Skip to main content
Elsevier
View Cart
openUserAccount

Books in Physical sciences and engineering

BooksJournals
2751-2760 of 25269 results in All results

Environmental Water Requirements in Mountainous Areas

  • 1st Edition
  • October 19, 2021
  • Elias Dimitriou + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 3 4 2 - 6
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 3 4 3 - 3
Environmental Water Requirements in Mountainous Areas presents comprehensive and scientifically sound approaches and methodologies for estimating the environmental water requirements and tradeoffs for water allocation by analyzing anthropogenic and natural water needs. The book covers environmental water management issues in mountainous areas, specifically focusing on the Mediterranean region which exhibits significant contrasts in its demographic and hydrologic features. The authors include paradigms and information that will be useful for water resources managers, decision makers, scientists working in the fields of ecology and water resources management, engineers that design hydraulic works, and environmental policymakers.

Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies

  • 1st Edition
  • October 19, 2021
  • Mejdi Jeguirim
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 5 3 2 - 4
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 6 4 5 - 1
Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies is a comprehensive reference covering critical research, laboratory and industry developments on renewable energy technological, production, conversion, storage, and management, including solar energy systems (thermal and photovoltaic), wind energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, bioenergy and hydrogen production, and large-scale development of renewable energy technologies and their impact on the global economy and power capacity. Technological advancements include resources assessment and deployment, materials performance improvement, system optimization and sizing, instrumentation and control, modeling and simulation, regulations, and policies.Each modular chapter examines recent advances in specific renewable energy systems, providing theoretical and applied aspects of system optimization, control and management and supports them with global case studies demonstrating practical applications and economical and environmental aspects through life cycle analysis. The book is of interest to engineering graduates, researchers, professors and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector and advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production and sustainability.

Functional Materials Processing for Switchable Device Modulation

  • 1st Edition
  • October 19, 2021
  • Kaushik Pal + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 9 7 2 - 8
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 2 3 3 - 9
Functional Materials Processing for Switchable Device Modulation focuses on the advances of nanofabrication that underpin emerging technologies, including electronic devices. The book provides readers with a broad view of the materials’ perspectives, including historical context and background, along with future opportunities for smart electronic and switchable devices. A major focus in the book is on the research and development of synthetic materials for spectroscopic analysis which broadly deals with science and technology of materials on the atomic and molecular scale. The book reviews the materials and advances in research for switchable electronics for bioelectronic, sensing and optoelectronic applications. In addition, key challenges and emerging opportunities in innovations in surface modification and novel functional materials device implementation for industrial scale reproducibility are discussed. The book covers the applications and market potential for a variety of media, including mirrors, glazing/coatings, and display products. The physics, electrochemistry, device design and materials are detailed, with performance compared between the most relevant and emerging switchable technologies.

Smart Home Technologies and Services for Geriatric Rehabilitation

  • 1st Edition
  • October 18, 2021
  • Mohamed-Amine Choukou + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 1 7 3 - 2
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 1 9 2 - 3
Smart Home Technologies and Services for Geriatric Rehabilitation provides a toolbox for healthcare stakeholders involved in decision-making for the design, development and implementation of smart home solutions. The book provides an in-depth look at the field of smart homes with readers from both research and practice in mind. It addresses the roles and contributions of smart home technologies and services in supporting geriatric rehabilitation and discusses the challenges of current practice and future innovation, especially with wireless technology and 5G advancements. This reference offers advice on how to implement solutions in the home, and how to framework the modalities of modifying and measuring responses to rehabilitation interventions in geriatric populations. Acceptability, usability and adherence are all considered. Content coverage includes how to navigate policies, regulations, standards and how to build business models. The book's editorial team is multidisciplinary, multisectoral, and from very different regions of the world, thus ensuring a comprehensive scope and global approach.

Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

  • 2nd Edition
  • October 17, 2021
  • Tim Davies + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 4 6 4 - 6
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 6 4 5 - 2
Landslide Hazards, Risks and Disasters Second Edition makes a broad but detailed examination of major aspects of mass movements and their consequences, and provides knowledge to form the basis for more complete and accurate monitoring, prediction, preparedness and reduction of the impacts of landslides on society. The frequency and intensity of landslide hazards and disasters has consistently increased over the past century, and this trend will continue as society increasingly utilises steep landscapes. Landslides and related phenomena can be triggered by other hazard and disaster processes – such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and wildfires – and they can also cause other hazards and disasters, making them a complex multi-disciplinary challenge. This new edition of Landslide Hazards, Risks and Disasters is updated and includes new chapters, covering additional topics including rockfalls, landslide interactions and impacts and geomorphic perspectives. Knowledge, understanding and the ability to model landslide processes are becoming increasingly important challenges for society extends its occupation of increasingly hilly and mountainous terrain, making this book a key resource for educators, researchers and disaster managers in geophysics, geology and environmental science.

