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Books in Chemical engineering

The Chemical Engineering collection offers content that combines research with foundational knowledge, practical information, methods and case studies, in a variety of areas, including biochemical engineering, catalysis, filtration & separation, colloids & surface chemistry, electrochemical engineering, energy & transport processes, materials chemistry, metallurgy, process engineering, safety & reliability, sustainable & environmental, to help chemical engineers address the challenges we face today, including climate change, global warming, health and nutrition, and alternative energy.

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Carbon Capture and Storage

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Simon Roussanaly + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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Carbon Capture and Storage: A Comprehensive Guide is a comprehensive presentation of the latest advances in research and technology on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). Given the urgency of scale-up and implementation of CCS to meet worldwide climate goals, this book addresses and engages all key stakeholders covering technical, economic, environmental, and legal aspects of CCS. This team of expert authors offer lessons learned to aid readers working on advancing CCS technologies and applications, considering a variety of relevant industries.This book will guide students and researchers through the latest research on CCS enabling them to identify new research topics to advance the field further. Professionals responsible for implementing advanced CCS to help reach climate goals will use this book as a guide to inform their activity and they will gain invaluable insight from lessons learned and best practices included.

Pharmaceutical Engineering: A Primer for Advanced Process Development

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • René Holm + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 6 9 9 - 1
Pharmaceutical Engineering: A Primer for Advanced Process Development provides a comprehensive, engineering-focused description of pharmaceutical dosage form process development and manufacturing. This volume introduces the most commonly used manufacturing processes for pharmaceutical dosage forms and addresses critical formulation and process parameters that influence drug product process performance and product quality.This is supplemented with detailed descriptions of engineering models as well as tools that can be used to support their development and verification (such as process analytical technology (PAT)) as well as the appropriate utilization of process and equipment knowledge. Typical scale-up challenges inspired by real industrial examples will be presented as well as a review of the latest correlations, theories and models that can form the basis for science-based scale-ups and transfers.

Method of Process Systems in Energy Systems: Emerging Energy Systems Part II

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 9
  • July 1, 2025
  • Faisal Khan + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 4 7 4 - 7
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 4 7 5 - 4
Method of process systems in energy systems: Emerging energy systems part II, Volume Nine, the latest release in the Methods in Chemical Process Safety series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.

Gas-Solid Adsorption Thermodynamics

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Bidyut Baran Saha + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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Gas-Solid Adsorption Thermodynamics tackles the underexplored role of thermodynamics in the energetics of gas-solid physical adsorption, examining and outlining their role in different adsorption-based heat transformation energy applications. The book deals with different adsorbate/adsorbent pairs from the rigor of adsorption thermodynamics and their utilization in various applications, providing a comprehensive overview of adsorption heat transformations from the perspective of adsorption thermodynamics. Chapters introduce diverse sorption applications using various adsorbent/adsorbate combinations and their thermodynamic characterizations.Finally, users will find comprehensive information on how adsorption thermodynamics affects system performances from an energetic standpoint given that thermodynamics are strongly related to the energetics of adsorption systems. Different chapters introduce the brief background of utilizing the gas-solid adsorption phenomenon in multifarious energy applications such as thermal management, desalination, volatile organic compound removal, etc.

Waste Derived Catalysts

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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Waste Derived Catalysts: Sustainable Materials for Energy and Environment explores the significant potential of waste materials as catalyst precursors for clean energy generation and environmental remediation. The book simultaneously addresses the problems of waste management, resource depletion, and environmental pollution while promoting the transition towards a sustainable and cleaner energy future. It provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements, methodologies, and applications of waste derived catalysts in the fields of energy and environment and as such it serves as a valuable resource for researchers, scientists, engineers, policymakers, and students who are interested in exploring the potential of waste materials as catalyst precursors and their implications in sustainable energy conversion and environmental remediation. The book covers a wide range of waste streams, including agricultural and biomass waste, industrial and municipal waste, and electronic waste, shedding light on their conversion into catalysts through appropriate processing techniques. Furthermore, the book investigates various clean energy technologies, such as hydrogen production, fuel cells, carbon capture and utilization, and renewable fuel synthesis, where waste derived catalysts have shown promise.

