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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.

  • Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio)-Membranes

    Recent Achievements in Chemical Processes in Membrane Reactors
    • 1st Edition
    • Angelo Basile + 1 more
    • English
    Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio)-Membranes: Recent Achievements in Chemical Processes in Membrane Reactors introduces and analyzes chemical processes done in membrane reactors. The book highlights their performance and provides an overview of recent achievements in structural development of membrane reactor systems during chemical processes. Starting from chemical processes aspects and fundamentals of membrane reactor systems, via modeling and experimental and design concepts, to practitioners’ perspective and good application examples, the book sheds light and gives a broad but very detailed description through the point of view typical of an industrial engineer.This book is a key reference for R&D managers in industry interested in the development of chemical processes by membrane reactor technologies as well as academic researchers and postgraduate students working in the wider area of the strategic chemical, separation, and purification processes.

  • Pilot Scale Microalgae Cultivation

    Challenges and Practical Solutions to Pond Crash
    • 1st Edition
    • Faiz Ahmad Ansari + 3 more
    • English
    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.

  • Advanced Structural Textile Composites Forming

    Characterization, Modeling, and Simulation
    • 1st Edition
    • Peng Wang + 1 more
    • English
    Advanced Structural Textile Composites Forming: Characterization, Modeling, and Simulation comprehensively describes the influence of fiber/fabric architectures and properties on composites forming, along with their deformability and structural optimization, covering the latest advances in the composites forming field. Part one reviews textile reinforcement architectures and discusses the forming behaviors of important 2D and 3D fabrics. Part two discusses numerical models to conduct simulation analysis of different structural composites forming at mesoscopic and macroscopic scales, in particular, 3D preforms with through-the-thicknes... yarns.Part three looks at the latest developments in the relationship between forming and other steps in composite manufacturing, such as resin injection, and automated fiber placement (AFP) and the effects on certain mechanical properties, such as structural damage and impact resistance. The book will be an essential reference for academic researchers, industrial engineers and materials scientists working with the manufacture and design of fiber-reinforced composite materials.

  • Plant Tuber and Root-Based Biocomposites

    Development, Characterization, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • S. M. Sapuan + 5 more
    • English
    Plant Tuber and Root-based Biocomposites: Development, Characterization, and Applications discusses the latest advances in this important research field. The book details novel tuber and root-based materials individually and covers their manufacturing, characterization, and applications. Emphasis is placed on the fundamental properties of these materials to address challenges and opportunities for industrial commercialization in the future. Various applications in food, medicine, textiles, biofuel, pulp, and paper-making industries, as well as bioenergy, packaging, and automotive, are covered.

  • Perovskite Solar Cells

    Prospects of Commercialization
    • 1st Edition
    • Rajan Jose + 2 more
    • English
    Perovskite Solar Cells: Prospects of Commercialization considers the challenges, technological barriers, and opportunities facing the commercialization of perovskite solar cells.First, the book provides a brief overview of the history of perovskite solar cells in the context of the rise of photovoltaics, and an overview of materials systems being considered for these technologies. Then, five main aspects of commercialization are examined, including performance, processability, sustainability, potential applications, and economics. The materials properties, including their merits and drawbacks, are discussed along with their relationship to commercial viability with the aim of identifying gaps for further growth in the area.This book is suitable for materials scientists and engineers in academia and industrial R&D working with perovskite solar cells.

  • Homogeneous Carbonylation and Hydroformylation Reactions

    • 1st Edition
    • Mohammad Reza Rahimpour + 3 more
    • English
    Homogeneous Carbonylation and Hydroformylation Reactions, a volume is in the Advances in Homogeneous Catalysis series, is split into two sections. The first covers the homogeneous carbonylation of various chemicals, such as methanol, methyl acetate, esters, and ethers. In addition, some common carbonylation homogeneous processes such as water-gas shift and Fischer–Tropsch reactions are included. The second part describes hydroformylation processes like cobalt and rhodium based reactions. Both parts cover the design of catalytic reactors, industrial applications, economic assessment and environmental impacts, providing detailed discussions of the subject from both a chemistry and engineering perspective.

  • Emerging Trends and Advances in Microbial Electrochemical Technologies

    Hypothesis, Design, Operation, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Asheesh Kumar Yadav + 3 more
    • English
    Emerging Trends and Advances in Microbial Electrochemical Technologies: Hypothesis, Design, Operation and Applications provides a lab to field approach involved in the progress of microbial electrochemical technologies. Focusing on recent trends and advances in this rapidly growing field, the book provides comprehensive information on the basics while also explaining new approaches to microbial electrochemical technologies for environmental applications, including wastewater and waste treatment, bioremediation of contaminated sites, resource recovery, usable electricity generation, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and bio-sensing.Explaini... current trends and advances in practice, and elaborating on realistic technological areas and commercialization possibilities and large-scale applications, this book provides new insights into the design of microbial electrochemical technologies and future directions.

  • Homogeneous Catalysis Concepts and Basics

    • 1st Edition
    • Mohammad Reza Rahimpour + 3 more
    • English
    Homogeneous Catalysis Concepts and Basics, a volume in the Advances in Homogeneous Catalysis series, covers hydrogenation and metathesis reactions in two separate sections. The first section is devoted to homogeneous hydrogenation reactions and related processes, including hydrogenation of alkenes, esters, olefins, etc. In the second section, the metathesis reactions of olefins, alkenes, and alkynes are presented. In addition, the industrial application of homogeneous metathesis reactions is investigated.

  • Heat Transfer Enhancement in Chemical Processes

    • 1st Edition
    • Lili Sun
    • English
    Heat Transfer Enhancement in Chemical Processes combines process technologies with heat exchange equipment to study heat transfer enhancement. The book provides guidance for the progress of process technologies and the application of enhanced heat transfer equipment. It analyzes the basic principles of heat transfer and summarizes the theories and methods of heat transfer enhancement, while also focusing on three representative processes in petrochemical industry, including oil refining, aromatics, and ethylene production. The book summarizes in a systematical way the practical application of heat transfer enhancement in the petrochemical industry, from the equipment components, the processes, and the whole plant.

  • Anammox Process

    Technological Advancement and Application in Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant
    • 1st Edition
    • Maulin P. Shah
    • English
    Anammox Process: Technological Advancement and Application in Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant systematically summarizes studies on the effect of various operational factors on nitrogen removal performance, along with reactor type, mode of operation (batch or continuous), and cultured anammox bacterial species. The book lists the effect of potential anammox inhibition factors, such as high nitrite concentration, high salinity, sulfides, toxic metal elements, and toxic organic compounds and provides a thorough interpretation of the synergistic and antagonistic toxicity of these inhibitors. In addition, this updated resource suggests a strategy for the optimization of anammox processes for wastewater treatment, also stressing the importance of future studies.

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