1. A New Year, a New Century, a New Millennium!

   • A. M. Vasil'ev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 4

2. NASTKhOL: Origin and Growth, Activities and Future Prospects

   • B.V. Maksimovskii
   • N. S. Kudra

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 12

3. Certification and Testing as Guaranties of Product Quality and Safety

   • V. M. Druzhinin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 18

4. Interrelation between the Hydraulic Resistance and Efficiency of Mass-Exchange Equipment

   • M. Yu. Belyaevskii
   • E. A. Belenov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 23

5. Determination of Gas Velocity in Quasi-Fluidized-Bed Reactors

   • B. V. Pankov
   • I. M. Tsyrul'nikov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 24 - 28

6. Industrial Flares: Design and Fabrication

   • E. A. Patskov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 33

7. Replacing Ozone-Depleting Substances Used as Refrigerant Working Fluids

   • John R. Morley
   • T. A. Markina

   OriginalPaper Pages: 34 - 36

8. Analysis of Vibroacoustic Characteristics of Piston Compressors

   • V. V. Grib
   • R. V. Zhukov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 40

9. Ceramic Pipe Fittings for Chemical and Oil Refining Plant

   • V. V. Burenin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 43

10. TEFMA Filter Material in Water Treatment Systems

    • I. V. Martynova
    • F. F. Chausov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 44 - 47

11. Evaluating the Safety of the Operation of Vessels with Locally Thin Walls

    • V. I. Rachkov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 48 - 53

12. Providing Protection against Carbonic-Acid Corrosion for Equipment in the Oil-and-Gas and Chemical Industries

    • L. S. Moiseeva
    • N. S. Rashevskaya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 54 - 59

13. High-Speed Tube Gas-Liquid Apparatuses

    • V. N. Novozhilov
    • A. M. Kutepov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 70

14. Optimization of Shape-Forming Channel of Extrusion Head Used for Production of Strip Blanks Formed from Resinous Mixtures

    • A. A. Lomov
    • M. Yu. Zalunaev
    • G. M. Goncharov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 75

15. New Flusher Designs for Large-Diameter Drill Bits

    • V. B. Marik

    OriginalPaper Pages: 76 - 76

16. Selection of an Alternate Refining Procedure for Light Gas Condesate

    • N. N. Ivanovskii
    • A. A. Loiko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 80 - 81

17. International Exposition of New Equipment for Fuel-Power and Oil and Gas Complexes

    • L. N. Anokhina

    OriginalPaper Pages: 82 - 88

18. Economic Analysis of Making Especial-Purity Products in Air Separation Plant

    • S. A. Matveev
    • A. I. Smorodin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 92

19. Design Principles and Thermodynamic Analysis for Compression-Absorption Heat Engines

    • T. V. Morozyuk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 97

20. Selecting a Magnetic Clutch for a Sealed Pump

    • A. Ya. Krasil'nikov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 98 - 102

21. Estimation of the Pollutant Emissions during Smelting in the Production of Zinc Sheet

    • L. Ya. Gradus
    • S. A. Meliksetyan
    • M. V. Kudin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 106

22. Evaluation of Ignition by Static Electric Discharges

    • B. G. Popov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 109

23. Effect of the Quality and Accuracy of Machining on the Wear Resistance of the Surface Layer

    • Yu. N. Gasanov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 110 - 113

24. Study of the Resistance of the Near-Weld Section of the Heat-Affected Zone to Hydrogen Embrittlement

    • Lyu Li
    • L. A. Efimenko
    • T. K. Sergeeva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 114 - 117

25. Modern Technologies for Processing Wastes from Machining Operations

    • V. V. Zharikov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 118 - 121