Download or read book Infrared Radiative Cooling and Its Applications written by Zhiyu Hu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book systematically introduces the physical basis and theory of infrared radiation and the application of radiative cooling. It covers the geographical release of infrared radiation, infrared radiation material system, and preparation technology, infrared radiative cooling measurement and applications, the micro–nano-processing technology, the latest technology of radiative cooling and passive power generation, and the design of future application scenarios. The main content includes the current world energy application status and the development, research, and application status of radiative cooling technology, as well as the principle of radiative cooling technology, the research and application of different radiative cooling materials, the processing technology of radiative cooling devices, the development of radiative cooling technology, and other energy technologies. This book is used as reference for researchers and engineers who work in the fields of radiative cooling.

Download or read book Green Nanotechnology written by Geoffrey B. Smith and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first step in developing a clean and sustainable future is to think differently about everyday products, in particular how they influence energy use. Green Nanotechnology: Solutions for Sustainability and Energy in the Built Environment explores the science and technology of tiny structures that have a huge potential to improve quality of life wh

Download or read book Urban Overheating Progress on Mitigation Science and Engineering Applications written by Michele Zinzi and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The combination of global warming and urban sprawl is the origin of the most hazardous climate change effect detected at urban level: Urban Heat Island, representing the urban overheating respect to the countryside surrounding the city. This book includes 18 papers representing the state of the art of detection, assessment mitigation and adaption to urban overheating. Advanced methods, strategies and technologies are here analyzed including relevant issues as: the role of urban materials and fabrics on urban climate and their potential mitigation, the impact of greenery and vegetation to reduce urban temperatures and improve the thermal comfort, the role the urban geometry in the air temperature rise, the use of satellite and ground data to assess and quantify the urban overheating and develop mitigation solutions, calculation methods and application to predict and assess mitigation scenarios. The outcomes of the book are thus relevant for a wide multidisciplinary audience, including: environmental scientists and engineers, architect and urban planners, policy makers and students.

Download or read book Solar Heating Radiative Cooling and Thermal Movement written by William C. Cullen and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty different built-up roof construction specimens, covered with five surfacing materials, were subjected to natural solar heating and nighttime cooling.The temperatures and temperature changes observed during winter and summer exposures are discussed.The data indicate that the temperature attained in a roof membrane is influenced by the absorptance and emissivity of the surface as well as the thermal and physical properties of the substrate to which the roofing is applied. The data show that roofings placed over insulation may be heated to a temperature of 80F. above ambient due to solar heating and may be subcooled as much as 20F. below the ambient due to radiative cooling.The thermal movements which occur in the components of a roof system due to temperature change are discussed in relation to built-up roof performance and failures.(Author).

Download or read book Nocturnal Cooling Technology for Building Applications written by Mardiana Idayu Ahmad and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses nocturnal cooling technologies for building applications. Exploiting the natural environment as a renewable and sustainable resource has become a significant strategy for passive energy saving in buildings, and has led to growing interest in the use of passive radiative cooling based on nighttime (nocturnal) and daytime (diurnal) operating periods. Of these, nocturnal cooling is more promising since diurnal cooling is hard to achieve due to the solar radiation effect. As such, this book provides a comprehensive overview of nocturnal cooling for building applications, including a definition, concepts and principles; materials and devices; and cooling systems and configurations.

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Download or read book The Atmosphere and Climate of Mars written by Robert M. Haberle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity has long been fascinated by the planet Mars. Was its climate ever conducive to life? What is the atmosphere like today and why did it change so dramatically over time? Eleven spacecraft have successfully flown to Mars since the Viking mission of the 1970s and early 1980s. These orbiters, landers and rovers have generated vast amounts of data that now span a Martian decade (roughly eighteen years). This new volume brings together the many new ideas about the atmosphere and climate system that have emerged, including the complex interplay of the volatile and dust cycles, the atmosphere-surface interactions that connect them over time, and the diversity of the planet's environment and its complex history. Including tutorials and explanations of complicated ideas, students, researchers and non-specialists alike are able to use this resource to gain a thorough and up-to-date understanding of this most Earth-like of planetary neighbours.

