Green Tribology

Biomimetics, Energy Conservation and Sustainability

• Author(s): Michael Nosonovsky, Bharat Bhushan,
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
• Pages: 634
• ISBN_10: 3642236812
  ISBN_13: 9783642236815
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Technology & Engineering / Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable , Technology & Engineering / Materials Science / General , Science / Physics / Condensed Matter , Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General , Science / Environmental Science , Technology & Engineering / Power Resources / General , Technology & Engineering / Tribology , Business & Economics / Development / Sustainable Development ,

Description:... Tribology is the study of friction, wear and lubrication. Recently, the concept of “green tribology” as “the science and technology of the tribological aspects of ecological balance and of environmental and biological impacts” was introduced. The field of green tribology includes tribological technology that mimics living nature (biomimetic surfaces) and thus is expected to be environmentally friendly, the control of friction and wear that is of importance for energy conservation and conversion, environmental aspects of lubrication and surface modification techniques, and tribological aspects of green applications such as wind-power turbines or solar panels. This book is the first comprehensive volume on green tribology. The chapters are prepared by leading experts in their fields and cover such topics as biomimetics, environmentally friendly lubrication, tribology of wind turbines and renewable sources of energy, and ecological impact of new technologies of surface treatment.