Download or read book Advances in Wind Power written by Rupp Carriveau and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-11-21 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's wind energy industry is at a crossroads. Global economic instability has threatened or eliminated many financial incentives that have been important to the development of specific markets. Now more than ever, this essential element of the world energy mosaic will require innovative research and strategic collaborations to bolster the industry as it moves forward. This text details topics fundamental to the efficient operation of modern commercial farms and highlights advanced research that will enable next-generation wind energy technologies. The book is organized into three sections, Inflow and Wake Influences on Turbine Performance, Turbine Structural Response, and Power Conversion, Control and Integration. In addition to fundamental concepts, the reader will be exposed to comprehensive treatments of topics like wake dynamics, analysis of complex turbine blades, and power electronics in small-scale wind turbine systems.
Download or read book Terrestrial Photosynthesis in a Changing Environment written by Jaume Flexas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding how photosynthesis responds to the environment is crucial for improving plant production and maintaining biodiversity in the context of global change. Covering all aspects of photosynthesis, from basic concepts to methodologies, from the organelle to whole ecosystem levels, this is an integrated guide to photosynthesis in an environmentally dynamic context. Focusing on the ecophysiology of photosynthesis – how photosynthesis varies in time and space, responds and adapts to environmental conditions and differs among species within an evolutionary context – the book features contributions from leaders in the field. The approach is interdisciplinary and the topics covered have applications for ecology, environmental sciences, agronomy, forestry and meteorology. It also addresses applied fields such as climate change, biomass and biofuel production and genetic engineering, making a valuable contribution to our understanding of the impacts of climate change on the primary productivity of the globe and on ecosystem stability.
Download or read book Organic Azides written by Stefan Bräse and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-23 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most current state-of-the-art overview of this important class of compounds, encompassing many new and emerging applications The number of articles on organic azides continues to increase tremendously; on average, there are more than 1000 new publications a year Covers basic chemistry as well as state-of-the-art applications in life science and materials science World-ranked authors describe their own research in the wider context of azide chemistry Includes a chapter on safe synthesis and handling (azides can decompose explosively)
Download or read book The Metabolism of Islands written by Simron Singh and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes the case for why we should care about islands and their sustainability. Islands are hotspots of biocultural diversity and home to 600 million people that depend on one-sixth of the earth’s total area, including the surrounding oceans, for their subsistence. Today, they are at the frontlines of climate change and face an existential crisis. Islands are, however, potential “hubs of innovation” that are uniquely positioned to be leaders in sustainability and climate action. This volume argues that a full-fledged program on “island industrial ecology” is urgently needed, with the aim of offering policy-relevant insights and strategies to sustain small islands in an era of global environmental change. The nine contributions in this volume cover a wide range of applications of socio-metabolic research, from flow accounts to stock analysis and their relationship to services in space and time. They offer insights into how reconfiguring patterns of resource use will allow island governments to build resilience and adapt to the challenges of climate change.
Download or read book Design and Designing written by Steve Garner and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design and Designing will provide the reader with a very broad and critical understanding of what is an essentially practical subject. Designing today is less a craft and more a part of the knowledge economy. It's all about knowing how to acquire knowledge and how to creatively apply it. Design and Designing covers the design process, modeling and drawing, working with clients, production and consumption, sustainability, professional practice and design futures. Chapters are written by expert teachers and practitioners from around the globe, each aiming to present an accessible and engaging overview of their part of Design. Chapters are illustrated with a wide range of images and information boxes, which extend or highlight key material. Each section concludes with a Design Project, a hands-on activity for the reader. Design and Designing covers the full range of the subject from graphic communication, to product design, to fashion and games design, setting all in their aesthetic, ethical and social contexts. The aim is for the reader to learn from today's best practice and best thinking, to develop a critical sense, to become the designers of tomorrow.