Download or read book Infrared Thermal Imaging written by Michael Vollmer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new up-to-date edition of the successful handbook and ready reference retains the proven concept of the first, covering basic and advanced methods and applications in infrared imaging from two leading expert authors in the field. All chapters have been completely revised and expanded and a new chapter has been added to reflect recent developments in the field and report on the progress made within the last decade. In addition there is now an even stronger focus on real-life examples, with 20% more case studies taken from science and industry. For ease of comprehension the text is backed by more than 590 images which include graphic visualizations and more than 300 infrared thermography figures. The latter include many new ones depicting, for example, spectacular views of phenomena in nature, sports, and daily life.

Download or read book Infrared Detectors and Emitters Materials and Devices written by Peter Capper and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date view of the various detector/emitter materials systems currently in use or being actively researched. The book is aimed at newcomers and those already working in the IR industry. It provides both an introductory text and a valuable overview of the entire field.

Download or read book Infrared Thermography written by Raghu Prakash and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infrared Thermography (IRT) is commonly as a NDE tool to identify damages and provide remedial action. The fields of application are vast, such as, materials science, life sciences and applied engineering. This book offers a collection of ten chapters with three major sections - relating to application of infrared thermography to study problems in materials science, agriculture, veterinary and sports fields as well as in engineering applications. Both mathematical modeling and experimental aspects of IRT are evenly discussed in this book. It is our sincere hope that the book meets the requirements of researchers in the domain and inspires more researchers to study IRT.

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Download or read book Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Green Energy Environment and Sustainable Development GEESD2022 written by X. Zhang and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2022-10-14 with total page 1280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the general acknowledgement that climate change constitutes an existential threat to both mankind and to the planet, the quest for more sustainable and environmentally-friendly ways of developing and maintaining human civilizations has become ever more important in recent years. This book presents the proceedings of GEESD2022, the 3rd International Conference on Green Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development. Due to continuing travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was held as a hybrid event, part face-to-face in Beijing, China, and partly online via Zoom, on 29 June 2022. The 141 papers included here were selected after a rigorous 6-month process of evaluation and peer-review from the more than 300 submissions received, and are grouped into 7 sections: energy system and smart control; sustainable and green energy; environmental modeling and simulation; environmental science and pollution research; ecology and rural environment; building and environment; and water and mineral resources. The book provides an overview of the most up-to-date findings and technologies current in green energy, environment and sustainable development today, and will be of interest to all those working in the field.

Download or read book Liquid Crystals Applications and Uses written by B Bahadur and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1992-12-18 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews comprehensively the technological, scientific, artistic and medical applications of liquid crystals. It starts with the basics of liquid crystals and covers electro-optical, thermo-optical, colour, polymeric, lyotropic, and scientific applications of liquid crystalline materials. It discusses the fabrication and operational principles of a full range of liquid crystal displays including dynamic scattering, twisted nematic, supertwisted nematic, dichroic, smectic A, ferroelectric, polymer dispersed, light valve, active matrix, etc., in detail. It also covers the emerging applications of liquid crystals such as optical computing, nonlinear optics, decorative and visual arts. The detailed chapters on classification, theory, chemical structure, physical properties and surface alignment of liquid crystals facilitate the basic understanding of the science behind LCDs and other uses of liquid crystals. The chapters on liquid crystal polymers and lyotropic liquid crystals, give deep insight into these areas. The potential uses and applications are also described in detail. Contents:Surface Alignment of Liquid Crystals (T Uchida & H Seki)Dichroic Liquid Crystal Displays (B Bahadur)Applications of Liquid Crystals in Optical Computing (N A Clark & K M Johnson)Other Types of LCDs (S Kobayashi & A Mochizuki)Thermochromic Liquid Crystals in Devices (I Sage)Liquid Crystal Polymers (H Finkelmann, W Meier & H Scheuermann) Readership: Applied scientists, materials scientists, chemists, physicists, liquid crystal researchers and display systems engineers. keywords:Liquid Crystal Display;Liquid Crystal;LCD;Displays;Active Matrix LCD;Electro-Optical Devices;Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals;Optical Properties of Liquid Crystals;Applications of Liquid Crystals;Light Valve;Human Factors;Reliability and Failure of LCDs;Display Measurements;Lyotropic Liquid Crystal;Liquid Crystal in Arts;Physics Of Liquid Crystal Devices;Thermal Sensors;Liquid Crystal Polymers;Dichroic LCDs;Thermochromic Liquid Crystals; “… consists of three volumes with a total of twenty seven chapters which present in depth discussions of topics related to liquid crystals. The chapters are written by authorities in each topic. This set of book is an impressive undertaking and Bahadur has done an excellent job of selecting topics of interest in the field of liquid crystals. In summary, Bahadur has taken on a large task and made a real accomplishment. As manufacturer of liquid crystal displays, we find the volumes to be good references and while the volumes are not textbooks, some chapters should be required reading for engineers in the liquid crystal display business. These volumes will be valuable references for years to come. In preface to volume 3, Bahadur wondered if the sacrifices and burning of midnight oil was worth it. Only he can answer that question for himself, but he certainly has performed a valuable service to the liquid crystal field, and I, for one, am grateful that he did.” Journal of the Society for Information Display “Professor B Bahadur, the editor and the author of three chapters, has done a marvelous job assimilating contributions from different fields of liquid crystal applications. Finally, a book has been published that gives the reader a comprehensive review of technological applications of liquid crystals and an overview of how they are related to medicine, biology, and art … the book can be recommended not only to specialists in the field of liquid crystalline applications but also to anyone interested in liquid crystals research.” Condensed Matter News “The book provides a good, practical overview of the many liquid crystal devices that were discovered until about 1989. Their operating principles and their pros and cons are well presented … Moreover, the book provides a very useful insight into some of the manufacturing techniques required to realize LCDs. These aspects are not only of interest to device engineers but also to scientists who are engaged in electro-optical research.” Molecular Crystals & Liquid Crystals “This excellent book provides a timely and up-to-date review of materials, devices and displays based on liquid crystals … The editor is to be congratulated on obtaining contributions from, without exception, internationally recognized experts on the topics discussed … It must be concluded that this is a first-class publication and, when it is combined with Volume 2 and the promised Volume 3, it will become a well used reference book for those workers who are involved in the many aspects of the rapidly developing area of liquid-crystal technology.” Displays “Liquid Crystals consists of 20 chapters in two volumes (with a third volume planned). The volumes cover topics ranging from the types and classifications of liquid crystals to the nonlinear response of liquid crystals and liquid crystals in the decorative and visual arts. Appropriately, over half the chapters are related to LCDs. For the chapters, Bahadur selected authors who are prominent in the field … each chapter includes an extensive list of references and each volume has a good index. The technical chapters on cell fabrication and display parameters and requirements are a welcome addition to the chapters on liquid-crystal physics and chemistry. These volumes provide extensive and quickly accessed information and references for liquid-crystal applications in displays, art biology, and chromatography. I have found them useful in my research and can recommend them to researchers already familiar with the field … the breadth and depth of coverage in these two volumes will make them useful references for years to come. They are worth the price.” Information Display “Volume 2 of the book by Birendra Bahadur fills — like already vol. 1 — a gap in liquid crystal literature in that it reviews the multitude and rapidly expanding applications of liquid crystals in a concise and interesting way. The list of references attached to each of the very diverse chapters makes it a useful tool for experts in individual LC-fields as well as for students and educated laymen who attempt to get an overview over the immensely broad field of liquid crystals and their applications. To find in one and the same volume LC-display-related chapters as well as chapters on LC-art and biological LC-systems is fascinating.” Molecular Crystals & Liquid Crystals “The authors for the subjects covered are of the best in their field. They were selected from many areas and allow the fields covered in the books to be seen from several viewpoints … the different viewpoints make the books more well rounded and easier for a novice reader to appreciate … Bahadur has done an excellent job in bringing together some of the best people working in the area of applications of LCs. The quality of the individual contributions is very high and in many cases I think they may be considered definitive reviews of the application areas they consider.” Optical Engineering “The contents is sound and the volume completes an ambitious and useful survey of liquid crystals.” Physics World “The third volume of the three volume series ‘Applications and Uses of Liquid Crystals’ by Birendra Bahadur complements volume 1 and 2 by reviewing additional applications not covered there. Each of the chapters is written in an interesting manner with up-to-date references until about 1991. This renders the series suitable as a work of reference for those working in the field and as a text book for students interested in applications.” Molecular Crystals & Liquid Crystals “Each chapter of this book provides a review of a specific field, therefore it will be of use and interest to both established liquid crystal engineers and scientists and those just entering this very broad area of science and technology … this book, together with the two previous volumes, provides a timely and useful contribution to the literature on liquid crystals, which will be used by both scientists and engineers.” Displays

