Waste Treatment in the Process Industries / Edition 1

by Lawrence K. Wang, Yung-Tse Hung, Howard H. Lo, Constantine Yapijakis

Overview

Increasing demand on industrial capacity has, as an unintended consequence, produced an accompanying increase in harmful and hazardous wastes. Derived from the second edition of the popular Handbook of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment, Waste Treatment in the Process Industries outlines the fundamentals and latest developments in waste treatment in various process industries, such as pharmaceuticals, textiles, petroleum, soap, detergent, phosphate, paper, pulp, pesticides, rubber, and power. Comprehensive in scope, it provides information that is directly applicable to daily waste management problems throughout the industry.

The book contains in-depth discussions of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends for the process industry. It includes extensive bibliographies for each type of industrial process waste treatment or practice, invaluable information to anyone who needs to trace, follow, duplicate, or improve on a specific process waste treatment practice.

A quick scan of the chapters and contributors reveals the depth and breadth of the book's coverage. It provides technical and economical information on how to develop the most feasible total environmental control program that can benefit both process industry and local municipalities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849372339
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2005
Series:	Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment
Pages:	648
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lawrence K. Wang, Yung-Tse Hung, Howard H. Lo, Constantine Yapijakis

Table of Contents

Implementation of Industrial Ecology for Industrial Waste Management. Bioassay of Industrial and Hazardous Waste Pollutants. In-Plant Management and Disposal of Industrial Hazardous Substances. Application of Biotechnology for Industrial Waste Treatment. Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastes. Treatment of Oilfield and Refinery Wastes. Treatment of Soap and Detergent Industry Wastes. Treatment of Textile Wastes. Treatment of Phosphate Industry Wastes. Treatment of Pulp and Paper Mill Wastes. Treatment of Pesticide Industry Wastes. Treatment of Rubber Industry Wastes. Treatment of Power Industry Wastes.

Editorial Reviews

"I must commend the authors for an interesting and well written book that contains a plethora of data on industrial wastes and the treatment processes…."
Gary F. Bennett in Journal of Hazardous Materials, May 2006

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