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    • Construction Materials and Their Properties for Fire Resistance and Insulation

      • 1st Edition
      • October 29, 2024
      • Paul O. Awoyera + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Construction Materials and Their Properties for Fire Resistance and Insulation covers the properties of novel types of concrete and other more conventional building materials in fire scenarios. The volume also stands out as an invaluable reference resource for its relevance to varied audiences both in academia and industry, spanning materials science, civil and structural engineering, and fire safety engineering. Ensuring buildings are fire safe starts at the very beginning of planning new builds or renovations. Hence, it's essential, in fact, that the right materials are chosen not only according to their load-bearing capabilities but also their susceptibility to decay and fire resistance.

    • Development in Waste Water Treatment Research and Processes

      • 1st Edition
      • October 26, 2024
      • Maulin P. Shah
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Applied Technologies for Clean Up of Environmental Contaminants covers the features of remediation and biocontrol technology, a multidisciplinary field combining environmental and industrial microbiology with biotechnology to improve environmental management. Studying the advanced microbial processes involved in geomicrobiology, aeromicrobiology, microbial loop and nutrient availability, as well as microbial energetics in the contaminated environment with an emphasis on innovative methodologies, the book provides readers with a better understanding of basic microbiology, allowing them to comprehend the mechanism and behavior of various biochemical processes that are used in bioremediation and biocontrol technologies.Includi... coverage of key subjects such as management of waste, energy generation, restoration processes, water treatment processes, co-metabolism, and nutrient recycling as well as emerging advances in environmental microbial biotechnology, green nanotechnology, metagenomic and proteomic strategies, DNA microarray, and biosensor-based technologies, this book provides potential implications for environmental management.

    • Nanolithography and Surface Microscopy with Electron Beams

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 231
      • October 25, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Nanolithography and Surface Microscopy with Electron Beams, Volume 231 merges two long-running serials, Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy. The series features articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science, digital image processing, electromagnetic wave propagation, electron microscopy, and the computing methods used in all these domains. Specific chapters cover Introduction to inverse problems in electron microscopy, Directional sinogram inpainting for limited angle tomography, Strain tomography of crystals, FISTA with adaptive discretization, Total variation discretization, and Reconstruction with a Gaussian Dictionary.

    • Semiconductor Metasurfaces, Part 1

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 115
      • October 25, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Semiconductor Metamaterials: Part One, Volume 116 in a two-part series surveys the state-of-the-art in material platforms for optical metasurfaces. Chapters cover Metasurfaces from materials with 2nd-order nonlinearity, Light Emitting Metasurfaces based on Direct Bandgap Semiconductors, Tunable Metasurfaces enabled by Phase-Change Materials, Phase-Transition Materials for Thermal Tuning of Metasurfaces, Tunable Metasurface Devices based on Soft Matter, Infrared Metasurfaces, Polarization Sensing Platforms, UV/ Visible Metasurfaces, and Metasurfaces for Catalysis & Chemistry.

    • Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 25, 2024
      • Richard Szabo + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics, Second Edition provides a complete resource for researchers, students, and lecturers with an interest in mathematical physics. The book enables readers to access basic information on topics peripheral to their own areas by providing a repository of core information that can be used to refresh even the experienced researcher’s memory and aid teachers in directing students to entries relevant to their course-work. The impressive amount of information in this work - approximately 270 chapters - has been distilled, organized into 10 distinct sections and presented as a complete reference tool to the userThe book is a stimulus for new researchers working in mathematical physics—or in areas using the methods originating from work in mathematical physics—providing them with focused, high-quality background information.

