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  • Sustainable Soil Chemistry and Plant Nutrition

    Innovations and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Shah Saud + 3 more
    • English
    Sustainable Soil Chemistry and Plant Nutrition: Innovations and Applications explores the relationship between plants and soil, focusing on plant nutrition through the lens of soil chemistry and biochemical processes. This comprehensive guide explores nutrient exchange between soil and plants, the effective utilization of plant nutrients, and the role of essential elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, iron, and rare earths. With emphasis on the interplay between soil science, plant nutrition, and related disciplines, this book dives into the spatial variations of soil properties, impacts of soil organisms on nutrient conversion, and the influence of environmental factors on soil processes and nutrient availability.In the detailed Table of Contents, readers will find a wealth of information covering topics such as macronutrient deficiencies, sustainable soil chemistry practices, plant uptake of soil nutrients, and the effects of soil pH on nutrient availability. Chapters also explore the role of micronutrients, redox reactions, soil minerals, and soil texture on plant nutrient accessibility, as well as strategies for manipulating soil fertility chemistry to enhance nutrient availability.

  • Surface Plasmon Coupling

    Fundamentals and Applications to Light-Emitting Devices
    • 1st Edition
    • Chih-Chung Yang
    • English
    Surface Plasmon Coupling: Fundamentals and Applications to Light-Emitting Devices offers a thorough introduction to the essential principles of surface plasmon coupling and its significant role in modern optoelectronics. The book systematically explains key concepts, including the mechanisms behind surface plasmon coupling and its impact on improving both emission efficiency in light emitters and color conversion for display technologies. Addressing widespread misunderstandings—su... as the differences between surface plasmon resonance and coupling—the text begins by clarifying foundational topics before progressing to practical applications. This structure gives readers a strong base and helps them confidently navigate the subject’s complexities.Beyond the basics, the book stands out for its comprehensive coverage, blending theoretical frameworks with advanced developments and real-world case studies. It includes detailed methodologies and experimental techniques, making it a valuable resource for both researchers and practitioners. By integrating practical examples with robust discussions, the book not only reveals the broad scope of surface plasmon coupling applications but also equips readers to apply these concepts effectively in their work.

  • Green Hydrogen Energy Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Alexandros Arsalis + 8 more
    • English
    Green Hydrogen Energy Systems explores the vital technologies and methods for generating, storing, and utilizing green hydrogen. By adopting an energy systems approach, the book offers a comprehensive review of green hydrogen systems, integrating principles, configurations, progress, and applications, bolstered by technoeconomic analyses and performance data. Addressing common challenges, it explains processes for developing and constructing basic and advanced green hydrogen systems. The book details the fundamentals of hydrogen technologies, including thermodynamics, kinetics, energy loss mechanisms, and costs.It covers aspects such as heat release, clean water usage in electrolyzers, system configurations, and includes real-world performance data, case studies, hydrogen hubs, safety, and economics.

  • Micronanoplastics: From Source to Sink

    Interactions, Behavior, and Implications on the Environment and Life
    • 1st Edition
    • Natarajan Chandrasekaran + 2 more
    • English
    Micronanoplastics: From Source to Sink: Interactions, Behavior, and Implications on the Environment covers the urgent issue of pollution caused by micronanoplastics (MNP) on the physiochemical and biological properties of soil, water, and air. Through evaluation and analysis of the latest studies, the authors present the effects of micronanoplastics on climate change and offer sustainable alternatives that mitigate the harmful environmental effects. With the help of diagrams and illustrations of models, pathways and processes, the book will provide the researcher and student a deeper understanding of the topics discussed and offer management strategies that promote sustainability.

  • Geothermal Systems in the Energy Transition Era

    Applications, Benefits, Challenges and Future Outlook
    • 1st Edition
    • Mamdouh Assad + 1 more
    • English
    Geothermal Systems in the Energy Transition Era: Applications, Benefits, Challenges and Future Outlook offers a comprehensive synthesis of the fundamentals, advancements, and contemporary applications of geothermal energy in a single volume. Emphasizing the clean and sustainable nature of geothermal energy, the book explores sources, heat exchanger basics, power generation, heating and cooling applications, thermodynamics of geothermal absorption chillers, hybrid energy systems, and smart optimization applications. The text culminates in discussions on challenges and opportunities for geothermal system development, underlining its importance in meeting global energy demands sustainably and supporting the UNSDGs.This book illuminates the diverse applications, performance factors, environmental and economic considerations of geothermal energy systems, highlighting their role in meeting the world's growing energy needs sustainably. It aims to provide students and industry professionals with a holistic understanding of this dynamic field and its significant impact, addressing the lack of comprehensive, up-to-date resources on geothermal energy systems.