Biofuels and Bioenergy

  • 1st Edition
  • October 17, 2021
  • Baskar Gurunathan + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 2 6 9 - 2
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 2 7 0 - 8
Biofuels and Bioenergy: Opportunities and Challenges is the first of two volumes that address the technological developments and challenges in the production of a broad range of biofuels and bioenergy products from renewable feedstock. The book emphasizes the opportunities and challenges involved in various processes including fermentation, transesterification, microbial fuels cells, liquefaction, gasification, and pyrolysis. These are also considered from a biorefinery perspective and discuss all common biomass feedstocks. In addition, the book presents new research on microalgae from waste water treatment, large scale production of microalgae, microbial biooil production, biogas production, computational tools for manipulation of metabolic pathway for enhanced biogas production, production of biofuel from genetically modified microalgal biomass, techno-economic analysis, environmental impact and life cycle analysis. Biofuels and Bioenergy is an ideal reference on the latest research for researchers and students working in the area of biofuels and renewable energy.

Radiative Heat Transfer

  • 4th Edition
  • October 16, 2021
  • Michael F. Modest + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 4 0 6 - 5
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 4 0 7 - 2
Radiative Heat Transfer, Fourth Edition is a fully updated, revised and practical reference on the basic physics and computational tools scientists and researchers use to solve problems in the broad field of radiative heat transfer. This book is acknowledged as the core reference in the field, providing models, methodologies and calculations essential to solving research problems. It is applicable to a variety of industries, including nuclear, solar and combustion energy, aerospace, chemical and materials processing, as well as environmental, biomedical and nanotechnology fields. Contemporary examples and problems surrounding sustainable energy, materials and process engineering are an essential addition to this edition.

Machining and Tribology

  • 1st Edition
  • October 16, 2021
  • Alokesh Pramanik
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 8 8 9 - 6
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 8 9 0 - 2
Machining and Tribology provides insight into both the role of tribology in machining and the effects of various machining processes on tribology, exploring topics such as machining mechanisms, coolant technology, tool wear, and more. Covering the latest research, the book starts by looking at the tribological aspects of turning, milling, and drilling processes. From there, it explores the effects of different coolants such as flood, minimum quantity lubrication, and cryogenics on machining forces, tool wear, friction, chip formation, and surface generation during various machining processes. Tribological considerations of machined components follow, and the volume concludes with chapters covering simulation scenarios for predicting machining forces, tool wear, surface generation, and chip formation.

Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes

  • 1st Edition
  • October 16, 2021
  • Maulin P. Shah + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 6 5 7 - 7
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 4 9 5 - 6
Development in Waste Water Treatment Research and Processes: Innovative Microbe-Based Applications for Removal of Chemicals and Metals in Wastewater Treatment Plants focuses on the exploitation of various biological treatment technologies and their use to treat toxic and hazardous contaminants present in industrial effluent and restore the contaminated sites, a topic which lacks discussion in existing titles on the global market. This book encompasses advanced technologies and updated information as well as future directions for young researchers and scientists who are working in the field of wastewater treatment or effluent treatment plants and biodegradation of environmental contaminants for environmental safety and sustainable development.

Membrane Separation Processes

  • 1st Edition
  • October 15, 2021
  • Ahmad Fauzi Ismail + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 6 2 6 - 7
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 1 6 3 - 0
Membrane Separation Processes: Theories, Problems, and Solutions provides graduate and senior undergraduate students and membrane researchers in academia and industry with the fundamental knowledge on the topic by explaining the underlying theory that is indispensable for solving problems that occur in membrane separation processes. All major membrane processes are discussed, and an economic analysis is provided. Separation processes such as RO, UF, MF, RO, PRO and MD are thoroughly discussed. During the last two decades, the scope of the R&D of membrane separation processes has been significantly broadened. Other sections in the book cover membrane contactor and membrane adsorption. In addition, hybrid systems in which two or more membrane systems are combined are now being investigated for large-scale applications.

Related subjects

Astronomy astrophysics space science

Built environment

Chemical engineering

Chemistry

Computer science

Earth and planetary sciences

Energy and power

Engineering and technology

Environmental sciences

Materials science

Mathematics

Physics