Cascade Use in Technologies 2018

Cascade Use in Technologies 2018
Author: Alexandra Pehlken
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2018-08-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662578867

The conference addresses general topics on how products and materials can be recycled and looks for application examples. The focus is on the areas: · Material and Energy Flow Assessment · Sustainable Mobility · Industrial Ecology with a focus on renewable energy sources or WEEE · (Re-) Manufacturing · Cascade Use and Waste Management 4.0

Cascade Use in Technologies 2018

Cascade Use in Technologies 2018
Author: Alexandra Pehlken
Publisher:
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2019
Genre: Industrial management-Environmen
ISBN: 9783662578872

The goals of the Circular Economy clearly point towards the cascading approach. Reuse and recycling of materials and products keeps secondary resources circulating and thus protects primary resources from being exploited. Cascade Use in Technologies is dedicated to cascading approaches of materials and products and fits perfectly to the Circular Economy discussion within Europe and the rest of the world. Most methods used in this context can be more or less allocated to life cycle management approaches with a rather technical perspective, as most of the articles presented in this book are engineering-driven. Therefore, it is a novel forum for reporting technological breakthroughs regarding cascading use of materials and products in the domains of automotive, electronics, and computing, and regarding resource criticality in general. Content · Material and Energy Flow Assessment · Sustainable Mobility · Industrial Ecology with a focus on renewable energy sources or WEEE · (Re- ) Manufacturing · Cascade Use and Waste Management 4.0 Audience · Researchers · Scientists and technologists from industry, universities, research firms · Employees of government agencies Editors Dr.-Ing. Alexandra Pehlken studied Mining Engineering at RWTH Aachen University, specializing in mineral processing. She received the Lise-Meitner Scholarship from the State of North Rhine-Westfalia and spent two years in Canada. She has headed the BMBF-funded "Cascade Use" research group at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and is now working for OFFIS. Dr. Matthias Kalverkamp is a Post-Doc researcher in the "Cascade Use" research group and focuses on remanufacturing supply chains in the context of the circular economy. During his PhD studies, he conducted research in Europe, North America and Chile. Prior to that, he worked in project management at the BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH. Rikka Wittstock studied Sustainability Economics and Management at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and completed her master thesis within the framework of the "Cascade Use" project, focusing on fuel cell vehicles and their impact on platinum demand. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Osnabrueck.

State-of-the-art Laser Gas Sensing Technologies

State-of-the-art Laser Gas Sensing Technologies
Author: Yufei Ma
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2020-03-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3039283987

Trace gas sensing technologies are widely used in many applications, such as environmental monitoring, life science, medical diagnostics, and planetary exploration. On the one hand, laser sources have developed greatly due to the rapid development of laser media and laser techniques in recent years. Some novel lasers such as solid-state, diode, and quantum cascade lasers have experienced significant progress. At present, laser wavelengths can cover the range from ultraviolet to terahertz, which could promote the development of laser gas sensing technologies significantly. On the other hand, some new gas sensing methods have appeared, such as photothermal spectroscopy and photoacoustic spectroscopy. Laser spectroscopy-based gas sensing techniques have the advantages of high sensitivity, non-invasiveness, and allowing in situ, real-time observation. Due to the rapid and recent developments in laser source as well as the great merits of laser spectroscopy-based gas sensing techniques, this book aims to provide an updated overview of the state-of-the-art laser gas sensing technologies.

Effective and efficient design and provision of product-service systems

Effective and efficient design and provision of product-service systems
Author: Johannes Matschewsky
Publisher: Linköping University Electronic Press
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2019-04-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9176850919

