ABSTRACT
This book takes a unique interdisciplinary look at the latest developments, advances, and trends in the interrelated areas of sustainable engineering, energy, and the environment, focusing on environmental engineering for renewable and green energy. It looks at new research and studies on a variety of topics in green nanotechnology, green processing and solar energy, sustainable energy policies, biofuels, fuel cells, and much more.
The first section of Sustainable Engineering, Energy, and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities looks at myriad issues in sustainable energy, such as sustainable urbanism through space planning and residential building design, a method to convert vibrations from mechanical work into power, energy grid maintenance, mathematical modeling and time analysis of various mechanical activities, and more. Topics on sustainable energy include voltage systems for stand-alone nanogrids, new sources for biodiesel production, solar energy conversion, protection equipment for windmill towers, etc. The section on sustainable environment explores issues such as industrial water recycling, regeneration of spent-activated carbon in pharmaceutical production, smell mitigation and recovery of fuel from waste, the water footprint of agriculture, etc.
Key features
- Presents advances and developments in the areas of engineering, energy, and environment under sustainable development
- Examines potential issues of understanding of green buildings and their energy efficiency
- Presents case studies on sustainable urbanization
- Presents novel clean technology applications for attaining environmental sustainability
- Assesses green auditing and natural capital accounting
- Describes relevant experimental techniques
This book features important contributions from scientists, academicians, and professionals on the latest developments and advances in the interrelated fields of sustainable engineering, energy, and environment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|112 pages
Sustainable Engineering
chapter Chapter 2|8 pages
Generalized Data Base Model for Enhancement in Failure Productivity of Industry 4.0
chapter Chapter 5|8 pages
An Attempt to Convert Vibrations to Mechanical Work to Generate Power: A Theoretical Approach
chapter Chapter 6|11 pages
Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Time of Roof Bolting Operation in an Underground Coal Mine
chapter Chapter 8|10 pages
Design of a 9-Level Cascaded H-Bridge Inverter-Driven Induction Motor with Fewer Harmonic
chapter Chapter 9|8 pages
Comparative Study of Activity of Copper Ions onto Chitosan, Chloro-Chitosan, and Iodo-Chitosan
part II|130 pages
Sustainable Energy
chapter Chapter 13|7 pages
Characterization of CdTe Film under Different Annealing Temperature for Solar Cell Application
part III|289 pages
Sustainable Environment