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Books in Chemical engineering

The Chemical Engineering collection offers content that combines research with foundational knowledge, practical information, methods and case studies, in a variety of areas, including biochemical engineering, catalysis, filtration & separation, colloids & surface chemistry, electrochemical engineering, energy & transport processes, materials chemistry, metallurgy, process engineering, safety & reliability, sustainable & environmental, to help chemical engineers address the challenges we face today, including climate change, global warming, health and nutrition, and alternative energy.

  • HiGee Chemical Separation Engineering

    • 1st Edition
    • Youzhi Liu
    • English
    Hi-Gee Chemical Separation Engineering introduces the basic concepts and technical terms of high gravity (hi-gee) separation technology in a systematical way while also analyzing and expounding on the differences between centrifugal separation technology and high gravity separation technology. The book takes the "problem elicitation-theory-p... technology-applicati... case" as the main line and introduces, in detail, the operation and technical contents of high gravity chemical separation, such as absorption, desorption, distillation, extraction and adsorption. In addition, the book highlights academic innovation and lists examples that are closely combined with practical production. This book will be an indispensable reference for researchers, engineers and technicians, production managers, and teachers and students of related majors in colleges and universities in chemical industry, materials, environment, pharmacy, food and other fields.

  • All-Dielectric Nanophotonics

    • 1st Edition
    • Alexander S. Shalin + 2 more
    • English
    All-Dielectric Nanophotonics aims to review the underlying principles, advances and future directions of research in the field. The book reviews progress in all-dielectric metasurfaces and nanoantennas, new types of excitations, such as magnetic and toroidal modes and associated anapole states. Ultrahigh-Q resonant modes such as bound states in the continuum are covered and the promise of replacing conventional bulky optical elements with nanometer-scale structures with enhanced functionality is discussed. This book is suitable for new entrants to the field as an overview of this research area. Experienced researchers and professionals in the field may also find this book suitable as a reference.

  • Heat Pipes

    Theory, Design and Applications
    • 7th Edition
    • Hussam Jouhara + 4 more
    • English
    Heat Pipes: Theory, Design and Applications, Seventh Edition, takes a highly practical approach to the design and selection of heat pipes, making it an essential guide for practicing engineers and an ideal text for postgraduate students. The expanded author team consolidate and update the theoretical background included in previous editions, and include new sections on recent developments in manufacturing methods, wick design and additional applications. The book serves as an introduction to the theory, design and application of the range of passive, two-phase, heat-transfer devices known as heat pipes, serving as an essential reference for those seeking a sound understanding of the principles of heat pipe technology. It provides an introduction to the basic principles of operation and design data which would permit the reader to design and fabricate a basic heat pipe. It also provides details of the various more complex configurations and designs currently available to assist in selecting such devices.This new edition has been fully updated to reflect the latest research and technologies and includes four brand new chapters on various types of heat pipe, theoretical principles of heat transfer and fluid mechanics, additive manufacturing and heat pipe heat exchangers.

  • Biogas to Biomethane

    Engineering, Production, Sustainability
    • 1st Edition
    • Abu Yousuf + 1 more
    • English
    Biogas to Biomethane: Engineering, Production, Sustainability addresses the technical, social and economic aspects of biogas upgradation to biomethane. With a focus on the latest advances, the book examines the challenges of biomethane production from technology to safety. Sections discuss the fundamentals of biomethane production, examine the latest technologies for biogas upgradation, provide step-by-step guidance on how to calculate and model mass, energy and emission flows from different process and technological configurations, address alternative and combined approaches to biogas upgradation, such as with mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria, consider the socio-economic implications of the biogas to biomethane production chain, and more. Additional sections discuss biosafety in relation to the technologies and processes discussed throughout the book and assess the sustainability of biomethane through lifecycle assessments and techno-economic and policy perspectives. This is an invaluable reference for researchers and industry engineers interested in biogas upgradation and the production of biomethane, and will be of interest to multidisciplinary teams working across Renewable Energy, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science, and Sustainability Science.

