Power in the Southern Cone Borderlands or Direct Digital Control for Building HVAC Systems

Power in the Southern Cone Borderlands: An Anthropology of Development Practice

Author: Carmen Alicia Alicia Ferradas

Development is not an all-powerful machinery imposing its will upon powerless actors. Rather, it is a complex process that brings together multiple actors with diverse agendas. Participants' power in affecting outcomes results from their ability to mobilize discursive and material resources and to control and manipulate time and spatial contexts. This work critically examines development practices and various forms of collective action based on detailed ethnographical analysis of the Yacyreta hydroelectric project. The story unfolds in the borderlands of Paraguay and Argentina in the heart of the Latin American Southern Cone where local political cultures are responding to global forces that now dictate economic integration. Although relatively unknown today to the world, this area promises to exert a strong global impact in the near future.

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Analyzes the case of the Yacyret<'a> hydroelectric dam and its effects on citizens and political processes in Paraguay and Argentina, showing how and why the initial dream of development turned into the current, unfinished drama. Presents the history of the dam as an illustration of the transformation of development discourse and practice in recent decades, and provides clues to understanding how local political cultures react under the increased influence of multiple global economic, social, and cultural forces. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Direct Digital Control for Building HVAC Systems

Author: Michael J Coffin

Direct Digital Control for Building HVAC Systems, Second Edition, is thoroughly updated and expanded to include complete coverage of the architecture of modern digital control systems, distributed intelligence networked systems, communication protocols, the technologies and issues concerning interoperability, the latest application strategies, and defensive techniques for designing and specifying control systems. Numerous illustrations throughout help keep the subject highly accessible, and hardware, software, and systems applications are described in the most universal terms possible.

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Applications-oriented guide familiarizes building-industry professionals with how to specify, purchase, and support microprocessor-based building control systems, even if they have limited knowledge of digital technology. Explanations of DDC system fundamentals are followed by sections on evaluation, selection, specification, and cost-effective application of systems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Introduction to Direct Digital Control Systems	1
2	Fundamentals of Control Systems	17
3	Fundamentals of Computer-Based Controls	47
4	Interfacing Digital Controllers with Conventional Control Devices	88
5	Interoperable Control Systems	103
6	Direct Digital Control Application Strategies	109
7	Designing Direct Digital Control Systems	155
8	Specifying Direct Digital Control Systems	169
9	Economic Analysis of Direct Digital Control Systems	197
10	Emerging Technologies in Direct Digital Control	213
App. I	Spreadsheet Template for Motor Energy Savings Using Variable-Frequency Drives	217
App. II	Direct Digital Control System Manufacturers	220
	Bibliography	223
	Index	227