Environmental Engineering Principles and Practice.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mines, Richard O.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributing Authors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Cover Artist
  • About the Author
  • About the Companion Website
  • Chapter 1 Introduction to environmental engineering and problem solving
  • Learning Objectives
  • 1.1 History of environmental engineering
  • 1.1.1 Early civilization (the rise of humankind to ancient Rome)
  • 1.1.2 The Middle Ages (500-1500)
  • 1.1.3 The Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800)
  • 1.1.4 The Industrial Revolution (1760-1890)
  • 1.1.5 The Progressive Era (1890-1920)
  • 1.1.6 The Great Depression and World War II (1920-1945)
  • 1.1.7 Post-war era (1945 to present)
  • 1.1.8 Present day
  • 1.2 Significant national and international environmental concerns
  • 1.2.1 Water quality
  • 1.2.2 Solid waste management
  • 1.3 Prominent federal environmental statues-an overview
  • 1.3.1 Regulations of chemical manufacturing
  • 1.3.2 Regulation of discharges to air, water, and soil
  • 1.3.3 Cleanup, disclosure, and pollution prevention
  • 1.4 An approach to problem solving: a six-step method
  • 1.5 Data collection, analysis, interpretation, and communication
  • 1.5.1 Analysis of experimental data
  • 1.5.2 Using tables and figures to analyze and communicate results
  • 1.5.3 Linear regression and the correlation coefficient
  • 1.5.4 Interpreting linear, power, and exponential equations
  • 1.5.5 Student's t-test
  • 1.5.6 One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)
  • Summary
  • Key words
  • References
  • Problems
  • Chapter 2 Essential chemistry concepts
  • Learning Objectives
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Dimensions, units, and conversions
  • 2.2.1 Density
  • 2.2.2 Specific gravity
  • 2.2.3 Concentrations
  • 2.2.4 Mass and volumetric flow rates
  • 2.8.4 Ideal gas law
  • 2.8.5 Dalton's law
  • 2.8.6 Raoult's law
  • 2.8.7 Henry's law
  • 2.9 Organic chemistry overview
  • 2.9.1 Introduction to hydrocarbons (alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes)
  • 2.9.2 Aromatic hydrocarbons
  • 2.9.3 Heterocyclic organic compounds
  • 2.9.4 Functional groups of environmental importance
  • Summary
  • Key words
  • References
  • Problems
  • Chapter 3 Water and wastewater characteristics
  • Learning Objectives
  • 3.1 Overview
  • 3.2 Water quality parameters
  • 3.3 Lumped parameter organic quantification
  • 3.3.1 Theoretical oxygen demand (ThOD)

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