| Description |
xiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Environmental disasters -- 3. Aerobic and anaerobic bioreactors -- 4. Mathematical models -- 5. Treatment of waste from organic chemical industries -- 6. Chlorinated hydrocarbons and aromatics, and dioxins -- 7. Fluoride removal -- 8. Biodegradation of pesticides -- 9. Degradation of polymers -- 10. Degradation of dyes -- 11. Textile effluent -- 12. Tannery effluent -- 13. Treatment of waste from metal processing and electrochemical industries -- 14. Semiconductor waste treatment -- 15. Waste from nuclear plants -- 16. Cyanide waste -- 17. Treatment of waste from food and dairy industries -- 18. Sugar and distillery waste -- 19. Paper and pulp -- 20. Paint industries -- 21. Pharmaceuticals -- 22. Hospital waste treatment -- 23. Treatment of waste from explosives industries -- 24. Petroleum hydrocarbon pollution -- 25. Biodesulfurization -- 26. Treatment of solid waste -- 27. Treatment of municipal waste -- 28. Groundwater decontamination and treatment -- 29. Denitrification -- 30. Gaseous pollutants and volatile organics |
| Summary |
"Biotreatment of Industrial Effluents is a single source of information on treatment procedures using biochemical means for all types of solid, liquid and gaseous contaminants generated by various chemical and allied industries. This book is intended for practicing environmental engineers and technologists from any industry as well as researchers and professors."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Factory and trade waste -- Purification.
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Waste products -- Environmental aspects.
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Bioremediation.
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| Author |
Kumar, Anil, 1946 September 23-
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| ISBN |
0750678380 |
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