“…As a significant portion of the emissions is associated with transportation, the use of the electric drive, hybrid electric drive, and fuel cell for ground vehicles, to facilitate replacing the internal combustion engine powered by fossil fuels, has received intense worldwide attention. …”

“…The book discusses the reciprocating piston petrol and diesel engines with regard to their operating principles and combustion chambers and processes. The book also apprises vehicle heating and the importance of engine lubrication and cooling. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…List of Contributors -- About the Guest Editor -- Preface to "Catalytic Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds" -- Non-Calorimetric Determination of the Adsorption Heat of Volatile Organic Compounds under Dynamic Conditions -- Catalytic Oxidation of Propene over Pd Catalysts Supported on CeO2, TiO2, Al2O3 and M/Al2O3 Oxides (M = Ce, Ti, Fe, Mn) -- Silica Supported Platinum Catalysts for Total Oxidation of the Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon Naphthalene: An Investigation of Metal Loading and Calcination Temperature -- Abatement of VOCs with Alternate Adsorption and Plasma-Assisted Regeneration: A Review -- Coupling Noble Metals and Carbon Supports in the Development of Combustion Catalysts for the Abatement of BTX Compounds in Air Streams -- Catalysts for the Decomposition of Diethylether -- The Role of Ozone in the Reaction Mechanism of a Bare Zeolite-Plasma Hybrid System Co-Al Mixed Oxides Prepared via LDH Route Using Microwaves or Ultrasound: Application for Catalytic Toluene Total Oxidation -- Oxygen Storage Capacity and Oxygen Mobility of Co-Mn-Mg-Al Mixed Oxides and Their Relation in the VOC Oxidation Reaction -- Utilization of Volatile Organic Compounds as an Alternative for Destructive Abatement -- Removal of Toluene over NaX Zeolite Exchanged with Cu2+ -- TiO2-Impregnated Porous Silica Tube and Its Application for Compact Air- and Water-Purification Units…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Phenomenon of Friction Resistance Due to Streamwise Heterogeneous Roughness with Modified Wall-Function RANSE -- 8. CFD Combustion Simulations and Experiments on the Blended Biodiesel Two-Phase Engine Flows -- 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Clasificación funcional del ejercicio. Tipos de combustible utilizado -- 6. Hidratos de carbono -- 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introducción -- 2. Sistema de combustible -- 3. Sistema de aceite -- 4. Sistema de sangrado -- 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Overview of Technical Papers -- 1 Mobility of the Future -- 2 Powertrain Systems -- 3 Developing Combustion Engines -- 4 Manual Gearbox -- 5 Centrifugal Pendulum-type Absorber -- 6 Clutch Release Systems -- 7 Clutch Systems -- 8 Synchronisation Systems -- 9 Simulation Engine Systems -- 10 Camshaft Phasing Systems -- 11 Valvetrain Systems -- 12 Variable Valvetrain -- 13 Rolling Bearings for Turbochargers -- 14 48-volt Electric Axle -- 15 Double Clutch Systems -- 16 Dry Double Clutch -- 17 Wet Double Clutch -- 18 Planetary Transmission 1 -- 19 Planetary Transmission 2 -- 20 Torque Converter -- 21 Thermal Management -- 22 Timing Drive Systems -- 23 Customized Friction -- 24 Start-Stop -- 25 Transmission Actuators -- 26 Differential Systems -- 27 The Chassis of the Future -- 28 Range-Extender -- 29 Hybrid Modules -- 30 Wheel Hub Drives -- 31 What Powertrains Could Learn from Each Other -- 32 CAFE Demonstrator -- 33 Belt Drive Systems -- 34 CVT…”

