Overview
- Cover the latest advances in the field of health and environment safety
- Offers a comprehensive compilation of chapters from international experts
- Presents state-of-the-art research on converting waste to energy
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering (STICEE)
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Conference proceedings info: HSFEA 2016.
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Table of contents (39 papers)
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Editors and Affiliations
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Dr. S. M. Tauseef is Assistant Professor (SG) and Head of the Environmental Research Institute at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), India (2015–present). He holds an MS in Chemical Engineering (Process Design) from Sharif University of Technology, Iran (2008), and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Pondicherry University (PU) (2011). Prior to joining UPES, he worked as a Pool Officer (CSIR, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) at PU (2012–2015). Dr. Tauseef’s research interests include process safety, especially forecasting and consequence assessment of accidents in chemical process industries. He has developed methodologies for the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to dense gas dispersion, vapor cloud explosions, and single and multiple pool fires. His other main interest is in solid waste management, especially the design of continuously operable vermireactor systems for assorted wastes, and high-rate anaerobic digesters. To date, he has published 25 journal articles, co-authored three books, filed three patents and presented papers at 21 conferences.Â
Dr. Kamal Bansal, Professor and Dean, College of Engineering, Universityof Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) at Dehradun, India, has a career spanning more than 20 years, with extensive academic and industrial experience. He has been involved in managing the design, construction, testing and commissioning of a wide range of electrical control systems, machinery, equipment and substations. Working as a consultant, he has contributed to several projects for Shell Global, Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency/Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (UREDA/UJVNL), the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Devika Consultants and MK Raju Consultants. He has been involved in a number of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects for UREDA, Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) and several other public and private organizations. Dr. Bansal has authored a number of research publications in journals of national and international repute.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Health and Environment Safety
Book Subtitle: Select Proceedings of HSFEA 2016
Editors: N. A. Siddiqui, S. M. Tauseef, Kamal Bansal
Series Title: Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7122-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-7121-8Published: 10 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5590-5Published: 25 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-7122-5Published: 28 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2363-7633
Series E-ISSN: 2363-7641
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 396
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 103 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety, Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods