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Bioenergy from Agricultural Residues

1st Edition
May 1, 2025
R. Praveen Kumar + 1 more
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Bioenergy from Agricultural Residues provides an in-depth understanding of the latest advancements in the bioenergy field, along with the challenges and opportunities for its future research. The book delivers solutions to specific problems through case studies and examples of successful bioenergy projects from different parts of the world, which can serve to inform and inspire policymakers, researchers, industry professionals, and students interested in advancing sustainable energy production. This timely text analyzes economic and environmental implications of bioenergy production from agricultural residues and provides insights into the development of sustainable bioenergy systems.It serves as a quality resource for anyone interested in sustainable energy and the utilization of agricultural residues for bioenergy production, including economic and environmental aspects, which is aligned with Elsevier’s Energy with Purpose commitment to support meeting the world's energy needs while protecting the planet for future generations.

Membrane Technologies for Biohydrogen Production and Purification

1st Edition
May 1, 2025
Angelo Basile + 1 more
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Membrane Technologies for Biohydrogen Production and Purification: Current Trends and Future Developments in Bio-Membranes focuses on the introduction, analysis, and application of membrane technologies for biohydrogen production, purification, storage, and transport. The book provides comprehensive coverage of emerging membrane-based technologies for the production and purification of biohydrogen by integrated engineering approaches with a special focus on novel membrane-based techniques for maximizing biohydrogen yields. It details recent developments in materials, design, and engineering aspects of membranes-assisted biohydrogen technology, illustrating their advantages over conventional systems, improved performance, and industry potential. The book sheds light and gives a broad, but very detailed, view from the point of view of scientists, researchers, students, and industrial engineers working in the field of biohydrogen and its technology transfer from laboratory to industry. It also includes an exclusive chapter on case studies of pilot-scale demonstrations of membrane-assisted biohydrogen production and purification, assuring the industrial potential of the book's topic. This makes it a key reference for experts and R&D managers interested in the industrial development of biohydrogen production as well as academic researchers and postgraduate students working in the wider areas of membrane technology and biohydrogen technology.

Food, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry

1st Edition
May 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.

Decontamination of Subsurface Water Resources System using Contemporary Technologies

1st Edition
May 1, 2025
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Decontamination of Subsurface Water Resources System using Contemporary Technologies provides a comprehensive approach to addressing the decontamination of subsurface water resources. The book covers field experimentations, modeling strategies, remote-sensing methods, and the application of artificial intelligence. This broad coverage ensures that readers gain a well-rounded understanding of the topic. This book offers a unique opportunity to access up-to-date, comprehensive, and scientifically grounded insights on subsurface water decontamination. For the student, researcher, policymaker, or industry practitioner, this book will inform their work and contribute to positive change in the field of water resource management.

CFD Simulations for Advances of Solar Thermal Systems

1st Edition
May 1, 2025
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CFD Simulations of Advances of Solar Thermal Systems offers readers the tools needed to optimize the performance of solar thermal systems with low costs through CFD applications and simulations. This book aims to advance the enhancement and affordability of solar thermal systems via CFD applications. Each chapter contains overviews paired with relevant illustrations, diagrams, and calculations describing each system. Sections then progress into intersectionality and application of CFDs for each, including advances -- all woven into a volume that flows from chapter to chapter with a consistent structure that delivers readers a valuable, easy-to-follow, practical reference.Production of clean energy is a global goal. Several clean energy sources are available, including geothermal, wind, hydropower, and solar energy. The challenge is to develop efficient methods and processes for beneficial, rapidly scaled, safe and economically viable exploitation of these resources. Solar energy represents one of the most important renewable sources of clean energy. Solar energy is exploited using various methods – solar thermal systems convert solar energy to thermal energy via solar collectors, solar air heaters, solar chimney power plants, solar dishes, solar cookers, and solar parabolic concentrators.

