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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.

Polymeric Nanofibers and their Composites

  • 1st Edition
  • October 7, 2024
  • Chandrabhan Verma + 1 more
  • English
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Polymeric Nanofibers and their Composites: Recent Advances and Applications covers the fundamentals, synthesis, characterization, properties, and applications of natural and synthetic nanofibers and their related composites. The book covers industrial, biological, and environmental applications, including biomedical, wastewater treatment, energy storage and conversions, gas adsorption, supercapacitors, electrocatalysis, electronics, sensors, batteries, fuel cells, solar cells, water splitting, catalysis, separation, and purification.With an international author base, this book can be considered a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists, and engineers, and all those working in the fabrication of nanofibers, design of nanomaterials, and polymers, composites, and their related industrial applications.

Homogeneous Catalysts Development

  • 1st Edition
  • October 4, 2024
  • Mohammad Reza Rahimpour + 3 more
  • English
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Homogeneous Catalysts Development, 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.

Odorous Emission Control: Monitoring and Abatement

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 63
  • October 4, 2024
  • Marzio Invernizzi
  • English
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Odorous Emission Control: Monitoring and Abatement, Volume 63 in the Advances in Chemical Engineering series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on the Characterization of the odorous fluxes, Continuous odorous emission monitoring, Wet scrubbing, Biological treatments, Activated Carbon adsorption, Thermal Oxidation, and Selection of the proper control technology.

Computational Insights into Catalytic Transformations

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 75
  • October 3, 2024
  • Maria Biosca
  • English
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Computational Insights into Catalytic Transformations, Volume 75 in the Advances in Catalysis series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics including Quantum Chemical Investigations on Electrophilic F/CF3/SCF3 Transfer Hypervalent Iodine Reagents, Combining DFT and experimental studies in enantioselective catalysis. From rationalization to prediction, Molecular Modelling of encapsulation and reactivity within metallocages, On the role of computational chemistry in the design of artificial metalloenzymes, and Computational Modelling of Catalytic Oxidation Reactions with H2O2 promoted by transition metal-substituted polyoxometalates.

Advances in Heat Transfer

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 58
  • October 1, 2024
  • John Patrick Abraham + 2 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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Advances in Heat Transfer, Volume 58 presents the latest in a serial that highlights new advances in the field, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Sample chapters in this new release include Nanoscale Thin Film Evaporation and Ice thermal energy storage modeling: A review.

Developments in Yarn Spinning Technologies

  • 1st Edition
  • September 30, 2024
  • Arindam Basu
  • English
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Developments in Yarn Spinning Technologies explores the recent advancements in yarn spinning technologies, focusing on improving production and embracing sustainability. While ring spinning remains popular, newer developments in rotor spinning and natural fibre spinning systems are covered.This book also addresses challenges, including the circularity theory, providing concise insights into the evolving landscape of yarn spinning technologies. Ideal for professionals and researchers alike, this book offers valuable perspectives on the industry’s dynamic changes.

Bioprocess Engineering Principles

  • 3rd Edition
  • September 27, 2024
  • Ross Carlson + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Bioprocess Engineering Principles, Third Edition provides a solid introduction to bioprocess engineering for students with a limited engineering background. The book explains process analysis from an engineering perspective using worked examples and problems that relate to biological systems. Application of engineering concepts is illustrated in areas of modern biotechnology, such as recombinant protein production, bioremediation, biofuels, drug development, and tissue engineering, as well as microbial fermentation. With new and expanded material, this remains the book of choice for students seeking to move into bioprocess engineering

Bio Refinery of Wastewater Treatment

  • 1st Edition
  • September 26, 2024
  • Maulin P. Shah + 1 more
  • English
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Bio Refinery of Wastewater Treatment: Way to Generate Waste to Value focuses on the exploitation of various wastewater treatment technologies and microbial, chemical, and physical processes as tools for simultaneous value generation during treatment, degradation, detoxification, and stabilization of toxic and hazardous contaminants and restoring contaminated sites. The book provides recents advancements in integrative and cost-effective wastewater treatment strategies and stipulates all pros and cons of each strategy.Bio Refinery of Wastewater Treatment: Way to Generate Waste to Value is valuable to researchers and scientists, who are working in the field of effluent treatment plants/biodegradation of environmental contaminants for environmental protection and sustainable development.

Char-based Composites

  • 1st Edition
  • September 26, 2024
  • W. A. K. G. Wan Azlina + 2 more
  • English
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Char-based Composites: Production, Characterization, Limitations and Emerging Applications provides the reader with a wide spectrum of information on char and biochar-based composites. Emphasis is placed on their production, characterization, applications, and limitations towards commercialization. The book's chapters concentrate on char/biochar as nanofillers in composite materials which are currently used in various advanced technologies including nanotechnology, environmental sectors (gas cleaning and wastewater treatments), energy storage, and solid fuel and catalysts.This book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers, as well as biotechnologists working in the development of advanced char and biochar-based composite materials.

Hybrid Nanofluids for Application in the Chemical and Petroleum Industry

  • 1st Edition
  • September 25, 2024
  • Shriram S. Sonawane + 1 more
  • English
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Hybrid Nanofluids for Application in the Chemical and Petroleum Industry covers the basics of hybrid nanofluids in heat transfer processes as well as their applications in the chemical and petroleum industries. This book begins with a detailed overview of the thermo-physical and optical properties of hybrid nanofluids, before covering the application of the heat-transfer enhancement in heat exchangers, CO2 absorption/regeneration, and metal extraction/stripping operations. It also covers the applications of hybrid nanofluids and heat transfer enhancement in the petroleum industry, as well as recent advances and challenges involved in nanofluid applications in industrial processes. The detailed interrelation of nanofluids’ properties and performance enhancement mechanisms in the various chemical and petroleum processes are also reviewed. This book is written for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of nanotechnology and chemical engineering, executive engineers, government workers in manufacturing, chemical and biomedical industry, or R&D laboratories working on nanotechnology and chemical processes.