  • Machine Learning Aided Analysis, Design, and Additive Manufacturing of Functionally Graded Porous Composite Structures

    • 1st Edition
    • Jie Yang + 2 more
    • English
    Machine Learning Aided Analysis, Design, and Additive Manufacturing of Functionally Graded Porous Composite Structures presents a state-of-the-art review of the latest advances and cutting-edge technologies in this important research field. Sections provide an introduction to functionally graded porous structures and detail the effects of graded porosities on bending, buckling, and vibration behaviors within the framework of Timoshenko beam theory and first-order shear deformable plate theory. Other sections cover the usage of machine learning techniques for smart structural analysis of porous components as an evolution from traditional engineering and methods and focus on additive manufacturing of structures with graded porosities for end-user applications. The book follows a clear path from design and analysis to fabrication and applications. Readers will find extensive knowledge and examples of functionally graded porous structures that are suitable for innovative research and market needs, with applications relevant to a diverse range of industrial fields, including mechanical, structural, aerospace, energy, and biomedical engineering.

  • Process Intensification for Chemical and Biotechnology Industries

    Fundamentals and Applications to Critical and Advanced Processes
    • 1st Edition
    • Shirish H. Sonawane + 2 more
    • English
    Process Intensification for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Industries: Fundamentals and Applications to Critical and Advanced Processes shows the importance of process intensification in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology industries. The book provides mathematical aspects such as modeling of improved crystallization processes for the design of novel process intensification equipment. The book is an indispensable resource for researchers in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology industries, covering the fundamentals of process intensification, equipment used for fabrication, and the implementation of novel trends in process intensification that are cost effective and produce minimum waste and high yield.

  • Agroenergy

    Renewable and Sustainable Energy
    • 1st Edition
    • Lina María Grajales Agudelo + 2 more
    • English
    Agroenergy: Renewable and Sustainable Energy presents developments in agroenergy. With a particular focus on sustainability, each section of the book – crop productivity, biofuel production based on feedstock generation, and bioenergy production technologies – addresses different aspects of the agroenergetic production chain, identifying strategies for enhanced yields and reduced risks. Sample sections explain the theoretical and economic aspects related to crop productivity, along with issues related to circular economy, lifecycle assessments, and impacts of future climate scenarios. Other chapters discuss biofuel production based on feedstock generation, describe the valorization of biomass residues, address pretreatment issues, and more. This book will be of interest to scientists, researchers, engineers, industrial practitioners, graduate and postgraduate students, and anyone working in any agroenergy sector.

  • Advanced Functional Materials and Methods for Photodegradation of Toxic Pollutants

    • 1st Edition
    • Ajay Kumar Mishra + 4 more
    • English
    Advanced Functional Materials and Methods for Photodegradation of Toxic Pollutants addresses the potential role of visible active photocatalytic methods for the removal of various emerging and persistent organic pollutants (POPs.) Describing the classification, sources and potential risks of emerging organics in water bodies and the environment, the book covers the different synthesis methods of visible active structured photocatalysts and structure related properties to their applications in photocatalytic processes for the removal of antibiotics, pharma and heavy metal pollutants. This book provides an invaluable reference to academics, researchers and technicians in chemical engineering, chemistry and environmental science. In addition, the mechanistic insights associated with the interaction of advanced functional materials and water pollutants along with the possible reaction pathway occurring during the visible light induced photocatalytic processes together with toxicity are discussed in detail along with the reutilization of catalysts, supporting the inherent reaction conditions performed with natural conditions.

  • Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes

    Recent Achievements for Ion-Exchange Membranes
    • 1st Edition
    • Angelo Basile + 1 more
    • English
    Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Recent Achievements for Ion-Exchange Membranes focuses on introducing and analyzing ion-exchange membranes performance and overviewing recent achievements in the structural development of ion-exchange membranes in various applications. Hence, this book is a key reference text for R&D managers in who are interested in the development of ion-exchange membrane technologies as well as academic researchers and postgraduate students working in the wider area of strategic treatments, separation and purification processes.

  • Advances in Heat Transfer

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 56
    • English
    Advances in Heat Transfer, Volume 56, presents the latest in a serial that highlights new advances in the field, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.

  • Sustainable Remediation Technologies for Emerging Pollutants in Aqueous Environment

    • 1st Edition
    • Mohammad Hadi Dehghani + 2 more
    • English
    Sustainable Technologies for Remediation of Emerging Pollutants from Aqueous Environment compiles and collates advanced technologies for the purification of water and wastewater. The book covers the biological purification of wastewater, the use of adsorbents for decontamination of water, the role of membrane technology and its composites for removing emerging pollutants, and applications of advanced oxidation processes (AOP) for removal of emerging pollutants. This resource provides a single source solution to academicians and young researchers by assembling the latest information on the application of the conventional and non-conventional in water and wastewater purification.

