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Energy Efficiency in Critical Times

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2025
  • Romanus Osabohien
  • English
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Energy Efficiency in Critical Times: Security, Economics, and Transition provides a holistic perspective on energy policy analysis and development, in a global context and covering economic, security, and technological aspects. Part I of this book begins by focusing on economic policy for energy systems, before moving on in Part II to consider impacts of policy for technological system advancement such as vehicle electrification and renewable energy integration. Part III demonstrates techniques for analysis of major events, including the huge ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Finally, Part IV specifically focuses on energy trading across borders. Including cutting-edge analyses of recent crises and close assessment of needs specific to lower-income countries, Energy Efficiency in Critical Times provides researchers, policymakers, and students with an essential guide to energy policy for a secure and sustainable future.

Interdependent Human-Machine Teams

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2025
  • William Lawless + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Interdependent Human-Machine Teams: The Path to Autonomy examines the foundations, metrics, and applications of human-machine systems, the legal ramifications of autonomy, trust by the public, and trust by the users and AI systems of their users, integrating concepts from various disciplines such as AI, machine learning, social sciences, quantum mechanics, and systems engineering. In this book, world-class researchers, engineers, ethicists, and social scientists discuss what machines, humans, and systems should discuss with each other, to policymakers, and to the public.It establishes the meaning and operation of “shared contexts” between humans and machines, policy makers, and the public and explores how human-machine systems affect targeted audiences (researchers, machines, robots, users, regulators, etc.) and society, as well as future ecosystems composed of humans, machines, and systems.

Engineered Biocomposites for Dye Adsorption

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2025
  • Ahmad Hussaini Jagaba + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Department of Chemistry, Sule Lamido University, Nigeria Engineered Biocomposites for Dye Adsorption compiles and discusses applications, mechanisms, and performance evaluation of various biocomposites during dye adsorption. The book analyzes the techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of biocomposites for dye adsorption. It highlights different adsorbent materials for dye degradation and resource recovery ranging from but not limited to activated carbon, biochar, hydrochar, pyrochar, waste fruits, waste industrial sludge, geological materials, graphene, carbon nanotubes, MXene, polymers, metals, nanomaterials, and metal–organic frameworks.The book shows how combining materials such as biocomposites significantly yields better dye adsorption than a single material and addresses conventional issues with adsorption such as adsorbent cost, effectiveness, regeneration, and sustainability and provides insights into the preparation and use of new adsorbent materials for dye removal from aqueous solutions. The information contained in this book will increase readers’ fundamental knowledge, guide future researchers, and can be incorporated into future works on experimental studies on dye adsorption. As such it serves as an indispensable resource and reference work for engineers, wastewater specialists, biotechnologists, chemists, microbiologists, researchers, and students studying industrial effluents, biomass, bioproducts, and adsorption processes.

Green Financial Derivatives

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2025
  • Qian Xu + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Green Financial Derivatives: Option-Based Solutions Promoting Behaviour-Driven Household Energy Efficiency provides a guide on the role of market-based interventions on mitigating household energy demand. This book provides clarity on the fundamental principles of the financial markets, energy markets, and regulatory and policy landscapes, identifying challenges and opportunities. It outlines the critical role that behavior-centered interventions play in the demand-supply challenges of renewable energy integration and how these intersect with technological solutions. As well as breaking down general principles of option-based green financial derivatives, it provides a close analysis and evaluation of the Household Energy-Saving Option (HESO) and the market-equilibrium pricing method.With a wealth of case studies, tools, and best practices, ‘Green Financial Derivatives’ will support academics, students, and policymakers in designing, implementing, and evaluating market-based options for advancing demand stability and renewable energy sources.

Resource Optimization in Wireless Communications

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2025
  • English
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Resource Optimization in Wireless Communications: Fundamentals, Algorithms, and Applications provides an easy-to-understand overview of the fundamentals of resource optimization, along with the latest algorithms and applications for emerging 5G, and beyond, wireless systems offering a variety of services. Additionally, it covers the principles and resource optimization of some systems expected in 6G.This book is suitable for courses in wireless communications that cover the principles of multicarrier and OFDM, the theory of resource allocation, power allocation, and subcarrier allocation, as well as the principles and optimization of OTFS, ISAC, reflective intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted mmWave, and user-centric cell-free wireless systems. It is also an ideal self-study reference text for researchers and industry engineers who wish to deepen their knowledge while researching and developing wireless systems for 6G.

