Energy, Transportation and Global Warming

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
Urban Development Policy and Urban Sprawl in Turkey....Pages 5-11
Perspectives on the Implementation of Climate Change Public Policies in Brazil....Pages 13-20
30 Years Air Temperature Data Analysis in Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece....Pages 21-33
Mitigation and Adaptation Policies Related to Climate Change in Greece....Pages 35-49
Assessing Air Quality in the Urban Environment: the Gender Gap....Pages 51-59
Promotion of Sustainability by Quantifying and Reducing the Carbon Footprint: New Practices for Organizations....Pages 61-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-75
Group Comparison, Trends and Cluster Analysis to Understand Historical Precipitation....Pages 77-87
Ground Response to Global Warming....Pages 89-97
Specific Case: Regional Estimates of Global Climate Change: A Dynamical Downscaling Approach to Southeast Europe....Pages 99-108
Front Matter....Pages 109-111
Drought Conditions in Turkey Between 2004 and 2013 Via Drought Indices Derived from Remotely Sensed Data....Pages 113-121
Carbon Foot Print of a Passanger Aircraft Engine at Landing and Take-Off Cycle....Pages 123-130
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trends from Waste in Greece....Pages 131-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-147
Development of Models for the Estimation of Global Solar Radiation Over Selected Stations in India....Pages 149-160
Effect of Gap Between Absorber Plate and Condenser Cover on the Performance of a Solar Still....Pages 161-173
Solar Assisted Organic Rankine Cycle for Power Generation: A Comparative Analysis for Natural Working Fluids....Pages 175-192
Rainfall Trend Analysis in the Region of Curitiba Using Regional Climate Model Scenarios....Pages 193-208
Modelling of Wind Speed Using Artificial Neural Networks for University Campus of Burdur (Turkey)....Pages 209-222
Cultural Landscapes as a Means of Energy Reduction at Global Warming....Pages 223-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-247
Solar-Driven Continuous Methane Reforming Reactor....Pages 249-255
Specific Applications/Examples: Use of Solar Energy in Fishing: Community Initiatives....Pages 257-268
Front Matter....Pages 245-247
Diagnostic of Sensors for Induction Machine Powered by Photovoltaic Generator Based on Fuzzy Logic Techniques....Pages 269-284
Air Conditioning Based on Hydroxides with Solar Driving for Low GHG Emissions....Pages 285-294
Life Cycle Analysis as a Decision Criterion for the Implementation of Solar Photovoltaic Panels in as Northeast Brazil Hospital....Pages 295-310
Front Matter....Pages 311-313
Energy Conservation Through Sunrays Reflecting Coating on Buildings....Pages 315-326
Comparison of Heating and Cooling Loads of a Typical Building with TRNSYS and eQUEST....Pages 327-338
Optimum Insulation Thickness for Cooling Applications Through Exergy Analysis and Environmental Methods....Pages 339-347
Novel Tungsten Bronze Nanoparticles for Shielding Near Infrared Ray and Decreasing CO2 Emission....Pages 349-354
Modelling of a Solar Assisted Floor Heating System with TRNSYS....Pages 355-369
Front Matter....Pages 371-373
Biogas Production from Napier Grass at Various Cutting Intervals....Pages 375-385
Sustainability Assessment of Fuels Production via Hydrotreating Waste Lipids and Co-processing Waste Lipids with Petroleum Fractions....Pages 387-400
Front Matter....Pages 401-403
Spark-Ignition Engine Fueled with Methane-Hydrogen Blends....Pages 405-420
Hydrogen Fueled Airplanes, Test Case: Aviation in Libya....Pages 421-432
Perspectives of Hydrogen Automotive Applications in Croatia....Pages 433-445
Front Matter....Pages 447-449
Contribution to Multi-Criteria Evaluation of the Impacts of Air Pollution: Case of Cement Plant (Ain Touta- ALGERIA)....Pages 451-461
Environmental Impact Assessment of Electricity Production, A Case Study of Turkey....Pages 463-474
Hybridization of Parabolic Trough Power Plants with Natural Gas Through Integration of Industrial Gas Turbines....Pages 475-493
Front Matter....Pages 495-497
Performance Analyses of CO2-N2O Cascade System for Cooling....Pages 499-512
Comparison of Thermal Repowering Alternatives for Thermal Power Plants....Pages 513-525
Experimental Study of Heat Transfer for a Non-Newtonian Fluid in a Heated Cylindrical Pipe....Pages 527-541
The SOC Estimation of LCO Battery Based on BP Neural Network....Pages 543-552
Front Matter....Pages 495-497
Investigating the Effect of Different Refrigerants on the Performance of a Supercritical Organic Rankine Cycle....Pages 553-565
Front Matter....Pages 567-569
CaO-Based Sorbents for Post Combustion CO2 Capture via Carbonate Looping....Pages 571-589
Kinetics of CO2 Capture by Carbon Dioxide Binding Organic Liquids....Pages 591-603
Flue Gas CO2 Sequestration by Turkish Coal Fly Ashes and Anatolian Geothermal Hot Waters....Pages 605-616
Geo.: Gas Production in Offshore Reservoirs in Brazil’s Pre-salt Region....Pages 617-629
Front Matter....Pages 631-633
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of the Water Quality in the Hammam Boughrara Reservoir in Algeria....Pages 635-653
Natural Tracers for Identifying Causes of the Quality Reduction in Groundwater Emerging Along the Aegean Volcanic Arc (Greece)....Pages 655-665
Experimental Study of Longitudinal Dispersion on Trapezoidal Open Channel....Pages 667-676
Mygdonia Basin (N. Greece) in the View of Isotope Geochemistry....Pages 677-683
Sustainable Management of Sewage Sludge Conditioning and Valorization....Pages 685-693
Photocatalytic Degradation of Tylosin and Spiramycin in Water by Using TiO2 and ZnO Catalysts Under UV Radiation....Pages 695-706
Comparison Between the Photocatalytic Degradation of a Textile Dye Under Sun Light and Artificial Irradiation....Pages 707-718
Vulnerability and Impact of Climate Change Processes on Water Resource in Semi-Arid Areas: In Essaouira Basin (Morocco)....Pages 719-736
Front Matter....Pages 737-739
Experimental Study of Transverse Mixing of Pollutants in Trapezoidal Open Channel....Pages 741-753
Elimination of Micropollutent Lysine Acetylsalicylate by Adsorption on Natural and Synthetical Supports....Pages 755-758
Integrated System for Optimized Data Collection and processing of End of Life Tires: Case of Greece....Pages 759-769
Smart Recovery of Materials and Upgrade of Organic Compost and RDF in Existing Mechanical Biological Treatment Plants by Using NIR Technology....Pages 771-778
Front Matter....Pages 779-781
Road Transport Induced GHG Emissions Calculation for Urban Transportation Networks: The Case of Athens and Thessaloniki in Greece....Pages 783-794
The Effect of Parameter Selection on Fume Formation Rate in SMAW of AH36 Shipbuilding Steel and Analysis with ANOVA Method....Pages 795-802
An Online Visualization Tool for Assessing the Robustness of Multimodal Transport Networks in Case of Extreme Weather Events and Natural Hazards....Pages 803-821
Front Matter....Pages 823-825
Manmade Changes in Cirrus Clouds from 1984 to 2007: A Preliminary Study....Pages 827-836
Emission Routing in Maritime Transportation....Pages 837-849
Pollution Effects Onboard and Its Generated Solution for Minimized Pollution Effect....Pages 851-866
Carbon-Mitigating Air Transport: Analysis of Current Policy Instruments....Pages 867-882
Ship Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions....Pages 883-895