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  • Solar Thermal Systems and Applications

    New Design Techniques for Improved Thermal Performance
    • 1st Edition
    • Mohsen Sheikholeslami
    • English
    Solar Thermal Systems and Applications: New Design Techniques for Improved Thermal Performance brings together the latest advances for the improved performance, efficiency, and integration of solar thermal energy (STE) technology.This book begins by introducing solar energy and solar thermal energy as a viable option in terms of green energy for industrial, commercial, and residential applications, as well as its role and potential within hybrid energy systems. This is followed by detailed chapters that focus on key innovations in solar thermal energy systems, covering novel approaches and techniques in areas such as flat plate solar collectors, modified evacuated tube solar collectors, solar parabolic trough collectors, linear Fresnel reflectors, photovoltaic thermal systems (PVT), phase change materials (PCMs), nanotechnology, combined PVT-PCM systems, solar thermal systems and Trombe wall design, solar still units, and solar dish systems. Throughout this book, the coverage is supported by experimental and numerical modeling methods, and techniques are discussed and assessed with a view to improved electrical and thermal efficiency and performance.Solar Thermal Systems and Applications is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students in solar energy, thermal engineering, hybrid energy systems, renewable energy, mechanical engineering, nanotechnology, and materials science. This is also of interest to engineers, R&D professionals, scientists, and policy makers with an interest in solar thermal energy in an industrial, residential, or commercial setting.

  • Waste-Based Zeolite

    Synthesis and Environmental Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Mihir Kumar Purkait + 3 more
    • English
    Waste-Based Zeolite: Synthesis and Environmental Applications focuses on the use of waste-based materials to fabricate zeolite and its subsequent use in environmental applications. It presents recent progress in zeolite synthesis using wastes products such as fly ash, steel slag, biomass waste, water treatment plant sludge, and municipal waste, among others. It discusses the application of waste-based zeolite for environmental applications such as biodiesel production, as well as considering techniques for recovering spent zeolite. Many industries produce substantial quantities of waste material comprising various hazardous constituents that lead to pollution and threaten the environment.However, such waste can often be a rich source of precursor ingredients for zeolite synthesis, and waste-based zeolites could potentially provide an economically and environmentally viable alternative to commercially available zeolites. This book illuminates this fascinating avenue of research.

  • Photochemistry and Photophysics of Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Complexes

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 83
    • English
    Photochemistry and Photophysics of Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Complexes, Volume 83 in the Advances in Inorganic Chemistry series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Radioluminescence of Copper(I) Clusters, Photophysics and Photochemistry of Chromium(III) Complexes (Molecular Rubies), Chromic behaviors of luminescent copper(I) complexes, Long-lived photoluminescence in group 4 metal complexes enabled by ligand-to-metal charge transfer, Photoactive MOFs for CO2 Activation utilizing Earth Abundant Metals, and more.Other sections cover Earth Abundant Metal Complexes for Optoelectronic Applications, Photoactive metal to ligand charge transfer excited states in 3d6 and 3d8 complexes, Ligand-to-metal charge-transfer excited states in d0 transition-metal complexes: Investigations into the photochemistry and photophysics of emissive titanocenes, Ultrafast dynamics in photoactive copper complexes from optical and Xray methods, and Photophysical properties of Ni(II) complexes and some copper(I) and zinc(II) complexes.

  • Intelligent Fractal-Based Image Analysis

    Applications in Pattern Recognition and Machine Vision
    • 1st Edition
    • Soumya Ranjan Nayak + 3 more
    • English
    Intelligent Fractal-Based Image Analysis: Application in Pattern Recognition and Machine Vision provides insights into the current strengths and weaknesses of different applications as well as research findings on fractal graphics in engineering and science applications. The book aims to improve the exchange of ideas and coherence between various core computing methods and highlights the relevance of related application areas for advanced as well as novice-user application. The book presents core concepts, methodological aspects, and advanced feature opportunities, focusing on major, real-time applications in engineering and health science. It will appeal to researchers, data scientists, industry professionals, and graduate students.Fractals are infinite, complex patterns used in modeling physical and dynamic systems. Fractal theory research has increased across different fields of applications including engineering science, health science, and social science. Recent literature shows the vital role fractals play in digital image analysis, specifically in biomedical image processing. Fractal graphics is an interdisciplinary field that deals with how computers can be used to gain high-level understanding from digital images. Integrating artificial intelligence with fractal characteristics has resulted in new interdisciplinary research in the fields of pattern recognition and image processing analysis.

  • Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 144
    • English
    Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Volume 144 highlights new advances in the field, with this volume presenting chapters on Metal free C-H functionalization of aromatic and non-aromatic heterocyclic systems, Divergent Total Synthesis of Indolizidine-, Quinolizidine-, and Decahydroquinoline-t... Poison-frog Alkaloids, A perspective on the synthetic potential of bio-based building blocks for heterocyclic chemistry, Recent advances in the synthesis of 3,3-disubstituted oxetanes, and Pyrrole-based chemosensors: Recent trends.

  • Geology and Landscape Evolution

    General Principles Applied to the United States
    • 3rd Edition
    • Joseph A. DiPietro
    • English
    Geology and Landscape Evolution: General Principles Applied to the United States, Third Edition is an accessible text that balances interdisciplinary theory and applications within the physical geography, geology, geomorphology and climatology of the United States. The vast diversity of terrain and landscape across the United States makes this an ideal tool for geoscientists worldwide who research the country’s geological and landscape evolution. The book provides an explanation of how landscape forms and how it evolves. This edition is fully updated with 3 additional sections: Geologic and Tectonic Processes and Provinces; Surface Processes and Provinces; and Compressional Mountain Systems.Rather than limiting the coverage specifically to tectonics or to the origin and evolution of rocks with little regard for the actual landscape beyond general desert, river, and glacial features, this book concentrates specifically on the origin of the landscape itself, with specific and exhaustive references and examples from across the United States. The book goes on to apply those concepts to specific examples throughout the United States, making it a valuable resource for understanding theoretical geological concepts through a practical lens.

  • Treatment and Utilization of Combustion and Incineration Residues

    • 1st Edition
    • Lei Wang + 2 more
    • English
    Treatment and Utilization of Combustion and Incineration Residues introduces state-of-art strategies for combustion and incineration solid residue management and utilization. The book also reviews current technologies for pollutant removal and control of combustion and incineration residues. Recycling ashes and slags in sustainable construction materials are also evaluated on environmental impacts and engineering values, and the use of different ashes and slags in cement clinker production is classified based on the sources and properties of the residues. In addition, the recovery of valuable metals and inorganic elements is also discussed.Finally, the book examines the latest understanding of reaction mechanisms of various treatment technologies, the future design of treatment technologies, and the actualization of sustainable management for combustion/incinerat... residues.

  • Advances in Bioenergy

    Conversion of waste and biomass to fuels and polymers
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 9
    • English
    Advances in Bioenergy: Conversion of waste and biomass to fuels and polymers, Volume Nine highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Rethinking Anaerobic Digestion for Bioenergy and Biopolymers Production: Challenges and Opportunities, Current technologies and applications of CO2 utilization into bio-products, Synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoate... (PHA) from renewable resources, Thermochemical processing of algal biomass for biofuel production, Sustainable polycarbonate production from CO2, Social and Environmental Impact Assessment and Renewable Energy Production in MSW Landfills, Advances in water gas shift reaction for hydrogen production from biomass, and Production and application of lignin-based carbon fibers.

  • Intelligent Algorithms

    Theory and Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • Han Huang + 1 more
    • English
    Intelligent Algorithms: Theory and Practice discusses the latest achievements of the computation time analysis theory and practical applications of intelligent algorithms. In five chapters, the book covers (1) New methods of intelligent algorithm computation time analysis; (2)Application of intelligent algorithms in computer vision; (3) Application of intelligent algorithms in logistics scheduling; (4) Application of intelligent algorithms in software testing; and (5) Application of intelligent algorithm in multi-objective optimization.The content of each chapter is supported by papers published in top journals. The book's authors introduce the work of each part, which mainly includes a brief introduction (mainly for readers to understand) and academic discussion (rigorous theoretical and experimental support), in a vivid and interesting way through excellent pictures and literary compositions. To help readers learn and make progress together, each part of this book provides relevant literature, code, experimental data, and so on.

  • Simulation in Injection Molding

    • 1st Edition
    • Thomas Schröder
    • English
    In plastics technology, a wide variety of computer programs are used for the design and optimization of plastic molded parts and for mold design. These programs calculate the filling process, the holding pressure phase and the cooling phase of the molded part in the mold. The results include pressures, temperatures, weld lines, and voids. The shrinkage and warpage behavior of the molded part can also be predicted. Understanding and interpreting these simulation results is not trivial, although they are colorful representations with numerical values. Regardless of whether one has many years of experience as a designer, mold maker or injection molder, or whether one is in training or studying, simulation is becoming increasingly important. For this reason, experts who know how to use these programs correctly are increasingly sought on the market. This book is intended to help increase the reader’s knowledge of simulation, which will increase the ability to detect and avoid molding errors at an early stage. Readers should learn to draw the right conclusions from the simulation results and to develop their own solutions.

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