Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering

This book provides fundamentals, highlights recent developments and offers new perspectives relating to the use of electrolyzed water (EW) as an emerging user- and environmental-friendly broad-spectrum sanitizer, with particular focus on the food industry.

This volume discusses recent advancements to the age old practice of using microbial enzymes in the preparation of food.

This book discusses major technological advances in the treatment and re-use of wastewater.

This book addresses energy footprints in the food and textile sectors.

This book provides comprehensive information on the youngest member of the petroleum sciences family: Oilfield Chemistry, proposes the chemical agents for addressing current problems, and explains the functions, mechanisms and synergistic effects of various chemical agents

This book introduces the fundamental concepts of thermal cloaking based on transformation theory and bilayer theory, under the conduction and convection heat transfer modes.

This book compiles the latest information on different kinds of natural, plant-based super sweeteners.

The proceedings volume focuses on halal management and science topics.

This book discusses the concept of water footprint and corporate water footprint, presenting case studies on a thermal power plant in India and on the food sector.

This book presents a collection of chapters on various aspects of futuristic composite materials, from manufacturing challenges to materials characterization.

This book highlights various methods of quantifying sustainability indicators in the food sector, highlighting the environmental indicators in the meat chain and agri-food wastes from a bio-refinery perspective.

This volume contains a selection of revised and extended research articles written by prominent researchers participating in a large international conference on Advances in Engineering Technologies and Physical Science which was held in San Francisco, California, USA, October 25-27, 2017.

This book highlights the processing, characterization and applications of various green composites.

This book highlights the production of green composites from various sustainable raw materials.

The integration of enzymes in food processing is well known, and dedicated research is continually being pursued to address the global food crisis.

This book provides an overview of the lastest developments in biobased materials and their applications in food packaging.

This book addresses the specialized topic of input-output models for sustainable industrial systems.

This book focuses on the damage, fracture and fatigue of ceramic-matrix composites.

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Materials, Metallurgy and Manufacturing (ICEMMM 2018), and covers topics regarding both the characterization of materials and their applications across engineering domains.

This book provides an overview of the physiological basis of lactic acid bacteria and their applications in minimizing foodborne risks, such as pathogens, heavy metal pollution, biotoxin contamination and food-based allergies.

This book discusses functional starch and its applications in food, focusing on starches with possible health benefits or novel applications.

Sugarcane enjoys a prominent position among agro-industrial crops and is commercially grown in 115 tropical and subtropical countries around the world.

The book discusses up-to-date and detailed information about the nutritional quality of forage in the biodiversity-rich Himalayan region and their potential in livestock feeding.

This book describes important findings in intensive studies conducted in Japan on ammonia as an energy carrier.

The book provides an overview of the current knowledge on cellulolytic enzymes and their applications.

This book provides comprehensive information on starch modification using physical approaches - a field that has attracted increasing interest in recent years due to the fact that it is no longer desirable to label starch a modified.

This book is intended as a text for upper undergraduate and graduate courses on kinetics of metallurgical processes for students of materials science, metallurgical engineering, and chemical engineering.

This book explores new experimental phase diagrams of non-oxide ceramics, with a particular focus on the silicon nitride, silicon carbide and aluminum nitride, as well as the ultra-high temperature ceramic (UHTC) systems.

This proceedings volume gathers selected papers presented at the Chinese Materials Conference 2017 (CMC2017), held in Yinchuan City, Ningxia, China, on July 06-12, 2017.

This proceedings volume gathers selected papers presented at the Chinese Materials Conference 2017 (CMC2017), held in Yinchuan City, Ningxia, China, on July 06-12, 2017.

Baijiu and Huangjiu are the mainstream alcoholic drinks in China because of their long history and abundant cultural components.

Worldwide research on ancient glass began in the early 20th century.

The book presents chapters from world leaders on water desalination advances with respect to processes, separations materials, and energy and environmental considerations.

Written as an introduction to the science of brewing and beer fermentation, this book provides an up-to-date overview of the science behind the various operations involved in the making of beer.

This book highlights the environmental and economic benefits of recycling in textiles and fashion; vis-a-vis virgin textiles.

This book brings out the innovations in textile wet or chemical processing to alleviate the environmental impacts arising from this sector.

This book introduces readers to the application of fracture mechanics and mesomechanics to the analysis of the fracture behaviors of wood and bamboo.

This second edition of the textbook presents a systematic introduction to the structural mechanics of composite components.

This book introduces the theory and applications of nanometer photocatalysis, and it briefly presents the concept of photocatalysts, photocatalytic reaction mechanisms and kinetics, and photocatalytic reactor design.

This book details two elements of textile chemistry namely- sustainable/eco-friendly dyes and green chemistry.

This book highlights the innovations in textile fibres, that is the starting point of the supply chain.

This book highlights the development of a functional nucleic acid based biosensor detection method in the context of food safety.

The book provides the most up-to-date information available on various biotechnological processes useful in the pulp and paper industry.

This book discusses different types of alternative fuels, including biodiesel, alcohol, synthetic fuels, compressed natural gas (CNG) and its blend with hydrogen, HCNG, and provides detailed information on the utilization of these alternative fuels in internal combustion (IC) engines.

Sustainable biomaterials are used as substitutions for traditional materials in aerospace, automotive, civil, mechanical, environmental engineering, medical, and other industries.

This book focuses on value addition to various waste streams, which include industrial waste, agricultural waste, and municipal solid and liquid waste.

This book addresses the measurement of environmental contaminants in water, air, and soil.

This book presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Health, Safety, Fire, Environment, and Allied Sciences (HSFEA 2016).

This book not only explores catalysis processes in redox reactions but also proposes a potential after-treatment strategy.

This book focuses on droplets and sprays and their applications.