Download or read book Enhancing Extraction Processes in the Food Industry written by Nikolai Lebovka and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extraction is an important operation in food engineering, enabling the recovery of valuable soluble components from raw materials. With increasing energy costs and environmental concerns, industry specialists are looking for improved techniques requiring less solvents and energy consumption. Enhancing Extraction Processes in the Food Industry is a
Download or read book Toxicological Profile for Manganese written by U.s. Department of Health and Human Services and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-22 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This toxicological profile is prepared in accordance with guidelines developed by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The original guidelines were published in the Federal Register on April 17, 1987. Each profile will be revised and republished as necessary. The ATSDR toxicological profile succinctly characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects information for the toxic substances each profile describes. Each peer-reviewed profile identifies and reviews the key literature that describes a substance's toxicologic properties. Other pertinent literature is also presented but is described in less detail than the key studies. The profile is not intended to be an exhaustive document; however, more comprehensive sources of specialty information are referenced. The profiles focus on health and toxicologic information; therefore, each toxicological profile begins with a public health statement that describes, in nontechnical language, a substance's relevant toxicological properties. Following the public health statement is information concerning levels of significant human exposure and, where known, significant health effects. A health effects summary describes the adequacy of information to determine a substance's health effects. ATSDR identifies data needs that are significant to protection of public health. Each profile: (A) Examines, summarizes, and interprets available toxicologic information and epidemiologic evaluations on a toxic substance to ascertain the levels of significant human exposure for the substance and the associated acute, subacute, and chronic health effects; (B) Determines whether adequate information on the health effects of each substance is available or being developed to determine levels of exposure that present a significant risk to human health of acute, subacute, and chronic health effects; and (C) Where appropriate, identifies toxicologic testing needed to identify the types or levels of exposure that may present significant risk of adverse health effects in humans.
Download or read book Basic Technics in Ecological Farming Techniques de Base en Agriculture Biologique Grunds tzliche Verfahren der kologischen Landwirtschaft Le Maintien de la Fertilit des Sols The Maintenance of Soil Fertility Die Erhaltung der Bodenfruchtbarkeit written by Stuart Hill and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2013-12-14 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Operation Toga written by Griffin John Griffin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn just how fascinating a TOGA party can be! Interwoven fiction and essays illustrate humanity's chance to Go Ahead into a future of peace and prosperity in an increasingly Type One high-energy and wealthy civilization. Nuclear destruction of a major US port hangs in the balance as Max Progress, extraordinary social innovator, joins open-minded twin sisters Athena and Aphrodite and Iraqi scientist Sumaya in a search for the best paths to personal happiness and a better world. Together they explore fresh perspectives on nuclear power, health care reform, education, a national guaranteed minimum income, and other crucial issues. How will their actions and perhaps yours affect the outcome of this ingeniously structured tale? Discover how Operation Type One Go Ahead can enliven, even transform, your experiences of storytelling and of our collective future!
Download or read book Sustainable Urban Development The environmental assessment methods written by S. R. Curwell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2005 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second title of a three-volume series based on research by the influential BEQUEST network examines the methodology of environmental assessment, providing unique insight into critical aspects to sustainable urban development.
Download or read book Teaching Reading Comprehension written by P. David Pearson and published by Holt McDougal. This book was released on 1978 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Introduction to Social Macrodynamics Compact Macromodels of the World System Growth written by A. V. Korotaev and published by Editorial URSS. This book was released on 2006 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Racialization Racism and Anti Racism in the Nordic Countries written by Peter Hervik and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2019-09-08 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents a comprehensive effort to understand discrimination, racialization, racism, Islamophobia, anti-racist activism, and the inclusion and exclusion of minorities in Nordic countries. Examining critical media events in this heavily mediatized society, the contributors explore how processes of racialization take place in an environment dominated by commercial interests, anti-migrant and anti-Muslim narratives and sentiments, and a surprising lack of informed research on national racism and racialization. Overall, in tracing how these individual events further racial inequalities through emotional and affective engagement, the book seeks to define the trajectory of modern racism in Scandinavia.
Download or read book Environmentally Sustainable Buildings Challenges and Policies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2003-04-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an analysis of the environmental impacts of the building sector and of current policies to mitigate these impacts, in particular with regard to reduction of CO2 emission, minimisation of construction and demolition waste and prevention of indoor air pollution.
Download or read book Wind Energy Comes of Age written by Paul Gipe and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1995-04-14 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He cites improvements in the performance, reliability, and cost effectiveness of modern wind turbines to support his contention that wind energy has come of age as a commercial technology.
Download or read book Strategic Human Resource Development written by Jim Grieves and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2003-02-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By challenging the reactive, prescriptive and formulaic theories of late 20th century change management, Strategic Human Resource Development seeks to draw the boundaries for a new discipline that views change as an internal and proactive approach to organizations.
