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Call for Chapters

An edited volume of Springer-Verlag's on

Waste-to-Energy: Recent Developments

Editor: Sujit Bag, Ph.D. (UK), C. Engr. (Ind.)

Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences
The University of the West Indies
Cave Hill Campus
Barbados
Email: sujit.bag@cavehill.uwi.edu

Scope

In the 21st century the biggest question that has been raised is what is going to be done about climate change issue and increase in fuel price. The effect of green house and renewable energy are two important topics come in mind. In this book, I aim at gathering the latest advances of various topics in Waste to Energy and reporting how we can gain advantages by applying the different techniques in this real-world scenario.

The primary target audiences for the book are researchers, scholars, postgraduate students and developers who are interested in Waste to Energy research and related issues. The book will provide reviews of the cutting–edge technologies and insights for Waste to Energy.

Topics

High-quality contributions will be invited on all aspects of Waste to Energy, including (but not necessarily limited to) the following topics:

Fundamental principles
Recently developed methods in biomass
Advanced processing techniques for waste to energy
Novel feedstock for waste to energy
Sustainable green power and waste management
Improving WTE plant operations and maintenance
Waste to energy health & safety (IWSA) issues
International perspectives on waste-to-energy
Contracts & development initiatives
Mitigating climate change
Sufficient case studies/ tested and verified results

Important dates

Abstract due:	March 15, 2010
Manuscript due:	May 30, 2010
Completion of review:	July 15, 2010
Revised manuscripts due:	September 30, 2010
Publication:	December 2010

Contributions will particularly be expected interesting chapters to give a survey of a larger part of the literature (15-20 pages), and prepared using the instructions for authors of Springer books available at http://www.springer.com/authors/book+authors?SGWID=0-154102-0-0-0 and choosing either LaTeX or Word templates from the link
http://www.springer.com/authors/book+authors?SGWID=0-154102-12-417900-0

An honorarium will be paid to the authors whose contribution will accept for publication.

Interested authors should send an abstract of their planned contribution with a table of contents to the editor by Email sujit.bag@cavehill.uwi.edu by March 15th 2010.

Upon acceptance, the full contributions are due by May 30th 2010.

The volume is expected to appear in December 2010. For further details please contact the editor.

The Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences,
The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus,
P.O.Box 64 Bridgetown, Barbados BB11000
Telephone: (246) 417-4312 Fax: (246) 417-4597 E-mail: fpas@cavehill.uwi.edu