Environmental Biotechnology : Principles and Applications /

Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications is the essential tool for understanding and designing microbiological processes used for environmental protection and improvement. The book lays a foundation in microbiology and engineering principles and provides comprehensive coverage of all...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Rittmann, Bruce E. (Autor), McCarty, Perry L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2018]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
Temas:
Bioremediation.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A. McGraw-Hill Series in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
  • B. Dedication
  • C. PREFACE
  • 1. Basics of Microbiology
  • 2. Stoichiometry and Bacterial Energetics
  • 3. Microbial Kinetics
  • 4. Biofilm Kinetics
  • 5. Reactors
  • 6. The Activated Sludge Process
  • 7. Lagoons
  • 8. Aerobic Biofilm Processes
  • 9. Nitrification
  • 10. Denitrification
  • 11. Phosphorus Removal
  • 12. Drinking-Water Treatment
  • 13. Anaerobic Treatment by Methanogenesis
  • 14. Detoxification of Hazardous Chemicals
  • 15. Bioremediation
  • A. APPENDIX A: Free Energies of Formation for Various Chemical Species, 25?C
  • B. APPENDIX B: A Complete Set of Normalized Loading Curves for S_MIN* and K* Ranging from 0.01 to 100
  • C. ENDPAPER-1
  • D. ENDPAPER-2
  • Tools & Media
  • table (137)
  • figure (134)
  • graph (58)
  • Expanded Table of Contents
  • A. McGraw-Hill Series in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
  • B. Dedication
  • C. PREFACE
  • 1. Basics of Microbiology
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • The Cell
  • Taxonomy and Phylogeny
  • Prokaryotes
  • Eukarya
  • Viruses
  • Infectious Disease
  • Biochemistry
  • Enzymes
  • Energy Capture
  • Metabolism
  • Genetics and Information Flow
  • Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
  • Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)
  • Phylogeny
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Tools to Study Microbial Ecology
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 2. Stoichiometry and Bacterial Energetics
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • An Example Stoichiometric Equation
  • Empirical Formula for Microbial Cells
  • Substrate Partitioning and Cellular Yield
  • Energy Reactions
  • Overall Reactions for Biological Growth
  • Energetics and Bacterial Growth
  • Yield Coefficient and Reaction Energetics
  • Oxidized Nitrogen Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 3. Microbial Kinetics
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Basic Rate Expressions
  • Parameter Values
  • Basic Mass Balances
  • Mass Balances on Inert Biomass and Volatile Solids
  • Soluble Microbial Products
  • Nutrients and Electron Acceptors
  • Input Active Biomass
  • Hydrolysis of Particulate and Polymeric Substrates
  • Inhibition
  • Other Alternate Rate Expressions
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 4. Biofilm Kinetics
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Microbial Aggregation
  • Why Biofilms?
  • The Idealized Biofilm
  • The Steady-State Biofilm
  • The Steady-State-Biofilm Solution
  • Estimating Parameter Values
  • Average Biofilm SRT
  • Completely Mixed Biofilm Reactor
  • Soluble Microbial Products and Inert Biomass
  • Trends in CMBR Performance
  • Normalized Surface Loading
  • Nonsteady-State Biofilms
  • Special-Case Biofilm Solutions
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 5. Reactors
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Reactor Types
  • Mass Balances
  • A Batch Reactor
  • A Continuous-Flow Stirred-Tank Reactor with Effluent Recycle
  • A Plug-Flow Reactor
  • A Plug-Flow Reactor with Effluent Recycle
  • Reactors with Recycle of Settled Cells
  • Using Alternate Rate Models
  • Linking Stoichiometric Equations to Mass-Balance Equations
  • Engineering Design of Reactors
  • Reactors in Series
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 6. The Activated Sludge Process
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Characteristics of Activated Sludge
  • Process Configurations
  • Design and Operating Criteria
  • Aeration Systems
  • Bulking and Other Sludge Settling Problems.
  • Activated Sludge Design and Analysis
  • Analysis and Design of Settlers
  • Centrifugal Separations
  • Membrane Separations
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 7. Lagoons
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Aerated Lagoons
  • Stabilization Lagoons
  • Types of Stabilization Lagoons
  • Aerobic Stabilization Lagoons
  • Anaerobic Stabilization Lagoons
  • Series Operation
  • Coliform Reduction
  • Lagoon Design Details
  • Removing Suspended Solids from the Lagoon Effluent
  • Wetlands Treatment
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 8. Aerobic Biofilm Processes
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Biofilm Process Considerations
  • Trickling Filters and Biological Towers
  • Rotating Biological Contactors
  • Granular-Media Filters
  • Fluidized-Bed and Circulating-Bed Biofilm Reactors
  • Hybrid Biofilm /Suspended-Growth Processes
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 9. Nitrification
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Biochemistry and Physiology of Nitrifying Bacteria
  • Common Process Considerations
  • Activated Sludge Nitrification: One-Sludge Versus Two-Sludge
  • Biofilm Nitrification
  • Hybrid Processes
  • The Role of the Input BOD_L:TKN Ratio
  • The ANAMMOX Process
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 10. Denitrification
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Physiology of Denitrifying Bacteria
  • Tertiary Denitrification
  • One-Sludge Denitrification
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 11. Phosphorus Removal
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Normal Phosphorus Uptake into Biomass
  • Precipitation by Metal-Salts Addition to a Biological Process
  • Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 12. Drinking-Water Treatment
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Aerobic Biofilm Processes to Eliminate Biological Instability
  • Release of Microorganisms
  • Biodegradation of Specific Organic Compounds
  • Denitrification
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 13. Anaerobic Treatment by Methanogenesis
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Uses for Methanogenic Treatment
  • Reactor Configurations
  • Process Chemistry and Microbiology
  • Process Kinetics
  • Special Factors for the Design of Anaerobic Sludge Digesters
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 14. Detoxification of Hazardous Chemicals
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Factors Causing Molecular Recalcitrance
  • Synthetic Organic Chemical Classes
  • Energy Metabolism Versus Cometabolism
  • Electron Donor Versus Electron Acceptor
  • Minimum Substrate Concentration (S_min)
  • Biodegradation of Problem Environmental Contaminants
  • Summary
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • 15. Bioremediation
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Scope and Characteristics of Contaminants
  • Biodegradability
  • Contaminant Availability for Biodegradation
  • Treatability Studies
  • Engineering Strategies for Bioremediation
  • Evaluating Bioremediation
  • Bibliography
  • Problems
  • A. APPENDIX A: Free Energies of Formation for Various Chemical Species, 25?C
  • APPENDIX PRELIMINARIES
  • B. APPENDIX B: A Complete Set of Normalized Loading Curves for S_MIN* and K* Ranging from 0.01 to 100
  • APPENDIX PRELIMINARIES
  • C. ENDPAPER-1
  • ENDPAPER PRELIMINARIES
  • D. ENDPAPER-2
  • ENDPAPER PRELIMINARIES.

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