1. ENLIB - New Books
July
(July 2011)
No. Details
1 Title : Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and
Systems
Author : Soteris A. Kalogirou
- With the threat of global warming, and the gradual depletion of petroleum
supplies, solar electric power is rapidly becoming significant part of our energy
mix. The range of solar cells spans different materials and different structures in
the quest to extract maximum power from the device while keeping the cost to a
minimum. Devices with efficiency exceeding 30% have been demonstrated in
the laboratory. Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems. Solar Energy
Processes and Systems includes all areas of solar energy engineering. All
subjects are presented from the fundamental level to the highest level of current
research. The book includes subjects such as energy related environmental
problems, solar collectors, solar water heating, solar space heating and cooling,
industrial process heat, solar desalination, photovoltaics, solar thermal power
systems and modelling of solar systems including the use of artificial intelligence
systems in solar energy systems modelling and performance prediction.
Year : 2009
Call No. : TJ810 K14
2 Displacement-
Title : Displacement-based seismic design of
structures
Author : G.M.
M.J.N. Priestley, G.M. Calvi, M.J.
Kowalsky.
- Displacement-Based Seismic Design of Structures is a book primarily
directed towards practicing structural designers who are interested in
applying performance-based concepts to seismic design. Since much of
the material presented in the book has not been published elsewhere, it
will also be of considerable interest to researchers, and to graduate and
upper-level undergraduate students of earthquake engineering who wish
to develop a deeper understanding of how design can be used to control
seismic response.
2009
Year : 2009
Call No. : TA658.44 P949
No.

2. 3 Title : GPS for land surveyors (3rd)
Author : Jan Van Sickle.
- Since the last edition of this international bestseller, GPS has grown to become
part of a larger international context, the Global Navigation Satellite System
(GNSS). Both GPS and GNSS technologies are becoming ever more important
in the everyday practice of survey and mappers. With GPS for Land Surveyors,
Third Edition, a book written by a land surveyor, for land surveyors, you can
stay in the know on the latest GPS techniques, technologies, codes, and signals.
What s New to the Third Edition?
• Sections on Real-Time Network Services, Block IIF, and control
segment modernization
• GPS code, such as the M-code, L1C, and L2C
• An entire chapter dedicated to GNSS
• Discussion of the Russian GLONASS system, the Chinese Beidou
system, and the Japanese QZSS
From fundamental theory to practical application and advanced technologies, the
book covers GPS without pages of complicated math. It demonstrates the basics
of GPS technology, common hardware, surveying methods, survey design,
planning, and observation. Additionally, each chapter includes helpful review
questions and answers. GPS and GNSS are revolutionizing the practice of
surveying and mapping. This user-friendly manual gives you the tools needed to
understand and use these important technologies in everyday practice.
2008
Year : 2008
No.
Call No. : TA595.5 V217 2008
4
Title : Renewable energy systems : the choice and
modeling of 100% renewable solutions
Author : Henrik Lund
- In this practical guide, globally recognized renewable energy researcher and
professor Henrik Lund describes the modeling and simulation techniques that
can be utilised to ensure at the outset of any renewable energy project that the
resources available will meet supply demands. A clear, comprehensive
methodology is set forth for comparing different energy systems' abilities to
integrate fluctuating and intermittent renewable energy sources. Dr. Lund offers
a freely available accompanying software tool, EnergyPLAN, that automates and
simplifies the calculations supporting such detailed comparative analysis. The
book further presents concrete design examples derived from a dozen