  • Progresses in Ammonia: Science, Technology and Membranes

    Decomposition
    • 1st Edition
    • Angelo Basile + 1 more
    • English
    Progresses in Ammonia: Science, Technology and Membranes: Decomposition considers the membrane technology for improving ammonia decomposition. Various aspects are considered, including the catalytic extraction of hydrogen from ammonia, the recovery of hydrogen from ammonia production processes, the hydrogen production system combined with a membrane reactor from ammonia, highly purified hydrogen production from ammonia for PEM fuel cell, the carbon dioxide capture by aqueous ammonia with membrane, and the Ammonia decomposition in auto-thermal microchannel reactors). Mathematical simulation using the CFD model to investigate the effect of Ammonia decomposition is also discussed.

  • Biomass to Bioenergy

    Modern Technological Strategies for Biorefineries
    • 1st Edition
    • Sonil Nanda + 1 more
    • English
    Biomass to Bioenergy: Modern Technological Strategies for Biorefineries provides an in-depth review of the latest innovations and developments in biomass conversion technologies for energy and biochemical products. The book presents the fundamental principles, recent developments, challenges and solutions, innovative state-of-the-art technologies and future perspectives on biorefining technologies of waste biomass resources to biofuel production.

  • Polymer Electrolyte-Based Electrochemical Devices

    • 1st Edition
    • Massimiliano Lo Faro + 1 more
    • English
    Polymer Electrolyte–Based Electrochemical Devices: Advances, provides a complete overview of the theoretical and applied aspects of energy-related polymer electrolyte-based technologies. The book presents detailed thermodynamic and other basic requirements for smart materials like fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries, sensors and devices for the abatement of pollutants. Delving into the physical-chemical, electrochemical, and mechanical properties of smart materials, it covers fundamental analysis and modeling to optimize the application of smart materials in terms of conductivity, chemical stability and kinetic properties. Detailed protocols for operation are suggested and discussed, including component development to optimize functionality, cost and upscaling. By exploring examples of actual prototypes based on recent research findings, analyzing requirements and cost estimate for large-scale production and implementation, as well as for their integration into existing systems, the environmental impact of multiple electrochemical applications is also examined.

  • Advanced Frequency Regulation Strategies in Renewable-Dominated Power Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Sandeep Dhundhara + 2 more
    • English
    Advanced Frequency Regulation Strategies in Renewable-Dominated Modern Power Systems discusses advanced control strategies positioned to attain stable and reliable electric power operation in highly renewable modern grids. These strategies are increasingly valuable components of the practitioner technical toolbox, and are essential to maintain frequency and voltage regulations, assert power quality standards, and ensure overall grid stability. This book focuses on the rapid integration of renewable-based generating units in power systems, highlighting state-of-the-art technologies and emerging topics pertaining to load frequency control, robust control strategies, and energy storage systems. Chapters are accompanied by case studies drawn from modern international practice.

  • Optimal Operation of Active Distribution Networks

    Congestion Management, Voltage Control and Service Restoration
    • 1st Edition
    • Feifan Shen + 4 more
    • English
    Optimal Operation of Active Distribution Networks: Congestion Management, Voltage Control and Service Restoration provides researchers and practitioners with a clear and modern understanding of how to optimize the economic, secure and resilient operation of active distribution networks. The book provides case studies, modern implementations and supporting flowcharts and code, along with current research in congestion management, service restoration and voltage control of active distribution networks. Chapter provide an overview of the active distribution network concept, present key approaches for the congestion management of active distribution networks, and cover approaches in uncertainty, coordination of DLMP, scheduled re-profiling, and more. Other sections cover real-time congestion management and service restoration of active distribution networks.

