Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development
New information and strategies for managing the energy crisis from the perspective of growing economies are presented. Numerous case studies illustrate the particular challenges that developing countries, many of which are faced with insufficient resource
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Mohammad Aslam Uqaili
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Khanji Harijan
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Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development
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Editors Prof. Mohammad Aslam Uqaili Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, Pakistan [email protected]
Prof. Khanji Harijan Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, Pakistan [email protected]
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Preface
The First International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development for Growing Economies (EESD2009) was held in Jamshoro, Pakistan, between May 4 and 6, 2009. The event was organized by Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Jamshoro, in collaboration with Higher Education Commission, Government of Pakistan. The conference brought together academicians, researchers, engineers, policy makers, governmental officials, end users, and people involved in the energy and environmental industries. More than 300 participants registered for the conference from 20 countries. EESD2009 has provided a platform to the experts to present their papers, share their expertise, establish new contacts, and discuss a range of energy and environmental technologies for sustainable development. The EESD2009, the first ever event at Mehran UET, was successful in getting response from public and private sectors, universities, research organizations, stake holders, and industries from all over the world in the field of energy, environment, and sustainable development. More than 100 papers in the major theme of the conference were received. Seventy experts presented their papers, scrutinized and accepted by the technical committee, in the eight technical sessions of the conference. Also, prominent foreign and local experts delivered keynote speeches and plenary lectures in the conference. This book contains the selected revised manuscripts presented at EESD2009 in the six main conference themes: energy management and conservation, environmental engineering and management, renewable and emerging energy systems, biological and chemical treatment, was
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