Environmental science, engineering and technology

The primary purpose of PV Systems Engineering is to provide a comprehensive set of PV knowledge and understanding tools for the design, installation, commissioning, inspection, and operation of PV systems.

The book is unique in highlighting the issue of wastewater as one of the important environmental issues.

The unique properties of rubber make it ideal for use in a wide variety of engineering applications such as tyres, engine mounts, shock absorbers, flexible joints and seals.

This book summarizes recent research and development in the field of nanostructured ceramics and their composites.

The main focus of Single- and Multi-Carrier MIMO Transmission for Broadband Wireless Systems is to provide the basic understanding of the underlying techniques related to PHY-MAC design of future wireless systems.

Wind power is developing rapidly, in terms of both the number of new installations and in interest from stakeholders including policy-makers, NGOs, research scientists, industry and the general public.

Prepare Your Students for Statistical Work in the Real WorldStatistics for Engineering and the Sciences, Sixth Edition is designed for a two-semester introductory course on statistics for students majoring in engineering or any of the physical sciences.

Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems, Third Edition introduces MATLAB(R), Simulink(R), and Simscape(TM) and then utilizes them to perform symbolic, graphical, numerical, and simulation tasks.

This book presents a practical, holistic research framework to help us both understand our past and build an appealing human future.

The Three Mile Island and Chernobyl nuclear incidents emphasized the need for the world-wide nuclear community to cooperate further and exchange the results of research in this field in the most open and effective manner.

This book comprises the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2023) focusing on broad spectrum of emerging opportunities and challenges on the impact of climate change on water resources.

The return to business-as-usual after the economic earthquake that rocked financial markets, wrecked banks and brought to light the grotesque distortions of casino capitalism on people and planet must be resisted.

The pollution state of various resources has deteriorated to such an extent that survival of human life is at stake.

Oil and gas engineers today use three main factors in deciding drilling fluids: cost, performance, and environmental impact, making water-based products a much more attractive option.

Elementary Flight Dynamics with an Introduction to Bifurcation and Continuation Methods, Second Edition is aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students of aerospace and mechanical engineering.

This book describes the interaction between ions and metallic targets as well as energy loss processes during ion implantation and irradiation.

Aluminium, magnesium and titanium are alloys of special interest for engineering applications in a wide range of sectors such as aeronautics, automotive and medical.

In the developing countries, pollution through solid waste, sludge from water and wastewater treatment plants and pollution of natural water resources have become one of the grave issues.

Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical research.

`God made the country, man made the town.

Featuring contributions from worldwide leaders in the field, the carefully crafted Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution, Third Edition (part of the five-volume set, The Electric Power Engineering Handbook) provides convenient access to detailed information on a diverse array of power engineering topics.

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The Reader is the first comprehensive history of the noosphere and biosphere.

Solar geoengineering could reduce climate change, but poses risks.

This groundbreaking text provides students with an overview and assessment of green criminology as well as a call to action.

This book contains twelve invited lectures from the Third International Symposium on Structural Crashworthiness.

This book is based on the assumption that great powers determine global politics and, in this instance, environmental politics.

Safety in process industries is of utmost necessity to ensure protection from hazards.

This study reviews how West African deforestation is represented and the evidence which informs deforestation orthodoxy.

Construction, architecture and engineering projects are complex undertakings, involving a temporary grouping of people and companies, with different agendas and experience, coming together to achieve a project goal.

This book comprises selected proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Water Resources 2021 (ICWR2021) focusing on innovations and preparations to face the water-related challenges.

Nature is a vast source of inspiration and information for the resolution of complex problems and can influence many varieties of design.

This volume contains the results of the Manchester Benchmarking exercise for railway vehicle dynamics simulation packages.

This book focuses on various aspects of nanotechnology based gene silencing.

Biochar prepared from agricultural biomass has received considerable attention because of the huge availability of ago-waste at zero cost, flexibility, high efficiency, renewability, faster contaminant removal rate, ability to treat concentrated effluent and reduction of sludge production after the treatment.

This book introduces a powerful system that explains how to run a company with a focus on continuous improvement.

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Optics is an enabling science that forms a basis for our technological civilization.

Climates and Weather Explained is a comprehensive introduction to the study of the atmosphere integrating climatology and meteorology.

Extending law beyond the human, the book probes the conceptual openings, methodological challenges and ethical conundrums of law in a time of deep socio-ecological disturbances and transitions.

Reap the benefits of sludge The processing of wastewater sludge for use or disposal has been a continuing challenge for municipal agencies.

Presents numerical methods for reservoir simulation, with efficient implementation and examples using widely-used online open-source code, for researchers, professionals and advanced students.

Pipeline Design for Water Engineers

Equipping readers with the ability to analyze the aerodynamic forces on an aircraft, the book provides comprehensive knowledge of the characteristics of subsonic and supersonic airflow.

Heavy metal pollution is a serious threat to living organisms.

This book provides a key understanding of CATIA which is a solid modeling software.

The first comprehensive global assessment of the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals since their launch in 2015.

Accident prevention is a common thread throughout every aspect of our society.

After an overview of major scientific discoveries of the 18th and 19th centuries, which created electrical science as we know and understand it and led to its useful applications in energy conversion, transmission, manufacturing industry and communications, this Circuits and Systems History book fills a gap in published literature by providing a record of the many outstanding scientists, mathematicians and engineers who laid the foundations of Circuit Theory and Filter Design from the mid-20th Century.

Marine oil spills are no longer considered unavoidable "e;accidents"e; resulting from adverse environmental conditions or functions of catastrophic events.