Elsevier imprint: 4871 books
by Meena Marafi, Anthony Stanislaus, Edward Furimsky
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Handbook of Spent Hydroprocessing Catalysts, Second Edition, covers all aspects of spent hydroprocessing catalysts, both regenerable and non-regenerable. It contains detailed information on hazardous characteristics of spent and regenerated catalysts. The information forms a basis for determining...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2007
Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is basically an emission spectroscopy technique where atoms and ions are primarily formed in their excited states as a result of interaction between a tightly focused laser beam and the material sample. The interaction between matter and high-density photons...
Regional Geology and Tectonics: Phanerozoic Rift Systems and Sedimentary Basins
Phanerozoic Rift Systems and Sedimentary Basins
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Expert petroleum geologists David Roberts and Albert Bally bring you Regional Geology and Tectonics: Phanerozoic Rift Systems and Sedimentary Basins, volume two in a three-volume series covering Phanerozoic regional geology and tectonics. Experience in analyzing and assessing rifts—locations where...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Expert petroleum geologists David Roberts and Albert Bally bring you Regional Geology and Tectonics: Phanerozoic Passive Margins, Cratonic Basins and Global Tectonic Maps, volume three in a three-volume series covering Phanerozoic regional geology and tectonics. Its key focus is on both volcanic and...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
This book provides in-depth information on basic and applied aspects of biofuels production from algae. It begins with an introduction to the topic, and follows with the basic scientific aspects of algal cultivation and its use for biofuels production, such as photo bioreactor engineering for microalgae...
Algae Based Polymers, Blends, and Composites
Chemistry, Biotechnology and Materials Science
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Algae Based Polymers, Blends, and Composites: Chemistry, Biotechnology and Material Sciences offers considerable detail on the origin of algae, extraction of useful metabolites and major compounds from algal bio-mass, and the production and future prospects of sustainable polymers derived from algae,...
New and Future Developments in Catalysis
Catalytic Biomass Conversion
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
New and Future Developments in Catalysis is a package of books that compile the latest ideas concerning alternate and renewable energy sources and the role that catalysis plays in converting new renewable feedstock into biofuels and biochemicals. Both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts and catalytic...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Biomass Fractionation Technologies for a Lignocellulosic Feedstock-based Biorefinery reviews the extensive research and tremendous scientific and technological developments that have occurred in the area of biorefinering, including industrial processes and product development using ‘green technologies’,...
Proceedings of the 3rd International Gas Processing Symposium
Qatar, March 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Natural gas continues to be the fuel of choice for power generation and feedstock for a range of petrochemical industries. This trend is driven by environmental, economic and supply considerations with a balance clearly tilting in favor of natural gas as both fuel and feedstock. Despite the recent...
Distributed Renewable Energies for Off-Grid Communities
Strategies and Technologies toward Achieving Sustainability in Energy Generation and Supply
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Energy is directly related to the most critical economic and social issues which affect sustainable development such as mobility, food production, environmental quality, regional and global security issues. Two-thirds of the new demand will come from developing nations, with China accounting for 30%....
by Salahuddin Qazi
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Standalone Photovoltaic (PV) Systems for Disaster Relief and Remote Areas explores the increased demand for energy, including clean energy alternatives and the ways that solar energy is fast becoming a vital source for meeting peak demand, a solution for energy demand in disaster and remote areas,...
The Fly River, Papua New Guinea
Environmental Studies in an Impacted Tropical River System
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2009
In 1984 the OK Tedi Mining Company Limited began mining copper and gold mineralization from Mt. Fubilan, which is located at the headwaters of the OK Tedi. Subsequent mining in the region followed in 1990. Since this time there has been intense monitoring of the environment undertaken by those in...
Bioprocessing for Value-Added Products from Renewable Resources
New Technologies and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Bioprocessing for Value-Added Products from Renewable Resources provides a timely review of new and unconventional techniques for manufacturing high-value products based on simple biological material. The book discusses the principles underpinning modern industrial biotechnology and describes a unique...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Biomass as Renewable Raw Material to Obtain Bioproducts of High-tech Value examines the use of biomass as a raw material, including terrestrial and aquatic sources to obtain extracts (e.g. polyphenols), biofuels, and/or intermediates (furfural, levulinates) through chemical and biochemical processes....