3. successfully implemented renewable energy systems around the globe. It makes
recommendations on the first steps of large-scale integration, focusing on the
more immediate issue of conversion, rather than storage technologies. The text
also undertakes the socio-political realities governing the implementation of
renewable energy systems. Dr. Lund makes clear that it is the work of
professionals in the renewables field to raise awareness that alternatives DO
exist and that it is indeed economically and technically viable to choose
renewable energy systems. To aid readers in that task, the book presents key
strategies on how to overcome the inherent lethargy of entrenched institutions
that seek to reinforce the status quo when confronted with objectives implying
the need for radical technological change. After all, knowing there IS a choice is
half the battle.
Year : 2010
Call No.. : TJ808 L962
No
5 Feed-
Title : Feed-in tariffs : accelerating the
deployment of renewable energy
Author
Author : Miguel Mendonça.
- A feed-in tariff is a renewable energy law that obliges energy suppliers to buy
electricity produced from renewable resources at a fixed price, usually over a
fixed period - even from householders. These legal guarantees ensure
investment security, and the support of all viable renewable energy technologies.
Supporters argue that the feed-in model, if implemented effectively around the
world, would greatly assist the energy revolution that is so desperately required;
through CO2 reduction, market creation and development, job creation and
improved energy security. Feed-in Tariffs is a concise introduction to feed-in
laws, examining the experience of countries that have implemented this model.
The author argues that the policy should be implemented anywhere with a
suitable national power grid infrastructure, and identifies variations on the policy
for those areas without. Alternative models and support schemes are examined
to provide policy makers with the information required to consider the
implementation of feed-in tariffs, and to introduce the concept to renewable
energy technology manufacturers, producers, investors and supporters. With a
foreword by Hermann Scheer. Published with the World Future Council.
Year : 2007
Call No. : HD9502.A2 M539
No.

4. 6
Title : Multiple criteria decision analysis : an analysis
integrated approach
Author : Valerie Belton, Theodor J. Stewart.
- The field of multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) - also sometimes
termed multiple criteria decision aid, or multiple criteria decision making (MCDM)
- has developed rapidly over the past quarter century and in the process a
number of divergent schools of thought have emerged.
Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: An Integrated Approach provides a
comprehensive yet widely accessible overview of the main streams of thought
within MCDA.
Year : 2002
Call No. : T57.95 B453
No.
7 Title : First robots behind the design
Author : Vince Wilczynski, Stephanie Slezycki
- Personal robots are about as advanced today as personal computers were on
the eve of the first IBM PC in the early 1980s. They are still the domain of
hobbyists who cobble them together from scratch or from kits, join local clubs to
swap code and stage contests, and whose labor of love is setting the stage for
a technological revolution. This book will deconstruct the 30 regional winning
robot designs from the FIRST Robotics Competition in 2006. The FIRST
Robotics Competition (held annually and co-founded by Dean Kamen and
Woodie Flowers) is a multinational competition that teams professionals and
young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and
competitive way. In 2005 the competition reached close to 25,000 people on
close to 1,000 teams in 30 competitions. Teams came from Brazil, Canada,
Ecuador, Israel, Mexico, the U.K., and almost every U.S. state. The
competitions are high-tech spectator sporting events that have gained a loyal
following because of the high caliber work featured. Each team is paired with a
mentor from such companies as Apple, Motorola, or NASA (NASA has
sponsored 200 teams in 8 years).
Year : 2007
Call No. TJ211 W667
8
Title : Power to the people : how the coming energy
revolution will transform an industry, change our lives,
and maybe even save the planet
Author
Author : Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran.
- Global warming, rolling black outs, massive tanker spills, oil dependence: our
profligate ways have doomed us to suffer such tragedies, right? Perhaps, but

