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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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    • Photocatalysts: Synthesis and Characterization Methods

      • 1st Edition
      • January 29, 2025
      • Mohammad Mansoob Khan
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Photocatalysts: Synthesis and Characterization Methods offers a systematic overview of the synthesis and characterization of photocatalysts using various methods and techniques. This book focuses on synthesis methods, nanostructure control, activity enhancement strategies, and characterization of semiconductor-based nanostructures. This book offers guidelines for designing novel semiconductor-based photocatalysts with low cost and high efficiency to meet the demands of the efficient utilization of solar light for energy production, environment remediation, etc.In addition, this book has covered various latest and sophisticated characterization techniques. This includes various spectroscopic, physicochemical, and electrochemical characterization techniques which help the researchers to understand the characteristics of the fabricated photocatalysts.

    • Plant Hazard Analysis and Safety Instrumentation Systems

      • 2nd Edition
      • January 24, 2025
      • Swapan Basu
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Plant Hazard Analysis and Safety Instrumentation Systems serves as a comprehensive guide to the development of safety instrumented system (SIS), outlining the connections between SIS requirements, process hazard analysis, SIS lifecycle, implementation, safety analysis, and realization in control systems. The book also explores the impact of recent advances, such as SIL, SIS, and Fault Tolerance. In line with technological developments, it covers safety in wireless systems as well as in Industrie 4.0 and Digital Transformation.Plant Hazard Analysis and Safety Instrumentation Systems incorporates practical examples throughout the book. It covers safety analysis and realization in control systems, providing up-to-date descriptions of modern concepts like SIL, SIS, and SIF. The inclusion of security issues alongside safety issues is particularly relevant for the programmable systems used in modern plant instrumentation systems. The new chapters in this updated edition address security concernscrucial for programmable systems in modern plants- including topics such as discussion of hazardous atmospheres and their impact on electrical enclosures, the use of IS circuits, and their links to safety considerations in major developmental areas, including IIoT, Cloud computing, wireless safety, Industry 4.0, and digital transformation.This book is a valuable resource for Process Control Engineers, Process Engineers, Instrumentation Engineers, Safety Engineers, and Mechanical/Manufactu... Engineers from various disciplines, helping them understand how instrumentation and controls provide layers of protection for basic process control systems, ultimately increasing overall system reliability. Plant Hazard Analysis and Safety Instrumentation Systems will also be a great guide for researchers, students, and graduate level professionals in process safety disciplines, Electrical and Industrial Engineers specializing in safety and area classifications, as well as plant managers and engineers in the industry.

    • Photothermal Materials and Membranes for Solar-Driven Water Treatment

      • 1st Edition
      • January 24, 2025
      • Jaydevsinh M. Gohil + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Photothermal Materials and Membranes for Solar-Driven Water Treatment provides a comprehensive understanding of the chemistry of different photothermal materials, mechanistic pathways for light-to-heat energy conversion, design, and development of various 3D evaporation systems configurations, and photothermal membranes for water treatment. The book contributes to the understanding of photothermal materials to system design for efficient solar-to-heat conversion and solar-steam generation and paves the way forward to meet increasing freshwater demand through a sustainable and environmentally friendly approach. The book provides an in-depth introduction to emerging concepts such as steam generation; gives the basics of solar light and solar-light-adsorbin... materials’ function, efficiency, and applications; discusses the preparation of photothermal materials and membranes; analyzes the key characteristic properties of photothermal materials; elaborates on water evaporation using nature-inspired system design; and highlights the key commercialization approaches and technologies. This book is an excellent resource for chemical engineers, materials scientists, energy technologists, environmentalists, policymakers, and regulatory bodies working on water treatment, wastewater decontamination, photothermal materials and membranes, photocatalytic materials, membrane separation, and membrane filtration.

    • Engineered Biocomposites for Dye Adsorption

      • 1st Edition
      • January 9, 2025
      • Ahmad Hussaini Jagaba + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      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.

