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This book includes several special features related to Life Cycle and Techno-Economic Assessment (LCA and TEA) to enhance clarity, understanding, and engagement. It incorporates numerous diagrams, flowcharts, and infographics to visualize complex concepts and methodologies for assessing life cycle energy, emissions, resource depletion, and the techno-economic impact on society. Key data, comparisons, and results are summarized in tables and matrices for easy reference.Additionally,...

This book aims to explore the role of hydrogen as a promising alternative to fossil fuels, particularly in the transport and heavy-duty sectors. As global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accelerate, policymakers are increasingly focusing on hydrogen to achieve net-zero targets. While battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are expected to dominate the market for two-wheelers (2Ws), three-wheelers (3Ws), and personal cars, hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines (ICEs) are eme...

This book summarizes the past, present, and future work in biotribology with a special emphasis on its applications in the design and manufacture of biomedical devices and their potential future uses. The book covers several aspects of biotribology such as biocompatible materials, joint tribology, skin tribology, oral tribology, tribology of the other human bodies or tissues, animal tribology, plant tribology, medical device tribology, and more.This is an essential reference for ac...

This book provides an in-depth exploration of E-fuels and their potential to transform the transport sector. The book covers a range of critical topics, including the chemical kinetics of E-fuels, hydrogen production methods, and the role of ammonia as a sustainable fuel. It also compares E-fuels with electric vehicles in terms of their effectiveness in reducing emissions. Additionally, the book addresses the technological advancements in hydrogen production, fuel injection techniques, and...

This book explores the potential of ammonia (NH₃) as a next-generation fuel for achieving Net Zero emissions in the transport and power sectors. With increasing regulatory pressure to reduce carbon dioxide (CO₂) and carbon monoxide (CO) emissions, industries are seeking non-carbonaceous energy sources. Ammonia, with its carbon-free molecular structure, offers a promising alternative, but challenges such as high auto-ignition temperature, slow chemical kinetics, and combustion efficiency mu...

This book explores advanced powertrain technologies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and accelerating the transition to sustainable mobility. As regulatory bodies push for alternatives to internal combustion engines (ICEs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and fuel cell-based powertrains are emerging as viable solutions. However, challenges such as battery safety, thermal management, and fuel cell e...

Advances in AI for Financial, Cyber, and Healthcare Analytics: A Multidisciplinary Approach comprehensively explores how artificial intelligence and machine learning are reshaping decision-making, predictive modelling, and operational strategies across three critical sectors—finance, cybersecurity, and healthcare. Across nine chapters, the book delves into the foundations of financial analytics and explores AI’s role in market prediction, fraud detection, and risk analysis. It progresses i...

The main objective of this book is to understand and manipulate the physical, chemical, and biological processes that occur in microscale fluidic systems. It explains microfluidics and biofluidics and their application to innovative design and computational intelligence methods used for solving nonlinear problems of engineering. It also covers new evolving trends in engineering related to green technologies, biomedical devices, computer-aided design, smart manufacturing, artificial intelli...

The mission of lowering greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) can be achieved by displacing fossil fuel usage from the transport sector. Fossil energy is limited in origin and running out of sources. Parallelly, the use of fossil energy has negative impacts on the atmosphere. The use of alternative fuels became a necessity. The members of the alcohol family are methanol, ethanol, butanol, pentanol, etc. Among the various options, the alcohol family is an emerging solution, as their physical-chemi...

The text discusses the fundamentals of lubrication science and technology linking the science concepts to engineering practices. It further explores the performance characterization of lubrication systems by utilizing sophisticated experiments and tests and motivates the readers to develop their conclusions and reach solutions based on modern tools and techniques.This book:Presents the principles of surface and lubricant chemistry, and its implementation to devise eng...

Advances in AI for Financial, Cyber, and Healthcare Analytics: A Multidisciplinary Approach comprehensively explores how artificial intelligence and machine learning are reshaping decision-making, predictive modelling, and operational strategies across three critical sectors—finance, cybersecurity, and healthcare.Across nine chapters, the book delves into the foundations of financial analytics and explores AI's role in market prediction, fraud detection, and risk analysis. It progr...