Environmental Bioengineering: Volume 11

Description

The impact of pollution on the environment has emerged as a particularly critical area of research in recent years. The Handbook of Environmental Engineering is a collection of methodologies that study the effects of pollution and waste in their three basic forms: gas, solid, and liquid. In this invaluable volume, Volume 11: Environmental Bioengineering, expert researchers explore the engineering applications of biotechnologies.A sister volume to Volume 10, Environmental Biotechnology, this work introduces such essential and varied topics as land disposal of biosolids, heavy metal removal by crops, pre-treatment and bio-treatment of sludge, fermentation of kitchen garbage, phyotoremediation for heavy metal contaminated soils, bioremediation, wetland treatment, biosorption of heavy metals, and rotating biological contactors (RBC) for carbon and nitrogen removal. A critical volume in the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series, chapters employ methods of practical design and calculation illustrated by numerical examples, include pertinent cost data whenever possible, and explore in great detail the fundamental principles of the field. Comprehensive and groundbreaking, Volume 11: Environmental Bioengineering presents innovative solutions to some of the most recent and significant pollution problems that the world is facing today. Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii Treatment and Disposal of Biosolids....Pages 1-51 Ultrasound Pretreatment of Sludge for Anaerobic Digestion....Pages 53-73 Solubilization of Sewage Sludge to Improve Anaerobic Digestion....Pages 75-122 Applications of Composted Solid Wastes for Farmland Amendment and Nutrient Balance in Soils....Pages 123-163 Biotreatment of Sludge and Reuse....Pages 165-191 Kitchen Refuse Fermentation....Pages 193-210 Heavy Metal Removal by Crops from Land Application of Sludge....Pages 211-232 Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils and Water Using Vetiver Grass....Pages 233-275 Bioremediation....Pages 277-316 Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment....Pages 317-350 Modeling of Biosorption Processes....Pages 351-374 Heavy Metal Removal by Microbial Biosorbents....Pages 375-402 Simultaneous Removal of Carbon and Nitrogen from Domestic Wastewater in an Aerobic RBC....Pages 403-443 Anaerobic Treatment of Low-Strength Wastewater by a Biofilm Reactor....Pages 445-496 Biological Phosphorus Removal Processes....Pages 497-521 Total Treatment of Black and Grey Water for Rural Communities....Pages 523-554 Anaerobic Treatment of Milk Processing Wastewater....Pages 555-627 Biological Wastewater Treatment of Nutrient-Deficient Tomato-Processing and Bean-Processing Wastewater....Pages 629-684 Animal Glue Production from Skin Wastes....Pages 685-697 An Integrated Biotechnological Process for Fungal Biomass Protein Production and Wastewater Reclamation....Pages 699-721 Algae Harvest Energy Conversion....Pages 723-741 Living Machines....Pages 743-772 Global Perspective of Anaerobic Treatment of Industrial Wastewater....Pages 773-807 Back Matter....Pages 809-867