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With the growing emphasis on enhancing the sustainability and efficiency of industrial plants, process integration and intensification are gaining additional interest throughout the chemical engineering community. Some of the hallmarks of process integration and intensification include a holistic perspective in design, and the enhancement of material and energy intensity. The techniques are applicable for individual unit operations, multiple units, a whole industrial facility, or even a cluster of industrial plants. This book aims to cover recent advances in the development and application of process integration and intensification. Specific applications are reported for hydraulic fracturing, palm oil milling processes, desalination, reactive distillation, reaction network, adsorption processes, herbal medicine extraction, as well as process control.

input shaping --- n/a --- integrating --- flexibility index --- breakthrough --- mixing --- membrane distillation --- regulatory --- utilisation index --- experimental --- underdamped --- PMPS particles --- EDCs --- phytomedicines --- natural products --- reactive distillation --- optimisation --- optimization --- multiple steady state --- steady state simulation --- design --- CFD-simulation --- manufacturing --- compartmental modeling --- energy --- surrogate-based optimization --- adsorption --- feasible operating range analysis --- model order reduction --- competing reaction system --- desalination --- extraction --- water --- mathematical programming --- graphical approach --- hydraulic fracturing --- unstable --- humidification --- reaction conversion --- dehumidification --- TAME synthesis --- fixed-bed column --- predictive control

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“Engineering Fluid Dynamics 2018”. The topic of engineering fluid dynamics includes both experimental as well as computational studies. Of special interest were submissions from the fields of mechanical, chemical, marine, safety, and energy engineering. We welcomed both original research articles as well as review articles. After one year, 28 papers were submitted and 14 were accepted for publication. The average processing time was 37.91 days. The authors had the following geographical distribution: China (9); Korea (3); Spain (1); and India (1). Papers covered a wide range of topics, including analysis of fans, turbines, fires in tunnels, vortex generators, deep sea mining, as well as pumps.

fluid structure interaction (FSI) --- numerical methods --- axial gap --- impeller --- radiation noise --- natural ventilation --- ventilation performance --- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) --- experimental research --- hot streak --- disc thickness --- fire --- circumferential groove casing treatment --- blade wrap angle --- sweep and lean --- computational fluid dynamics (CFD) --- OpenFOAM --- gas turbine --- fire propagation --- disc spacing distance --- hydraulic collecting --- thermosyphon --- wind tunnel --- flow control --- source term --- leading edge --- flow around cylinder --- vortex generators --- plug-holing --- noise spectrum --- CGCT-blade integrated optimization --- dimensional analysis --- deep sea mining --- heat transfer --- abnormal blade installation angle --- axial fan --- rotating stall --- optimized design --- orthogonal test --- fluid dynamics --- simulation and modeling --- aerodynamic noise --- centrifugal pump --- suction flow field --- two-stage axial fan --- cavitation inception --- evaporation and condensation --- numerical simulation --- CFD simulation --- aspect ratio --- evacuation --- tunnel slope --- Tesla turbine --- vortex induced vibration (VIV) ratio --- global optimization --- volume of fluid --- blade exit angle --- acoustic energy --- tunnel vehicle fire --- multiphase flow --- distribution characteristic --- unsteady heat release rate --- hydrodynamic response --- manganese nodules exploitation --- isentropic efficiency

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This reprint is a continuation of our previous reprint “Sustainable agricultural, biological, and environmental engineering applications” [ISBN 978-3-0365-2921-9], which was published in January 2022. The reprint contains research and review works focused on agricultural engineering technologies and applications. In this regard, the reprint covers topics including agricultural storage, quality evaluation of fruits, evaporative cooling and desiccant systems, solar coffee roasting, solar yogurt processing, greenhouse environment, greenhouse ventilation, greenhouse thermal requirements, aquaculture production system, bioreactor landfill, waste management, fertilization reduction in agriculture, sustainable porous surfaces, simulation and modeling, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Such agricultural engineering studies are urgently needed in the 21st century, particularly from the perspective of the agriculture–energy–food security nexus.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Technology, engineering, agriculture --- greenhouse --- microclimate --- Bayesian optimization --- deep neural network --- roses yield --- Gaussian process --- gradient boosting --- pool boiling heat transfer coefficient --- sintered coated porous surfaces --- gaussian process --- gradient boosting regression trees --- response surface --- renovation index --- CFD simulation --- airflow --- evaporative cooling --- desiccant dehumidification --- agricultural storage --- air conditioning --- system performance --- lemon cordial --- microwave --- preservation --- green processing --- antioxidant potential --- renewable energy --- Scheffler concentrator reflector --- batch-type solar roaster --- response surface methodology --- coffee roasting --- municipal solid waste --- sanitary landfill --- open dumps --- waste to energy --- climate change --- yogurt processing --- solar energy --- solar-based heating and cooling --- thermal analysis --- vegetable yield --- nitrogen use efficiency --- nutrient leaching --- leaching-to-input ratio --- nitrogen fertilizer economic benefit --- environment --- eutrophication --- particulate fraction --- effluent --- treatment --- thermal screens --- heating demand --- TRNSYS --- greenhouse internal temperature --- building energy simulation --- longwave radiation --- soil total nitrogen --- BP neural network --- support vector machines --- spatial distribution --- remote sensing

