Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering

This second volume on detox fashion covers five key aspects relevant to the topic sustainable chemistry and wet processes: Sustainable Chemicals: A Model for Practical Substitution; Sustainable Wet Processing; Coloration and Functional Finishing of Cotton with Plant Extracts; Call for an Environmental Impact Assessment of Bio-based Dyeing-an Overview; and Enzymes: Biocatalysts for Cleaning Up the Textile and Apparel Sector.

This fourth volume on detox fashion focuses on case studies, which are essential to showcase how practical applications have been accomplished, and provide an opportunity for others to (learn about and) adopt the best practices, challenges and practical implications.

This first volume on detox fashion discusses various interesting topics including a Toxic-Free Supply Chain for Textiles and Clothing; Environmental Issues in Textiles; Global Regulations, Restrictions & Research; Making the Change: Consumer Adoption of Sustainable Fashion; and Strategies for Detoxing Your Wardrobe.

This book introduces readers to titanium matrix composites (TMCs) with novel network microstructures.

This book presents the latest research advances and findings in the field of smart/multifunctional concretes, focusing on the principles, design and fabrication, test and characterization, performance and mechanism, and their applications in infrastructures.

This book focuses on food security in sustainable agriculture and nutrient management.

This book provides systematic information on the lychee and modern tools to promote its sustainable growth and development.

This book describes the structure, function and nutritional values of iron-, zinc-, selenium- and calcium-containing proteins, exploring key mineral-containing proteins like phytoferritin and lactoferrin, as well as a host of zinc- and selenium-containing proteins.

This book introduces readers to food safety assessment research on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).

This book primarily focuses on microbial colonization, its role in plant growth and nutrient cycling, mycorrhizae, and providing an overview of phytospheric microorganisms in sustainable crop systems.

The methodologies and technologies adaptable to process chemistry are the focus of this unique book, as new catalysts, reactions, and methods for the synthesis of functional materials are dealt with in depth for the first time.

This book is an up-to-date text on rubber science and is a breakthrough among many rubber-related publications.

This book examines in detail key aspects of sustainability in the textile industry, especially environmental, social and economic sustainability in the textiles and clothing sector.

This is the first book to deal with the innovative technologies in the field of textiles and clothing sustainability.

This book highlights the challenges in sustainable wet processing of textiles, natural dyes, enzymatic textiles and sustainable textile finishes.

This book comprehensively covers the topic of sustainability in the clothing and fashion sector.

This book examines the public stockholding policies of selected developing countries from the perspective of WTO rules and assesses whether the provisions of the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) could hamper these countries' efforts to address the challenges of food security.

This book discusses in detail the concepts of recycling and upcycling and their implications for the textiles and fashion sector.

This is the first book to introduce and explain the concept of sustainable consumption with reference to the clothing sector.

This book focuses on the free vibrations of graphite-epoxy laminated composite stiffened shells with cutout both in terms of the natural frequencies and mode shapes.

This book summarizes the author's findings on the functional principle of flotation reagents, gathered over the past few decades.

This volume presents essential information on chemical reagents commonly used in flotation processes.

This book presents a first-of-its-kind exposition on the emerging technology of jute fiber geotextiles.

This book serves to highlight the seamless integration of the sciences leading to sustainable technologies.

This book focuses on light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, mainly for the commercial production of horticultural crops in plant factories and greenhouses with controlled environments, giving special attention to: 1) plant growth and development as affected by the light environment; and 2) business and technological opportunities and challenges with regard to LEDs.

The book introduces the outcomes of latest research in the field of Chemical Engineering.

This book focuses on the development and applications of functional nucleic acid-based detection methods in the context of food safety.

This textbook presents the classical treatment of the problems of heat transfer in an exhaustive manner with due emphasis on understanding of the physics of the problems.

This book highlights the manufacturing and applications of acoustic textiles in various industries.

