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Vegetable Oil in Energy, Volume 1

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Abdullah Mohammed Ah Asiri + 3 more
  • English
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Vegetable Oil in Energy, Volume 1: Biofuel Technology examines the conversion processes involved in the production of biofuels from vegetable oils. With a strong focus on methodologies and protocols, the book provides step-by-step guidance on a comprehensive range of production pathways for liquid and gaseous biofuels. The first part of the book provides an overview of present vegetable oil production. Subsequent chapters describe the key production pathways, including pyrolysis, decarboxylation, deoxygenation, catalytic cracking processes, esterification, trans-esterification, anaerobic digestion, catalytic pyrolysis, and more. The economic potential of different vegetable oil feedstocks is discussed within each chapter.Finally, chapters are dedicated to sustainability, examining the environmental and socioeconomic impact of production, with an emphasis on GHG emission reduction. This book provides readers with the latest developments in the production of biofuels from vegetable oils, which will be of interest to students, researchers, and industry professionals involved in bioenergy and renewable energy, and may be of interest to interdisciplinary teams working across biotechnology, chemistry, chemical engineering, environmental science and sustainability sciences.

Intelligent Data Analytics for Solar Energy Prediction and Forecasting

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Amit Kumar Yadav + 2 more
  • English
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Intelligent Data Analytics for Solar Energy Prediction and Forecasting: Advances in Resource Assessment and PV Systems Optimization explores the utilization of advanced neural networks, machine learning and data analytics techniques for solar radiation prediction, solar energy forecasting, installation and maximum power generation. The book addresses relevant input variable selection, solar resource assessment, tilt angle calculation, and electrical characteristics of PV modules, including detailed methods, coding, modeling and experimental analysis of PV power generation under outdoor conditions. It will be of interest to researchers, scientists and advanced students across solar energy, renewables, electrical engineering, AI, machine learning, computer science, information technology and engineers. In addition, R&D professionals and other industry personnel with an interest in applications of AI, machine learning, and data analytics within solar energy and energy systems will find this book to be a welcomed resource.

Emerging Sensors for Environmental Monitoring

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • James McLaughlin + 2 more
  • English
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Emerging Sensors for Environmental Monitoring presents a comprehensive overview of chemical sensors, ranging from the choice of material to sensor validation, modeling, simulation, and manufacturing. It discusses the process of data collection by intelligent techniques such as deep learning and multivariate analysis, incorporates different types of sensors, and discusses each under a common set of sub-sections so that readers can fully understand the advantages and disadvantages of the relevant transducers—depending on the design, transduction mode, and final applications.This book provides a practical reference for Scientists, Researchers, Students, and Practitioners to deepen their knowledge base on the management of emerging contaminants, degradation of air, soil and water quality and indicators of ecological degradation.

Density Functional Theory

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Aleksey E Kuznetsov
  • English
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Density Functional Theory: Fundamental Theory, Key Methods, and Applications provides a thorough and detailed explanation and overview of this important computational quantum mechanical modeling method and its applications. The book's chapters are structured to be easier to understand and more accessible to the target audience. Split into three distinct sections, it examines foundational knowledge surrounding DFT, covering key concepts such as the Thomas-Fermi model and Hohenberg-Kohn-Sham theory, exchange-correlation functionals, the advantages and disadvantages of DFT compared to MO theory, and other methods before exploring areas of future DFT development.The second section then examines practical methods and approaches for DFT, looking at the types of density functionals such as LSDA, GGA and meta-GGA functionals, hybrid functionals, DFTB methods, dispersion corrected functionals, Time-Dependent DFT, and the Plane-wave approach. It also looks at relations between DFT and ab initio molecular dynamics and the QM/MM approach. The final section then focuses on applications and some useful case studies of use of DFT in different areas, whilst weighing up strengths and weaknesses in such applications.

Science and Technology of Silkworm Sericin

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Sabu Thomas + 3 more
  • English
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Science and Technology of Silkworm Sericin: Extractions, Modifications and Applications focuses on the development and performance of many novel strategies for sericin extraction, modification, and its application.This book includes contributions from leading researchers in the fields of materials science, medical science, chemical science, and nanotechnology from companies, university, government, and private research institutes all around the world.Graduates and postgraduates, as well as research experts, will find this book to be an invaluable resource (primarily in the field of materials science, medicinal chemistry, organic chemistry and nanoscience and nanotechnology).In addition, nearly every analytical approach has been covered. As a result, academics, students, industry, scientists, and end-users will be able to benefit from it.