  • Flexoelectricity in Ceramics and their Application

    • 1st Edition
    • Satyanarayan Patel
    • English
    Flexoelectricity is the ability of materials to generate a voltage when they are bent or, conversely, to bend under voltage. Flexoelectricity can be present in all materials; however, the magnitude of the flexoelectric coefficients is so small that flexoelectricity is virtually imperceptible on the human scale. The book's objective is to look at the flexoelectric effect in ceramics for various applications point of view such as sensor, actuator and energy harvesting etc. It briefly discusses the flexoelectric effect theories and models with the latest development in this field. Several methods are discussed to increase the flexoelectric effect in ferroelectric and other ceramics. It focused on the latest development in various possible applications such as flexopyroelectric, flexocaloric and nano energy generators. Apart from these, it will also discuss the inverse flexoelectric effect, flexoelectric effect in 2D materials, ambiguities and controversies in this field. This book resolved many questions related to flexoelectricity and made significant discoveries with profound implications beyond flexoelectricity, in such diverse areas as caloric or MEMS devices, etc. It covers the most recent breakthroughs in nano-generator, composite-based ceramics to maximize energy harvesting and storage. Therefore, this book will be handy for a researcher working in this direction of ceramics and can be a reference book for allied specializations. It will open a new approach to using the flexoelectric effect in various ceramics and varieties of applications.

  • Deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage

    Insights, Case Studies, and Key Learnings
    • 1st Edition
    • Lydia Rycroft + 1 more
    • English
    Deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage: Insights, Case Studies, and Key Learnings presents the latest research and technologies on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), building on the topics to provide case studies and lesson learned from early stage projects. The book highlights CCS storage technologies deployed at scale to offer readers insights and guidance that will ensure they make sound decisions when developing CCS programs. Cost and risk minimization techniques are included to minimize cost and risk for wide-scale commercial deployment required by 2050. Global case studies on CCS technology and high TLR provide readers with unique insight into worldwide activity.Readers will gain a thorough understanding of the full CCS chain as applied across multiple settings including energy, chemical, geological and environmental industries, as well as an authoritative understanding of international policy and regulation factors.

  • Mining and Processing Residues

    Future’s Source of Critical Raw Materials
    • 1st Edition
    • Olga Chernoburova + 1 more
    • English
    Mining and Processing Residues: Future’s Source of Critical Raw Materials provides a comprehensive review of principal aspects of CRM-containing residues re-processing, including available sampling and analytical techniques, the latest available processing technologies, authorization and legal matters, and analysis of environmental, social, and economic impacts. Suitable for academic researchers, practicing engineers and students, the book is aimed at giving a complete and multilateral view of CRM recovery from the residues.

  • Design of Innovation Processes

    Flow from Idea to Market Launch with Higher Speed and Value, Time after Time
    • 1st Edition
    • Darrell Velegol
    • English
    Design of Innovation Processes: Flow from Idea to Market Launch with Higher Speed and Value, Time after Time introduces the concept of seeing innovation as a type of process manufacturing operation and offers a coherent set of principles that will accelerate innovation in the chemical processing industries. The book provides actionable practices for innovating chemically related products and services faster, and with higher value. The author shows that by coordinating an Integrated Innovation Team (IIT) consisting of R&D, marketing, manufacturing, regulatory, toxicology, analytical, legal, finance, VP-level leadership, sustainability, and other functions, it's possible to increase innovation throughput. The author, Dr. Darrell Velegol, Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at Penn State University, sees ineffective innovation processes as the reason why chemical process industries are growing less than industries like digitech, hence he provides valuable information in this updated resource.

  • Green Membrane Technologies towards Environmental Sustainability

    • 1st Edition
    • Ludovic Francis Dumee + 2 more
    • English
    Green Membrane Technology Towards Environmental Sustainability covers experimental and theoretical aspects of greener membranes and processes. The book fills the gap in current literature and offers a platform that introduces and discusses new routes in fabricating green membranes and processes for developing green membranes. Although membranes and membrane processes have decades of history, rapid development in membranes manufacturing and emerging membrane driven markets is requiring new and more sustainable engagement of manufacturers, membrane operators and scientists. This book is written for chemical and polymer engineers, materials scientists, professors, graduate students, as well as general readers at universities, research institutions and R&D departments in industries who are engaged in sustainable engineering and practical strategies in circular economy.

  • Turquoise Hydrogen

    An Effective Pathway to Decarbonization and Value Added Carbon Materials
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 61
    • English
    Turquoise Hydrogen: An Effective Pathway to Decarbonization and Value Added Carbon Materials, Volume 61 in the Advances in Chemical Engineering series, reports on the latest advances in turquoise hydrogen production technologies, including thermo-catalytic, plasma and molten media conversion of natural gas and hydrocarbons streams. Chapters in this new release include Perspective, economic potential and overview of current technologies and challenges, Catalytic and non-catalytic chemical kinetics of hydrocarbons cracking for hydrogen and carbon materials production, Fluid dynamics aspects and reactor scale simulations of chemical reactors, Developments in lab-scale reactors for thermo catalytic production of hydrogen and carbon material, and more. Additional sections cover Product spectra, properties, performances and market applications of carbon materials from hydrocarbons cracking, Molten media pyrolysis technologies for hydrocarbons cracking, Opportunities for turquoise hydrogen production and utilization in the metals and steel industry, and Industrial scale reactors for materials production from hydrocarbons cracking.