This edited volume comprises select chapters on advanced technologies for 3D printing and additive manufacturing and how these technologies have changed the face of direct, digital technologies for rapid production of models, prototypes and patterns.

This book highlights essential aspects of sustainability in the Additive Manufacturing (AM) field in two separate volumes.

This book highlights the sustainability aspects of additive manufacturing (AM) in two separate volumes.

This book provides basic food engineering knowledge for beginners.

This bookfocuses on the fibers and textiles used in composite materials.

 Caracterización química, morfológica y estructural de materiales   es una obra que está enfocada a la descripción de técnicas de caracterización de materiales sólidos.

The number of people living with dementia is expected to rise from 55 million in 2019 to 139 million in 2050, according to a report by WHO.

El objeto fundamental de la ingeniería química son los procesos de transformación.

Advanced Modelling and Simulation in the Chemical and Biochemical Process Industry explores modelling and simulation of chemical and biochemical processes at the industrial scale using a variety of approaches.

Este libro presenta de manera secuencial las etapas y procesos de una obra de construcción, desde su concepción y planeación, pasando por la programación, ejecución y control hasta la entrega final del proyecto.

Hace cinco siglos, con el arranque de la dominación española, se inició el intercambio colombino, considerado como una de las transformaciones más revolucionarias que se ha realizado en la naturaleza y que produjo una de las mayores modificaciones en ella, esta vez como resultado de la acción humana.

Functional foods, also known as nutraceuticals, began to gain prominence in the 1980s in Japan as "e;foods for specified health use"e; and became more widely recognized in the 1990s as research and interest in foods that could provide specific health benefits beyond essential nutrition grew worldwide.

Esta obra presenta la importancia del envase en la agroindustria para la comercializacion de alimentos, y como esta se relaciona con la competitividad de los paises.

The elapsing time from producer to consumer has significantly increased as a result of food marketing and trade globalization.

Esta obra aporta lineamientos de gestión con enfoque operativo en fabrica para el desarrollo agroindustrial y, particularmente, para la transformación hortofrutícola mediante agregación de valor a frutas y hortalizas propias del territorio local y regional con miras a su colocación en mercados del orden nacional e internacional.

Esta obra aporta lineamientos de gestión con enfoque operativo en fabrica para el desarrollo agroindustrial y, particularmente, para la transformación hortofrutícola mediante agregación de valor a frutas y hortalizas propias del territorio local y regional con miras a su colocación en mercados del orden nacional e internacional.

The revised edition of this book offers an expanded review of acoustic metamaterials; novel materials which can manipulate sound waves, surface Rayleigh waves and water waves, in surprising ways, which include collimation, focusing, negative refraction, passive and active cloaking, sonic screening and extraordinary transmission.

Estimación de propiedades de sustancias puras y mezclas con Aspen Plus® es una guía práctica que presenta, de forma simple y detallada, el paso a paso de procedimientos útiles para consultar información o propiedades de sustancias puras en las bases de datos del software Aspen Plus®, estimar propiedades termodinámicas o del transporte de sustancias puras, realizar análisis termodinámicos o determinar parámetros propios de mezclas binarias (coeficientes de actividad o coeficientes de distribución), y realizar análisis de mezclas ternarias mediante la elaboración de diagramas de fase o curvas de composición residual.

El deterioro de las propiedades del suelo agricola, particularmente la disminucion del porcentaje de materia organica, bioindicador de su menor fertilidad, junto con el impacto ambiental ocasionado por la disposicion inadecuada de los residuos organicos, motivaron la edicion de este texto que aborda los factores fisicos, quimicos y biologicos indispensables para la transformacion de la materia organica y por consiguiente la elaboracion del compost.

This book serves as a comprehensive introduction to the principles of microfluidization and its diverse applications in the food industry.

This fourth volume in the book series on Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law focuses on human perspectives regarding the development and use of nuclear energy; the need for regional solutions; and recent activities towards prohibiting and abolishing nuclear weapons.