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Advances in Process Control with Real Applications

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2025
  • Ch. Venkateswarlu
  • English
  • Paperback
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Advances in Process Control with Real Applications presents various advanced models for the control of nonlinear complex processes, including first principle, data driven and artificial intelligence type of models as well as inferential state estimation & stochastic and evolutionary optimization techniques. The book highlights the significance and importance of advanced controllers with several real applications concerning chemical and biochemical processes. It presents control approaches such as generalized predictive control (GPC) with and without constraints, linear & nonlinear model predictive control (MPC), dynamic matrix control (DMC), nonlinear control such as generic model control (GMC), globally linearizing control (GLC) and nonlinear internal model control (NIMC), optimal & optimizing control, inferential control, intelligent control based on fuzzy reasoning, neural network, machine learning and evolutionary computation.

Engineered Biocomposites for Dye Adsorption

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2025
  • Ahmad Hussaini Jagaba + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Department of Chemistry, Sule Lamido University, Nigeria Engineered Biocomposites for Dye Adsorption compiles and discusses applications, mechanisms, and performance evaluation of various biocomposites during dye adsorption. The book analyzes the techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of biocomposites for dye adsorption. It highlights different adsorbent materials for dye degradation and resource recovery ranging from but not limited to activated carbon, biochar, hydrochar, pyrochar, waste fruits, waste industrial sludge, geological materials, graphene, carbon nanotubes, MXene, polymers, metals, nanomaterials, and metal–organic frameworks.The book shows how combining materials such as biocomposites significantly yields better dye adsorption than a single material and addresses conventional issues with adsorption such as adsorbent cost, effectiveness, regeneration, and sustainability and provides insights into the preparation and use of new adsorbent materials for dye removal from aqueous solutions. The information contained in this book will increase readers’ fundamental knowledge, guide future researchers, and can be incorporated into future works on experimental studies on dye adsorption. As such it serves as an indispensable resource and reference work for engineers, wastewater specialists, biotechnologists, chemists, microbiologists, researchers, and students studying industrial effluents, biomass, bioproducts, and adsorption processes.

Development in Waste Water Treatment Research and Processes

  • 1st Edition
  • November 1, 2024
  • Maulin P. Shah
  • English
  • Paperback
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Applied Technologies for Clean Up of Environmental Contaminants covers the features of remediation and biocontrol technology, a multidisciplinary field combining environmental and industrial microbiology with biotechnology to improve environmental management. Studying the advanced microbial processes involved in geomicrobiology, aeromicrobiology, microbial loop and nutrient availability, as well as microbial energetics in the contaminated environment with an emphasis on innovative methodologies, the book provides readers with a better understanding of basic microbiology, allowing them to comprehend the mechanism and behavior of various biochemical processes that are used in bioremediation and biocontrol technologies.Including coverage of key subjects such as management of waste, energy generation, restoration processes, water treatment processes, co-metabolism, and nutrient recycling as well as emerging advances in environmental microbial biotechnology, green nanotechnology, metagenomic and proteomic strategies, DNA microarray, and biosensor-based technologies, this book provides potential implications for environmental management.

Bio Refinery of Wastewater Treatment

  • 1st Edition
  • September 27, 2024
  • Maulin P. Shah + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Bio Refinery of Wastewater Treatment: Way to Generate Waste to Value focuses on the exploitation of various waste water treatment technologies and their associated process (microbial/chemical/physical) as a tool to simultaneous value generation during treatment process of degradation/detoxification/stabilization toxic and hazardous contaminants and restore contaminated sites. The book encompasses advanced and updated information as well as future directions for young researchers and scientists who are working in the field of effluent treatment plants/biodegradation of environmental contaminants for environmental protection and sustainable development.

Low Cost Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems: Conventional and Recent Advances

  • 1st Edition
  • September 23, 2024
  • Xuan-Thanh Bui + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Low Cost Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems: Conventional and Recent Advances introduces different conventional and advanced low-cost systems for water and wastewater treatment. The technologies involve conventional biological processes with low-cost and newly developed processes for improving the performance of the treatment processes. The book also contains chapters describing some main topics which discusses their principles, development, and applications: 1) low-cost biological treatment system; 2) bioremediation technologies; 3) natural-based technologies; 4) biomedia-based technologies; 5) adsorption-based technologies; 6) membrane filtration-based technologies; and 7) emerging technologies.It investigates various low-cost treatment technologies and applies these to the removal of organic matters, nutrients, and emerging micro pollutants in developing countries and worldwide.

