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    • Hot Embossing

      • 2nd Edition
      • June 3, 2024
      • Matthias Worgull
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Hot Embossing: Theory of Microreplication, Second Edition presents the current state-of-the-art in microreplication, with a focus on hot embossing, nanoimprint, thermoforming, and roll-to-roll replication. Polymer processing, the theory of polymers and the processing of polymers are discussed in detail. The book contains in-depth analysis of processing processes and replication techniques, including mold fabrication. Monitoring, data analysis and reliability of molded parts is also discussed. In this updated edition, new processes are included, such as the process of micro- and nanothermoforming to generate 3D structures and the hot pulling processes to generate hierarchical structures with high aspect ratios.Based on hot pulling, “Nanofur” for Oil-water-separation is a large-scale biomimetic application. Upscaling, especially the seamless roll-to-roll replication, is also explored. The book is designed to cover the entire workflow for a seamless lithographic sleeve. This new edition marks a substantial update of the previous edition, incorporating several new chapters. It is an important resource for materials scientists and engineers working in the areas of micro- and nanofabrication.

    • Innovations in the Global Biogas industry

      • 1st Edition
      • November 28, 2024
      • Tonderayi S Matambo + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Innovations in the Global Biogas Industry: Applications of Green Principles critically reviews the whole biogas supply chain from substrates to upgraded biogas. The book evaluates the application of green principles at each stage of biogas production and combines this with case studies and a review of the latest technological advances to produce a comprehensive assessment of the current state of the biogas industry. The first three sections of the book guide the reader through the whole supply chain of biogas production, from feedstock and waste management, to process design, plant design, operation, optimization, and end products.The sustainability of biogas industry operations is then addressed in-depth through a lifecycle assessment, alongside the techno-economics and safety considerations. Each section considers small-, medium-, and large-scale biogas plant related developments, and how green principles are applied at each scale. Finally, the critical element of biogas industry stakeholders is explored, which discusses financing mechanisms, policies and regulations, global markets, and governance issues relating to the biogas sector.

    • Computational Intelligence and Blockchain in Complex Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • March 26, 2024
      • Fadi Al-Turjman
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Computational Intelligence and Blockchain in Complex Systems: System Security and Interdisciplinary Applications provides readers with a guide to understanding the dynamics of AI, machine learning, and computational intelligence in blockchain, and how these rapidly developing technologies are revolutionizing a variety of interdisciplinary research fields and applications. This book examines the role of computational intelligence and machine learning in the development of algorithms to deploy blockchain technology across a number of applications, including healthcare, insurance, smart grid, smart contracts, digital currency, precision agriculture, and supply chain. The authors cover the unique and developing intersection between cyber security and blockchain in modern networks, as well as in-depth studies on cybersecurity challenges and multidisciplinary methods in modern blockchain networks. Readers will find mathematical equations throughout the book as part of the underlying concepts and foundational methods, especially the complex algorithms involved in blockchain security aspects for hashing, coding, and decoding. This book also provides readers with the most in-depth technical guide to the intersection of computational intelligence and blockchain, two of the most important technologies for the development of next-generation complex systems

    • Laser Propulsion in Space

      • 1st Edition
      • June 4, 2024
      • Claude Phipps
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Space launches have evoked the same vivid image for decades: bright orange flames exploding beneath a rocket as it lifts off and thunders into the sky. An alternative acceleration system could reshape that vision forever, with rockets leaving their energy source on the ground... or in space.Laser Propulsion in Space: Fundamentals, Technology, and Future Missions takes readers on a comprehensive journey from the theoretical overview of propulsion fundamentals, to reviews of current projects involving high-power CW fiber lasers and energetic mm-wave sources with their ongoing and potential end-use applications in beamed energy propulsion (BEP). Written by experts in the field, this mathematically sound reference text also highlights graphical solutions of equations’ results, as well as case studies with worked-out examples, making this book an invaluable compendium for students, researchers, technology developers and futurists in understanding the promise and challenges of this emerging technology.

    • Progresses in Ammonia: Science, Technology and Membranes

      • 1st Edition
      • February 20, 2024
      • Angelo Basile + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Progresses in Ammonia: Science, Technology and Membranes: Production, Recovery, Purification and Storage is a collection of various chapters concerning the aspects of Ammonia synthesis (Haber-Bosch process, Electrochemical synthesis, Thermal coupling, etc.), production (Photocatalytic from amino acid-based biomass, Small-scale renewable-powered, etc.), Recovery (from wastewater and radioactive wastewater, etc.), storage and transportation (handling, shipping), and also others such as Ammonia detection and measurement, Ammonia: emission, atmospheric transport and deposition, Ammonia absorption into alkaline earth metal halide mixtures, and Ammonia and conventional engine fuels.