Advanced Functional Nanocomposites Based on Oxide and Carbon Nanofibers

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Yong X Gan
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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Advanced Functional Nanocomposites Based on Oxide and Carbon Nanofibers: Design, Manufacturing and Applications provides detailed information on recent research findings on the design, manufacturing, and applications of functional composite fibers.Key topics covered includes functional composite fiber processing and manufacturing technology, structure and morphology studies, mechanical testing, physical property characterization, electrochemical performance evaluation, and novel applications.Advanced Functional Nanocomposites Based on Oxide and Carbon Nanofibers: Design, Manufacturing and Applications is a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers working in materials science especially in fiber science and textile-related composites for energy, environmental sustainability, and sensing applications. It will also be of interest to industrial professionals working in manufacturing, and materials processing.

Micro Chemical Engineering and Technology

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Guangsheng Luo + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Micro Chemical Engineering and Technology focuses on the development, basic principles, characteristics, and advantages of micro chemical technology. The book summarizes the basic laws of micro-scale single-phase flow, the micro-scale mixing process, and the enhancement of micro-scale mixing performance. It introduces gas-liquid, liquid-liquid, and gas-liquid-liquid micro-dispersion equipment and dispersion law, micro-scale heat/mass transfer performance, as well as homogeneous and heterogeneous micro-scale reactions, micro-scale absorption, extraction, and reaction processes enhancement technology.For the application of micro chemical technology in the area of material interpretation, nano material preparation technology, fiber material preparation technology and special structure material preparation technology are introduced. Final content describes typical cases of industrial applications of gas-liquid absorption micro chemical equipment, liquid-liquid extraction micro chemical equipment, and chemical synthesis micro chemical equipment.

Integrated Biotechnological Solutions for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewater

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Naveen Dwivedi + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Integrated Biotechnological Solutions for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewater: For a Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Developments in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes presents the latest studies on biotechnological concepts and their role in revolutionizing conventional treatment methods accompanied with eliminating or minimizing negative influence of hazardous contaminants (industrial) on human health and the environment. This book highlights the characteristics, aims, and applications of integrated biotechnology as an ultimate solution for sustainable management of the industrial wastewater, showcasing the importance of multi-disciplinary research, and the need to develop integrated bioengineering systems. Engineers and applied scientists, researchers, environmental biotechnologists, practitioners, and innovators involved in environmental research will find this book to be a welcomed resource.

Recent Advances on Hydrogen Storage in Micro- and Mesoporous Materials

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Amir Al-Ahmed + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Recent Advances on Hydrogen Storage in Micro- and Mesoporous Materials: Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science provides the latest and important findings of physisorption-based hydrogen storage in a single source. The book investigates microporous and mesoporous materials, such as zeolites and microporous other solids, polymers having intrinsic micro-porosity (PIMs), metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), active carbons (including carbon nanostructures), and polymers for hydrogen storage by physisorption. This indispensable resource helps researchers in academia and hydrogen industries learn about the present status, progress, and future directions related to important findings of physisorption-based hydrogen storage, enabling them to stay current.

BiOX-based Photocatalysts for Dual Applications

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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BiOX-based Photocatalysts for Dual Applications: Water Treatment and Energy Storage presents opportunities for finding balance between the progress in semiconductor materials and their seminal applications in cutting-edge areas of water treatment and energy storage, which mitigate environmental impact. This book provides an understanding of BiOX with respect to the relationship between materials’ structure and photoreaction performance, paving the way for a new direction of photocatalysis technology for the future of water treatment. Subsequently, the development of the next generation of BiOX would allow an efficient collection of sunlight to catalyze chemical reactions, promoting solar energy utilization as the cleanest and most sustainable energy source in the long-term. To reflect this novelty, the works presented in this book focuses on BiOX applications not only for water treatment, but also for energy storage and conversion. Written by world-class experts in their respective fields, this book will be an excellent resource for postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers and academics in chemical engineering, chemistry, physics, and environmental science doing research on advanced oxidation process (AOP); technicians working in research and development on different uses of BiOX-based material for photocatalytic applications; and waste specialists in the waste and energy industries.

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