Wastewater engineering : treatment and resource recovery /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Tchobanoglous, George
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2014]
Edition:Fifth edition.
Series:McGraw-Hill series in civil and environmental engineering.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; About the Authors; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1 Introduction to Wastewater Treatment and Process Analysis; 1-1 Evolution of Wastewater Treatment; Treatment Objectives; Current Health and Environmental Concerns; Sustainability Considerations; 1-2 Evolution of Regulations of Significance to Wastewater Engineering; Establishment of Environmental Protection Agency; Important Federal Regulations; Other Federal Regulations; State and Regional Regulations; 1-3 Characteristics of Wastewater; Sources of Wastewater; Types of Collection Systems
  • Wastewater Constituents1-4 Classification of Wastewater Treatment Methods; Physical Unit Processes; Chemical Unit Processes; Biological Unit Processes; 1-5 Application of Treatment Methods; Wastewater Processing; Residuals Processing; Typical Treatment Process Flow Diagrams; 1-6 Status of Wastewater Treatment in the United States; Recent Survey Results; Trends; 1-7 Introduction to Process Analysis; Mass-Balance Analysis; Application of the Mass-Balance Analysis; 1-8 Reactors Used in Wastewater Treatment; Types of Reactors; Hydraulic Characteristics of Reactors; Application of Reactors
  • 1-9 Modeling Ideal Flow in ReactorsIdeal Flow in Complete-Mix Reactor; Ideal Plug-Flow Reactor; 1-10 Introduction to Process Kinetics; Types of Reactions; Rate of Reaction; Specific Reaction Rate; Effects of Temperature on Reaction Rate Coefficients; Reaction Order; Rate Expressions Used in Wastewater Treatment; Analysis of Reaction Rate Coefficients; 1-11 Introduction to Treatment Process Modeling; Batch Reactor with Reaction; Complete-Mix Reactor with Reaction; Complete-Mix Reactors in Series with Reaction; Ideal Plug-Flow Reactor with Reaction
  • Comparison of Complete-Mix and Plug-Flow Reactors with ReactionPlug-Flow Reactor with Axial Dispersion and Reaction; Other Reactor Flow Regimes and Reactor Combinations; Problems and Discussion Topics; 2 Wastewater Characteristics; 2-1 Wastewater Characterization; Wastewater Properties and Constituents; Constituents of Concern in Wastewater Treatment; 2-2 Sampling and Analytical Procedures; Sampling; Methods of Analysis; Units of Expression for Physical and Chemical Parameters; Useful Chemical Relationships; 2-3 Physical Properties; Sources of Physical Properties; Solids
  • Particle Size and Particle Size MeasurementParticle Size Distribution; Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites; Turbidity; Relationship Between Turbidity and TSS; Color; Absorption/Transmittance; Temperature; Thermal Energy Content of Wastewater; Conductivity; Density, Specific Gravity, and Specific Weight; 2-4 Inorganic Nonmetallic Constituents; Sources of Inorganic Nonmetallic Constituents; pH; Chlorides; Alkalinity; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Sulfur; Gases; Odors; 2-5 Metallic Constituents; Sources of Metallic Constituents; Importance of Metals; Sampling and Methods of Analysis