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Book SynopsisAround the world, extreme weather events are becoming increasingly "the new normal" and are expected to increase in the 21st century as a result of climate change. Extreme weather events have devastating impacts on human lives and national economies. This book examines ways to protect people from hazards using early warning systems, and includes contributions from experts from four different continents representing 14 different universities, 8 government agencies and two UN agencies. Chapters detail critical components of early warning systems, ways to identify vulnerable communities, predict hazards and deliver information. Unique satellite images illustrate the transnational impact of disasters, while case studies provide detailed examples of warning systems. With contributors from the fields of economics, ethics, meteorology, geography and biology, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in disaster risk reduction or climate change.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Chapter 1: The Impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters.- Chapter 2: Challenges in Early Warning of the Persistent and Widespread Winter Fog over the Indo-Gangetic Plains: A Satellite Perspective.- Chapter 3: Assessing human vulnerability to climate change from an evolutionary perspective.- Chapter 4: Early Warning Systems Defined.- Chapter 5: The State of Early Warning Systems.- Chapter 6: Climate Change and Early Warning Systems for Wildland Fire.- Chapter 7: Climate Change Implications and Use of Early Warning Systems for Global Dust Storms.- Chapter 8: Applications of Medium Range Probabilistic Flood Forecast for Societal Benefits - Lessons Learned from Bangladesh.- Chapter 9: Flood forecasting and early warning: an example from the UK Environment Agency.- Chapter 10: The Evolution of Kenya’s Drought Management System.- Chapter 11: Understanding the warning process through the lens of practice: emancipation as a condition of action. Some lessons from France.- Chapter 12: The Effect of Early Flood Warnings on Mitigation and Recovery during the 2010 Pakistan Floods.- Chapter 13: Disasters are gendered: what’s new?.- Chapter 14: The Ethics of Early Warning Systems for Climate Change.- Chapter 15: Decadal Warning Systems.- Chapter 16: The role of scientific modelling and insurance in providing innovative solutions for managing the risk of natural disasters.- Chapter 17: “Follow the spiders”: Ecosystems as Early Warnings.- Chapter 18: Natural hazards and Climate Change in Kenya: Minimizing the impacts on vulnerable communities through Early Warning Systems.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive coverage of fundamentals, latest technologies and industrial applications of Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) in process industries. Simple and effective WHR techniques are illustrated with industrial examples, to help readers to identify, calculate and develop heat recovery potential in their processes. Key benefits of WHR projects, which are useful for developing successful WHR business cases, are demonstrated. Special emphasis is given towards major technical risks and mitigation plans, for implementing sound WHR projects. Techniques for reaping benefits of WHR projects for longer periods are also outlined. Applying these techniques with an understanding of the principles explained in this book, and taking cues from the examples and suggestions, the reader will be able to realise sustained benefits in their process.Solution manual is provided for free to instructors who adopt this textbook. Please send your request to sales@wspc.com.

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Book SynopsisThe book presents a broad overview of emerging smart grid technologies and communication systems, offering a helpful guide for future research in the field of electrical engineering and communication engineering. It explores recent advances in several computing technologies and their performance evaluation, and addresses a wide range of topics, such as the essentials of smart grids for fifth generation (5G) communication systems. It also elaborates the role of emerging communication systems such as 5G, internet of things (IoT), IEEE 802.15.4 and cognitive radio networks in smart grids. The book includes detailed surveys and case studies on current trends in smart grid systems and communications for smart metering and monitoring, smart grid energy storage systems, modulations and waveforms for 5G networks. As such, it will be of interest to practitioners and researchers in the field of smart grid and communication infrastructures alike.Table of ContentsPart I: Smart Grids.- Chapter 1 Introduction to Smart Grid Architectures.- Chapter 2 Applications and Requirements of Smart Grids.- Chapter 3 Technical Enhancements in Smart Grid Applications.- Chapter 4 Smart Metering and Monitoring.- Chapter 5 Energy Storage Systems in Smart Grid.- Chapter 6 Energy Storage Applications in Smart Grid.- Chapter 7 Adaptive Frequency Estimation in the Complex Domain for Smart Grid Systems.- Chapter 8 Demand Side Management and Demand Response for Smart Grid.- Chapter 9 Demand Response for Residential Households in Smart Grid.- Chapter 10 Demand Response from Residential Consumers: potentials, barriers, and solutions.- Part II: Emerging Communication Systems for Smart Grids.- Chapter 11 Smart Grid Communication Systems and Standards.- Chapter 12 5G Mobile Communication Systems.- Chapter 13 Modulation Schemes and Waveforms for 5G Communication Networks and Next Generation Smart Grids.- Chapter 14 Optical Communications and Modulation Techniques in 5G.- Chapter 15 Contemporary Internet of Things (IoT) Platforms for Smart Grid.- Chapter 16 Internet of Things on Power Line Communications: an Experimental Performance Analysis.- Chapter 17 Beyond IoT: Adaptive Approaches to Collaborative Smart Environments.- Chapter 18 IEEE 802.15.4 Technologies for Smart Grids.- Chapter 19 Robust Advanced Metering Infrastructures and Networks for Smart Grid.- Chapter 20 Smart Grid Cyber Security.- Chapter 21 Cyber Security Tools and Processes in Smart Grid.- Chapter 22 Cyber Security Objectives and Requirements for Smart Grid.

