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Ecological Sustainability: Understanding Complex Issues

Ecological Sustainability: Understanding Complex Issues

1st Edition

Robert B. Northrop, Anne N. Connor
October 12, 2017

Complex systems is a new field of science studying how parts of a system give rise to the collective behaviors of the system, and how the system interacts with its environment. This book examines the complex systems involved in environmental sustainability, and examines the technologies involved to...

Chemical Processes for Pollution Prevention and Control

Chemical Processes for Pollution Prevention and Control

1st Edition

Paul Mac Berthouex, Linfield C. Brown
October 09, 2017

This book examines how chemistry, chemical processes, and transformations are used for pollution prevention and control. Pollution prevention reduces or eliminates pollution at the source, whereas pollution control involves destroying, reducing, or managing pollutants that cannot be eliminated at...

Handbook of Bioremediation (1993)

Handbook of Bioremediation (1993)

1st Edition

Robert D. Norris
September 28, 2017

Written by leading soil and ground-water remediation scientists, Handbook of Bioremediation presents information regarding the processes, application, and limitations of using remediation technologies to restore contaminated soil and ground water. It covers field-tested technologies, site...

Novel Water Treatment and Separation Methods: Simulation of Chemical Processes

Novel Water Treatment and Separation Methods: Simulation of Chemical Processes

1st Edition

Bharat A. Bhanvase, Rajendra P. Ugwekar, Raju B. Mankar
September 14, 2017

Due to increasing demand for potable and irrigation water, new scientific research is being conducted to deal with wastewater from a variety of sources. Novel Water Treatment and Separation Methods: Simulation of Chemical Processes presents a selection of research related to applications of...

Biohydrometallurgical Recycling of Metals from Industrial Wastes

Biohydrometallurgical Recycling of Metals from Industrial Wastes

1st Edition

Hong Hocheng, Mital Chakankar, Umesh Jadhav
September 11, 2017

Although many available metal recycling methods are simple and fast, they are also expensive and cause environmental pollution. Biohydrometallurgical processing of metals offers an alternative to overcome these issues, as the use of biological means not only helps to conserve dwindling ore...

Green Aviation: Reduction of Environmental Impact Through Aircraft Technology and Alternative Fuels

Green Aviation: Reduction of Environmental Impact Through Aircraft Technology and Alternative Fuels

1st Edition

Emily S. Nelson, D.R. Reddy
September 07, 2017

Aircraft emissions currently account for ~3.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions. The number of passenger miles has increased by 5% annually despite 9/11, two wars and gloomy economic conditions. Since aircraft have no viable alternative to the internal combustion engine, improvements in aircraft...

Spoil to Soil: Mine Site Rehabilitation and Revegetation

Spoil to Soil: Mine Site Rehabilitation and Revegetation

1st Edition

N.S. Bolan, M.B. Kirkham, Y.S. Ok
September 07, 2017

Spoil to Soil: Mine Site Rehabilitation and Revegetation presents both fundamental and practical aspects of remediation and revegetation of mine sites. Through three major themes, it examines characterization of mine site spoils; remediation of chemical, physical and biological constraints of mine...

WASTES – Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities II: Selected Papers from the 4th Edition of the International Conference on Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, Porto, Portugal, 25-26 September 2017

WASTES – Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities II: Selected Papers from the 4th Edition of the International Conference on Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, Porto, Portugal, 25-26 September 2017

1st Edition

Candida Vilarinho, Fernando Castro, Maria de Lurdes Lopes
August 31, 2017

Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities II contains selected papers presented at the 4th edition of the International Conference Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, that took place 25-26 September 2017 at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal....

Electrospinning for Advanced Energy and Environmental Applications

Electrospinning for Advanced Energy and Environmental Applications

1st Edition

Sara Cavaliere
August 30, 2017

Electrospinning for Advanced Energy and Environmental Applications delivers a state-of-the-art overview of the use of electrospun fibers in energy conversion and storage, as well as in environmental sensing and remediation. Featuring contributions from leading experts in electrospinning and its...

Handbook of Environmental Analysis: Chemical Pollutants in Air, Water, Soil, and Solid Wastes, Third Edition

Handbook of Environmental Analysis: Chemical Pollutants in Air, Water, Soil, and Solid Wastes, Third Edition

3rd Edition

Pradyot Patnaik
August 22, 2017

The Handbook will cover all aspects of environmental analysis and will examine the emergence of many new classes of pollutants in recent years. It will provide information on an array of topics from instrumentation, analytical techniques, and sample preparations to statistical calculations,...

Managing Biogas Plants: A Practical Guide

Managing Biogas Plants: A Practical Guide

1st Edition

Mario Alejandro Rosato
August 22, 2017

This practical manual provides basic theoretical knowledge about fermentative processes, biochemical laboratory techniques, and an arsenal of practical tricks, recipes, do’s, and don’ts for the biogas plant manager. It explains why some popular tests and techniques are unreliable, how to optimize...

Advances in Renewable Energy Research

Advances in Renewable Energy Research

1st Edition

Malgorzata Pawlowska, Artur Pawlowski
August 22, 2017

Advances in Renewable Energy Research comprises papers delivered at an international workshop by authors from Poland, Germany, Ukraine, China, Japan and Taiwan. The papers discussed the development of renewable energy technologies in certain countries, with special attention deviated to the...

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