  • Handbook of Corrosion Engineering

    Modern Theory, Fundamentals and Practical Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Chandrabhan Verma + 4 more
    • English
    Handbook of Corrosion Engineering: Modern Theory, Fundamentals and Practical Applications explores recent progress in metals corrosion and associated protection processes, spanning all corrosion-related characteristics utilized in natural and industrial environments, including monitoring and testing. The book combines the science and engineering of corrosion to assist readers in conducting exact corrosion evaluations in the design and plant management phases, including optimal protection methods. The book examines the basics of corrosion science, including the electrochemical mechanism, thermodynamic and kinetic aspects, different corrosion forms—such as uniform, localized, and stress corrosion phenomena—and protection systems adopted to combat corrosion, including inhibitors, coatings, and cathodic protection.

  • Manganese Mining Microorganisms

    • 1st Edition
    • Alok Prasad Das + 1 more
    • English
    Manganese Mining Microorganisms covers the latest amalgamation of the diversity of Mn biomining microorganisms, their biosolubilization mechanisms, and their role in natural manganese biogeochemical cycling. The book demonstrates the role of microorganisms as applied to manganese recovery from ores using bacteria. This new book provides an in-depth view of the latest trends in green mining, along with mechanistic views of biomining and bio recovery processes for both academic (undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral students and lecturers/researcher... and industrial readers.

  • Lightweight and Sustainable Composite Materials

    Preparation, Properties and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa + 3 more
    • English
    Lightweight and Sustainable Composites Materials: Preparation, Properties and Applications focuses on the synthesis, processing and characterization of these materials, their environmental sustainability features, compatibility with composites and their broad range of commercial and industrial application fields. The combination of being both lightweight and sustainable results in unique properties that make them suitable for a broad range of advanced commercial engineering applications. The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers and material scientists and engineers working in the development of lightweight and sustainable composite materials. As recent studies on these materials reveal that they process excellent mechanical, electrical and thermal properties as well as improving environmental sustainability, this book is a welcomed resource.

  • Advanced Fluoropolymer Nanocomposites

    Fabrication, Processing, Characterization and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Kalim Deshmukh + 1 more
    • English
    Advanced Fluoropolymer Nanocomposites: Fabrication, Processing, Characterization and Applications presents a comprehensive review on the fundamental chemistry, physics, biology and engineering of advanced fluoropolymer nanocomposites. Detailed attention is given to the synthesis, processing characterization, properties and applications of fluoropolymer nanocomposites. Morphological, thermal, electrical, mechanical, tribological and viscoelastic properties are also discussed in detail, along with the influence of synthesis methods on the formation of fluoropolymer nanocomposites, including the effect of nanofiller size and shape and the dispersion state of various nanofillers in different fluoropolymer matrices. This book will be a useful reference resource for scientists, engineers and postgraduate students working in the field of polymer science and technology, materials science and engineering, composites and nanocomposites. This resource will help them find solutions to both fundamental and applied problems associated with their research. It will also assist researchers in becoming more acquainted with the field to address key questions within a short time.

  • Modelling of Chemical Process Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Syed Ahmad Imtiaz
    • English
    Models and simulations are widely being used for design, optimization, fault detection and diagnosis, and various other decision-making purposes. Increasingly, models are developed at different scales and levels, all the way from molecular level to the large-scale process systems scale. Modelling of Chemical Process Systems gives readers a feel for the multiscale modelling. As models have been developed for various applications, a general systematic method for building model has emerged. This book starts with the history of modelling and its usefulness, describing modelling steps in detail. Examples have been chosen carefully from both conventional chemical process systems to contemporary systems, including fuel cell and bioprocesses. Modelling theories are complemented with case studies that explain step-by-step modelling methodologies. This book also introduces the application of machine learning techniques to model chemical process systems. This makes the book an indispensable reference for academics and professionals working in modelling and simulation.