Geoheritage

2nd Edition
May 1, 2025
Emmanuel Reynard + 1 more
English
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Geoheritage: Assessment, Protection, and Management covers the breadth of geoheritage including geodiversity, geoconservation, geotourism and geoparks; it also explores the relationship of geoheritage to landscapes, conservation, and tourism. The book includes methodologies for assessment, mapping, and visualization; along with 12 geographically varied case studies, and ~200 figures and maps of some of the most important global geosites. This second edition significantly expands the previous coverage and adds new chapters on relationships of geoheritage and geodiversity with biodiversity, climate change, natural hazards, ecosystem services, education and urbanization. Geoheritage Second Edition is an essential resource for geoscientists and students working in the fields of geoheritage, geosites, geomorphosites, geoconservation, and geotourism.

Electrospun Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery Applications

1st Edition
May 1, 2025
Inamuddin + 2 more
English
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Electrospun Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery Applications introduces the fundamental principles of electrospinning and provides an understanding of the electrospinning process, including the selection of polymers, solvent systems, and processing parameters to achieve desired properties. Tissue engineering applications of electrospun nanofibers across a wide range of tissues and organs is covered, including bone, cartilage, skin, blood vessels, and more. This book also explores the growing role of electrospun biomaterials in wound dressings and controlled drug delivery systems, reviewing a broad selection of material classes such as starch, cellulose, chitosan, and gelatin. “Electrospun Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery Applications” is a useful resource for researchers and postgraduate students working in the fields of biomaterials, tissue engineering, and pharmaceutical sciences.

Green Financial Derivatives

1st Edition
May 1, 2025
Qian Xu + 1 more
English
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Green Financial Derivatives: Option-Based Solutions Promoting Behaviour-Driven Household Energy Efficiency provides a guide on the role of market-based interventions on mitigating household energy demand. This book provides clarity on the fundamental principles of the financial markets, energy markets, and regulatory and policy landscapes, identifying challenges and opportunities. It outlines the critical role that behavior-centered interventions play in the demand-supply challenges of renewable energy integration and how these intersect with technological solutions. As well as breaking down general principles of option-based green financial derivatives, it provides a close analysis and evaluation of the Household Energy-Saving Option (HESO) and the market-equilibrium pricing method.With a wealth of case studies, tools, and best practices, ‘Green Financial Derivatives’ will support academics, students, and policymakers in designing, implementing, and evaluating market-based options for advancing demand stability and renewable energy sources.

Handbook of Nature-Based Drought Solutions

1st Edition
May 1, 2025
Saeid Eslamian + 1 more
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Handbook of Nature-Based Drought Solutions covers the latest research on successful, sustainable solutions for the efficient water resources management to overcome the drought and water scarcity problems. The book centers around the realms of drought modeling green infrastructure planning, and the utilization of remote sensing to evaluate, dissect, and oversee drought occurrences. It delves into subjects such as risk mitigation, strategic planning, policy considerations, and the ecological restoration of degraded lands after drought. The use of case studies and novel methodologies including soft computing technique application will help the reader gain a deeper knowledge in understanding, predicting, and mitigating hydrometeorological hazards.

Antidiabetic Drug Discovery from Natural Products

1st Edition
May 1, 2025
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Antidiabetic Drug Discovery from Natural Products provides up-to-date and in-depth information, practical understanding, and guidance in a comprehensive, systematic and easy-to-understand manner to scientists, researchers, and graduate students on important and emerging biochemical topics related to current antidiabetic drug discovery research. This book analyzes and studies natural active substances and their medicinal chemistry in preventing and treating diabetes and its complications. It covers a wide range of critical issues to assist chemists in the discovery and development of safer, more affordable treatments, from identifying promising leads from medicinal plants to the extraction and synthesis of bioactive compounds.Following an introduction to bioactive chemical compounds from plants with antidiabetic effects, the book describes the discovery and extraction of antidiabetic drugs and antioxidants from natural sources. It also examines antidiabetic plants before delving deeper into the chemistry behind major medicinal substances and their derivatives like Mangiferin and Resveratrol, discussing both current and prospective uses.

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