5. Vijay Vaitheeswaran, the energy and environment correspondent for The
Economist, sees great opportunity in the energy realm today, and Power to the
People is his fiercely independent and irresistibly entertaining look at the
economic, political, and technological forces that are reshaping the world's
management of energy resources. In it, he documents an energy revolution
already underway--a revolution as radical as the communications revolution of
the past decades.
From the corporate boardroom of a Texas oil titan who denies the reality of
global warming to a think tank nestled in the Rocky Mountains where a visionary
named Amory Lovins is developing the kind of hydrogen fuel-cell technology that
could make the internal combustion engine obsolete, Vaitheeswaran gamely
pursues the people who hold the keys to our future. Man's quest for energy is
insatiable. It is also essential. By avoiding the traditional binaries that pit free
markets against the wisdom of conservation and the need for clean energy,
Power to the People is a book that debunks myths without debunking hope.
Year : 2005
Call No. : TJ163.2 V132
9 Title : Data envelopment analysis theory, methodology
and application
Editor : Charnes, A.
- This book establishes a reference source for DEA that accomplishes the
following seven objectives:
• Motivates DEA as a new approach to organizing and analyzing data
beyond its origin in efficiency analyses;
• Presents an integrated framework, and standardized notation for
understanding basic DEA models and their extension;
• Develops a deeper understanding of computational issues involved in
solving various DEA formulations;
• Provides insights into the DEA process, its usage and interpretations;
• Highlights the range of potential uses of DEA through examples of
novel applications;
• Provides an updated comprehensive bibliography;
• Facilitates the diffusion of DEA by making Chapters 1--4 and 21
available for inclusion in operations research, econometric and statistic
textbooks under normal provisions which maintain original copyright
status.
Year : 1994
Call No. : HA31.38 D232

6. 10
engineering
Title : A text book of engineering mechanics
Author : R.S. Khurmi
- The objective of this book is to present the subject matter
in a most
concise, and compact manner. This book has been included in the
'Suggested Reading' for the A.M.I.E (India) examinations.
Year : 2008
Call No. : TA350 K45 2008
11
Title : Mechanism and machine theory
Author : Ashok G. Ambekar
- Gives discussion on areas of research such as function generation, path
generation and mechanism synthesis using coupler curve, and number synthesis
of kinematic chains. This book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate
students pursuing courses in mechanical, production, electrical, metallurgical and
aeronautical engineering.
Year : 2009
Call No. : TJ146 A461 2009
12
Title : Electrical technology
Author : Uday A. Bakshi, Varsha U. Baskhi
- Gives discussion on areas of research such as function generation, path
generation and mechanism synthesis using coupler curve, and number
synthesis of kinematic chains. This book is intended for undergraduate and
postgraduate students pursuing courses in mechanical, production, electrical,
metallurgical and aeronautical engineering.
Year : 2007
Call No. : TK146 B169 2007
13 Title : Combinatorial optimization : some aspects
Malhotra,
Editors : Rita Malhotra, M.C. Puri
-"Combinatorial Optimization comprises research-level linear and combinatorial
problems together with algorithms and solution-procedures to solve them. The
growing need of the industry and the increase in complexity of conglomerates
and multinationals entail focus on two very significant classes of problems
namely Transportation and Assignment Problems included in this volume. Far-
reaching variants of these problems like the Multi-index and Multi-objective
Problems, Bulk Transportation Problems, Flow and Budgetary Constrained
Transportation Problems and the Three-Axial Sums Problems are investigated
and analysed. Extensions to the Two-Stage and Bi-level Allocation Problems

7. form the salient features of the book. Practical applications of the problems
examined are also discussed. This volume opens new avenues for research in
the field of allocation problems."
Year : 2007
Call No. : QA402.6 C731
Title : Fluid Mechanics and Turbo Machines
14 Author : Madan Mohan Das
- Primarily designed as a text for the undergraduate students of
aeronautical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering,
chemical engineering and other branches of applied science, this book
provides a basic platform in fluid mechanics and turbo machines The book
begins with a description of the fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics
such as fluid properties, its static and dynamic pressures, buoyancy and
floatation, and flow through pipes, orifices, mouthpieces, notches and
weirs. Then, it introduces more complex topics like laminar flow and its
application, turbulent flow, compressible flow, dimensional analysis and
model investigations. Finally, the text elaborates on impact of jets and
turbo machines like turbines, pumps and miscellaneous fluid machines.
Year : 2009
Call No. : TJ267 D229 2009