Process Engineering for Pollution Control and Waste Minimization

Offers up-to-date technical information on current and potential pollution control and waste minimization practices, providing industry-specific case studies, techniques and models.

Part 1 Engineering Issues in Pollution Control and Waste Minimization: Processing Engineering for Pollution Control and Waste Minimization * Selection of Least Hazardous Material Alternatives * Multiple Approaches to Environmental Decisions * Introduction to Engineering Evaluation for Contaminated Sites * Innovative Approaches to Cleanup Level Development * Designing to Prevent Pollution * Biochemical, Genetic and Ecological Approaches to Solving Problems During in situ and Off-Site Bioremediation * Commandments of Waste Management * A Proactive Approach to Environmental Management: Meeting Environmental and Competitive Challenges * Heath Hazards Associated with Pollution Control and Waste Minimization * Part 2 Methodologies of Waste Control: Techniques for Controlling Solid and Liquid Wastes * Solidification and Stabilisation Techniques for Waste Control * Soil Remediation with Environmentally Processed Asphalt (EPAT) * Lead Decontamination of Superfund Sites * A Secure Geologic Repository for Hazardous Waste Residuals * Photocatalytic Degradation of Hazardous Wastes * Photocatalytic Oxidation of Organic Contaminants * Biodegradation of Organic Pollutants in Soil * Siallon: The Microencapsulation of Hydrocarbons Within a Silica Cell * Remediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Solids Using Polysilicates * Fluidized Bed Combustion for Waste Minimization - Emissions and Ash Related Issues * Part 3 Wastewater Treatment: An Overview of Physical, Biological, and Chemical Processes for Wastewater Treatment * Freeze Concentration: Its Application in Hazardous Wastewater Treatment * Organoclay Sorbents for Selective Removal of Organics from Water and Wastewater * Removal of Chromate, Cyanide, and Heavy Metals from Wastewater * Neutralization Tactics for Acidic Industrial Wastewater * Part 4 Modelling for Pollution Control: Introducing Uncertainty of Aquifer Parameters into an Optimization Model * Application of Total Quality Management (TQM) Principles to Pollution Prevention