The Carbon Footprint of our Primary Energy Sources

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Mukul Sharma
  • English
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The Carbon Footprint of our Primary Energy Sources supplies readers with a comprehensive, accessible analysis of the carbon footprints of a range of primary energy sources including crude oil, natural gas, coal, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, hydroelectric energy, nuclear energy and biofuels, and their carbon footprints, employing a full lifecycle assessment (LCA) of each primary energy source. This text, along with its accompanying interactive calculator, furnishes both the foundation and a tool for estimating carbon footprints for a range of energy systems. The work culminates in a cost-benefit analysis of these primary energy sources.With the significant uptick of global investment in alternative energies and the global focus on reducing emissions, this text delivers an important foundational overview/understanding of these systems, and an opportunity for teachers and readers to apply learnings to their own energy consumption choices.

Advanced Electrochemical Materials and Devices for Clean Energy and Environment

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Zeba Khanam + 2 more
  • English
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Advanced Electrochemical Materials and Devices for Clean Energy and Environment presents recent advancements, revolutionary breakthroughs, and unraveled challenges in the development of electrochemical materials and devices for energy and environmental applications. The book discusses the latest trends in synthesis, processing, fabrication, characterization, and properties of materials. In addition, it highlights novel sustainable materials such as natural polysaccharides, biochar, plant-waste, animal-waste, other waste materials as promising substitutes for use in next-generation electrochemical devices.The book also demonstrates crossroads research where the electrochemical removal of pollutants can be coupled with the electrical energy production, such as in biological fuel cells; desalination batteries/supercapacitors; and other integrated devices. This is a valuable reference for beginners, researchers, scientists, and professionals from a variety of sectors, including electrochemists, chemical engineers, environmental scientists, materials scientists, and energy researchers across academia and industry.

Internet of Things (IoT) - An Engineering Approach

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Xicai Yue
  • English
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Internet of Things (IoT) – An Engineering Approach: From Principles to Practice provides clear engineering practice guides on developing intelligent sensor/actuator nodes and then forming an IoT system, without the confusion of network/communication protocols.IoT will be widely used in smart homes, smart cities, digital health, and digital manufacturers. However, the development of an IoT system can be complicated since it combines technologies in networking and security, wireless communication, broadband cellular networks, sensors and actuators, data acquisition and real-time embedded systems, edge computing with artificial intelligence, and low-power electronics technologies.All engineering practice topics come with examples mostly from the first-hand materials of the author’s research projects, e.g. digital switching, powering indoor IoT sensor nodes by photovoltaic energy harvesting, laser sensors for greenhouse plant, low-power electronics for implantable neural recording for blowfly, zero-power passive sensing, MEMs capacitor for ultrasound imaging/digital speaker, contactless electrode for physiological measurements, EoG based gaze tracking for augmented reality. Therefore, this book can be used for teaching or used as a reference for relevant research.

Advances in Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • F. Pacheco-Torgal + 5 more
  • English
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Advances in Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling: Digital Technologies, Management, Processing and Environmental Assessment presents recent research in recycling and reuse of concrete and demolition waste in construction applications. The book starts with a detailed introductory section on digital technologies that are used to enhance circularity. Part Two focuses on the management of construction and demolition waste, including estimation of quantities and the use of BIM and GIS tools. Part Three reviews the processing of recycled aggregates, along with the performance of concrete mixtures using different types of recycled aggregates. Part Four looks at the environmental assessment of non-hazardous waste. This book will be a standard reference for civil engineers, structural engineers, architects, and academic researchers working in the field of construction and demolition waste.

Quantum Dot Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Prashant Kesharwani + 1 more
  • English
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Quantum Dot Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery compiles the latest advances in the development and application of QD nanocarriers for delivery of a range of therapeutic agents. QDs are widely accepted because of their dominant striking characteristics including biocompatibility, photoluminescence, morphology, size, and stability. This book systematically reviews the benefits and challenges of using QDs in drug delivery applications, evaluating their toxicity, safety, preclinical and clinical aspects.Quantum Dot Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery is of interest to a broad audience, including researchers and academics working in the fields of biomaterials, nanotechnology, pharmaceutical science and biomedical engineering.