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  • Catalysis with Sub-Nanometer Metal Clusters

    A new tool for Synthetic Chemistry
    • 1st Edition
    • Antonio Pérez-Gálvez + 1 more
    • English
    Catalysis with Sub-Nanometer Metal Clusters: A new tool for Synthetic Chemistry provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in sub-nanometer metal clusters as catalysts, targeting researchers and professionals involved in sustainable chemistry, catalysis, and industrial process optimization. It is designed for chemists, materials scientists, chemical engineers, and industrial practitioners seeking to understand the unique size-dependent properties of metal clusters and their applications in key chemical transformations such as hydrogen production, oxidation, and C–C coupling reactions. The book bridges fundamental science with practical applications by offering detailed reaction mechanisms, structure–activity relationships, and innovative synthetic strategies for catalyst preparation. Its visual content—including diagrams, flow charts, and high-quality color figures—enhances clarity, making complex concepts accessible for quick reference and effective learning.

  • Process Intensification for Carbon Capture and Utilization

    • 1st Edition
    • Suttichai Assabumrungrat + 2 more
    • English
    Process Intensification for Carbon Capture and Utilization provides a comprehensive review of carbon dioxide capture and utilization (CCU) technologies from a process engineering approach, focusing on the concept of process intensification to enhance sustainability and efficient chemical process and process design. This book begins with a brief theoretical overview of CCU process design, then builds up to chapters on practical guidance – offering case studies and real-world applications of process intensification for achieving environmental sustainability goals, reduction of carbon emissions, and creation of value-added products from captured CO2. The book will also highlight the advancement in development of methodologies and tools of Process Systems Engineering (PSE) for the design of CCU processes, including process design outlines and worked examples. The book is suitable for a wide audience in academia and industry interested in CCU technologies. It is valuable for students, research scientists, engineers, and practitioners seeking an overview or in-depth knowledge on CCU. Additionally, the book's content can be used as teaching resources for advanced courses.

  • Density Functional Theory Approach for Advances in Energy Storage Materials

    • 1st Edition
    • Amritanshu Shukla + 2 more
    • English
    Density Functional Theory Approach for Advances in Energy Storage Materials presents cutting-edge insights into the application of Density Functional Theory (DFT) in energy storage research. The book covers a wide range of topics, from the fundamentals of energy storage materials to computational methods and specific studies on battery materials, supercapacitors, solid-state electrolytes, thermochemical energy storage, thermoelectric materials, hydrogen storage, perovskites for solar energy harvesting, and more. It also explores multi-scale modeling approaches, novel energy storage concepts, challenges, future directions, and real-world case studies.This book not only provides an overview of DFT principles and their applications in energy storage but also covers specific areas such as electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, and solid-state electrolytes. By addressing key challenges, offering future research opportunities, and showcasing practical applications in renewable energy, transportation, and consumer electronics, this book aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice in the field of energy storage materials.

  • Modeling and Simulation of Multiphase and Reactive Flows

    From Fundamentals to Engineering Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Yu Lv + 3 more
    • English
    Modeling and Simulation of Multiphase and Reactive Flows offers integrated coverage of state-of-the-art advancements in the study of computational fluid dynamics. It accompanies readers on a pedagogically progressive journey that exposes them first to the fundamental physics of multicomponent flows and then moves on to more advanced topics in a number of target applications of current interest, with particular emphasis on aerospace, automotive, thermal, and nuclear engineering.A wide spectrum of flows including bubbly flows, liquid atomization, cavitation, chemically reactive flows, spray combustion, hypersonic flows, and detonation motion are discussed. Further cognizance of how to control and manipulate these phenomena is enabled by leveraging powerful technologies for numerical modeling and simulation techniques, with worked-out computational exercises and sample case studies also being featured to encourage practical endeavors to promisingly enhance the performance of many propulsion and energy systems.Researchers both in academia and industry, students in advanced programs, and a host of other technical audiences at all levels will think of this volume as a resource of critical significance to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the analysis of complex, multi-physical flows, which play a crucial role in stimulating newer and better solutions for innovative scientific endeavors and practices.

  • Integrated Modelling of Agrivoltaic Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Pietro Elia Campana + 1 more
    • English
    Integrated Modelling of Agrivoltaic Systems provides an overview of approaches to model, simulate, and optimize agrivoltaics systems, integrating modelling of PV systems, shading, microclimate, and crop yield, and enabling the reader to navigate this highly inter-disciplinary area in order to meet their requirements and the needs of current and future policies. The book provides tools to build models that allow the assessment before installation of the energy, crop, and water performances of agrivoltaics systems, considers economic aspects, and introduces other key topics such as finding suitable areas for the deployment of agrivoltaic systems and assessment of the environmental impact compared to conventional PV systems and agriculture. This is a valuable resource for all those with an interest in agrivoltaic systems and their modelling, simulation, design, optimization, and development, including researchers, graduate students, faculty, engineers, R&D, developers, and other professionals.

