Emerging Environmental Technologies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shah, Vishal (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Environment.; Waste management.; Pollution.; Air pollution.; Water pollution.; Industrial organization.; Pollution, general.; Industrial Organization.; Environment, general.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.

With increasing attention being paid to the changing environment and the underlining reasons from the change, scientists are working at a faster pace to invent technologies that could have a positive impact. This book exclusively focuses on the technologies that would be in the forefront in near to...

Table of Contents:

• Understanding the Distinguishing Features of a Microbial Fuel Cell as a Biomass-Based Renewable Energy Technology
• Screening Microbes for Ice-Associating Proteins with Potential Application as ‘Green Inhibitors’ for Gas Hydrates
• Surface Reactions: Bio-catalysis an Emerging Alternative
• Enabling Simultaneous Reductions in Fuel Consumption, NO x , and CO2 via Modeling and Control of Residual-Affected Low Temperature Combustion
• Flexible Sunlight—The History and Progress of Hybrid Solar Lighting
• Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Magnetic Nanocomposites for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Effluents
• Application of Bacterial Swimming and Chemotaxis for Enhanced Bioremediation.