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Energy and sustainability V : special contributions /
This volume contains special contributions presented at the 5th International Conference on Energy and Sustainability, held by the Wessex Institute of Technology. It is a companion to the Volume containing most of the contributions (Vol. 186 of WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment) and co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Southampton, UK :
WIT Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | WIT transactions on ecology and the environment.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Cover""; ""Energy and Sustainability V""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Section 1: Green buildings""; ""Cost-benefit analysis of living wall systems on school building skins in a hot climate""; ""Sustainable housing maintenance management model""; ""Outdoor thermal performance investigations: towards a sustainable tropical environment""; ""Towards achieving green buildings in developing countries based on a traditional approach with reference to the hot-arid climate""; ""Section 2: Energy assessment""
- ""Sustainability of bioenergy in Malaysia with reference to palm oil biomass: adopting principles governing bioenergy policy in the UK""""Rationale for the use of DC microgrids: feasibility, efficiency and protection analysis""; ""Technical assessment of LED and induction street lighting for a power utility in Malaysia""; ""Analysis of the chemical constitutions of Yaojie shale oil in China by gas chromatography�mass spectrometry (GC�MS)""; ""Section 3: Energy and transportation""; ""Biofuels: their emergence and implications for sustainability in aviation""
- ""Blends of surfactants and EVA as cold flow improvers for diesel fuels""""Section 4: Environmental risk""; ""Disaster and restoration governance of the 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosion""; ""Fugitive methane emissions from the natural gas distribution network of Titas Gas and the environmental risks""; ""Comparison of the effect of two support materials on copper removal from aqueous solution in the activated sludge process""; ""Can scenic indicators help sustain Fraser Hill�s healthy ecosystems?""; ""Section 5: CO2 capturing and management""
- ""Thickening carbon dioxide with amphiphilic block copolymer""""Optimising Isochrysis sp. carbon fixation: a step towards the greening of fossil fuel""; ""Sorption equilibria of CO2 on synthesized CaO in the presence of water""; ""Section 6: Renewable energy resources""; ""Theoretical analysis of a small-scale solar power system using an R-245fa Rankine cycle with a scroll and twin screw expander""; ""Modelling the thermal impact of ground source heat pump systems as a function of hydraulic conductivity""
- ""Screening of hydrogen bond acceptor for the synthesis of low transition temperature mixtures with malic acid""""Section 7: Sustainable energy production""; ""The impact of climate change on wind power production in Scotland""; ""Preparation of TEG material based on conducting polymer PEDOT: PSS through treatment by nitric acid""; ""Section 8: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV)""; ""Swarm intelligence based State-of-Charge optimization for charging Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles""; ""Experimental study of using a PEM fuel cell/battery hybrid system to power small UAVs""