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## Meet the editor

Dr. Albert Sabban received a BSc and MSc Magna Cum Laude in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Tel Aviv University, Israel, in 1976 and 1986, respectively. He received an MBA from Haifa University, Israel. He received a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Colorado University at Boulder, USA, in 1991. Dr. Sabban's reasearch interests include medical wearable and Internet of Things (IOT) systems, microwave

engineering, green technologies, and communication and system engineering. In 1976 he joined Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. (RAFAEL) in Israel where he worked as a senior researcher, group leader, and project leader until 2007. From 2008 to 2010 he worked as a radio frequencey (RF) specialist and project leader at high-tech companies. Since 2004 he has served as a senior lecturer and researcher at colleges and universities across Israel. He has published more than 100 research papers and holds patents in the field of antennas. Dr. Sabban has written five books on wearable systems and wearable wideband antennas. He also wrote a book on electrmagnetics and microwave theory for graduate students as well as two book chapters on wearable microstrip antennas. Dr. Sabban serves as an editor of several books on wearable systems, green technologies, and antennas.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

*by Albert Sabban*

*by Albert Sabban*

Optical Coupler

**Section 3**

*and Liliana Pena Naval*

*by Dariusz Sala and Bogusław Bieda*

**Preface XI**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Electronic Green Technologies **13**

**Chapter 2 15**

**Chapter 3 37**

**Chapter 4 57**

Recycling and Waste Management **77**

**Chapter 5 79**

**Chapter 6 95**

Auxiliary Strategies for Water Management in Industries: Minimization of Water Use and Possibility of Recycling and/or Reuse of Effluent

The Thermal Waste Treatment Plant in Kraków, Poland: A Case Study

Introductory Chapter: Introduction to Global Green Technologies

Wideband Passive and Active Wearable Energy Harvesting

Optimum Efficiency Analysis of Ecofriendly WDM-POF

Study on Designing and Manufacturing a Radio-Frequency Generator Used in Drying Technology and Efficiency of a Radio Frequency-Assisted Heat Pump Dryer in Drying of *Ganoderma lucidum*

*by Nguyen Hay, Le Anh Duc and Pham Van Kien*

*by Fábio Henrique de Melo Ribeiro, Yeda dos Santos Silva* 

*by Hadi Guna, Mohammad Syuhaimi Ab-Rahman, Norhana Arsad,* 

Systems for Medical and IOT Applications

*Roslan Shukor and Sahbudin Shaari*

## Contents


*by Dariusz Sala and Bogusław Bieda*


Preface

The continuous growth in development of cellular wireless communication systems over the last thirty years has resulted in most of the world's population owning smartphones, smart watches, iPads, and other devices. As a result, the number of unwanted electronic devices is growing at a rapid rate. With a huge number of devices being produced and discarded, a new environmental disaster has stricken our planet. Electronic waste or discarded electronics are filling up landfills at an alarming rate. These electronic devices contain hazardous and toxic materials that endanger the environment and the health of local communities. As a result, green technologies for recycling this waste are being employed to decrease environmental pollution. Renewable energy is a major factor in decreasing environmental pollution.

Divided into the following three sections, this book presents comprehensive

Section 1 includes chapters on energy harvesting, the green technology of wavelength division multiplexing based on polymer optical fiber (WDM-POF), and

Section 2 includes chapters on auxiliary strategies for water management, minimization of water usage and recycling and reuse of effluent, and management of coal

Section 3 includes chapters on strategies in global business economics, green technology innovations in China, and politics of renewable energy in Africa as well as the nature, prospects, and challenges of renewable energy in the continent.

I want to thank all the contributing authors for their excellent work in writing the

**Dr. Albert Sabban**

Ort Braude College, Karmiel, Israel

Israel

Kinneret Academic College,

3. Global Green Technologies – Economics and Innovation

radio-frequency generators used in drying technology.

information on green technologies.

fly ash in the remediation process.

book's chapters.

1. Electronic Green Technologies

2. Recycling and Waste Management
