Biological Treatment Processes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wang, Lawrence K. (Editor), Pereira, Norman C. (Editor), Hung, Yung-Tse (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2009.
• Series: Handbook of Environmental Engineering ; 8
• Subjects: Environment.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Waste management.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Pollution prevention.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.

Pollution and its effects on the environment have emerged as critical areas of research within the past 30 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 Volume 8,...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamental Concepts for Environmental Processes
• Treatment by Application Onto Land
• Treatment by Subsurface Application
• Submerged Aeration
• Surface and Spray Aeration
• Activated Sludge Processes
• Pure Oxygen Activated Sludge Process
• Waste Stabilization Ponds and Lagoons
• Trickling Filters
• Rotating Biological Contactors
• Sequencing Batch Reactors
• Oxidation Ditch
• Biological Nitrification and Denitrification Processes
• Anaerobic Digestion
• Aerobic Digestion
• Biosolids Composting
• Vermicomposting Process
• Biological Odor and VOC Control Process.