Elsevier Science imprint: 999 books
Chemical Engineering
A New Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2007
Chemical engineering has often been referred to as a study in methodology. Approaches in chemical engineering are determined by individual phenomena/processes, and each of these are studied individually. The phenomena that are treated in chemical engineering can be classified into two groups:
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Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 1995
Advanced topics of research in field computation are explored in this publication. Contributions have been sourced from international experts, ensuring a comprehensive specialist perspective. A unity of style has been achieved by the editor, who has specifically inserted appropriate cross-references...
Power Plants and Power Systems Control 2006
A Proceedings Volume from the IFAC Symposium on Power Plants and Power Systems Control, Kananaskis, Canada, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2007
Control plays a very important role in all aspects of power plants and power systems. The papers included in the 2006 Proceedings are by authors from a large number of countries around the world. They encompass a wide spectrum of topics in the control of practically every aspect of power plants and power systems.
by J.M. McNamee
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2007
Numerical Methods for Roots of Polynomials - Part I (along with volume 2 covers most of the traditional methods for polynomial root-finding such as Newton’s, as well as numerous variations on them invented in the last few decades. Perhaps more importantly it covers recent developments such as Vincent’s...
by J.M. McNamee, Victor Pan
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Numerical Methods for Roots of Polynomials - Part II along with Part I (9780444527295) covers most of the traditional methods for polynomial root-finding such as interpolation and methods due to Graeffe, Laguerre, and Jenkins and Traub. It includes many other methods and topics as well and has a chapter...
Waste Materials in Construction
Putting Theory into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 1997
This book presents the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Waste Materials in Construction, held in June 1997. The papers presented give the state of the art on leaching of materials and products, demonstration projects and product development. Results of workshops on immobilisation...
Exergy
Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Exergy, Second Edition deals with exergy and its applications to various energy systems and applications as a potential tool for design, analysis and optimization, and its role in minimizing and/or eliminating environmental impacts and providing sustainable development. In this regard, several key...
Chemical Projects Scale Up
How to go from Laboratory to Commercial
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Chemical Projects Scale Up: How to Go from Laboratory to Commercial covers the chemical engineering steps necessary for taking a laboratory development into the commercial world. The book includes the problems associated with scale up, equipment sizing considerations, thermal characteristics associated...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
This volume contains peer-reviewed manuscripts describing the scientific and technological advances presented at the 6th Natural Gas Conversion Sumposium held in Alaska in June 2001. This symposium continues the tradition of excellence and the status as the premier technical meeting in this area established...
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...
Renewable Hydrogen Technologies
Production, Purification, Storage, Applications and Safety
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
The fields covered by the hydrogen energy topic have grown rapidly, and now it has become clearly multidisciplinary. In addition to production, hydrogen purification and especially storage are key challenges that could limit the use of hydrogen fuel. In this book, the purification of hydrogen with...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2001
This handbook presents comprehensive coverage of the technology for conveying and handling particulate solids. Each chapter covers a different topic and contains both fundamentals and applications. Usually, each chapter, or a topic within a chapter, starts with one of the review papers. Chapter 1 covers...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2003
High Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Fundamentals, Design and Applications provides a comprehensive discussion of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). SOFCs are the most efficient devices for the electrochemical conversion of chemical energy of hydrocarbon fuels into electricity, and have been gaining...
Railway Noise and Vibration
Mechanisms, Modelling and Means of Control
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2008
Railways are an environmentally friendly means of transport well suited to modern society. However, noise and vibration are key obstacles to further development of the railway networks for high-speed intercity traffic, for freight and for suburban metros and light-rail. All too often noise problems...