another furious argument, seven-year-old Andrev’s mother lets him in on a secret: ...

Henry V is regarded as the great English hero, lionised in his own day for his victory at Agincourt, his piety and his rigorous application of justice. But what was he really like? In this ground-breaking book, Ian Mortimer portrays Henry in the pivotal year of his reign. Recording the dramatic events of 1415, he offers the fullest, most precise and least romanticised view we have of Henry and what he did. At the centre of the narrative is the campaign which culminated in the battle of Agi...

Your business owes you. So why isn't it paying you back?You're brilliant at what you do. Loyal customers, awards on the wall, good turnover - and yet somehow there's never enough left to pay the bills, let alone yourself. It's not you. It's your cash system.Distilling Profits is the practical cash management guide written specifically for distillery, brewery, winery and cidery owners who are sick of stressing about money.Accountant and profitability coach Ian Senior...

Just as a roller-coaster begins a slow climb, Hidden in the Light begins as a safe ride. But its plunges and dizzying corners eventually rattle us through dark twists and turns before bringing us back to the light via extraordinary events.Through these enthralling, tumultuous pages, shelter is provided under refreshing humour and grace.In this story, three brothers share their journey with astonishing honesty. They ride with us until the slowing down and seeming safe stop o...

Malaz gave a great empire its name, but now this island and its city amount to little more than a sleepy backwater. Until this night. Because this night there is to be a convergence, the once-in-a-generation appearance of a Shadow Moon - an occasion that threatens the good people of Malaz with demon hounds and other, darker things.Also it is prophesied that the Emperor Kellanved will return this night, and there are those who would prevent that happening at any cost. As factions wi...

Process Systems Risk Management provides complete coverage of risk management concepts and applications for safe design and operation of industrial and other process facilities. The whole life cycle of the process or product is taken into account, from its conception to decommissioning. The breadth of human factors in risk management is also treated, ranging from personnel and public safety to environmental impact and business interruption. This unique approach to process risk management i...

Want your relationship with God to go deeper? Need inspiration to pray? Want to learn more about how to pray? Then embrace the adventure with Jesus using this 31-day youth devotional to explore a life of prayer.Set out in three sections inspired by John 17, each day you will:Listen from the Bible, God's WordGain greater insight into prayerLearn from real-life examplesReflect and be encouraged to actWith a section on "tips f...