Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Treatment Technologies Handbook / Edition 1

by Chang H. Oh

Overview

Many books have been written on hazardous waste and nuclear waste separately, but none have combined the two subjects into one single-volume resource. Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Treatment Technologies Handbook covers the technologies, characteristics, and regulation of both hazardous chemical wastes and radioactive wastes. It provides an overview of recent waste technologies.

A reference for scientists and engineers, the handbook focuses on waste-related thermal and non-thermal technologies, separation techniques, and stabilization technologies. It includes information on the DOE and DOD waste matrix located at various sites. It reveals current R&D activities in each technology and what improvements can be made in the future. A detailed schematic diagram illustrates each technology so that the process can be explicitly understood. In addition, the handbook covers relative life-cycle cost estimates for treatment systems using various technologies.

With contributions from an international panel and extensively peer-reviewed, Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Treatment Technologies Handbook provides the latest information on waste remediation technologies and related regulations. Often in the field you will encounter more than one type of hazardous waste. This handbook gives you the design information you need to decide which technology to use and how to design the equipment for your particular needs. You can then incorporate appropriate technologies into a mixed waste treatment system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849395864
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/27/2001
Series:	Handbook Series for Mechanical Engineering
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	790
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Chang H. Oh

Table of Contents

EPA and Related Regulations. Waste Classification. Waste Characterization. Separation Techniques. Thermal Treatment Technologies. Non-Thermal Treatment Technologies. Stabilization and Solidification Technologies. Off-Gas Treatment. Decontamination. System Integration and Deployment. Planned Life-Cycle Cost Estimates.

Editorial Reviews

Covers the technologies, characteristics, and regulation of both hazardous chemical wastes and radioactive wastes, focusing on waste- related thermal and non-thermal technologies, separation techniques, and stabilization technologies. Early chapters survey laws and regulations applicable to mixed waste, and discuss methods for waste characterization. Specific technologies, such as thermal and nonthermal treatment, are overviewed from an engineering perspective. Later chapters examine system considerations, decontamination, system integration and deployment, and planned life-cycle costs. Useful for chemical, environmental, civil, and mechanical engineers, government officials, and graduate students. The editor is a consulting engineer and project manager at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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