    • Maintenance Engineering for Buildings

      • 1st Edition
      • October 25, 2024
      • Ntebo Ngcobo + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Maintenance Engineering for Buildings: Digital Solutions and Sustainable Practices offers a thorough body of knowledge on organizational frameworks, assessment models, and digital tools to carry out maintenance procedures aimed at keeping edifices and many other assets in the urban landscape not only in good working condition, but also compliant with regulatory safety requirements and environmental standards. As well as covering current research and the best practice in the field, the volume is enriched by a number of case studies taken from the educational sector which explore how recent developments and other trends from are being applied in different geographical and economic contexts.This reference work stands out for its invaluable relevance to audiences both in industry and academia, while also serving as an excellent reference resource for future works in the area.

    • Frosting for Air Source Heat Pumps

      • 1st Edition
      • October 24, 2024
      • Mengjie Song + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Frosting for Air Source Heat Pumps: Research, Case Studies, and Methods provides a comprehensive accounting of the latest research, analysis, and modeling methods for limiting frosting and maximizing efficiency. The book begins by outlining the fundamentals of frosting mechanisms, including the condensation and freezing of water droplets. It then provides a wide range of case studies that showcase a variety of surfaces, conditions, and energy generation technologies. Finally, the last chapters demonstrate modeling and analysis of frosting operation before laying out critical considerations for designing a frost control strategy in ASHPs.Building on the theory and studies contained in the author’s previous work Defrosting for Air Source Heat Pumps, this book provides essential and advanced information for understanding and controlling frosting for these sustainable energy sources.

    • Grid-Forming Converters

      • 1st Edition
      • October 24, 2024
      • Jingyang Fang + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Grid-Forming Converters: Principles, Control, and Applications in Modern Power Systems is a pioneering guidebook to this state-of-the-art technology and its potential in enabling more-electronics grids and deep renewable integration for the energy systems of the future. Beginning with a clear explanation of the challenges presented for the standard synchronous generator or grid-tied converters by fossil-fuel phase-out and renewable integration, this book goes on to explain the fundamental concepts of grid-forming converters.Having established a solid foundational understanding the reader will learn practical techniques for implementation including design, control, analysis, and optimization. Finally, readers tackle case studies and example applications from energy storage to electric vehicles. From several of the foremost experts and educators in energy systems and power electronics, Grid-Forming Converters is an essential tool for students, professors and engineers working to make renewable-based grids a reality.

    • Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard and Risk Analysis

      • 1st Edition
      • October 24, 2024
      • Katsuichiro Goda + 3 more
      • English
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      Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard and Risk Analysis: Towards Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience covers recent calls for advances in quantitative tsunami hazard and risk analyses for the synthesis of broad knowledge basis and solid understanding of interdisciplinary fields, spanning seismology, tsunami science, and coastal engineering. These new approaches are essential for enhanced disaster resilience of society under multiple hazards and changing climate as tsunamis can cause catastrophic loss to coastal cities and communities globally.This is a low-probability high-consequence event, and it is not easy to develop effective disaster risk reduction measures. In particular, uncertainties associated with tsunami hazards and risks are large. The knowledge and skills for quantitative probabilistic tsunami hazard and risk assessments are in high demand and are required in various related fields, including disaster risk management (governments and local communities), and the insurance and reinsurance industry (catastrophe model).

    • Sample Handling and Trace Analysis of Pollutants

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 24, 2024
      • Damia Barcelo + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Sample Handling and Trace Analysis of Pollutants: Innovations to Determine Organic Contaminants, Second Edition, reviews the latest technologies and challenges in trace analysis of environmental pollutants, from selecting the right approach to performing the analytical procedures to measuring and reporting the results. This updated and revised edition presents the latest techniques of the past decade, such as high-resolution mass spectrometry, biosensors and imaging techniques. Important tools for problem-solving in the determination of environmental pollutants are discussed in detail. This book also covers emerging pollutants in the environment, such as nanomaterials, microplastics, metabolites and/or transformation products and antimicrobial resistances. This book is an excellent resource for postgraduate students, environmental chemists and analytical chemists, as well as those working in environmental laboratories, laboratories of official environmental controls, universities and the private sector.

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