“…This book comprises heat transfer fundamental concepts and modes (specifically conduction, convection and radiation), bioheat, entransy theory development, micro heat transfer, high temperature applications, turbulent shear flows, mass transfer, heat pipes, design optimization, medical therapies, fiber-optics, heat transfer in surfactant solutions, landmine detection, heat exchangers, radiant floor, packed bed thermal storage systems, inverse space marching method, heat transfer in short slot ducts, freezing an drying mechanisms, variable property effects in heat transfer, heat transfer in electronics and process industries, fission-track thermochronology, combustion, heat transfer in liquid metal flows, human comfort in underground mining, heat transfer on electrical discharge machining and mixing convection. …”

“…Almost all carbon dioxide is emitted during the combustion of fossil fuels and OECD countries account for over half of the total carbon dioxide emission in the world while an additional four countries (Brazil, China, India and Russia) together account for a further quarter of the global total. …”

“…The first section consists of six chapters with a variety of topics like activation energy and complexity of chemical reactions; the measurement of reaction routes; mathematical modeling analysis and simulation of enzyme kinetics; mechanisms of homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion for the fuels; photophysical processes and photochemical changes; the mechanism of hydroxyl radical, hydrate electron, and hydrogen atom; and acceptorless alcohol dehydrogenation. …”

“…The demand for electricity and heat production is still largely covered by conventional thermal power plants based on fossil fuel combustion. Thermal power stations face a big challenge to meet the environmental requirements constantly keeping high process efficiency and avoiding lifetime shortening of critical components. …”

“…Lately, a desire to address the issue of global warming and climate change has popularized solar or photovoltaic technology, while piezoelectric technology is being developed to power handheld devices without batteries, and thermoelectric technology is being explored to convert wasted heat, such as in automobile engine combustion, into electricity. Featuring contributions from international researchers in both academics and industry, Energy Harvesting with Functional Materials and Microsystems e…”

“…Part III covers applications of non-CFD based computational simulations, including atmospheric optical communications, climate system simulations, porous media flow, combustion, solidification, and sound field simulations for optimal acoustic effects…”

“…Higher temperature combustion is therefore being adopted to improve plant efficiency and to maintain net power output given the energy penalty that integration of advanced emissions control systems cause. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Vol.1: A-Alkaloids 2: Alkanolamines-Antibiotics 3: Antibiotics-Batteries 4: Bearing materials-Carbon Index 1-4 5: Carbon-Chlorocarbons-C1 6: Chlorocarbons-C2-Combustion technology 7: Compositive materials-Detergency 8: Deuterium-Elastomers Index 6-8 9: Elastomers-Expert systems 10: Explosives-Flame retardants for textiles 11: Flavor-Fuel cells 12: Fuel-Heat stabilizers Index 9-12 13: Helium group-Hypnotics 14: Imaging technology-Lanthanides 15: Lassers-Mass spectrometry 16: Mass transfer-Neuroregulators 17: Nickel-Paint Index 13-16 18: Paper-Pigment dispersions 19: Pigments-Powders 20: Power gen eration-Recycling, glass Index 17-20 21: Recycling, oil-Silicon 22: Silicon compounds-Succinic acid and succinic anhydride 23: Sugar-Thin films 24: Thioglycolic acid-Vinyl polymers Ind. 21-24 25: Vitamins-Zone refining Suppl.: Aerogels-Xylylene polymers Ind.1-25, suppl…”

“…What electricity and combustion engine were to the early 20th century, software is to the early 21st century. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Riesgos asociados a los ruidos, vibraciones y gases de la combustión producidos en el taller -- 3. Riesgos derivados del almacenamiento y manipulación de combustibles, grasas y lubricantes -- 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Riesgos asociados a los ruidos, vibraciones y gases de la combustión producidos en el taller -- 3. Riesgos derivados del almacenamiento y manipulación de combustibles, grasas y lubricantes -- 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Riesgos asociados a los ruidos, vibraciones y gases de la combustión producidos en el taller -- 3. Riesgos derivados del almacenamiento y manipulación de combustibles, grasas y lubricantes -- 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Riesgos asociados a los ruidos, vibraciones y gases de la combustión producidos en el taller -- 3. Riesgos derivados del almacenamiento y manipulación de combustibles, grasas y lubricantes -- 4. …”