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Materials, Energy and Environment Engineering

Select Proceedings of ICACE 2015

  • Provides insights into recent advances in chemical engineering research
  • Focuses on applications to energy, environment and materials science
  • Includes papers by top authors of international repute
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (36 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Materials and Nanomaterials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Characterization of Citrus Peels for Bioethanol Production

      • John Indulekha, M. S. Gokul Siddarth, Ponnusamy Kalaichelvi, Appusamy Arunagiri
      Pages 3-12
    3. Development of Bio-Based Epoxide from Plant Oil

      • Srikanta Dinda, Nikhil S. V. Reddy, U. Appala Naidu, S. Girish
      Pages 25-32
    4. Synthesis of Ruthenium Nanoparticles by Microwave Assisted Solvothermal Technique

      • Isha Misra, Riya Parikh, Alisa Chakraborty, Yogeshwar R. Suryawanshi, Mousumi Chakraborty
      Pages 51-57
  3. Biosorption and Degradation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
    2. Denitrification Under Aerobic Condition in Draft Tube Spouted Bed Reactor

      • Keshava Joshi, N Lokeshwari, G. Srinikethan, M. B. Saidutta
      Pages 85-92
    3. Feasibility of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation in the Presence of Bicarbonate

      • S. S. Ramratan, G. Anjali, P. C. Sabumon, S. M. Malliyekkal
      Pages 93-99
    4. Denitration of High Nitrate Bearing Alkaline Waste Using Two Stage Chemical and Biological Process

      • Sayali Titre, Akshay Jakhete, Avinash Sahu, Tessy Vincent, Mahendra L. Bari, Ajaygiri K. Goswami
      Pages 101-110
    5. Optimization Study of Cadmium Biosorption on Sea Urchin Test: Application of Response Surface Methodology

      • D John Babu, Y Prasanna Kumar, Pulipati King, K Vidya Prabhakar
      Pages 111-119
    6. Biosorption of Copper from Wastewater Using Spirulina Species

      • B. Prathima, Praphulla Rao, M.R. Mangala Mahalakshmi
      Pages 129-135

About this book

This edited volume comprises the proceedings of ICACE-2015. In the recent past Chemical Engineering as a discipline has been diversifying into several frontier areas and this volume addresses the advances in core Chemical Engineering as well as allied fields. The contents of this volume focus on energy and environmental applications of chemical engineering research and on materials science aspects of chemical engineering. This book will be useful to researchers, students, and professionals, particularly those working on interdisciplinary applications of Chemical Engineering problems.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Tech. Karnataka Department of Chemical Engineering, MANGALORE, India

    Raj Mohan B.

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NITK), Mangalore, India

    G. Srinikethan

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

    Bhim Charan Meikap

About the editors

Dr. Raj Mohan B is working as Associate Professor in Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka. He has more than 50 research publications in the field of Air Pollution: Particulate Matter analysis, Control and Abatement and CO2 sequestration, Bioremediation and Separation Technology, Wastewater Treatment and Quality monitoring, Biosynthesis of nanoparticles, reduction of antioxidants and antimicrobial compounds.

Dr. G. Srinikethan, is working in Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka. He has more than 40 research publications. His research fields are Transfer Operations, Industrial Pollution Control, Hydrodynamics, Environmental Biotechnology.

Dr. Bhim Charan Meikap, is working at Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He has more than 100 publications  in reputed journals. He is working on the research fieldslike, Air Pollution: Particulate Matter analysis, Control and Abatement and CO2 sequestration, Bioremediation and Separation Technology, Wastewater Treatment and Quality monitoring.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Materials, Energy and Environment Engineering

  • Book Subtitle: Select Proceedings of ICACE 2015

  • Editors: Raj Mohan B., G. Srinikethan, Bhim Charan Meikap

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2675-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2674-4Published: 31 January 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9678-5Published: 14 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2675-1Published: 26 January 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 316

  • Number of Illustrations: 161 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Biomaterials, Materials Engineering, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Catalysis

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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