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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “alfons buekens”
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  • Incineration Technologies

    by Alfons Buekens ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Waste incineration is the art of completely combusting waste, while maintaining or reducing emission levels below current emission standards. Where possible, objectives include the recovering of energy as well as the combustion residues. Successful waste incineration makes it possible to achieve a deep reduction in waste volume, obtain a compact and sterile residue, and eliminate a wide array of ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Environmentally Devastated Areas in River Basins in Eastern Europe

    Edited by Alfons G. Buekens, Vasily V. Dragalov ...
    Series Book 45 - Nato Science Partnership Subseries
    The fall of the iron curtain revealed widespread environmental and safety short comings in relation to industrial operations, mining and other human activities. It was the purpose of this Advanced Research Workshop, sponsored by NATO, to bring together a group of eminent experts from East and West in order to present and analyse environmental data, assess environmental damage, establish priorities ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

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  • Electronic Waste

    Recycling Techniques

    Edited by Hugo Marcelo Veit, Andréa Moura Bernardes ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book presents an overview of the characterization of electronic waste. In addition, processing techniques for the recovery of metals, polymers and ceramics are described. This book serves as a source of information and as an educational technical reference for practicing scientists and engineers, as well as for students. ... Read more

    $167.99 CAD

  • Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

    Continuation of Residue Reviews

    by George W. Ware ...
    Series Book 144 - Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
    International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communi ties over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic envi ronments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and progress reports, and archival documentations. These three international pUblications are ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Biomass and Green Chemistry

    Building a Renewable Pathway

    Edited by Sílvio Vaz Jr. ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book investigates the main vegetable biomass types, their chemical characteristics and their potential to replace oil as raw material for the chemical industry, according to the principles of green chemistry. Authors from different scientific and technical backgrounds, from industry and academia, give an overview of the state of the art and ongoing developments. Aspects including bioeconomy, ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • The Changing Environment

    by James W. Moore ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the principles and applications of environmental management. Each volume is a thorough treatment of a specific topic of importance for proper management practices. A fundamental objective of these books is to help the reader discern and implement man's stewardship of our environment and the world ... Read more

    $154.99 CAD

  • Potential for Industrial Energy-Efficiency Improvement in the Long Term

    by J. de Beer ...
    Series Book 5 - Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science
    This book does not give a prediction of what the efficiency will be of the energy use of industrial processes in the future. However, it does give an exploration of limits to the efficiency of current processes and an indication of what might be achieved if new technologies can be developed. At the Department of Science, Technology and Society of Utrecht University research had been done to the ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Clean-up of Former Soviet Military Installations

    Identification and Selection of Environmental Technologies for Use in Central and Eastern Europe

    Edited by John E. Moerlins, J.Michael Kuperberg, Peter I. Richter, Imre L. Biczo, Roy C. Herndon ...
    Series Book 1 - Nato Science Partnership Subseries
    A NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) was conducted on June 21-23, 1994 in Visegnid, Hungary related to the clean-up of former Soviet military installation sites. This ARW included a technical site visit to the Komarom Base Site which is a former Soviet military installation in Hungary. During this three-day ARW, a strategy and set of recommendations were developed for selecting technologies and ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Fuel Cells in the Waste-to-Energy Chain

    Distributed Generation Through Non-Conventional Fuels and Fuel Cells

    by Stephen J. McPhail, Viviana Cigolotti, Angelo Moreno ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    As the availability of fossils fuels becomes more limited, the negative impact of their consumption becomes an increasingly relevant factor in our choices with regards to primary energy sources. The exponentially increasing demand for energy is reflected in the mass generation of by-products and waste flows which characterize current society’s development and use of fossil sources. The potential ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Contaminants in Terrestrial Environments

    by Otto Fränzle ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Defining ecology as a system-theory oriented synthesis of both earth and life sciences, the book aims at a novel co- herent understanding of chemicalimpact on the lower at- mosphere and characteristic types of terrestrial ecosystems. To this end comprehensive flux-analytical and hierarchical modelling approaches were developed and consulted, which in- clude a thorough consideration of the specific ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Catalysis for Green Energy and Technology

    by Samira Bagheri ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book describes the importance of catalysis for the sustainable production of biofuels and biochemicals, focusing primarily on the state-of-the-art catalysts and catalytic processes expected to play a decisive role in the "green" production of fuels and chemicals from biomass. The book also includes general sections exploring the entire chain of biomass production, conversion, environment, ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Bioengineering Case Studies

    Sustainable Stream Bank and Slope Stabilization

    by Wendi Goldsmith, Donald Gray, John McCullah ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    "Bio-Stabilization Case Studies: Treatment and Performance Evaluation" describes and evaluates 30 projects from across the United States where bio-stabilization was employed to address a detrimental naturally occurring process or byproduct of the built environment. Bio-stabilization (or soil bioengineering) refers to the use of plant materials, primarily live cuttings, arranged in the ground in ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD