Leading transformative change collectively : a practitioner guide to realizing the SDGs / / by Petra Kuenkel [and three others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910424954803321
• Autore: Kuenkel Petra <1956->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Taylor & Francis, 2021; London : , : Routledge, , 2020; ©2021
• ISBN: 1-00-303356-3; 1-003-03356-3; 1-000-28118-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 338.927
• Soggetti: Sustainable development; Cooperation - Social aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book directly helps decision-makers and change agents in companies, NGOs, and government bodies become more proficient in transformative, collaborative change in realizing the SDGs. This practitioner's handbook translates a systemic - and enlivening - approach to collaboration into day-to-day work and management. It connects the emerging practice of multi-stakeholder collaboration to easily understandable models, tools, and cases. Numerous, concrete cases not only bring this methodology to life, but also help identify the challenges and avoid common mistakes. The book can be used as a guide to apply a breakthrough approach for navigating the complexity of stakeholder systems, designing results-oriented process architectures, ensuring the success of cross-sector change initiatives, and enlivening collaboration ecosystems for SDG implementation. It is designed to enhance high quality stakeholder engagement, dialogue, and collaboration. A must-read, the book sets a new standard for the collaborative implementation of Agenda 2030 and is a foundational guide for leading sustainability transformations collectively to achieve ; climate change mitigation, social integration, equitable value chains, and broad sustainability challenges.

Modern drying technology . Volume 1 Computational tools at differents cales / / edited by Evangelos Tsotsas and Arun S. Mujumdar

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911018830303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2007
• ISBN: 9786613370433; 9781283370431; 1283370433; 9783527631636; 3527631631; 9783527631629; 3527631623
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Collana: Modern Drying Technology
• Altri autori (Persone): TsotsasEvangelos; MujumdarA. S
• Disciplina: 660.2842; 660.28426
• Soggetti: Drying; Chemistry, Technical
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Modern Drying Technology Volume- 1; Contents; Series Preface; Preface of Volume 1; List of Contributors; Recommended Notation; EFCE Working Party on Drying: Address List; 1 Comprehensive Drying Models based on Volume Averaging: Background, Application and Perspective; 1.1 Microscopic Foundations of the Macroscopic Formulation; 1.2 The Macroscopic Set of Equations; 1.3 Physical Phenomena Embedded in the Equations; 1.3.1 Low-temperature Convective Drying; 1.3.1.1 The Constant Drying Rate Period; 1.3.1.2 The Decreasing Drying Rate Period; 1.3.2 Drying at High Temperature: The Effect of Internal Pressure on Mass Transfer1.4 Computational Strategy to Solve the Comprehensive Set of Macroscopic Equations; 1.4.1 The Control-volume Finite-element (CV-FE) Discretization Procedure; 1.4.2 Evaluation of the Tensor Terms at the CV Face; 1.4.3 Solution of the Nonlinear System; 1.4.3.1 Outer (Nonlinear) Iterations; 1.4.3.2 Construction of the Jacobian; 1.4.3.3 Inner (Linearized System) Iterations; 1.5 Possibilities Offered by this Modeling Approach: Convective Drying; 1.5.1 High-temperature Convective Drying of Light Concrete; 1.5.1.1 Test 1: Superheated Steam1.5.1.2 Tests 2 and 3: Moist Air, Soft and Severe Conditions; 1.5.2 Typical Drying Behavior of Softwood: Difference Between Sapwood and Heartwood; 1.6 Possibilities Offered by this Modeling Approach: Less-common Drying Configurations; 1.6.1 Drying with Volumetric Heating; 1.6.2 The Concept of Identity Drying Card (IDC); 1.6.3 Drying of Highly Deformable Materials; 1.7 Homogenization as a Way to Supply the Code with Physical Parameters; 1.8 The Multiscale Approach; 1.8.1 Limitations of the Macroscopic Formulation; 1.8.2 The Stack Model: An Example of Multiscale Model1.8.2.1 Global Scale; 1.8.2.2 Local Scale; 1.8.2.3 Coupling Approach; 1.8.2.4 Samples Simulations; 1.8.2.5 Accounting for Wood Variability; 1.8.2.6 Accounting for Drying Quality; Conclusion; 2 Pore-network Models: A Powerful Tool to Study Drying at the Pore Level and Understand the Influence of Structure on Drying Kinetics; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Isothermal Drying Model; 2.2.1 Model Description; 2.2.1.1 Network Geometry and Corresponding Data Structures; 2.2.1.2 Boundary-layer Modeling; 2.2.1.3 Saturation of Pores and Throats; 2.2.1.4 Vapor Transfer2.2.1.5 Capillary Pumping of Liquid; 2.2.1.6 Cluster Labeling; 2.2.1.7 Drying Algorithm; 2.2.2 Simulation Results and Experimental Validation; 2.2.3 Gravity and Liquid Viscosity - Stabilized Drying Front; 2.2.3.1 Modeling Gravity; 2.2.3.2 Modeling Liquid Viscosity; 2.2.3.3 Dimensionless Numbers and Length Scales; 2.2.3.4 Phase Distributions and Drying Curves; 2.2.4 Film Flow; 2.2.5 Wettability Effects; 2.2.6 First Drying Period; 2.3 Model Extensions; 2.3.1 Heat Transfer; 2.3.2 Multicomponent Liquid; 2.4 Influence of Pore Structure; 2.4.1 Pore Shapes; 2.4.2 Coordination Number
• Sommario/riassunto: This five-volume handbook provides a comprehensive overview of all important aspects of modern drying technology, including only advanced results. Volume 1 deals with computational tools at different scales, including homogenized, pore network and continuous thermo-mechanical models, computational fluid dynamics and population balances, as well as process systems simulation tools. High-level, cutting-edge results on a mandatory industrial process.