    • Nutrients and Colored Compounds in Wastewater

      • 1st Edition
      • January 7, 2025
      • Abu Zahrim Yaser + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Research and development advancements in the treatment and recovery of nutrients and colored compounds in wastewater, including green remediation, membrane separation, adsorption, and advanced chemical reaction.Nutrients and Colored Compounds in Wastewater: Treatment and Recovery reviews and highlights recent advances in nutrients and colored compounds in terms of their treatments, recovery processes, advanced systems, and new materials. This book comprehensively covers topics in wastewater management including phytoremediation, phycoremediation, microbial fuel cell process, membrane hybrid system, membrane distillation, forward osmosis, adsorption, electrocatalytic, photocatalytic, and organic metal framework reaction. It provides a useful agenda to help take advantage of the latest research conducted in this rapidly advancing field of wastewater treatment enabling you to develop and commercialize your own products quickly and more successfully.

    • Ionic Liquid in Process Intensification

      • 1st Edition
      • December 5, 2024
      • Suojiang Zhang
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Ionic Liquids in Process Intensification focuses on ionic liquids to carry out process intensification research. The book uses computational simulation methods of ionic liquids, as well as the structural design, prediction and structure regulation to describe the process of ionic liquids intensify reaction, separation, photochemistry and materials synthesis related to chemical processes. It analyzes and discusses the latest research results and typical application cases and provides new research ideas and methods for the correlation of different scales from molecular to chemical engineering.Users will find a comprehensive resource that combines computational chemistry, physical chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, and many other basic and applied disciplines.

    • Advances in Separation Sciences

      • 1st Edition
      • November 30, 2024
      • Pravin G Ingole + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Advances in Separation Sciences: Sustainable Processes and Technologies discusses the different separation technologies and their applications in a variety of industrial processes. The book lists the pros and cons of the various processes for specialized application and outlines selection criteria to provide readers with the knowledge they need to develop processes and technologies themselves. Divided into eight parts, chapters cover sustainable perspectives and developments, theory and mechanisms of various separation processes, advances in sample preparation techniques, advances in chromatography, advances in membrane technology, advances in microfluidics, green and sustainable separation sciences, and challenges and commercialization. In-depth and step-by-step descriptions of the various processes and technologies, explanations of their inclusion in modern industry, and scales for both experimental and theoretical models are also included.

    • Rethinking Manufacturing: Next Generation Sensors and Devices by Microfabrication

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 64
      • November 27, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Rethinking Manufacturing: Next Generation Sensors and Devices by Microfabrication, Volume 64 in the Advances in Chemical Engineering series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Electronic Textiles (E-textiles), Technologies and materials for breath sensing and monitoring, Wearable energy storage, Micro-3D printed sensors, 3D printing of composites, Stimuli responsive polymer nanocomposites: applicability to additive manufacturing.

    • Mechanics of Bonded and Adhesively Bonded Joints

      • 1st Edition
      • November 27, 2024
      • Xiang-fa Wu
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Mechanics of Bonded and Adhesively Bonded Joints provides an overview of the most effective analytical solutions for common bonded and adhesively bonded joints. In each type of joint analyzed, the analytical stress solution is formulated and final numerical results are provided for easy use and self-learning. Analytical and high-efficiency semianalytical methods for interfacial stress and fracture analysis of various bonded and adhesively bonded joints are provided as are related joint design insights and advanced applications in structures and devices. Fundamentals of elasticity, fracture mechanics, and viscoelasticity are also introduced.The book starts by introducing different kinds of joining technology and how joints are classified, followed by chapters looking at the fundamentals of elasticity and fracture mechanics. From there the book explores various analytical solutions to interfacial stresses, strength and toughness of bonded joints, and the viscoelastic mechanics of adhesives and concludes with a chapter covering the applications of these joining theories, exploring their use in smart materials, microelectronics packaging, surface coatings, laminated composite materials, and more.

    • Natural Fiber-Reinforced PLA Composites

      • 1st Edition
      • November 27, 2024
      • Chandrasekar Muthukumar + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Amongst thermoplastic biodegradable polymers, polylactic acid (PLA) has been widely used in many different applications but it still has limited use in various industrial sectors such as medical, packaging, textile, water, and wastewater treatment. To increase the use of these materials more information is needed on their properties, characterization, processing, safety, and sustainability. Natural Fibre-Reinforced PLA Composites: Processing, Characterization and Applications reviews the thermal, physico-chemical, fire retardant, mechanical, tribological, biodegradable and anti-microbial properties of these materials. Fabrication of PLA biocomposites using advanced fabrication techniques like additive manufacturing and electrospinning are also discussed in detail. The book will be a valuable reference for academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers working in the development of polymers, bioplastics, polymer composites and biocomposites as well as industrial manufacturers.

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