industrial containment Books and Publications

Soft Computing for Reservoir Characterization and Modeling

The volume is the first comprehensive book in the area of intelligent reservoir characterization written by leading experts in academia and industry. It contains state-of-the-art techniques to be applied in reservoir geophysics, well logging, reservoir geology, and reservoir engineering. It introduces the ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Update on Troubleshooting in Thermoforming

Thermoforming is one of the most common methods of processing plastics. It is extensively used by the packaging industry to produce disposable containers from blister packs for pharmaceuticals and electronics to microwavable food trays. There are many potential sources for problems in thermoforming and it is ...

By Smithers Rapra

Barrier Systems for Environmental Contaminant Containment and Treatment

Containment and permeable reactive barriers have come full circle as an acceptable environmental control technology during the past 30 years. As interest shifted back toward containment in the 1990s, the industry found itself relying largely on pre-1980s technology. Fortunately, in the past 10 years important ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Economic Report on Africa 2007: Accelerating Africa’s Development through Diversification

Profound changes are increasingly occurring in all areas of the world economy. While the industrialized and emerging economies are able to contain the multiple external and internal shocks generated by these changes, Africa on its part is still struggling to cope with them. The analyses reported in the present ...

By Earthprint Ltd

U.S. Environmental Industry Datapack

The data package includes data tables for the US environmental industry. (Some of the tables contain unpublished data, available only in this ...

By Environmental Business International (EBI)

Dictionary of Gems and Gemology

The rapid growth of gemological sciences and mineralogy requires a comprehensive dictionary for gemologists, mineralogists, geologists, jewel dealers, industry, and hobbyists. The third edition of this dictionary contains about 24,000 entries – about 4,000 more than the second edition. The comprehensive ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Product Innovation and Eco-Efficiency

Prefaced by Björn Stigson, President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, this book is one of the few that treats this topic by putting representatives of industry at centre stage. The book systematically addresses the drivers, the tools, and sector-specific elements that play a ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Dictionary of Gems and Gemology

The rapid growth of gemological sciences and mineralogy requires a comprehensive dictionary for gemologists, mineralogists, geologists, jewel dealers, industry, and hobbyists. The third edition of this dictionary contains about 24,000 entries – about 4,000 more than the second edition. The comprehensive ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Dictionary of Gems and Gemology

The rapid growth of gemological sciences and mineralogy requires a comprehensive dictionary for gemologists, mineralogists, geologists, jewel dealers, industry, and hobbyists. The third edition of this dictionary contains about 24,000 entries – about 4,000 more than the second edition. The comprehensive ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Advances in Land Remote Sensing

This book collects the review papers from both technical sessions and three discussion panels of the 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing (ISPMSRS). It systematically summarizes the past achievements and identifies the frontier issues as the research agenda for the near future. It covers all aspects of land remote sensing, from sensor systems, ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Historical Documents

The following documents have been removed from the CTI Publication Manual and/or the CTI Manual either because they are considered no longer feasible, considered inaccurate per current technology, or not permitted due to environmental concerns. However, the documents do contain valuable information for the ...

By Cooling Technology Institute (CTI)

The Modern Problems of Electrostatics with Applications in Environment Protection

. The book also contains descriptions of the industrial implementation of the technology for NOx and SO2 ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

The Modern Problems of Electrostatics with Applications in Environment Protection

. The book also contains descriptions of the industrial implementation of the technology for NOx and SO2 ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Endocrine Disrupters

During recent decades, millions of tonnes of man-made chemicals have been produced and released into the environment, with very little safety testing. Many of these chemical substances have been found to interfere with the endocrine system and modulate its function. This book not only overviews the effects of endocrine/disrupting substances on human health, but also addresses the regulatory ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Wastewater Treatment in Constructed Wetlands with Horizontal Sub-Surface Flow

Constructed wetlands with horizontal sub-surface flow (HF CWs) have been used for wastewater treatment for more than four decades. HF CWs are used around the world for many types of wastewater, including municipal sewage, agricultural and industrial wastewaters, runoff waters, wastewaters containing ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Geological Disposal of Radioactive Wastes en Natural Annalogues (Hardbound)

Many countries are currently exploring the option to dispose of highly radioactive solid wastes deep underground in purpose built, engineered repositories. A number of surface and shallow repositories for less radioactive wastes are already in operation. One of the challenges facing the nuclear ...

By Elsevier Inc.

Geological Disposal of Radioactive Wastes en Natural Annalogues (Paperback)

Many countries are currently exploring the option to dispose of highly radioactive solid wastes deep underground in purpose built, engineered repositories. A number of surface and shallow repositories for less radioactive wastes are already in operation. One of the challenges facing the nuclear ...

By Elsevier Inc.

Handbook of Biodegradation, Biodeterioration, and Biostabilization, 2nd Edition

This book is about protection of materials and products against colonization and subsequent degradation of their properties. The book contains 11 chapters each devoted to essential aspects related to biodegradation and biostabilization. The introductory chapter gives historical note on chronological ...

By ChemTec Publishing

Metals in the Environment: Analysis by Biodiversity

A summary of data on heavy metal accumulation, biomonitoring, toxicity and tolerance, metal contamination and pollution in the environment, and the importance of biodiversity for environmental monitoring and cleanup of metal-contaminated and polluted ecosystems. It advocates the use of bacteria, mycorrhizae, freshwater algae, salt marshes, bryo- and pteridophytes, angiosperms, constructed ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Nuclear Risk in Central Asia

There are a significant number of nuclear and radiological sources in Central Asia, which have contributed, are still contributing, or have the potential to contribute to radioactive contamination in the future. Key sources and contaminated sites of concern are: (1) The nuclear weapons tests performed at the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS) in Kazakhstan during 1949-1989; (2) Safety trials at STS, ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

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