Difference Equations and Applications

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2025
  • English
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Difference Equations and Applications provides unique coverage of high-level topics in the application of difference equations and dynamical systems. The book begins with extensive coverage of the calculus of difference equations, including contemporary topics on l_p stability, exponential stability, and parameters that can be used to qualitatively study solutions to non-linear difference equations, including variations of parameters and equations with constant coefficients, before moving on to the Z-Transform and its various functions, scalings, and applications. It covers systems, Lyapunov functions, and stability, a subject rarely covered in competitor titles, before concluding with a comprehensive section on new variations of parameters.Exercises are provided after each section, ranging from an easy to medium level of difficulty. When finished, students are set up to conduct meaningful research in discrete dynamical systems. In summary, this book is a comprehensive resource that delves into the mathematical theory of difference equations while highlighting their practical applications in various dynamic systems. It is highly likely to be of interest to students, researchers, and professionals in fields where discrete modeling and analysis are essential.

Treatment and Recycling of Solid Waste

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2025
  • Zhao Youcai + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
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Treatment and Recycling of Solid Waste provides an introduction to six types of waste, namely municipal and rural solid waste, construction and demolition waste, hazardous waste, industrial waste, electric and electronic waste, and sewage sludge. These types of waste will be discussed in great detail as well as combining with the treatment and recycling technologies, such as pretreatment, reuse and recycling, anaerobic digestion and aerobic compositing, incineration for power, pyrolysis, and sanitary landfill. This book will focus on pollution control and resource utilization. It will also describe the combining process design principles with application examples to comprehensively describe various methods, principles, processes, new technologies, new methods, and new theories for solid waste treatment and recycling.

Basic to Modern Strategies of Synthetic Organic Chemistry

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2025
  • Hyun-Joon Ha
  • English
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Basic to Modern Strategies of Synthetic Organic Chemistry offers fresh perspectives and interests to professionals engaged in organic synthesis in various fields. The book starts with sections for review and understanding of reactions and proceeds with more in-depth knowledge in organic synthesis, including examples of total synthesis. Sections provide a systematic learning of organic reactions, with a focus on the relatively simple yet somewhat complex approach to compound synthesis. Furthermore, this reference will serve as a useful resource for graduate students to enhance their understanding and review of organic chemistry and synthesis.It includes examples of total synthesis that helps pursuing further studies. Additionally, the book provides an introduction to environmental and economic considerations in synthesis, which has become an important issue in recent years, especially for those working in fine chemicals and the pharmaceutical industry. The book also introduces flow chemistry, along with an overview of the processes and equipment used.

Supply Systems for High-speed Railways

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2025
  • Shibin Gao + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Supply Systems for High-Speed Railways focuses on the latest research into smart traction power supply system. Starting from the concept of smart technologies, it describes the structure and functions of smart traction power supply systems, including smart power supply and transformation facilities, smart power supply operation and maintenance management systems, smart power supply dispatching systems, and high-speed communication networks. It covers both theory and the implementation methods and case studies of wide area protection, self-healing reconstruction, fault prognostics, health assessment, and power supply dispatching.

Sparsity Measures and their Signal Processing Applications for Machine Condition Monitoring

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2025
  • Dong Wang + 1 more
  • English
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Sparsity measures are effective indicators for quantifying the sparsity of data sequences. They are often used for fault feature characterization in condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of rotating machinery. Sparsity Measures and their Signal Processing Applications for Machine Condition Monitoring introduces newly designed sparsity measures and their advanced signal processing technologies for machine condition monitoring and fault diagnosis. The book systematically introduces: (1) new sparsity measures such as quasi-arithmetic mean ratio framework for fault signatures quantification, generalized Gini index, etc.; (2) classic sparsity measures based on signal processing technologies and cycle-embedded sparsity measure based on new impulsive mode decomposition technology; and (3) a sparsity measure data-driven framework based optimized weights spectrum theory and its relevant advanced signal processing technologies.

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