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  • Strategies for an Energy Transition

    Planning for a Sustainable Future
    • 1st Edition
    • Tania Itzel Serrano-Arévalo + 6 more
    • English
    Strategies for an Energy Transition: Planning for a Sustainable Future guides readers through strategic planning for a sustainable energy shift. The book covers optimization of renewable energy systems, sustainable fuel production, and unconventional resources. It also addresses the water-energy nexus, emphasizing an integrated approach that includes technological, economic, environmental, and social sustainability. The book enables a deeper understanding of energy systems interconnections and broader energy decision implications. With insights into modeling, optimization, and strategic planning, it equips academics, engineers, industry professionals, and policymakers with knowledge and tools for navigating energy transition complexities.

  • Membrane and Coating-Based Built Environmental Control Technologies

    • 1st Edition
    • Li-Zhi Zhang + 3 more
    • English
    Membrane and Coating-Based Built Environmental Control Technologies addresses the urgent need for energy-saving and low-carbon solutions in the HVAC industry. With air conditioning accounting for a significant portion of energy consumption, this book explores technologies such as total heat recovery, air dehumidification, PM2.5 purification, and anti-frosting and anti-dewing. The utilization of membranes and coatings in these technologies has shown promising results in efficiency and indoor environment control. It provides a comprehensive overview of these advancements, including principles, material fabrications, performance analysis methods, and design guidelines.The book fills the gap in the market by offering an up-to-date reference that covers traditional and novel applications of membranes and coatings. It includes applications in areas like total heat recovery, air humidification and dehumidification, PM2.5 filtration, anti-frosting, and self-cleaning. It also provides mathematical models and numerical schemes to address heat and mass transfer challenges. Overall, it serves as a valuable resource for professionals, researchers, and students in the field of built environmental control technologies.

  • Renewable Energy - Volume 3: Energy Storage Systems - Fuel Cells, Supercapacitors, and Batteries

    Definitions, Developments, Applications, Case Studies, and Simulation and Modelling
    • 1st Edition
    • Abdul Ghani Olabi
    • English
    Renewable Energy – Volume 3, Energy Storage Systems - Fuel Cells, Supercapacitors, and Batteries: Definitions, Developments, Applications, and Case Studies is a new volume in this comprehensive resource on renewable energy. It provides a unique and structured approach to these emerging technologies and advances in energy storage systems, addressing fuel cells, supercapacitors, and batteries in a logical and accessible arrangement. From definitions to developments and state-of-the-art technologies, applications, and case studies, this book considers the most requested and desirable practical elements for energy storage systems from an applied perspective.This is a suitable reference for postgraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, faculty, engineers, and industry personnel working on projects related to renewable energy, energy storage, sustainability, and energy system design.

  • Successful User Experience

    Strategies and Roadmaps
    • 2nd Edition
    • Elizabeth Rosenzweig
    • English
    Successful User Experience: Strategy and Roadmaps, Second Edition provides a hands-on guide for pulling all of the User Experience (UX) pieces together to create a strategy that includes tactics, tools, and methodologies. Leveraging material honed in user experience courses and over 35 years in the field, the author explains the value of strategic models to refine goals against available data and resources. You will learn how to think about UX from a high level, design the UX while setting goals for a product or project, and how to turn that into concrete actionable steps.This book demonstrates how to translate high-level planning into concrete, actionable steps. It explains the connection between Design Thinking and creating a great user experience, and guides the reader in setting effective UX goals for their product or project You’ll learn how to choose the right tools and methodologies at each stage of the product lifecycle. Starting with UX acceptance as a foundation, the book builds on this with practical steps and real-world case studies, helping you develop a comprehensive strategy-from the big picture of product design, development, and commercialization, to leveraging UX for stronger, more successful products.

  • Perovskite Optoelectronics

    Part 1
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 119
    • English
    This book introduces the fundamentals of cutting-edge perovskite materials, explores the use of machine learning in their design, and highlights their applications in optoelectronic devices, offering an in-depth review for recent progress and insights on the future prospect.

  • Method of Process Systems in Energy Systems: Emerging Energy Systems Part II

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 9
    • English
    Method of Process Systems in Energy Systems: Emerging Energy Systems, Part II, Volume Nine, the latest release in the Methods in Chemical Process Safety series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Cybersecurity of Energy Systems, Risk-based alarm design and management, Data Fusion and Machine Learning in Fault Detection & Diagnosis, Resilience of Emerging Energy System, Identifying Cyber Risks in Energy Systems: Challenges and Strategies, Numerical risk-based models for optimizing renewable energy systems, and more.Other sections cover Advancing Operational Risk Assessment in emerging Energy Systems: Methods and Applications, From Process Design to Control: Advancing Instrumented Energy System for Sustainable and Efficient Operations, Approaches for sustainability assessment in the design of energy systems, Reliability-Informed Economic Assessment of Blue Hydrogen Production Design in a Low-Carbon Energy System, Cyber-Secure and Safe Operation of Renewable Energy Distribution Systems, and more.