    • Biophotonics and Biosensing

      • 1st Edition
      • May 21, 2024
      • Andrea Armani + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Biophotonics and Biosensing brings together the knowledge of the basic principles of the field of light–biological tissue interaction, detection methods, data processing techniques, and research, diagnostic, and clinical applications. It is suitable for new entrants to the field, while also highlighting the latest developments for experts. This volume includes perspectives by leading experts from the biophotonics and biosensing, biomedical engineering, and data science communities.The book provides a basic grounding in the key theoretical principles and practical components of biophotonics and biosensing. Working principles of devices used in spectroscopy, microscopy, and optical sensing are presented, along with their application domains. The reader will learn about existing microscopy-based techniques used in biomedical applications for diagnosis and get to know different signal- and image-processing algorithms, including the state of the art in artificial intelligence approaches, as used in biophotonics. Finally, the book describes through concrete examples, including sample preparation and measurement approaches, how the field has developed, thanks to the integration of biophotonics and optical biosensing with advanced signal and image-processing.

    • Integrated Sensing and Communications for Future Wireless Networks

      • 1st Edition
      • November 9, 2024
      • Aryan Kaushik
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Integrated Sensing and Communications for Future Wireless Networks: Principles, Advances and Key Enabling Technologies presents the principles, methods, and algorithms of ISAC, an overview of the essential enabling technologies, as well as the latest research and future directions. Suitable for academic researchers and post graduate students as well as industry R&D engineers, this book is the definitive reference in this interdisciplinary field that is being seen as a technology to enable emerging applications such as vehicular networks, environmental monitoring, remote sensing, IoT, smart cities.Importantly, ISAC has been identified as an enabling technology for B5G/6G, and the next-generation Wi-Fi system. ISAC brings together a range of technologies: radar sensing, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, holographic surfaces through to high frequency terahertz, PHY security, channel signaling, multiple access, and machine learning.

    • Emerging Innovative Trends in the Application of Biological Processes for Industrial Wastewater Treatment

      • 1st Edition
      • May 22, 2024
      • Maulin P. Shah
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Emerging Innovative Trends in the Application of Biological Processes for Industrial Wastewater Treatment discusses new and emerging innovative trends in the application of biological processes in industrial wastewater treatment. The book also includes the fate of chemicals produced after the treatment process both at the laboratory scale and at the industrial scale, explores the unique biological aspects of the wastewater treatment process, and highlights the advantages they provide for engineering applications in the industries. Each chapter covers a different biological-based approach and examines the basic principles, practical applications, recent breakthroughs, and associated limitations.In addition, it also provides in-depth knowledge on the biological process for application in wastewater research which presents an array of cutting-edge wastewater treatment research and thereafter its applications in treatment, remediation, sensing, and pollution prevention processes which has a significant impact on maintaining the long-term quality, availability, and viability of water.

    • Waste-to-Energy

      • 1st Edition
      • November 8, 2024
      • Pooja Sharma + 5 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Waste-to-Energy: Sustainable Approaches for Emerging Economies presents the latest developments and applications for the conversion of waste into biofuels and other energy products. Divided into two parts, Section I reviews the major sources of solid waste and their management strategies in developing countries, and includes the collection, composition, segregation, and dispersal of various waste streams, as well as the generation of biogas and other value-added products. Section II examines the transformation of waste into biofuels and the management strategies required to efficiently implement waste-to-energy processes.Methods for the production of hydrogen, biomethane, biofuels, and bioenergy, as well as resource recovery are discussed in depth, and mathematical models are provided for anaerobic digestion techniques. The benefits and challenges of waste-to-energy as a waste management strategy are explored through dedicated chapters on the techno-economics, environmental and social regulation, and the operation of WtE plants. The final chapter of the book presents a lifecycle assessment and environmental impact analysis of the technologies and strategies discussed.

    • Nuclear Waste Management Facilities

      • 1st Edition
      • February 24, 2024
      • Rehab O Abdel Rahman
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Nuclear Waste Management Facilities examines best practices and recent trends in improving nuclear safety and reducing the negative environmental impacts of nuclear waste. With a strong emphasis on regulatory requirements, this reference is essential for designing new integrated waste management practices, using lessons learned from historical and current practices. Divided into three key parts, Part One introduces the reader to the safety and environmental impacts of the nuclear industry and the historical and current nuclear waste management practices. Part Two reviews recent technological and methodological approaches to enhancing safety, as well as reducing the environmental impacts of both individual processes and integrated facilities. Topics covered include spent fuel and radioactive waste management, legacy waste management, remediation, and decommissioning. Part Three considers some prospective for the safe management of waste from innovative reactors, and wastes that contain emerging contaminants, including waste recycling opportunities. Nuclear Waste Management Facilities is a crucial tool needed to implement the safest and most environmentally considerate best practices within nuclear waste management facilities.

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