It will be an ideal resource for students, researchers and those working daily in agriculture who must maintain acceptable water quality.

• Discusses field operations research and application in water science
• Includes detection methods and case analysis for water quality management
• Encompasses rivers, lakes, seas and groundwater
• Covers water for agriculture, aquaculture, drinking and industrial uses

It also extensively covers applications of these nanocomposites in fuel cells, sensors, electromagnetic interference shielding, human implants and scaffolds.

The book then discusses the effects of different contamination sources on the degradation of fuel cell components and explores the relationship between external environment and the degradation of fuel cell components and systems. It also reviews the correlation between operational mode, such as start-up and shut-down, and the degradation of fuel cell components and systems. The last chapter explains how the design of fuel cell hardware relates to failure modes. Written by international scientists active in PEM fuel cell research, this volume is enriched with practical information on various failure modes analysis for diagnosing cell performance and identifying failure modes of degradation. This in turn helps in the development of mitigation strategies and the increasing commercialization of PEM fuel cells.