Bøger af Vierah Hulley

The production of electricity using the power of hydro and thermal energies presents a sustainable and renewable energy production technology. Hydropower is a mature technology, used in over 160 countries globally, where the kinetic energy of falling water is converted to electricity in hydropower plants. This book, divided into eight chapters, provides the reader with information on fundamental concepts and terminologies of the hydropower technologies. Each chapter can be read as stand-alone comprehensive content to gain knowledge on a particular area of relevance or interest. Readers are presented with a concise compilation of the best current knowledge on the types, mechanics and sustainability in the planning, management, and operations of hydropower technologies.

This is a novel handbook on pollution control in oil and gas industry that encompasses hundreds of multidisciplinary topics. However, the book is profoundly slanted towards management and pollution control in oil and gas industries. Multi-media contamination technologies are also covered in this book which contain detailed explanation of three different kinds of pollution, e.g., air pollution, soil pollution and water pollution. This book is divided into eight chapters. Initial four chapters introduce the audience with fundamental concepts of oil and gas pollution and its impacts. While last four chapters deal with pollution control mechanism. This book essentially covers the necessary requirements for soil, water and air pollution controls in oil and gas industries, petrochemical plants, oil terminals, chemical plants, and interrelated facilities. This book has been organized to help environmental scientists and oil and gas engineers as a hands-on reference for dealing with practices and technologies of pollution control. The details pertaining to all three kinds of environmental pollutions and their control strategies are exquisitely illustrated in this manuscript.

Limnology is an integrated, multidisciplinary scientific study of inland waters - reservoirs, fresh water and saline lakes, ponds, waterways, wetlands, rivers, and groundwater. This book provides a comprehensive these on the current state of the science and an understanding of the bio-geophysical components of inland aquatic ecosystems. The existence of human beings is closely linked to our proximity to freshwater. Despite being of high significance, anthropogenic activities continue to place stressors on inland aquatic ecosystems. An understanding of the natural system allows for predictive analysis and the development of proactive measure to avoid or manage the disturbances to these systems.

Describes regulations, decrees, local, nationwide and international laws and treaties developed to protect the ecosystem from damage, and emphasizes the legal penalties of such damage to the authorities.

Focuses on ""green"" or ""clean"" technologies, and explores the growth of new technologies aimed at protecting, monitoring or reducing the negative effect of technologies on the ecosystem and resource consumption. The book also discusses how technology profoundly affects society, the economy, and the environment.

Discusses effective methods to prevent environmental pollution. The book addresses various categories of waste, including urban centers (such as institutional, residential and commercial), agronomic, and special (such as construction and demolition, domestic hazardous, sewage sludge and non-hazardous industrial) waste.

Describes the increasing frequency and intensity of natural and man-made disasters in the world. The book discusses changes in land use and land cover that have eroded the natural buffer zone that protects communities from harm.

Introduces environmental management as the processes involved in controlling any possible negative effects of human activities on the environment. The book describes how society operates and evaluates environmental performance based on present practices. It also discusses environmental management systems.