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Title Advances in environmental research / Justin A. Daniels, editor
Published New York : Nova Science, 2011

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Series Advances in Environmental Research
Advances in Environmental Research
Contents ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ; ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; RADIATIVE TRANSFER AND ITS IMPACT ON THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY DETERMINED IN REMOTE SENSING ; Abstract; 1. Survey; 1.1. The Parker and Jenkins Approach ; 1.2. Different Propagation Velocities and Related Problems in Flash Experiments ; 1.3. Conservation of Energy ; 1.4. Some Aspects on Radiation in Remote Sensing Reported in Recent Literature ; 1.5. Organisation of the Paper ; 2. Modelling Coupled Conductive and Radiative Transfer ; 2.1. Monte Carlo Simulation
2.2. Coupling of Radiative and Conductive Heat Transfer 3. Results Obtained in the Optical Thick Limit ; 3.1. Parker and Jenkins 1D-Configuration, Simulated with Pure Conduction and with Conduction Plus Radiation ; 3.2. Results: 2D Temperature Field under Pure Conduction and with Conduction Plus Radiation ; 4. Dependence on Spectral Properties of the Extracted Diffusivity of Semi-Transparent Materials ; 4.1. Problems from Materials Spectral Properties ; 4.2. Rosseland Mean and Radiative Conductivity from the Different Extinction Coefficients ; 4.3. Temperature Evolutions
4.3.a. Long Pulses 4.3.b. Short Pulses ; 5. Optically Thin Samples ; 5.1. Description of the Method ; 5.2. Results; 5.3. Determination of Thermal Diffusivity ; 6. Influence of Albedo and Anisotropy on Distribution of Radiative Volume Power Sources ; 7. Intensity Modulated Energy Source ; 8. Final Remark: Measurement of Surface Temperature; 9. Summary and Outlook ; Appendix ; Nomenclature ; Symbols ; Alpha-numeric; Greek ; Subscripts ; Superscripts ; Abbreviations ; References; VAPOUR INTRUSION INTO BUILDINGS -- A LITERATURE REVIEW ; Abstract ; 1. Introduction
2. Sources, Fate and Transport Mechanisms of Vapour-Phase Contaminants 2.1. Sources ; 2.2. Phase Partitioning ; 2.2.1. Water to Gas ; 2.2.2. NAPL to Gas ; 2.2.3. Bulk Soil Concentration to Soil Gas ; 2.3. Transport ; 2.3.1. Diffusion ; 2.3.2. Advection; 2.3.3. (De)Sorption; 2.3.4. Biodegradation; 2.4. Building Characteristics; 3. Field Studies on Vapour Intrusion ; 4. Review of Vapour Intrusion Algorithms ; 5 .Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References ; ANALYSIS OF NITROGEN AND CARBON REMOVAL FROM ORGANIC LOADED EFFLUENTS USING REACTORS IN SERIES AND INTEGRATED REACTORS; Abstract
1. Introduction 2. Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification Process (SND) ; 2.1. Advantages of SND ; 2.2. Why and When Is SND Possible? ; 2.3. Oxygen Effect ; 2.4. Effect of Carbon to Nitrogen Ratio (C/N) ; 2.5. Effect of the Recycle Ratio on the Process Efficiency ; 2.6. Removal Efficiencies in Several Reactor Design ; 3. Nitrification and Denitrification in Two Series Reactors ; 3.1. Characteristics of the Process of Nitrification Separated from Denitrification ; 3.2. Effect of Hydraulic Residence Time ; 3.3. Oxygen Effect in Nitrification and Denitrification
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Subject Ecology -- Research.
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
NATURE -- Ecology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
Ecology -- Research
Form Electronic book
Author Daniels, Justin A
ISBN 1617618969
9781617618963
9781611222531
1611222532
1536117757
9781536117752
1624174787
9781624174780
1621008592
9781621008590