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses comprehensive issues of infrastructure management at the sectoral level in India. This book analyses four critical sectors viz. Transportation, Power, Urban, and Digital Infrastructure and their planning and management from an Indian perspective. The book also identifies empirical risks and challenges in the planning and management of infrastructure in India. A diverse set of management solutions that can support better infrastructure management across sectors are also discussed in the present book.Table of ContentsSection 1: Transport Infrastructure: fostering the economic growth.- Chapter 1. Road Safety Management in India: Issues and Challenges and Opportunities.- Chapter 2. An assessment of the Port Development in India.- Chapter 3. Emerging scope of Airport Infrastructure: Case of India.- Chapter 4. Rail Infrastructure- Journey since Indian independence and beyond.- Section 2: How power sector is managed in India?.- Chapter 5. Power Sector Infrastructure Management: Issues and Challenges.- Chapter 6. Renewable Energy Management: An analysis of the status quo.- Chapter 7. Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development in India.- Section 3: The emergence of modern cities: Smart or Sustainable?.- Chapter 8. Smart City: Sustainable City for tackling Urban Challenges.- Chapter 9. Electric Mobility & Electric Vehicles Management in India.- Chapter 10. Sustainable Infrastructure Development in India: Drivers and Barriers.- Section 4: Developing digital infrastructure.- Chapter 11.Recent Trends in Digital Infrastructure india.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the select proceedings of the 48th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP 2021) held at BITS Pilani in December 2021. It covers the topics such as fluid mechanics, measurement techniques in fluid flows, computational fluid dynamics, instability, transition and turbulence, fluid‐structure interaction, multiphase flows, micro- and nanoscale transport, bio-fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, turbomachinery, propulsion and power. The book will be useful for researchers and professionals interested in the broad field of mechanics.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Fundamental studies in Fluid Mechanics.- Chapter 2. Measurement Techniques in Fluid Flows.- Chapter 3. Computational Fluid Dynamics.- Chapter 4. Instability, Transition and Turbulence.- Chapter 5. Fluid-structure Interaction.- Chapter 6. Multiphase Flows.- Chapter 7. Micro-Nano Scale Transport.- Chapter 8. Bio-Fluid Mechanics.- Chapter 9. Aerodynamics.- Chapter 10. Turbomachinery.- Chapter 11. Propulsion and Power.- Chapter 12. Experimental and Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow.- Chapter 13. Miscellaneous Topics.

