The Information and Library Service compiles occasional subject guides for engineers and students. The aim is to highlight sources of information available in the library and the Institution itself, along with some useful websites to take you further afield.
Locating Power Information in the IMechE Library The following is a list of key shelf numbers for the power industries subject area. If you are looking for a particular book please check the Library Catalogue .
Useful Books
E-books The following electronic books are available via Knovel in the Virtual Library .
2004 ASME Boiler and pressure vessel code, section II – materials
Burton T et al, Wind energy handbook 2001
Clifford M, Engineers’ guide to pressure equipment – the pocket reference 2001
Dixon S L, Fluid mechanics and thermodynamics of turbomachinery 4th ed 1998
Frankel M, Facility piping systems handbook 2nd ed 2002
Hester R E & Harrison R M, Sustainability and environmental impact of renewable energy sources 2003
Kutz M ed, Mechanical engineers’ handbook 2nd ed 1998
Larminie J & Dicks A, Fuel cell systems explained 2nd ed 2003
Lyons W C & Plisga G J eds, Standard handbook of petroleum & natural gas engineering 2nd ed 2005
Mays L W ed, Hydraulic design handbook 1999
Mobley R K, Fluid power dynamics 2000
Neale M J, Tribology handbook 2nd ed 1995
Snow D A ed, Plant engineer’s reference book 2nd ed 2002
Soares C, Process engineering equipment handbook 2002
Wulfinghoff D R, Energy efficiency manual 1999
The following electronic books are available via Books24x7 in the Virtual Library .
Air-cooled heat exchangers and cooling towers, PennWell Corp, 2004
Basics of boiler and HRSG design, PennWell Corp, 2002
Companion guide to the ASME Boiler and pressure vessel, ASME 2002
Companion guide to the ASME Boiler and pressure vessel, ASME 2002
Closed cycle gas turbines: operating experience, ASME, 2005
Embedded generation, IET, 2000
Power plant construction management, PennWell Corp, 2005 Recent IMechE Power Conferences and Seminars Please visit Power Industries Papers and Presentations (Archive) E-Journals The following electronic journals are available via EBSCO Business Source in the Virtual Library :
Coal international
E&MJ: engineering & mining journal
Electric light & power
Engineer
European power news
Gas utilities industry profile: Europe
Gas utilities industry profile: Global
Gas utilities industry profile: United Kingdom
Hydrualics & pneumatics
Independent energy
International power generation
Modern power systems
Offshore
Ozone: science and engineering
Pipeline & gas journal
Plant engineering
Power
Power engineering
Process & control engineering (PACE)
Process engineering
Quality engineering
Utility automation & engineering T&D
World oil Useful Journals The library has an extensive collection of historical journals including:
Engineer from 1856-,
Engineering from 1866-
ASME Journal of heat transfer 1880-
ASME Journal of solar engineering 1880-
ASME Journal of pressure vessel technology 1880-
ASME Journal of turbomachinery 1880-
ASME Journal of engineering for gas turbines and power 1880-
ASME Journal of energy resources technology 1880-
ASME Journal of offshore mechanics and artic engineering 1880-
Energy world 2005-
Environmental engineering 1988-
Gas turbine world 1996-
Hydraulics and pneumatics (UK) 1998-
Hydraulics and pneumatics (USA) 1960-
IMechE Proceedings part A Journal of power and energy 1985-
IMechE Proceedings part I Journal of systems and control engineering 1991-
Nuclear engineering international 1956-
Nuclear future 2005-
Oil and gas journal 5 years
Petroleum review 1987-
Power engineer 2006-
Process engineering 2005-
RGN: Revue generale nucleaire 2 years
Please check the Library Catalogue to see if the Library subscribes to your required journal. Databases Please visit the Virtual Library page for information about the library's databases.
Websites
Please visit Power Industries Web Links
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