Volatile organic compounds : occurrence, behavior and ecological implications / Julian Patrick Moore, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moore, Julian Patrick, editor.

Series:

Environmental science, engineering and technology series.

Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology

Standardized Title:

Volatile organic compounds (Moore)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Volatile organic compounds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are hazardous highly toxic pollutants that cause a number of environmental and human health problems. They are released during a wide range of industrial, transportation and commercial activities and their emissions have reached high levels. This book provides a review of the occurrence, behavior and ecological implications of VOCs. Chapter One evaluates the biogeneration of volatile organic compounds produced by microalgae. Chapter Two investigates VOC pollution from industrial complexes and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Chapter Three illustrates the current knowledge of intra- and inter- organismal Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds (mVOCs)-based interactions, volatile perception, signal transduction and phenotypical responses in the receiver organisms. Chapter Four summarizes the current state of knowledge regarding the impact of emissions from gasoline powered vehicles on historical ambient VOC concentration trends, and on the current ambient urban atmosphere of the South Coast Air Basin. Chapter Five discusses the oxidation of VOCs over cyptomelane catalysts. Chapter Six studies VOCs from truffles and false truffles from Basilicata in Southern Italy. Chapter Seven discusses the removal of VOCs in the air by total catalytic oxidation promoted by catalysts.

Contents:

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: OCCURRENCE, BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: OCCURRENCE, BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: BIOGENERATION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BY MICROALGAE: OCCURRENCE, BEHAVIOR, ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; OCCURRENCE AND BEHAVIOROF VOLATILE ORGANICCOMPOUNDS FROM MICROALGAE; ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; REFERENCES

Chapter 2: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS: OCCURRENCES, BEHAVIORS AND HEALTH RISKSABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; Monitoring and Sampling Areas; Field Sampling; Field Sampling; Bench-Scale Bioreactor Experiment; VOC Sampling and Analysis; The Fugacity Model; Multivariate Statistical Analysis; Emission Rate Estimation; Health Risk Assessment; RESULTS AND DISCSSION; The Altitude Effect; The Effects of Diurnal Temperature and Seasonal Humidity Variationsby Tropical Savanna Climate

Aromatic VOCs in the WWTP and the Effects of ActivatedSludge and AerationChlorinated VOCs in the WWTP and the Effects of ActivatedSludge and Aeration; Mass and Concentration Distributions; Emission Rates; Cancer and Non-Cancer Risk Assessments; Public Health Risks Associated with the VOC Emitted from aWWTP; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: MICROBIAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND TRANS-KINGDOM INTERACTIONS: WHY ARE THEY SO IMPORTANT?; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MVOC IS ONE OF THE COMMUNICATION LANGUAGEIN SYMBIOSIS; Belowground Communication: The Habitat Rhizosphereand Rhizoplane

BACTERIA-PLANT SYMBIOSISRoot Nitrogen Fixing Nodules; ENDOPHYTES; FUNGI-PLANT SYMBIOSIS; Ectomycorrhiza; FUNGI-BACTERIA SYMBIOSIS: TRIPARTITE INTERACTIONS; MVOCS AND INSECT SYMBIOSIS; OTHER TYPE OF SYMBIOSIS: LICHENS AND CORALS; TWO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS OVERLAPPING:VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND QUORUMSENSING MOLECULES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: GASOLINE VEHICLES: THE PRIMARY CONTRIBUTOR TO AMBIENT VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) CONCENTRATIONS IN CALIFORNIA'S SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT; 3. SOURCES OF AMBIENT VOCS

4. EMISSION INVENTORY5. REGULATIONS ON EMISSION REDUCTIONS ANDTHEIR IMPACTS ON AMBIENT VOC CONCENTRATIONS; 6. UNDERESTIMATION OF VOC EMISSIONS BYEMISSION INVENTORY; 7. TAILPIPE EMISSIONS FROMGASOLINE POWERED VEHICLES,THE MAIN CONTRIBUTOR OF AMBIENT VOCS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: OXIDATION OF VOC OVER CRYPTOMELANE CATALYSTS: DOPING WITH GOLD AND ALKALI; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL; Catalyst Preparation; Characterisation Techniques; Catalytic Tests; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; Textural Characterization of Supports; XRD; TPR; SEM and TEM; XPS; Catalytic Results; CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63485-390-3