  • Understanding Faults

    Detecting, Dating, and Modeling
    • 2nd Edition
    • David Tanner + 1 more
    • English
    Understanding Faults: Detecting, Dating, and Modeling, Second Edition reveals the dynamic world of faults and earthquakes. It offers a single resource for analyzing faults for a variety of applications, from hazard detection and earthquake processes to geophysical exploration. Chapters explore the intricate processes of fault detection, utilizing various methods to identify and characterize faults in different settings. Numerical modeling techniques are employed to simulate fault behavior and seismic activity, providing insights into fault dynamics and earthquake mechanisms. The book also closely examines faulting in laboratory settings, allowing for controlled experiments to study fault growth and behavior under controlled conditions. The dating of fault movement sheds light on the timing and history of fault activity, providing crucial information for understanding seismic hazards and tectonic processes. Additionally, fault sealing mechanisms and their implications are examined, revealing how faults evolve and interact with their surrounding environment. A unique perspective is offered on faults in the context of the Energy Transition, exploring the role of faults in energy-related processes and transitions. By examining faults from multiple angles, including geological, geophysical, and energy perspectives, the book provides a comprehensive understanding of fault systems and their significance in various domains.

  • Unconventional Carbon Dioxide Management, Utilization, and Modelling

    • 1st Edition
    • Hadi A. Belhaj + 1 more
    • English
    Unconventional Carbon Dioxide Management, Utilization, and Modelling presents the most recent methodologies in the administration and exploitation of CO2 with a specific emphasis on unexplored possibilities in shale reservoirs. This valuable reference fills a knowledge gap between CO2 management and shale reservoirs’ recovery technology utilization by offering a comprehensive database and insights. Dr. Belhaj presents a detailed examination of the interactions, difficulties, and possibilities associated with sequestration of CO2 in shale reservoirs, including the latest research and technological breakthroughs to provide a comprehensive analysis of crucial geological, geochemical, and geophysical factors for maximizing the effectiveness of CO2 storage and usage.

  • Supercritical Fluid Technology for Food Processing

    Fundamentals and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Julian Martínez + 2 more
    • English
    Supercritical Fluid Technology for Food Processing: Fundamentals and Applications aims to bring a didactic approach to supercritical fluid technologies, considering the specific aspects of their use in food processing, and including issues that must be considered in a food industrial plant. The book's chapters cover fundamentals and then move through extraction, separation, adsorption, impregnation, drying, physical processing, particle formation, coprecipitation, reaction, and enzyme and microorganism inactivation. It concludes with a chapter on current practice and future challenges, as well as a look at project formulation for developing new food products.Supercritic... fluids have gained increasing attention in the scientific community and industries where their application can lead to valuable products by means of green and sustainable processes. Food processing is one of the greatest application fields of supercritical technology, which can help produce new and natural ingredients. It is increasingly applied by research groups in universities, including food engineering schools.

  • Photonic Crystal, Plasmonic, and Hybrid Interfaces

    Fundamentals and Applications of Photo-plasmonic Modalities
    • 1st Edition
    • Seemesh Bhaskar + 4 more
    • English
    Photonic Crystal, Plasmonic, and Hybrid Interfaces: Fundamentals and Applications of Photo-plasmonic Modalities explores the field where photonic crystals and plasmonic materials meet, bringing together concepts from optics, electromagnetism, chemical physics, and materials science to explain light-matter interactions at photo-plasmonic modalities. The initial chapters discuss the basic principles, such as physics of photonic crystals and design methods. Then it moves on to discuss how to create photonic crystal structures with specific optical properties for various applications. The book also explores the fundamentals and latest developments in plasmonic technologies and their unique optical properties. Finally, it explores the many applications of combining photonic crystals and plasmonic materials, including practical examples and case studies to help readers understand how theoretical concepts are applied in real life. This is a valuable resource to academic and industrial researchers, graduate students, engineers, and professionals who need comprehensive information on photonics and plasmonics, and both theory and practical knowledge on hybrid interfaces.

  • Automotive Exhaust Gas Control and Aftertreatment Technologies

    • 1st Edition
    • Mejdi Jeguirim
    • English
    Paving the way to a more sustainable transportation future, Automotive Exhaust Gas Control and Aftertreatment Technologies provides valuable insights into effective practices and innovative solutions to address the complexities of emissions management for internal combustion engines (both gasoline and diesel), alternative fuel vehicles, and hybrid systems.The book opens with the fundamental theory of pollutants’ formation and a comprehensive examination of the critical challenges posed by harmful emissions to both human health and the environment. The ensuing structured framework allows for an in-depth exploration of exhaust gas control technologies, which delve into catalytic converters, oxidation and reduction methods, and advanced aftertreatment devices. The integration of renewable fuels and hybridization techniques is also addressed, spotlighting their significance in achieving cleaner and more efficient vehicle systems engineering.With contributions from leading experts in the field, this well-thought-out reference volume is the ideal resource for researchers, students, and professionals who aim to drive the evolving automotive landscape forward in a pivotal way, while meeting both regulatory and consumer demands.

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