  • Cooperative Control of Spacecraft Formation Flying

    From Anti-Communication Delays to Resources Saving
    • 1st Edition
    • Qinglei Hu + 2 more
    • English
    Cooperative Control of Spacecraft Formation Flying: From Anti-Communication Delays to Resources Saving provides an in-depth, practically focused, exploration of secure cooperative control for spacecraft formation flying that addresses real-world challenges including communication latency, resource constraints, and information security, balancing foundational theory with actionable solutions, tailored to complex, resource-limited environments A comprehensive reference source for aerospace engineers and researchers covering anti-communication delays and resource-saving coordination strategies in spacecraft formation flying. For professionals and researchers in space systems, robotics and control engineering, the book provides detailed descriptions of robust security measures and practical application insights. The integration of secure communication protocols with control methods makes the book particularly relevant for professionals in high-stakes environments, where cyber threats and resource limitations are critical. For space agency mission planners and aerospace cybersecurity experts, the project addresses critical issues in secure, delay-tolerant communication and resource optimization for coordinated spacecraft missions. This enhances the development of secure and resilient communication protocols, which are critical to prevent data breaches and ensure reliable inter-spacecraft coordination in adversarial environments. The integration of advanced algorithms and the emphasis on real-world challenges, particularly the communication security issue, provides readers with a unique perspective that is missing in existing literature. The book equips readers with detailed information on advanced control strategies for multi-spacecraft coordination, particularly methods that address communication delays and optimize resource use.

  • Yarn Twisting Dynamics

    • 1st Edition
    • Menghe Miao
    • English
    Yarn Twisting Dynamics presents the general differential equations of yarn twisting dynamics, describing rotational kinematics and kinetics, along with the twist blocking mechanisms of traveling yarns in straight and spatial paths. General solutions to yarn twisting dynamic equations, including twist wave propagation and twist distributions in idealized systems are also presented. Yarn tensile, torsional, and compressional properties are discussed based on yarn helical structure models. Users will find this book to be a first principles approach to yarn twisting problems in yarn manufacturing and handling systems.Other sections cover yarn twisting dynamics and twist blockage theories, including conventional ring spinning, modified ring spinning, additive spinning (i.e., open-end spinning), constant and periodic false-twisting, rub-condensing (i.e., roving and slubbing production), false twist texturing, and carbon nanotube yarn production systems.

  • Design and Analysis of Green and Sustainable IoT Technologies for Future Wireless Communications

    • 1st Edition
    • Muhammad Ali Jamshed + 1 more
    • English
    Design and Analysis of Green and Sustainable IoT Technologies for Future Wireless Communications explores innovative approaches to developing eco-friendly Internet of Things solutions, focusing on energy efficiency and minimizing environmental impact. The book gathers insights from experts in wireless communications, signal processing, and antenna design, offering a comprehensive overview of advanced techniques for creating sustainable IoT devices. By examining the intersection of technology and sustainability, this resource lays a vital foundation for future progress, addressing the growing demand for connected devices while emphasizing the importance of reducing carbon emissions in alignment with global climate goals.The book also examines the challenges and solutions for integrating IoT into smart cities, factories, homes, and healthcare systems. It discusses the need to efficiently manage multiple wireless spectrum bands, such as Sub-6 GHz, millimeter-wave, and Terahertz technologies, for seamless multi-access environments. Furthermore, the book underscores the significance of maintaining net zero carbon emissions as IoT expands, aligning technological advancements with the objectives set by COP26.

  • Renewable Energy - Volume 4: Energy Storage Systems - Mechanical, Hydro, and Thermal

    Definitions, Developments, Applications, Case Studies, and Simulation and Modelling
    • 1st Edition
    • Abdul Ghani Olabi
    • English
    Renewable Energy - Volume 4: Energy Storage Systems - Mechanical, Hydro, and Thermal: Definitions, Developments, Applications, Case Studies, and Simulation and Modelling is a new volume in this comprehensive resource on renewable energy, edited by Prof. Abdul Ghani Olabi. This book is designed for those looking for an extensive reference on energy storage technologies. Providing a unique structured approach to the emerging technologies and advances in energy storage systems, this book addresses mechanical, hydro, and thermal storage in a logical and accessible arrangement. From definitions of these technologies, to development in technology and application, to state of the art, analysis, and case studies, this book addresses the most sought-after and desirable practical elements for energy storage systems from an applied perspective.With standalone, accessible, and functioning chapters dedicated to particular technology, this book is a suitable reference for postgraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, engineers, and industry personnel working on projects related to renewable energy, energy storage, sustainability, and energy system design.

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