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Surfactant Formulation Engineering using HLD and NAC

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  • April 1, 2025
  • Edgar Acosta + 2 more
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Surfactants are molecules that contain groups that are water-loving (hydrophilic) and oil-loving (lipophilic). The central question in formulations is often which of the two portions dominate the behavior of the surfactant. For many years that question was answered in terms of the surfactant structure only. However, the modern view is that the hydrophilic-lipophilic nature of the surfactant is the result of surfactant structure and formulation conditions (nature of the oil, temperature, aqueous phase composition) as captured by a semi-empirical equation called the hydrophilic-lipophilic difference (HLD). The HLD is a dimensionless number that indicate the approach to the point where the surfactant inverts its solubility from being water-soluble (negative HLD) to oil-soluble (positive HLD). The HLD alone is a good indicator of how the formulation could behave but it does not produce any formulation property that can be used to predict product performance. The net-average curvature (NAC) are a set of equations that take the value of HLD to predict the properties of the formulation, such as oil (and/or water) solubilization capacity, interfacial tension, phase diagrams, contact angle and others.Surfactant Formulation Engineering using HLD and NAC will not only introduce the reader to HLD-NAC but also to the practical use of these concepts in numerous applications ranging from application in the petroleum industry, to environmental remediation, to food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications, and even nanotechnology. The last part of the book will look at the molecular origins of the empirical terms in HLD via the Integrated Free Energy Model (IFEM).

Mathematical Property Models in Polymer Composite Materials

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  • April 1, 2025
  • Sabu Thomas + 3 more
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Mathematical Property Models in Polymer Composite Materials covers the various challenges for new property combinations and how these challenges can use fillers with different characteristics as reinforcements. Predictive calculations for structural and functional properties are often ignored. Consequently, the efforts for development of a product rely on an empirical approach to see what works. The gap between research and practice is still wide and needs to be narrowed. This book with its emphasis on Predictive estimations of properties will narrow that gap between research and practice.This book will be the first of its kind to detail the application and use of mathematical property models for estimating the properties of polymer composite materials.

Pharmaceutical Engineering: A Primer for Advanced Process Development

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  • April 1, 2025
  • René Holm + 2 more
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Pharmaceutical Engineering: A Primer for Advanced Process Development. Volume Two: Solid Dosage form Process Design provides a comprehensive, engineering-focused description of pharmaceutical dosage form process development and manufacturing. The set is split into two volumes where Volume One focuses on liquids and Volume Two on solids. Each 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.

Pharmaceutical Engineering: A Primer for Advanced Process Development

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  • April 1, 2025
  • René Holm + 2 more
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Pharmaceutical Engineering: A Primer for Advanced Process Development. Volume One: Liquid Dosage form Process Design provides a comprehensive, engineering-focused description of pharmaceutical dosage form process development and manufacturing. The set is split into two volumes where Volume One focuses on liquids and Volume Two on solids. Each 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.

Food, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry

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  • April 1, 2025
  • Roberto Castro-Muñoz + 2 more
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Food, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry: Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment provides an overview of current techniques, processes, and strategies in the field of wastewater management, dealing either with the recovery of co-products, biomolecules or simply water recovery and purification. The book highlights the latest developments in different areas of agro-food productions, focusing on innovative technologies and control strategies in the treatment of wastewaters derived from different industries, including dairy, seafood processing plants, olive oil manufacturing factories, fruit juice and beverage, wine and beer and various other food processing facilities.In addition, it features technologies and processes ranging from adsorption-assisted technologies, advanced oxidation processes, hydrodynamic cavitation, pressure-driven membrane technologies, algae-based treatments, membrane bioreactors, engineered composite materials-based treatments, photocatalysis-based treatments, and ultrasound-assisted electrochemical processes.

Data Driven Analysis and Modeling of Turbulent Flows

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  • March 1, 2025
  • Karthik Duraisamy
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Data-driven Analysis and Modeling of Turbulent Flows explains methods for the analysis of large fields of data, and uncovering models and model improvements from numerical or experimental data on turbulence.Turbulence simulations generate large data sets, and the extraction of useful information from these data fields is an important and challenging task. Statistical learning and machine learning have provided many ways of helping, and this book explains how to use such methods for extracting, treating, and optimizing data to improve predictive turbulence models. These include methods such as POD, SPOD and DMD, for the extraction of modes peculiar to the data, as well as several reduced order models.This resource is essential reading for those developing turbulence models, performing turbulence simulations or interpreting turbulence simulation results.

Harnessing Automation and Machine Learning for Resource Recovery and Value Creation

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  • March 1, 2025
  • Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni + 3 more
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Harnessing Automation and Machine Learning for Resource Recovery and Value Creation. From Waste to Value provides a comprehensive understanding of how automation and machine learning technologies can be used to convert waste into valuable resources. The book gives insight in the opportunities offered by automation and machine learning technologies in waste management and how they can help address the challenges associated with waste management and to discuss the benefits and potential of automation technologies. It examines the potential of machine learning algorithms in analyzing waste management data, identifying patterns, predicting future waste generation, and optimizing waste management processes. Moreover, the book showcases case studies from different industries and regions, highlighting the revolutionary applications of automation and machine learning in waste management. Harnessing Automation and Machine Learning for Resource Recovery and Value Creation. From Waste to Value is an indispensable resource for researchers, waste management professionals, policymakers interested in learning more about how automation and machine learning can contribute to waste management and the creation of a sustainable future.

Damage Analysis of Natural Fiber-reinforced Polymer Biocomposites

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  • March 1, 2025
  • Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan + 4 more
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Damage Analysis of Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Biocomposites: Destructive and Non-destructive Evaluation and Modelling presents the latest research findings in this important research field. The chapters focus on the causes of damage in these materials, its initiation, progression, detection, and evaluation using both experimental and numerical methods. It is only by understanding these mechanisms at a deeper level that new materials can be developed with enhanced properties for a broad range of different industrial applications.The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers, as well as materials scientists and engineers and other professionals working in the damage mechanics of composites and polymer biocomposite materials.

Photocatalysts: Synthesis and Characterization Methods

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  • March 1, 2025
  • Mohammad Mansoob Khan
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The book 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.

Bio-Waste Derived Carbon Materials and their Applications, especially as Sensors

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  • March 1, 2025
  • Sushma Dave + 2 more
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Bio-waste Derived Carbon Materials and their Applications Especially as Sensors highlights the role of carbon nanomaterials as bio-(sensors) in several fields, presenting key achievements to date in the areas of biosensor-based diagnostics and environmental applications. The book brings together the knowledge of key researchers from different areas of biosensors research, including an explanation of biomass carbonization by pyrolysis and hydrothermal methods, and its use as a cost-effective strategy for fabrication of electrodes for biosensing applications, along with a comparison of synthetic and bio-derived carbon materials and discussion of various techniques used to improve the surface properties of carbon nanomaterials to enhance the electrocatalytic behaviour of working electrodes. The book highlights the promising technology of biosensors in the field of health care and the environment and explains the methods available, presenting current strategies and future perspectives for bio-(sensor) based diagnosis using carbon materials as sensing materials.

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