  • Geoengineering of Hydrogen Energy

    • 1st Edition
    • Hadi A. Belhaj + 1 more
    • English
    Geoengineering of Hydrogen Energy dispenses fundamental knowledge on hydrogen geostorage that is paired with recent advances to form a cohesive resource designed to further understanding of a topic essential to the energy transition. Drawing from a synthesis of contemporary global laboratory investigations, modeling approaches and breakthroughs, pilots, case studies, and hydrogen storage projects, this unified volume collects, filters, and summarizes developments to deliver a comprehensive resource in this fast-growing field. Throughout, the book considers critical questions of viability and sustainability with a goal of increasing understanding of fundamentals and furthering applications of hydrogen subsurface storage.Led by an accoladed engineering expert with over 40 years of combined industrial and academic experience, this book fills the knowledge gap of currently fragmented literature to connect this valuable aspect of hydrogen energy to the full-scale energy transition scope. It meets the diverse needs of academia and industry by providing a combination of hydrogen subsurface storage basics, advances, and applications, making it suitable for university students interested in energy, environmental, and industrial disciplines, and relevant to energy engineering researchers and practicing energy engineers.

  • Chronic Total Occlusion PCI, An Issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 15-1
    • William Jay Nicholson + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics, guest editors Drs. William Jay Nicholson and Pratik Sandesara bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Chronic Total Occlusion PCI. Top experts in the field discuss key topics such as updates in clinical data for chronic total occlusion (CTO) PCI; updates in current and future CTO PCI equipment; proximal cap ambiguity; navigating the subintimal space and managing hematoma; antegrade dissection and re-entry; and much more.

  • Essentials of Communication in Perioperative Nursing, An issue of Clinics in Perioperative Nursing Care

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 1-1
    • Joy Don Baker + 1 more
    • English
    In this inaugural issue of Clinics in Perioperative Nursing Care, guest editors Joy Don Baker and Terri Goodman bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Essentials of Communication in Perioperative Nursing. Top experts addresses the increasing complexity and demands of perioperative practice that heighten the need for communicating effectively, whether to facilitate optimal patient outcomes or establish a friendly and productive work environment. In this issue, the authors address the essential aspects of communication that prepare perioperative nurses to meet the unique challenges of perioperative practice

  • Application of Geosynthetics in Waste Containment

    Long-Term Performance of Geosynthetics in Engineering Barrier Systems
    • 1st Edition
    • Haijian Xie + 2 more
    • English
    Application of Geosynthetics in Waste Containment: Long-Term Performance of Geosynthetics in Engineering Barrier Systems explains the transport mechanism and influencing factors of pollutants in geosynthetics. The book offers readers a better understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of geosynthetics and provides a theoretical basis for the development of new geosynthetic materials. It begins by examining the types, current applications, and development trends of commonly used geosynthetic materials in the fields of waste containment and environmental protection. The fundamental characteristics of geosynthetic materials and their roles in environmental protection are also introduced.Subsequen... it focuses on material durability and introduces new materials which are crucial considerations in environmental applications. Furthermore, the book provides detailed explanations of the application of geosynthetic materials in waste containment, drainage and filtration layers, cover systems, bottom liners, and vertical cut-off walls within engineering barriers.

  • CFD Simulations for Advances of Solar Thermal Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Abdallah Bouabidi
    • English
    CFD Simulations of Advances of Solar Thermal Systems offers readers the tools needed to optimize the performance of solar thermal systems with low costs through CFD applications and simulations. This book aims to advance the enhancement and affordability of solar thermal systems via CFD applications. Each chapter contains overviews paired with relevant illustrations, diagrams, and calculations describing each system. Sections then progress into intersectionality and application of CFDs for each, including advances -- all woven into a volume that flows from chapter to chapter with a consistent structure that delivers readers a valuable, easy-to-follow, practical reference.Production of clean energy is a global goal. Several clean energy sources are available, including geothermal, wind, hydropower, and solar energy. The challenge is to develop efficient methods and processes for beneficial, rapidly scaled, safe and economically viable exploitation of these resources. Solar energy represents one of the most important renewable sources of clean energy. Solar energy is exploited using various methods – solar thermal systems convert solar energy to thermal energy via solar collectors, solar air heaters, solar chimney power plants, solar dishes, solar cookers, and solar parabolic concentrators.

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