  • Resource Recovery in Industrial Waste Waters

    • 1st Edition
    • Ali Khadir + 2 more
    • English
    Resource Recovery in Industrial Waste Waters provides a holistic approach for discovering and harnessing valuable resources from industrial wastewaters, the cutting-edge technologies required, and a discussion on the new findings. In three volumes, the books stress the importance of contaminated waters' remediation, including surface waters, municipal or industrial wastewaters and treating these waters as a new source of nutrients, minerals and energy. It introduces polluted waters as new and sustainable sources, rather than seeing wastewaters as only a source of hazardous organic and inorganic matters. Sections discuss wastewater treatment and recovery and contribute to generate a sustainable approach of wastewater by providing the main advantages and disadvantages of both wastewater/polluted water treatment and recovery.

  • Resource Recovery in Drinking Water Treatment

    • 1st Edition
    • Mika Sillanpää + 2 more
    • English
    Resource Recovery in Drinking Water Treatment concentrates on techniques and methods for water purification. The book develops a new approach—resource recovery—toward drinking water, including the role of methods (adsorption, membrane, ion – exchange, biosorption, coagulation, etc.) and nanocomposites (such as biochar, sludge-based composites, chitosan, polymer, magnetic particles, etc.) in water resource recovery. It provides an in-depth overview on emerging water treatment techniques and the resource recovery of materials during the treatment process. Finally, the book aims to introduce polluted waters as new and sustainable sources rather than seeing wastewaters only a source of hazardous organic and inorganic matters. This book is part of a three-volume set that stresses the importance of contaminated water remediation, including surface waters, municipal or industrial wastewaters, and waters as a new source of nutrients, minerals and energy.

  • Resource Recovery in Municipal Waste Waters

    • 1st Edition
    • Mika Sillanpää + 2 more
    • English
    Resource Recovery in Municipal Waste Waters provides various municipal wastewater remediation methods and techniques to recover materials from such wastewaters. Sections cover the basic principles of resource recovery, along with the recovery of methane, phosphorous, electricity and metals. The volume covers comprehensive cutting-edge techniques for resource recovery and municipal wastewater treatment and reports on new findings in these areas. It also introduces polluted waters as new and sustainable sources rather than seeing wastewaters as a source of hazardous organic and inorganic matters. The main advantages and disadvantages of both wastewater/polluted water treatment and recovery are also discussed. This three-volume set stresses the importance of contaminated waters remediation, including surface waters, municipal or industrial wastewaters, treating these waters as a new source of nutrients, minerals and energy.

  • 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering

    ESCAPE-33
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 52
    • Antonios C. Kokossis + 2 more
    • English
    33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering: ESCAPE-33, Volume 52 contains the papers presented at the 33rd European Symposium of Computer-Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE) event held in Athens, Greece. It is a valuable resource for chemical engineers, chemical process engineers, researchers in industry and academia, students and consultants in the chemical industries.

  • Crises in Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries

    Loss Prevention and Disaster Management
    • 1st Edition
    • Mohammad Reza Rahimpour + 3 more
    • English
    Crises in Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries: Loss Prevention and Disaster Management, Volume Two provides an overview of both natural and manmade disasters occurring in oil, gas and petrochemical industries and prepares special solutions based on their types. The book focuses on loss prevention and disaster management in petrochemical industries from different points-of-view. Sections review methods for making the apparatus safer and continue with discussions on the process of facing and managing disasters during the occurrence. Final sections cover loss and economic analysis after disasters and methods of reversibility are presented with case studies from around the world.

  • Inherently Safer Design

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7
    • English
    Inherently Safer Design, Volume Seven in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in chemical engineering, with interesting chapters that provide an Introduction to Inherently Safer Design (ISD), ISD Fundamentals, History of ISD, ISD Life Cycle Considerations, ISD Indices, ISD and Human Factors, Conceptual and Practical Applications of ISD, Challenges to ISD Application, ISD Regulatory Requirements, ISD Case Studies, Risk-based ISD, ISD and Digitalization. ISD and Inherently Safer Operation (ISO), and the Future of ISD.

  • Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes

    Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment Technologies: Removal of Contaminants and Recovery of Resources
    • 1st Edition
    • Maulin P. Shah
    • English
    Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment Technologies: Removal of Contaminants and Recovery of Resources identifies emerging technologies that allow for reuse throughout the wastewater treatment cycle. In anticipation of the next generation of biological treatment technologies driven wastewater treatment plants, this book focuses on the reuse and regeneration of wastewater through an innovative and applied approach of treatment processes. The book emphasizes various aspects related to wastewater management, treatment technologies, water reuse, biosolids production and management, water quality, regulations, economics, public acceptance, risk assessment, benefits, keys for success and main constraints, and stresses the importance of an activated sludge process.