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Download or read book Spectrally Selective Surfaces for Heating and Cooling Applications written by Claes G. Granqvist and published by SPIE Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Tutorial Text covers coatings and surface treatments for energy-efficient windows of many different kinds, for solar collectors, and for radiative coolers. The desired spectral properties of these surfaces are introduced through a discussion of the radiation that prevails in our natural ambience. Emphasized are materials options, coating techniques, experimental data on optical properties, theoretical models for pertinent materials, and optimization studies with regard to practical applications. The book should be of interest to people working R&D in industry, universities, and national and international institutions who are engaged in issues related to energy efficiency and solar energy utilization.

Download or read book Liquid Crystal Applications and Uses written by Birenda Bahadur and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1992-12-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews comprehensively the technological, scientific, artistic and medical applications of liquid crystals. It starts with the basics of liquid crystals and covers electro-optical, thermo-optical, colour, polymeric, lyotropic, and scientific applications of liquid crystalline materials. It discusses the fabrication and operational principles of a full range of liquid crystal displays including dynamic scattering, twisted nematic, supertwisted nematic, dichroic, smectic A, ferroelectric, polymer dispersed, light valve, active matrix, etc., in detail. It also covers the emerging applications of liquid crystals such as optical computing, nonlinear optics, decorative and visual arts. The detailed chapters on classification, theory, chemical structure, physical properties and surface alignment of liquid crystals facilitate the basic understanding of the science behind LCDs and other uses of liquid crystals. The chapters on liquid crystal polymers and lyotropic liquid crystals, give deep insight into these areas. The potential uses and applications are also described in detail.

Download or read book Infrared Space Interferometry Astrophysics the Study of Earth Like Planets written by C. Eiroa and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past year has produced some of the most exciting results in the history of astronomy, particularly in the area of planets outside our solar system. Only a half-year before our meeting in Toledo, Spain, the first unambiguous detection of planet-sized masses orbiting main sequence stars were reported. Since that time, evidence for a new exo planet has been reported almost at the rate of about once per month. Some of these objects are likely to turn out to be very low-mass stars, but something like half show characteristics - Jupiter-like mass and near-zero orbital eccentricity - which appear to be unique to planets. Almost at the same time that giant planets were being discovered regularly, the two major space agencies, ESA and NASA, have iden tified searches for and detailed study of Earth-like planets as a major priority for the future. In ESA's "Horizon 2000 Plus" programme, an infrared interferometer has been proposed as a possible future Cor nerstone mission. Similarly, scientists in the US produced the "Road Map for the Exploration of Neighboring Planetary Systems (ExNPS)", which provided NASA with a long-term plan which leads also to an infrared interferometer in space to study hypothetical Earth-like worlds beyond our Solar System. Such an observatory is designed to search for the thermal emission from a family of planets, using interferometric nulling to remove the contaminating light from the central star.