Cooling Applications: Processes, Technologies, and Practical Implementations
Cooling Applications: Processes, Technologies, and Practical Implementations

Author: Charles Nehme

Publisher: Charles Nehme

Published:

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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Welcome to "Cooling Applications: Processes, Technologies, and Practical Implementations." This book explores the fascinating world of process cooling, delving into its fundamental principles, diverse applications, and innovative technologies. As industries continue to evolve and demand increasingly sophisticated cooling solutions, understanding the intricacies of process cooling becomes paramount. In this preface, I want to express my gratitude for embarking on this journey with me. Whether you are a student, engineer, researcher, or industry professional, this book aims to provide valuable insights and practical knowledge to enhance your understanding of process cooling. The journey begins with an exploration of the importance of process cooling and its fundamental principles of heat transfer. From there, we dive into various industrial applications, ranging from manufacturing and food processing to pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Each chapter delves into specific cooling technologies, from traditional refrigeration systems to cutting-edge techniques like cryogenic cooling and renewable energy integration. Throughout the book, you'll find a balance of theoretical concepts and real-world examples, illustrating how these principles are applied in practice. Case studies highlight successful implementations and lessons learned, while discussions on system design and optimization offer practical guidance for engineers and decision-makers. As we navigate through the chapters, we'll also peer into the future of process cooling, exploring emerging trends and innovations that promise to shape the industry in the years to come. From sustainable solutions to advancements in renewable energy integration, the possibilities are as exciting as they are limitless. I hope this book serves as a valuable resource, sparking curiosity, inspiring innovation, and fostering a deeper appreciation for the vital role of process cooling in our modern world. Thank you for joining me on this exploration of cooling applications, and may your journey be as enlightening as it is rewarding.

Practical Implementations of Additive Manufacturing Technologies
Practical Implementations of Additive Manufacturing Technologies

Author: Shashanka Rajendrachari

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-09-30

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9819959497

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This book gives in-depth information about evolution of additive manufacturing from a few decades to the present explaining how the technology has been improved with time and its practical implementation of the technology in various applications and industries. It describes the different types of additive manufacturing methods used to prepare materials and their advantages, followed by the limitations. This includes the fabrication of metal, polymer, biomaterial, hybrid nanomaterial, smart material, and ceramic materials using additive manufacturing methods used in many applications such as 3D printed batteries, supercapacitors, electrochemical sensors, biosensors, aircraft interior components, rocket engines components, automobile components, and medical implants. It also describes advanced applications of additive manufacturing materials in the construction, biomedical, and sports industries. In addition, the book also deep dives into the environmental impact and economic benefits of additive manufacturing industries. A special chapter is included to give an overview on the general type of job opportunities for engineering graduates and research scholars seeking to find employment in additive manufacturing companies. In short, the content of this book targets primarily researchers, engineering students (bachelors and masters), and industrial engineers.

Implementation of Solar Thermal Technology
Implementation of Solar Thermal Technology

Author: Ronal W. Larson

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 1014

ISBN-13: 9780262121873

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Implementation of Solar Thermal Technology describes the successes and failures of the commercialization efforts of the U.S. solar thermal energy program, from the oil embargo of 1973 through the demise of the program in the early Reagan administration and its afterlife since then. The emphasis throughout is on lessons learned from the solar experience, with an eye toward applications to other projects as well as toward possible renewal of efforts at commercialization. Part I discusses the history of government involvement in solar development and the parallel development of the market for solar products. Part II looks at the histories of specific commercialization programs for five areas (active heating and cooling, passive technologies, passive commercial building activities, industrial process heat, and high-temperature technologies). Parts III-VIII focus in turn on demonstration and construction projects, quality assurance, information dissemination programs, efforts to transfer technology to industry, incentive programs (tax credits, financing, and grants), and organizational support. Solar Heat Technologies: Fundamentals and Applications, Volume 10

Food Process Engineering and Quality Assurance
Food Process Engineering and Quality Assurance

Author: C.O. Mohan

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-02-28

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 1351869639

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This new book, Food Process Engineering and Quality Assurance, provides an abundance of valuable new research and studies in novel technologies used in food processing and quality assurance issues of food. The 750-page book gives a detailed technical and scientific background of various food processing technologies that are relevant to the industry. The food process related application of engineering technology involves interdisciplinary teamwork, which, in addition to the expertise of interdisciplinary engineers, draws on that of food technologists, microbiologists, chemists, mechanical engineers, biochemists, geneticists, and others. The processes and methods described in the book are applicable to many areas of the food industry, including drying, milling, extrusion, refrigeration, heat and mass transfer, membrane-based separation, concentration, centrifugation, fluid flow and blending, powder and bulk-solids mixing, pneumatic conveying, and process modeling, monitoring, and control. Food process engineering know-how can be credited with improving the conversion of raw foodstuffs into safe consumer products of the highest possible quality. This book looks at advanced materials and techniques used for, among other things, chemical and heat sterilization, advanced packaging, and monitoring and control, which are essential to the highly automated facilities for the high-throughput production of safe food products. With contributions from prominent scientists from around the world, this volume provides an abundance of valuable new research and studies on novel technologies used in food processing and quality assurance issues. It gives a detailed technical and scientific background of various food processing technologies that are relevant to the industry. Special emphasis is given to the processing of fish, candelilla, dairy, and bakery products. Rapid detection of pathogens and toxins and application of nanotechnology in ensuring food safety are also emphasized. Key features: • Presents recent research development with applications • Discusses new technology and processes in food process engineering • Provides several chapters on candelilla (which is frequently used as a food additive but can also be used in cosmetics, drugs, etc.), covering its characteristics, common uses, geographical distribution, and more

