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The demand for advanced energy devices such as high-performance
batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, electrolyzers, and
flexible/wearable devices is increasing rapidly. To meet such
demand, high-performance and stable materials which could be used
as active materials in these devices are much needed. This book
focuses on the use of hydrogels in such emerging applications. The
main objective of this book is to provide current, state-of-the-art
development in hydrogel-based materials, their applications in
energy, and their future challenges. This book covers the entire
spectrum of hydrogels for their applications in a range of energy
devices in terms of materials, various synthetic approaches,
architectural aspects, design and technology of energy devices, and
challenges. This book covers the fundamentals of hydrogels, various
composites of hydrogels, design concepts, various technologies, and
applications in the diverse energy area. All chapters are written
by experts in these areas around the world making this a suitable
textbook for students and providing new guidelines to researchers
and industries working in these areas. This book includes topics
such as various approaches to synthesizing hydrogels, their
characterizations, and emerging applications in the energy area.
Fundamentals of energy devices, working principles, and their
challenges are covered in this book. This book will provide new
directions to scientists, researchers, and students to better
understand hydrogel-based materials and their emerging applications
in energy.
In recent years, sensor research has undergone a quiet revolution
that will have a significant impact on a broad range of
applications in areas such as health care, the environment, energy,
food safety, national security, and manufacturing. Sensors for
Chemical and Biological Applications discusses in detail the
potential of chemical and biological sensors and examines how they
are meeting the challenges of chem-bio terrorism by monitoring
through enhanced specificity, fast response times, and the ability
to determine multiple hazardous substances. Exploring the
nanotechnology approach, and carrying this theme throughout the
book, the chapters cover the sensing principles for, chemical,
electrical, chromatographic, magnetic, biological, fluidic,
optical, and ultrasonic and mass sensing systems. They address
issues associated with cost, synthesis, and testing of new low cost
materials with high sensitivity, selectivity, robustness, and speed
for defined sensor applications. The book extensively discusses the
detailed analysis of future impact of chemical and biological
sensors in day-to-day life. Successful development of improved
chemical sensor and biosensor systems and manufacturing procedures
will not only increase the breadth and depth of the sensor
industry, but will spill over into the design and manufacture of
other types of sensors and devices that use nanofabrication and
microfabrication techniques. This reference not only supplies
versatile, hands-on tools useful in a broad array of disciplines,
but also lays the interdisciplinary groundwork required for the
achievement of sentient processing.
Sustainable Developments by Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning for Renewable Energies analyzes the changes in this energy
generation shift, including issues of grid stability with
variability in renewable energy vs. traditional baseload energy
generation. Providing solutions to current critical environmental,
economic and social issues, this book comprises various complex
nonlinear interactions among different parameters to drive the
integration of renewable energy into the grid. It considers how
artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques are being
developed to produce more reliable energy generation to optimize
system performance and provide sustainable development. As the use
of artificial intelligence to revolutionize the energy market and
harness the potential of renewable energy is essential, this
reference provides practical guidance on the application of
renewable energy with AI, along with machine learning techniques
and capabilities in design, modeling and for forecasting
performance predictions for the optimization of renewable energy
systems. It is targeted at researchers, academicians and industry
professionals working in the field of renewable energy, AI, machine
learning, grid Stability and energy generation.
This book is an attempt to illustrate current status of modern
nanotechnology. The book is divided into 3 main sections,
introduction and conclusion. The introduction describes general
questions of the problem and main lines of the research activities.
In the first section methods of the nanostructures construction are
described. Second section is dedicated to the Structure-property
relationship. Special attention is paid to the description of the
most powerful experimental methods and tools used in
nanotechnology, such as probe microscopies, spectroscopied, and
scattering methods, including the utilization of synchrotron
radiation facilities. The third section describes the applications
of nanotechnology in electronics, biotechnology and diagnostics.
Conclusion part presents a summary of the status of works in this
area and gives some perspectives of the further development.
- Reference to practically all original works with essential
results, that resulted in the development of nanotechnology
- Coherent group of well-known authors in the field of
nanotechnology
- Book spans topics applicable for both the didactic and research
Achieving zero hunger and food security is a top priority in the
United Nations Development Goals (UNDGs). In an era characterized
by high population growth and increasing pressure on agricultural
systems, efficiency in the use of natural resources has become
central to sustainable agricultural practices. Fundamentally
speaking, eco-efficiency is about maximizing agricultural outputs,
in terms of quantity and quality, using less land, water,
nutrients, energy, labor, or capital. The concept of eco-efficiency
involves both the ecological and economic aspects of sustainable
agriculture. It is therefore essential to understand the
interaction of ecosystem constituents within the extensive
agricultural landscape, as well as farmers' economic needs. This
book examines the latest eco-efficient practices used in
agro-systems. Drawing upon research and examples from around the
world, it offers an up-to-date overview, together with insights
into directly applicable approaches for poly-cropping systems and
landscape-scale management to improve the stability of agricultural
production systems, helping achieve food security. The book will be
of interest to educators, researchers, climate change scientists,
capacity builders and policymakers alike. It can also be used as
additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate courses
on agriculture, forestry, soil science, and the environmental
sciences.
India ranks worlds first milk producer country with annual milk
production of 102.0 million tonnes but the per capita availability
even than would be woefully low at 246 gm./day. Rajasthan is the
first largest state of Indian union possessing about 12 per cent
livestock population of the country. The milk production in the
state was 9783 thousand tonnes in the year 2007-08. Rajasthan
Co-operative Dairy Federation (RCDF) is biggest federation as far
as milk production and procurement are concerned in the state. This
federation consists of 19 milk unions. Out of these, Uttari
Rajasthan Sahkari Dugdh Utapadak Sangh Ltd. (URMUL) is situated in
Bikaner district of Rajasthan. It was established on 29 August
1972. At present the URMUL dairy union has divided the district in
33 milk procurement routes by which the milk is to be collected
from the dairy co-operative societies. The union is engaged in
regular activities of procurement, processing and marketing of milk
and its products. It also provides extension services like breeding
(A.I.) and health care to the members of dairy co-operative
societies.
In recent years, sensor research has undergone a quiet revolution
that will have a significant impact on a broad range of
applications in areas such as health care, the environment, energy,
food safety, national security, and manufacturing. Sensors for
Chemical and Biological Applications discusses in detail the
potential of chemical and biological sensors and examines how they
are meeting the challenges of chem-bio terrorism by monitoring
through enhanced specificity, fast response times, and the ability
to determine multiple hazardous substances. Exploring the
nanotechnology approach, and carrying this theme throughout the
book, the chapters cover the sensing principles for, chemical,
electrical, chromatographic, magnetic, biological, fluidic,
optical, and ultrasonic and mass sensing systems. They address
issues associated with cost, synthesis, and testing of new low cost
materials with high sensitivity, selectivity, robustness, and speed
for defined sensor applications. The book extensively discusses the
detailed analysis of future impact of chemical and biological
sensors in day-to-day life. Successful development of improved
chemical sensor and biosensor systems and manufacturing procedures
will not only increase the breadth and depth of the sensor
industry, but will spill over into the design and manufacture of
other types of sensors and devices that use nanofabrication and
microfabrication techniques. This reference not only supplies
versatile, hands-on tools useful in a broad array of disciplines,
but also lays the interdisciplinary groundwork required for the
achievement of sentient processing.
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