Books

Details of leading books and reports and presenting up-to-date knowledge of the state-of-the-art energy efficient technologies adopted and practiced in plants and mills in India and the world over; policies/ strategies for adopting high energy efficiency standards and also presents world's leading journals containing articles written by researchers, industry experts, professors for academic and technical audience.

Biermann's Handbook of Pulp and Paper

Series - Raw Material and Pulp Making, vol.1
Author - Bajpai, Pratima
Publisher – Elsevier
Pages and Year - 668 p. 2018

This book provides a thorough introduction to the entire technology of pulp manufacture; features chapters covering all aspects of pulping from wood handling at the mill site through pulping and bleaching and pulp drying. It also includes a discussion on bleaching chemicals, recovery of pulping spent liquors and regeneration of chemicals used and the manufacture of side products.

Iron Ore;Mineralogy, Processing and Environmental Sustainability

Author - Liming Lu (ed.)
Publisher – Woodhead Publishing
Pages and Year - 666 p. 2015

Iron Ore: Mineralogy, Processing and Environmental Issues summarizes recent, key research on the characterization of iron ores, including important topics such as beneficiation (separation and refining), agglomeration (e.g., production of pellets or powders), blast furnace technology for smelting, and environmental issues relating to its production.

The Coal Handbook: Towards Cleaner Production

Series - Energy Vol.2
Author - Dave Osborne (ed.)
Publisher – Woodhead Publishing
Pages and Year - 576 p. 2013

Coal remains an important fossil fuel resource for many nations due to its large remaining resources, relatively low production and processing cost and potential high energy intensity. Certain issues surround its utilisation, however, including emissions of pollutants and growing concern about climate change. The coal handbook: Towards cleaner production Volume 2 explores global coal use in industry.

Management of Coking Coal Resources

Author - Dilip Kumar and Deepak Kumar
Publisher – Elsevier
Pages and Year - 318 p. 2015

It provides a one-stop reference that focuses on sustainable mining practices using a four-point approach that includes the economical, governmental, societal, and environmental aspects of coal exploration, coking coal mining, and steelmaking applications.

Thermochemical Surface Engineering of Steels: Improving Materials Performance

Author - Mittemeijer, Eric J. and Somers, Marcel A.J. (Ed.)
Publisher – Woodhead Publishing
Pages and Year - 816 p. 2015

Thermochemical surface engineering significantly improves the properties of steels. This book summarises the range of techniques and their applications. It covers nitriding, nitrocarburizing and carburizing.

Iron Ore: Mineralogy, Processing and Environmental Sustainability

Author - Lu, Liming (ed.)
Publisher – Woodhead Publishing
Pages and Year - 666 p. 2015

It summarizes recent, key research on the characterization of iron ores, including important topics such as beneficiation (separation and refining), agglomeration (e.g., production of pellets or powders), blast furnace technology for smelting, and environmental issues relating to its production.

New Trends in Coal Conversion: Combustion, Gasification, Emissions, and Coking

Author - Isabel Suárez-Ruiz, Maria Antonia Diez, Fernando Rubiera (Ed.)
Publisher – Woodhead Publishing
Pages and Year - 542 p. 2019

It covers the latest advancements in coal utilization, including coal conversion processes and mitigation of environmental impacts, providing an up-to-date source of information for a cleaner and more environmentally friendly use of coal, with a particular emphasis on the two biggest users of coal—utilities and the steel industry.

Treatise on Process Metallurgy

Series - Industrial Process, vol.1
Author - Seetharaman, Seshadri (Ed.)
Publisher – Elsevier
Pages and Year - 1810 p. 2014

Process Metallurgy provides academics with the fundamentals of the manufacturing of metallic materials, from raw materials into finished parts or products.