Sensor Technology for Smart Homes
Sensor Technology for Smart Homes

Author: Juan Ye

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2021-04-21

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 3036502483

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This Special Issue presents the recent advances in sensor technologies for smart homes, including fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors for detecting the presence and number of occupants, the Internet of things for monitoring CO2 concentration, and designing a novel eye-tracking system for monitoring and controlling a smart home, and infrared thermal sensors for fall detection. Such new explorations are pushing the boundary of sensing technologies and, thus, will have more profound implications for the future smart home. Advanced machine learning and data mining algorithms have been proposed to address sensor failure, appliance identification, and human activity recognition in a home environment. These results will enable a promising, sustainable deployment of sensing technologies. A novel multi-agent gamification system is proposed for managing tasks between household members and between families, which demonstrate another dimension of future smart home application. This Special Issue concludes with a review on sensors for human activity recognition. This work paves the roadmap for deploying smart home systems in different socioeconomic contexts. The whole Special Issue has significantly helped to shape our understanding of the strength, implications, and barriers of deploying long-term, sustainable, sensor technologies for smart homes.

Microencapsulation in the Food Industry
Microencapsulation in the Food Industry

Author: Robert Sobel

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2022-09-27

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 0128225300

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Microencapsulation in the Food Industry: A Practical Implementation Guide, Second Edition continues to focus on the development of new microencapsulation techniques for researchers and scientists in the field. This practical reference combines the knowledge of new and novel processing techniques, materials and selection, regulatory aspects and testing and evaluation of materials. It provides application specific uses of microencapsulation as it applies to the food and nutraceutical industries. This reference offers unique solutions to some very specific product needs in the field of encapsulation. This second edition highlights changes in the industry as a result of a field that has traversed from the micro scale level to nano-scaled encapsulation and includes two new chapters, one on regulatory, quality, process scale-up, packaging, and economics and the other on testing and quality control. - Includes new characterization methodologies to understand chemical and physical properties for functionality of the final microencapsulated material - Presents the latest research and developments in the area of nano-scale encapsulation and intelligent packaging - Provides new testing tools to assess products containing microencapsulated actives

Sustainable Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment
Sustainable Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment

Author: Noel Jacob Kaleekkal

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 1000395006

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Sustainable Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment discusses relevant sustainable technologies for water and wastewater treatment pertaining to a nanoscale approach to water treatment and desalination, membrane-based technologies for water recovery and reuse, the energy and water nexus, degradation of organic pollutants, nascent technologies, bio and bio-inspired materials for water reclamation and integrated systems, and an overview of wastewater treatment plants. The book focuses on advanced topics including in situ generation of hydroxyl radicals, which can aid in the indiscriminate oxidation of any contaminant present in wastewater, making advanced oxidation processes commercially viable. Features: A comprehensive review of current and novel water and wastewater treatment technologies from a sustainability perspective All the sustainable technologies, such as desalination, wastewater treatment, advanced oxidation processes, hydrodynamic cavitation, membrane-based technologies, sonosorption, and electrospun fibers Discussion on reference materials for important research accomplishments in the area of water and environmental engineering Theoretical aspects covering principles and instrumentation A summary on sustainability, including life cycle assessment (LCA), energy balance and large-scale implementation of advanced techniques This book is aimed at professionals, graduate students, and researchers in civil, chemical, environmental engineering, and materials science.

Thermoelectrics for Power Generation
Thermoelectrics for Power Generation

Author: Mikhail Nikitin

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2016-12-21

Total Pages: 574

ISBN-13: 9535128450

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Thermoelectrics for Power Generation - A Look at Trends in the Technology is the first part of the InTech collection of international community works in the field of thermoelectric power generation. The authors from many counties have presented in this book their achievements and vision for the future development in different aspects of thermoelectric power generation. Remarkably, this hot topic unites together efforts of researchers and engineers from all continents of our planet. The reader will find in the book a lot of new interesting information concerning prospective materials for thermoelectric generators, both inorganic and organic; results of theoretical studies of materials characteristics; novel methods and apparatus for measuring performance of thermoelectric materials and devices; and thermoelectric power generator simulation, modeling, design, and practice.

Cold Inflow-Free Solar Chimney
Cold Inflow-Free Solar Chimney

Author: Md. Mizanur Rahman

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-05-28

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9813368314

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This book highlights the design of a new type of solar chimney that has lower height and bigger diameter, and discusses its applications. The bigger diameter chimneys are introduced showing cold inflow phenomena that significantly reduced the performance of solar chimney. The cold inflow-free operation of solar chimneys restores the draft losses and enhances the performance of the solar chimneys. Numerical and experimental investigation results will be presented to highlight the performance of cold inflow-free solar chimney performance. In addition, this book covers the important basic design parameters that affect the design of solar chimney for different applications, mainly, solar chimney-assisted ventilation for passive cooling and power generation system.