Pilot Scale Microalgae Cultivation

  • 1st Edition
  • September 5, 2024
  • Faiz Ahmad Ansari + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Pilot Scale Microalgae Cultivation: Challenges and Practical Solutions to Pond Crash brings together the latest research on microalgae cultivation for biofuels and proposes methods for tackling the critical issue of sudden pond crash in both pilot and demonstration scale cultivation. Engaging the challenges in both academic research and industrial applications, this book provides routes to identify signs of imminent pond crash, control damage where possible, and prevent future crashes through environmental control and early detection. Chapters outline microalgae cultivation at pilot scale, showing methods for upstream and down-stream processing of microalgae and outlining different applications for microalgae biomass, along with potential challenges.

Bio-derived Carbon Nanostructures

  • 1st Edition
  • August 1, 2024
  • Bharat Apparao Bhanvase + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Bio-derived Carbon Nanostructures: Fundamentals, Synthesis and Applications explores the entire journey, from selecting the right source materials to crafting them into precisely engineered carbon nanostructures with a purpose.Opening with an exploration of raw materials and their structural intricacies, offering readers a profound insight into the transformation of bio-based resources into highly functional carbon nanostructures. These remarkable materials find applications that span energy, environmental solutions, catalysis, and innovative additives. Unveiling the latest technological advancements, this book delves into the exciting realm of emerging applications and the challenges of scaling up these technologies for widespread use. These novel materials originate from nature, promising a sustainable future.Ideal for students, researchers and those in industry focusing on materials science and biomass utilization, and chemical engineers, this book is the key to unlocking the potential of novel carbon-based nanomaterials for a sustainable tomorrow.

Development in Waste Water Treatment Research and Processes

  • 1st Edition
  • June 19, 2024
  • Maulin P. Shah + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Development in Waste Water Treatment Research and Processes: Role of Environmental Microbiology in Industrial Wastewater Research focuses on environmental bioremediation concepts, providing a comprehensive view of recent trends and emerging technologies in environmental bioremediation, addressing current limitations and challenges pertaining to generally accepted and applied bioremediation strategies, and discussing corrective strategies for the removal of pollutants from the environment.Describing the broader role of environmental microbiology specifically in the treatment of industrial wastewater research, the book includes sections on the recovery of resources from wastewater that will be of interest to environmental microbiologists, biotechnologists, environmental engineers, chemical engineers, and those working in the bioremediation field.

Environmental Approach to Remediate Refractory Pollutants from Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant

  • 1st Edition
  • May 4, 2024
  • Maulin P. Shah + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Environmental Approach to Remediate Refractory Pollutants from Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plants discusses the emerging trends in the bioremediation of hazardous pollutants found in wastewater, including the fate of pollutants produced after the treatment process both at the laboratory scale and at the industrial scale. Describing a broad area of biological processes and water research – considered key components for advanced water purification – it also includes the desalination technologies that remove, reduce, or neutralize water contaminants that threaten human health.Exploring the unique biological aspects of the wastewater treatment process, the book highlights the advantages they provide for engineering applications in industry, with each chapter covering a different biological-based approach, examining the basic principles, practical applications, recent breakthroughs and associated limitations.

Electrocoagulation Based Treatment of Water and Wastewater

  • 1st Edition
  • February 15, 2024
  • Mihir Kumar Purkait + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Electrocoagulation Based Treatment of Water and Wastewater: Overview and Applications is a concise presentation of different real-life applications on the electrocoagulation treatment process involved in the removal of harmful contaminants from both drinking and industrial wastewater. Chapters focus on the global scenario of water purification, its types, and characteristics, along with different water treatment processes, including the electrocoagulation technique. The book explains both the foundational information and state-of-the-art topics involved in the treatment of water and wastewater using electrocoagulation and its hybrid techniques in an easy-to-understand manner. The experimental studies conducted across the globe, along with their associated challenges and the possible solutions are explored, starting from the basics and gradually progressing towards the advanced level of the subject. In an organized manner, the book addresses both the standalone and hybrid electrocoagulation-based techniques established for water and wastewater treatment in real life applications. Readers will acquire in-depth knowledge on the field of drinking and industrial wastewater treatment from its basics to the current research accomplishments.