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This book presents numerical, experimental, and analytical analysis of convective and radiative heat transfer in various engineering and natural systems, including transport phenomena in heat exchangers and furnaces, cooling of electronic heat-generating elements, and thin-film flows in various technical systems. It is well known that such heat transfer mechanisms are dominant in the systems under consideration. Therefore, in-depth study of these regimes is vital for both the growth of industry and the preservation of natural resources. The authors included in this book present insightful and provocative studies on convective and radiative heat transfer using modern analytical techniques. This book will be very useful for academics, engineers, and advanced students.

Research & information: general --- mixed convection --- nanofluids --- thermal radiation --- heat source/sink --- dual solutions --- stability analysis --- convection --- local heat-generating element --- surface radiation --- Ostrogradsky number --- finite difference method --- nanofluid --- stagnation sheet --- three-dimensional flow --- slip condition --- vortex --- heat --- dimple --- channel --- simulation --- efficiency of annular fin --- analytical and numerical method --- computational fluid dynamics --- fin base temperature --- non-Newtonian fluid --- natural convection --- heat source of volumetric heat generation --- PCMs --- storage tank --- photovoltaic --- computational fluid dynamics (CFD) --- finite elements --- turbulent bubbly flow --- sudden pipe expansion --- measurements --- modeling --- wall friction --- heat transfer modification --- heat transfer --- free convection --- cylinder --- tube array --- numerical investigation --- semi-analytical model --- vapor --- liquid --- bubble --- two-phase heat transfer --- adiabatic calorimetry --- numerical simulation --- heat capacity --- finite-element method --- thin film --- boundary layer --- thermocapillarity --- triple solutions --- Carreau fluid --- tempering --- heat treatment --- electric furnace --- CFD simulation --- thermal efficiency

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Communities increasingly find that the water quality, water levels, or some other resource indicator in their river basins do not meet their expectations. This discrepancy between the desired and actual state of the resource leads to efforts in river basin restoration. River basins are complex systems, and too often, restoration efforts are ineffective due to a lack of understanding of the purpose of the system, defined by the system structure and function. The river basin structure includes stocks (e.g., water level or quality), inflows (e.g., precipitation or fertilization), outflows (e.g., evaporation or runoff), and positive and negative feedback loops with delays in responsiveness, all of which function to change or stabilize the state of the system (e.g., the stock of interest, such as water level or quality). External drivers on this structure, together with goals and rules, contribute to how a river basin functions. This book reviews several new research projects to identify and rank the twelve most effective leverage points to address discrepancies between the desired and actual state of the river basin system. This book demonstrates that river basin restoration is most likely to succeed when we change paradigms rather than try to change the system elements, as the paradigm will establish the system goals, structure, rules, delays, and parameters.

Technology: general issues --- River thermal pollution --- Mechanistic model --- Urban hydrology --- Riparian shading --- Heat balance --- functional indicators --- stream restoration --- riparian vegetation --- fencing --- cotton tensile-strength loss --- wood decay --- ecosystem metabolism --- organic matter transport --- catchment restoration --- structure-function relationships --- total water pollutant control --- pollutant load allocation --- equity and efficiency --- regional and site-specific scale --- environmental Gini coefficient models --- Delphi-analytic hierarchy process models --- water quality in streams --- self-purification --- nitrates --- phosphates --- hyporheic zone --- hyporheic exchange --- evapotranspiration --- groundwater modeling --- environmental flow component --- Ethiopia --- holistic environmental flow assessment --- hydrological foundation --- indicators of hydrologic alteration software --- Lake Tana --- boulder spacing --- submergence ratio --- near-bed shear stress --- Reynolds shear stress --- turbulent events --- river engineering --- meander bend --- CFD simulation --- hydraulic complexity --- flood mapping --- uncertainty --- Bayesian inference --- rating curve --- watershed --- systems --- restoration