The Interaction of Food Industry and Environment

The Interaction of Food Industry and Environment
Author: Charis M. Galanakis
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2020-01-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 012817515X

The Interaction of Food Industry and Environment addresses all levels of interaction, paying particular attention to avenues for responsible operational excellence in food production and processing. Written at a scientific level, this book explores many topics relating to the food industry and environment, including environmental management systems, environmental performance evaluation, the correlation between food industry, sustainable diets and environment, environmental regulation on the profitability of sustainable water use in the food industry, lifecycle assessment, green supply chain network design and sustainability, the valorization of food processing waste via biorefineries, food-energy-environment trilemma, wastewater treatment, and much more. Readers will also find valuable information on energy production from food processing waste, packaging and food sustainability, the concept of virtual water in the food industry, water reconditioning and reuse in the food industry, and control of odors in the food industry. This book is a welcomed resource for food scientists and technologists, environmentalists, food and environmental engineers and academics. - Addresses the interaction between the food industry and environment at all levels - Focuses on the past decade's advances in the field - Provides a guide to optimize the current food industry's performance - Serves as a resource for anyone dealing with food and environmental science and technology - Includes coverage of a variety of topics, including performance indicators, the correlation between the food industry, sustainable diets and the environment, environmental regulations, lifecycle assessments, green supply chain networks, and more

Sustainable Use of Water by Industry

Sustainable Use of Water by Industry
Author: Cheryl Davis
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2020-11-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781789060669

Sustainable Use of Water by Industry: Perspectives, Incentives, and Tools

British Art and the Environment

British Art and the Environment
Author: Charlotte Gould
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2021-07-21
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1000408213

This book explores the nature of Britain-based artists’ engagement with the transformations of their environment since the early days of the Industrial Revolution. At a time of pressing ecological concerns, the international group of contributors provide a series of case studies that reconsider the nature–culture divide and aim at identifying the contours of a national narrative that stretches from enclosed lands to rising seas. By adopting a longer historical view, this book hopes to enrich current debates concerning art’s engagement with recording and questioning the impact of human activity on the environment. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, contemporary art, environmental humanities, and British studies.

Decision and Decision-maker in an Industrial Environment

Decision and Decision-maker in an Industrial Environment
Author: Lamia Berrah
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2023-08-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1786307308

Decision and Decision-maker in an Industrial Environment developed around the observation that two different decision-makers, faced with the same problem, may not make the same decision. The book proposes explanations for this, ranging from the wholly rational to the irrational, and analyzes different factors in decision-making, such as the intention of the decision-maker, the environment in which their decision is made or the process leading to decision-making. While the common belief is that everything in an industrial environment stems from reasoned decisions, analysis of common practice shows that this is not always the case. This book offers an original perspective by presenting the decision making mechanism from the point of view of the decision maker and their handling of a specific decision-making problem. To learn more about the decision-maker’s motivations when faced with these situations, the authors provide a review of the history of decisionmaking and the major trends in decision-making theory. The concepts and methods are presented with illustrations based on the use of an MES, an industrial management software package.

Design and Implementation of Sensory Solutions for Industrial Environment

Design and Implementation of Sensory Solutions for Industrial Environment
Author: Juraj Ďuďák
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2023-06-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031301528

This book presents applicable guidance into sensor system hardware and software design, extensions, and integration aimed at utilization of 1-wire networks. The content is structured from the design of the sensor system architecture—hardware and software—through the implementation and optimization of the solution to the practical verification. The hardware part consists of the design of specific solutions for sensor data collection and the design and integration of standard and special sensors into these solutions. The development of the hardware solutions is focused on integration with 32-bit microcontrollers with ARM Cortex M0 to Cortex M4 cores. For the sensor solutions, the focus is on design versatility and miniaturization of dimensions with respect to the availability of the technology in the physical design. The focus is on minimizing power consumption to the design of power independent modules. The presented solution includes the design and implementation of the software layer, which includes control software for direct communication with the sensor modules as well as an information system for continuous data storage and remote access. The book presents an extensive case study that describes the design and development of a 1-wire bus controller hardware module solution with proprietary modifications that achieve improvements to the maximum 1-wire bus length. The study also includes the design and implementation of a universal and power independent 1-wire bus device. Using this module, almost any sensor can be connected to the 1-wire bus.