Biotreatment of Industrial Effluents

by Mukesh Doble, Anil Kumar

Overview

With increasing government regulation of pollution, as well as willingness to levy punitive fines for transgressions, treatment of industrial waste is a important subject. This book 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. The topics covered include the treatment of gaseous, liquid and solid waste from a large number of chemical and allied industries that include dye stuff, chemical, alcohol, food processing, pesticide, pharmaceuticals, paint etc. Information on aerobic and anaerobic reactors and modeling and simulation of waste treatment systems are also discussed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750678384
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	02/24/2005
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Anil Kumar is a Staff Scientist at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. Dr. Kumar received his master’s in biotechnology from Indian Institute of Roorkee, Roorkee and completed his Ph.D. from Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR), New Delhi, India. His research interest focuses on understanding the interactions within gut bacteria and between the gut flora, as well as how the result of the investigation may be helpful to devise strategies to promote human health and prevent diseases. As an inventor, he credits more than 50 granted patents for developing product & processes useful in different industries. He’s also published 50 research publications in national and international journals. He had participated in the development of biosensor which has been transferred to industry. In 2012, one of his patents has been selected for CSIR Technology Award 2012 and other US patent won Merck Millipore India Innovation Award 2012.

Table of Contents

Intro; Biochemical Treatment of Waste from Dye Stuff Industries; Biochemical Treatment of Waste from Food and Dairy Industries; Biochemical Treatment of Waste from Leather Industries; Biochemical Treatment of Waste from Paint Industries; Biochemical Treatment of Waste from Paper/ Pulp Industries; Biodegradation of Waste from Alcohol Distilleries/Sugar; Biochemical Treatment of Waste from Organic Chemical Industries; Degradation of Polymer Waste; Biochemical Treatment of Waste from Metal Processing/ Electro-chemical Industries; Biochemical Treatment of Waste from Explosive Industries; Biochemical Treatment of Waste from Semiconductor Industries; Biochemical Treatment/Degradation of Pesticides; Biochemical Treatment of Municipal Waste; Biochemical Treatment/Degradation of Cyanide; Biochemical Treatment/Degradation of Petroleum/Petrochemical Waste; Biochemical Treatment/Degradation of Waste from Nuclear Plants; Biochemical Treatment of Hospital Waste; Treatment of Industrial Gaseous Pollutants and Vocs; Biochemical Treatment of Solid Waste; Ground Water Decontamination and Treatment; Treatment/ Detoxification of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons and Aromatics and DIOXINS; Fluoride Removal Using Biochemical Approaches; Biodesulphurisation of Crude Petroleum; Dentrification; Comparison of Aerobic and Anaerobic Processes and Reactors; Environmental Disasters; Textile; Pharma; Modeling if Waste Treatment Systems.

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The most comprehensive coverage of effluents from various chemical and allied industries and the biochemical treatment procedures used to eliminate them.

Editorial Reviews

"...this is a very good reference for practicing engineers who want a single source of information about the current technology." —Steven Cooke, Process Systems Consulting, Inc., FAIC

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