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Book SynopsisThis book published by ISEAS contains selected papers based on some of the lectures delivered over 2005/2006 at the ISEAS Energy Forum. The aim is to educate the public on a whole range of energy issues and trends in Singapore, Southeast Asia and the wider region. It is a timely review of an important issue which is now on top of regional and international agendas. The papers are written by various experts, who provide detailed and extensive knowledge on a wide variety of energy issues. It is meant for the general reader who wishes to update and inform himself/herself."" Energy Perspectives on Singapore and the Region"" covers: Overview of Singapore's Energy Situation, by Mark Hong; Singapore's Changing Landscapes in Energy, by Khoo Chin Hean; Singapore's Role as a Key Oil Trading Centre in Asia, by Esa Ramasamy; Large-Scale Solar PV Power Generation in Urban High-Rise Buildings in Singapore, by Rabi Satpathy; The High-Carbon Story of Urban Development in Southeast Asia, by Geh Min Ooi Giok Ling; Renewable Energy and the Environment: Technology and Economic Perspectives, by Youngho Chang; Delivering Results in a Booming Rig Market, by Choo Chiau Beng; The Success Story of Rig Building in Singapore, by Ong Tian Khiam; The Singapore Oil Situation, by Ong Eng Tong; Singapore Petroleum Company: Adding Value to the Singapore Oil Industry, by Cheng Hong Kok; Oil Storage: The Singapore Story, by Mohamed Merican; and the Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030, by Kwa Chong Seng. It also covers India's Energy Situation: The Need to Secure Energy Resources in an Increasingly Competitive Environment, by Ligia Noronha; The Implications and Impacts of China's Oil Demand on the Asia Pacific, by Kang Wu Caleb R. O Kray; Energy Security Cooperation in Asia: An ASEAN-SCO Energy Partnership?, by Christopher Len; China's Energy Security: Geo-politics versus Interdependence, by Henry Leong; The Strategic Challenges for the United States and China in Global Energy Supply, by David Ernsberger; China's Coal: Curse or Blessing, by Michael Richardson; Japan's New Energy Strategy, by Hisane Masaki; and Who Wins in the Asian Scramble for Oil?, by Vincent S. Perez.It also covers: New Horizons for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) East of Suez, by Karen Schneider Allison Ball; Bio and Synthetic Fuels: An Alternative for Sustainable Mobility, by Eric G. Holthusen; Price Discovery for Middle East Refined Product Exports: A Natural Role for Dubai, by Tilak K Doshi; The Outlook for Gas in Southeast Asia, by Steve Puckett; and Sakhalin-2 Project, a New Energy Source for the Asia Pacific: History in the Making, by Andrew B. Seck Viktor Snegir.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents new vision of regional de-carbonization with concrete scheme design and substantial quantitative demonstration from original interdisciplinary studies. It provides new horizon for not only climate change, environmental conservation but also for international cooperation and peace in East Asia. The chapters introduce diverse low carbon society principles from local to global level with best practices integrating technology evolution and social innovation. While the book is designated for academics and the ultimate goal is to facilitate international climate regime making and environmental cooperation, local government and international organizations (United Nations, World Bank, and others) officers, researchers, international NGO/NPOs, consultants, students (particularly those studying environmental policy studies or international relationships), as well as reporters will find this book useful in broadening their understanding of low-carbon development in East Asia.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisNovel breakthroughs in the cutting-edge field of nanotechnology, as a cross-sectional technology, show potential for being applied across the whole value chain of the energy sector (energy sources, energy conversion, energy distribution, energy storage, and energy use). This book gives an overview of nanotechnological applications within the value chain of the energy sector and evaluates selected applications and their direct and indirect impacts on the energy sector. It presents selected nanotechnological applications that influence the energy economy significantly. Furthermore, the authors give a comprehensive description of the impacts and outcomes of selected nanotechnological applications on energy consumption, energy sources, energy supply, and the energy industry in Germany and show the potential of these applications for energy savings, improvement in energy efficiency, and the reduction of emissions until 2030.Trade Review"Energy is one of the major challenges faced by our society, while being a complex problem involving many facets of technology, social, economy and environmental. While discussing many of these aspects, this book provides a strong coverage of the state-of-art developments, particularly in membranes for carbon capture and future requirements for their deployment"—Prof. Joe da Costa - The University of Queensland, Australia"Very impressive! By reading this book, the reader gets a complete overview of the diverse facets of nanotechnology applications in the energy sector. The chapters describe the whole range from technological opportunities and challenges to chance and risk aspects, market needs and options for future vision and scenarios by applying nano-solutions. A valuable contribution in a quite new and promising technological application area."—Dr. Gerd Bachmann - Zukünftige Technologien Consulting, GermanyTable of ContentsChallenges in the Energy Sector and the Future Role of Nanotechnology (IER). Principles of Nanotechnology (IER), Innovation and Economic Potential of Nanotechnology. Principles of Nanotechnology. Examples for Nanotechnological Applications in the Energy Sector. Potential Analysis and Assessment of the Impact of Nanotechnology on the Energy Sector Until 2030 (IER).

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