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This comprehensive volume provides a complete authoritative up-to-date reference for all aspects of power plant engineering. Coverage ranges from engineering economics to coal and limestone handling from design processes to plant thermal heat balances. Both theory and practical applications are covered giving engineers the information needed to plan design construct upgrade and operate power plants. Special features of the book include: More than 1000 figures and line drawings that illustrate all aspects of the subject. Coverage of related components and systems in power plants such as turbine generators feed water heaters condensers and cooling towers. Definitions and analyses of the features of various plant systems. Discussions of promising future technologies.