The world manufacturing companies operate in is changing. In the past, these companies relied on the design and sale of products. Today, this linear model of business is becoming increasingly insufficient. As customers are more and more focused on their core business, buying and operating machinery and other goods becomes unattractive to them. In response to this, manufacturing companies are expanding their value capture into additional stages of the product lifecycle by providing integrated offerings of products and services — Product-Service Systems (PSSs). Designing and providing PSSs is fundamentally different from traditional product sales. Expanding to become a PSS provider is, therefore, challenging for companies with a history of designing and selling products. Departing from this, it is the aim of this thesis to support manufacturing companies in their expansion to effective and efficient design and provision of PSSs. The research reported has both descriptive and prescriptive properties, reflecting the goals of understanding the status quo in manufacturing companies’ practice and providing support based on this. To establish a point of departure, the current design and provision of two manufacturing companies expanding their business towards PSSs was investigated. From this, an in-depth understanding of the status quo and a number of challenges emerged. Based on this, the research had the goal to contribute to identifying and developing solutions to these challenges, with an initial focus on methods supporting PSS design and provision. However, although methods fitting to the challenges identified exist, they appear to receive limited uptake in manufacturing companies’ practice. In order to improve their practical utility, a structured method is proposed to assist users in both academia and practice in developing methods in a requirements-oriented fashion. The utility of methods in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of PSS design and provision is thereby to be enhanced. A particular challenge for manufacturing companies expanding to become PSS providers is the change in how value is captured: Resulting from the extensive involvement throughout the lifecycle, a need for a broader, multidimensional understanding of value capture was identified. However, the manufacturing companies investigated have been found to experience challenges in grasping this change, with a focus on a product sales-centric understanding of value capture remaining prevalent. To support companies towards reaping the benefits of the expansion to PSS design and provision, methods to explore how value is currently created and captured in the use phase and how to enhance the future value capture based on that information in the design phase have been developed and applied. As a result, broadly relevant value dimensions were attained, aiming to facilitate a lifecycle-focused, effective, and efficient design and provision of PSSs. Eventually, to broaden the understanding of effective and efficient design and provision of PSSs in practice today, the potential contributions of real-world PSSs to a circular economy were investigated based on an existing framework. The result was ambiguous, indicating both advancements compared to traditional sales and substantial room for improvement, particularly with a focus on the absolute decoupling of economic activity and resource use. Based on the synthesis of the research results, manufacturing companies are supported in their expansion to effective and efficient design and provision of PSSs — and towards a promising future.

Sustainable Technology and Advanced Computing in Electrical Engineering

Sustainable Technology and Advanced Computing in Electrical Engineering
Author: Vasundhara Mahajan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1205
Release: 2022-11-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811943648

The book includes peer-reviewed papers of the International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Advanced Computing in Electrical Engineering (ICSTACE 2021). The main focus of the book is electrical engineering. The conference aims to provide a global platform to the researchers for sharing and showcasing their discoveries/findings/innovations. The book focuses on the areas related to sustainable development and includes research works from academicians and industry experts. The book discusses new challenges and provides solutions at the interface of technology, information, complex systems, and future research directions.

Pharmaceutical Inhalation Aerosol Technology, Third Edition

Pharmaceutical Inhalation Aerosol Technology, Third Edition
Author: Anthony J. Hickey
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 731
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0429619561

This fully revised and updated third edition of Pharmaceutical Inhalation Aerosol Technology encompasses the scientific and technical foundation for the rationale, design, componentry, assembly and quality performance metrics of therapeutic inhalers in their delivery of pharmaceutical aerosols to treat symptoms or the underlying causes of disease. It focuses on the importance of pharmaceutical engineering as a foundational element of all inhaler products and their application to pulmonary drug delivery. The expanded scope considers previously unaddressed aspects of pharmaceutical inhalation aerosol technology and the patient interface by including aerosol delivery, lung deposition and clearance that are used as measures of effective dose delivery. Key Features: Provides a thoroughly revised and expanded reference with authoritative discussions on the physiologic,pharmacologic, metabolic, molecular, cellular and physicochemical factors, influencing the efficacy and utilization of pharmaceutical aerosols Emphasizes the importance of pharmaceutical engineering as a foundational element of all inhaler products and their application to pulmonary drug delivery Addresses the physics, chemistry and engineering principles while establishing disease relevance Expands the ‘technology’ focus of the original volumes to address the title more directly Offers an impressive breadth of coverage as well as an international flavour from outstanding editors and contributors

Intelligent Systems Design and Applications

Intelligent Systems Design and Applications
Author: Ajith Abraham
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1461
Release: 2022-03-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 303096308X

This book highlights recent research on intelligent systems and nature-inspired computing. It presents 132 selected papers from the 21st International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA 2021), which was held online. The ISDA is a premier conference in the field of computational intelligence, and the latest installment brought together researchers, engineers and practitioners whose work involves intelligent systems and their applications in industry. Including contributions by authors from 34 countries, the book offers a valuable reference guide for all researchers, students and practitioners in the fields of Computer Science and Engineering.

Frontiers in Cyber Security

Frontiers in Cyber Security
Author: Guangquan Xu
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2020-11-05
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9811597391

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Frontiers in Cyber Security, FCS 2020, held in Tianjin, China*, in November 2020. The 39 full papers along with the 10 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 143 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on: IoT security; artificial intelligence; blockchain; cyber-physical systems security; cryptography; database security; depth estimation; mobile security; network security; privacy; program analysis; quantum cryptography; steganography; web security. *The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.