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Sustainable Technologies and Drivers for Managing Plastic Solid Waste in Developing Economies

Sustainable Technologies and Drivers for Managing Plastic Solid Waste in Developing Economies
Sustainable Technologies and Drivers for Managing Plastic Solid Waste in Developing Economies by Bupe G. Mwanza
English | EPUB | 2022 | 92 Pages | ISBN : 3030886433 | 6.5 MB
This book discusses sustainable waste management technologies for managing end-of-life (EoL) post-consumer and packaging plastic solid waste (PSW) from domestic and commercial waste streams. It does so particularly in the context of providing a way forward for developing economies.

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Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Deserts

Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Deserts
Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Deserts: Proceeding of the First International Conference on Sustainable Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Desert Climates by Essam Heggy
English | PDF | 2022 | 811 Pages | ISBN : 3030760804 | 48.8 MB
This book addresses challenges and opportunities in the Energy-Water-Environment (EWE) nexus, with a particular focus on research and technology development requirements in harsh desert climates. Its chapters include selected contributions presented during the 1st international conference on sustainable Energy-Water-Environment nexus in desert climates (ICSEWEN-19) held at the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) in Doha, Qatar in December 2019.

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Superheroes and Excess A Philosophical Adventure

Superheroes and Excess A Philosophical Adventure
Richard Reynolds, "Superheroes and Excess: A Philosophical Adventure "
English | ISBN: 1138304530 | 2021 | 288 pages | PDF | 6 MB
Finding the superhero genre in need of further investigation from philosophical standpoints that value excess as a creative drive, rather than denigrate it as a problem to be resolved, this book opens up discussions that highlight different approaches to 'the creative excess of being' as expressed through the genre.

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Successful Composites Technology Transfer Applying NASA Innovations to Industry

Successful Composites Technology Transfer Applying NASA Innovations to Industry
George N. Bullen, "Successful Composites Technology Transfer: Applying NASA Innovations to Industry"
English | 2015 | pages: 306 | ISBN: 0872638804 | PDF | 13,8 mb
The ingenuity and visibility of NASA space programs, such as the max launch abort system (MLAs), are sparking the creativity, knowledge transfer, and unique applications of revolutionary technologies in areas such as aerospace, wind energy, transportation, oil, safety, and civil infrastructure. Lightweight, high-strength, carbon-fiber composites materials, vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding, smart sensors, out-of-autoclave curing of autoclave composites, unified structures, structural health monitoring systems, smart phone/rfid tracking, determinant assembly, forensic engineering, and the digital tapestry that ties everything together are just a few of the technological advances perfected in NASA s programs. Successful composites technology transfer takes the discussion of these technologies to the next level addressing the advantages and challenges to their more widespread industrial application. Readers will get insight into how high-strength, carbon-fiber composites and its related technologies are making inroads into products such as commercial airplane seats and carts, turbine blades, firefighting equipment, trucks, buses, lifting and support devices, and containers. The author shares breakthrough thinking on other potential applications, such as a new lighter than air ship, prototype vehicles, driver health and safety, firefighter safety, and bridge infrastructure safety and health monitoring. According to Foreword author, Tim Shinbara, vice president of manufacturing technology at AMT (Association for Manufacturing Technology), ...it is of considerable value to search out, discover, and digest resources such as this book in an effort to continually improve the lens by which we innovate. Aside from new product innovations, extension of the manufacturing technologies, and processes described herein have the potential to not only add new functionality or modify the existing functionality of existing products and systems, but in many cases, adoption would require minimal effort from the manufacturing enterprise.