  • Advanced Hybrid Composite Materials and their Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • Ibrahim M. Alarifi + 1 more
    • English
    Advanced Hybrid Composite Materials and Their Applications provides a basic understanding of the engineering of hybrid composite materials. The main topics covered include the fundamental principles of hybrid composite materials, their properties, chemistry, fabrication, and applications. New and modern ways of synthetic engineering are also discussed in detail. The book brings together two very important classes of engineering materials and explains their properties in an easy-to-understand manner. It also covers the latest research outcomes and new technologies from synthetic processes right though to recent applications in different industrial sectors. This book will benefit those with no previous background knowledge as well as the expert working in this field. It will serve as a single comprehensive information resource on various types of engineering materials.

  • Ceramic Matrix Composites

    Lifetime and Strength Prediction Under Static and Stochastic Loading
    • 1st Edition
    • Longbiao Li
    • English
    Ceramic Matrix Composites: Lifetime and Strength Prediction Under Static and Stochastic Loading focuses on the strain response and lifetime prediction of fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites under stress-rupture loading at intermediate temperatures. Typical damage mechanisms of matrix cracking, interface debonding and oxidation, and fiber’s oxidation and fracture are considered in the micromechanical analysis. Effects of composite’s constituent properties, peak stress, and testing temperature on the composite’s strain response and lifetime are also analyzed in detail. Finally, a comparison of constant and different stochastic stress spectrum on composite’s damage evolution and fracture is discussed. This book will be a practical guide for the material researcher and component designer needing to better understand the composite’s damage and fracture behavior under stress-rupture loading at intermediate temperatures.

  • Coulson and Richardson’s Chemical Engineering

    Volume 2B: Separation Processes
    • 6th Edition
    • Ajay Kumar Ray
    • English
    Coulson and Richardson’s Chemical Engineering: Volume 2B, Separation Processes, Sixth Edition, covers distillation and gas absorption, illustrating applications of the fundamental principles of mass transfer. Several techniques, including adsorption, ion exchange, chromatographic membrane separations and process intensification are comprehensively covered and explored.

  • Digital Textile Printing

    Science, Technology and Markets
    • 1st Edition
    • Hua Wang + 1 more
    • English
    Digital Textile Printing: Science, Technology and Markets integrates the latest advances in the technology, management and design of digital textile printing. Ongoing improvements in digital technology have driven a high rate of innovation in this sector, and this book draws on the latest advances from industry and academia to bring the reader fully up-to-date. The theoretical and practical aspects of the subject are addressed across the supply chain. In addition to the latest digital methods, the book also provides the latest advice on inks, their rheology, their affinity to different fibers, and their shelf-life. This collection also explores emerging applications in this sector, pointing the way for future developments in textile printing.

  • Multiscale Textile Preforms and Structures for Natural Fiber Composites

    • 1st Edition
    • Mohamad Midani + 3 more
    • English
    Textile reinforcement forms (preforms) play an important role in determining the properties of the final composite and product. The preform formation process provides precise control of the fiber architecture and orientation using a suitable textile manufacturing technique. While the techniques employed for preparing glass and carbon preforms are well-known, there is still a gap in understanding on how to prepare natural preforms for composite reinforcements. Multiscale Textile Preforms and Structures for Natural Fiber Composites will bridge this gap by presenting unified knowledge on the relevant preform preparation techniques and resulting fiber architectures. Emphasis is on the structural parameters of each preform and their effect on the final composite properties. This book assembles information and knowledge on natural fiber reinforcement forms, including conventional forms, such as spun yarn, woven, knitted, nonwoven, braided, and comingled. These are illustrated and classified into one-, two-, and three-dimensional reinforcements. This book also includes information on nonconventional preform formation techniques such as unidirectional tapes, pre-impregnated preforms, spread tows, and tailored fiber placement.

  • Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Biomedical Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • Ram K. Gupta + 4 more
    • English
    Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Biomedical Applications covers tissue engineering, scaffolds, implant and dental application, wound healing and adhesives. The book is one of four volumes that together provide a comprehensive resource in the field of Advanced Ceramic Coatings, also including titles covering: fundamentals, manufacturing, and classification; energy applications; and emerging applications. This books will be extremely useful for academic and industrial researchers and practicing engineers who need to find reliable and up-to-date information about recent progresses and new developments in the field of advanced ceramic coatings. It will also be of value to early career scientists providing background knowledge to the field. Smart ceramic coatings containing multifunctional components are now finding application in transportation and automotive industries, in electronics, and energy sectors, in aerospace and defense, and in industrial goods and healthcare. Their wide application and stability in harsh environments are only possible due to the stability of the inorganic components used. Ceramic coatings are typically silicon nitride, chromia, hafnia, alumina, alumina-magnesia, silica, silicon carbide, titania, and zirconia-based compositions. The increased demand for these materials and their application in energy, transportation, and the automotive industry, are considered, to be the main drivers.

  • Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Techniques in Wind Energy

    • 1st Edition
    • Fausto Pedro Garcia Marquez + 2 more
    • English
    Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Techniques in Wind Energy looks at the complex and critical components of energy assets and the importance of inspection and maintenance to ensure their high availability and uninterrupted operation. Presenting the main concepts, state-of-the-art advances and case studies, this book approaches the topic by considering it as an integral part of the overall operation of any wind energy project. Linking the essential NDT subject with its sub disciplines, the book uses computational techniques, dynamic analysis, probabilistic methods, and mathematical optimization techniques to support analysis of prognostic problems with defined constraints and requirements. This book is the first of its kind and will provide useful insights to industrial engineers and scientists, academics and students in the possibilities that NDT and condition monitoring technologies can offer.

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    • 1st Edition
    • Shifeng Dai + 5 more
    • English
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    Fundamentals, Manufacturing, and Classification
    • 1st Edition
    • Ram K. Gupta + 4 more
    • English
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    Fundamentals and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 35
    • Jiaguo Yu + 3 more
    • English
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    • 1st Edition
    • Shashi Arya + 1 more
    • English
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  • Nanotechnology for Biorefinery

    • 1st Edition
    • Avinash P. Ingle
    • English
    Nanotechnology for Biorefinery takes an in-depth look at the emerging role of biotechnology and nanotechnology in biorefinery, considered to be one of the most important fields of research in the greener production of high-value products. With chapters covering the different types of nanomaterials, their properties and synthesis methods, the role of nanotechnology in biorefinery, recent advances and challenges, nanobiocatalysts and the applications of nanotechnology in biorefinery, this book will be of interest to students and researchers alike. It will assist users in their quest to develop cost-effective and environmentally-frie... production methods for various biorefining products.

  • The Future of Decentralized Electricity Distribution Networks

    • 1st Edition
    • Fereidoon Sioshansi
    • English
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  • Micro Fluidization

    Fundamentals and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Guangwen Xu + 3 more
    • English
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  • Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Emerging Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • Ram K. Gupta + 4 more
    • English
    Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Emerging Applications covers new developments in automotive, construction, electronic, space and defense industries. The book is one of four volumes that together provide a comprehensive resource in the field of Advanced Ceramic Coatings, also including titles covering fundamentals, manufacturing and classification, energy and biomedical applications. These books will be extremely useful for academic and industrial researchers and practicing engineers who need to find reliable and up-to-date information about recent progresses and new developments in the field of advanced ceramic coatings. These books will also be of value to early career scientists providing background knowledge to the field. Smart ceramic coatings containing multifunctional components are now finding application in transportation and automotive industries, in electronics, and energy, sectors, in aerospace and defense, and in industrial goods and healthcare. Their wide application and stability in harsh environments are only possible due to the stability of the inorganic components that are used in ceramic coatings.

  • Green Approach to Alternative Fuel for a Sustainable Future

    • 1st Edition
    • Maulin P. Shah
    • English
    Green Approach on Alternative Fuel for Sustainable Future addresses the advancement of biological and biochemical technologies in context to alternative fuel synthesis. This book emphasizes and discusses the technology involved and development on the status of alternative fuel production and related aspects, including biofuel production. The potential uses of waste material to turn them into wealth, as alternative energy sources also been discussed. The extended and detailed content of the book also covers the promising uses of microalgae treatment to produce biofuel. By not being limited to the biological aspect the book also discusses and explores the perspective of green chemistry for energy production. By adding policy and commercialization, the book provides comprehensive information, from lab to field, with extensive illustrations, case studies, summary tables and up-to-date references.

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