Environmental Biotechnology : Principles and Applications / Bruce E. Rittmann, Perry L. McCarty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rittmann, Bruce E., author.

McCarty, Perry L., author.

Series:

McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioremediation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications is the essential tool for understanding and designing microbiological processes used for environmental protection and improvement. The book lays a foundation in microbiology and engineering principles and provides comprehensive coverage of all the major environmental applications, from traditional ones like activated sludge and anaerobic digestion to emerging applications like detoxification of hazardous chemicals and biofiltration of drinking water. An abundance of worked examples that show in a step-by-step way how the tools are used in analysis and design enrich the discussion. Environmental Biotechnology is the authoritative source for learning how processes in environmental biotechnology work and how to create reliable processes to meet contemporary and emerging needs. Students, practitioners, and researchers will find this book invaluable.

Contents:

A. McGraw-Hill Series in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering

B. Dedication

C. PREFACE

1. Basics of Microbiology

2. Stoichiometry and Bacterial Energetics

3. Microbial Kinetics

4. Biofilm Kinetics

5. Reactors

6. The Activated Sludge Process

7. Lagoons

8. Aerobic Biofilm Processes

9. Nitrification

10. Denitrification

11. Phosphorus Removal

12. Drinking-Water Treatment

13. Anaerobic Treatment by Methanogenesis

14. Detoxification of Hazardous Chemicals

15. Bioremediation

A. APPENDIX A: Free Energies of Formation for Various Chemical Species, 25?C

B. APPENDIX B: A Complete Set of Normalized Loading Curves for S_MIN* and K* Ranging from 0.01 to 100

C. ENDPAPER-1

D. ENDPAPER-2

Tools and Media

table (137)

figure (134)

graph (58)

Expanded Table of Contents

A. McGraw-Hill Series in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering

CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES

The Cell

Taxonomy and Phylogeny

Prokaryotes

Eukarya

Viruses

Infectious Disease

Biochemistry

Enzymes

Energy Capture

Metabolism

Genetics and Information Flow

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)

Phylogeny

Microbial Ecology

Tools to Study Microbial Ecology

Bibliography

Problems

An Example Stoichiometric Equation

Empirical Formula for Microbial Cells

Substrate Partitioning and Cellular Yield

Energy Reactions

Overall Reactions for Biological Growth

Energetics and Bacterial Growth

Yield Coefficient and Reaction Energetics

Oxidized Nitrogen Sources

Basic Rate Expressions

Parameter Values

Basic Mass Balances

Mass Balances on Inert Biomass and Volatile Solids

Soluble Microbial Products

Nutrients and Electron Acceptors

Input Active Biomass

Hydrolysis of Particulate and Polymeric Substrates

Inhibition

Other Alternate Rate Expressions

Microbial Aggregation

Why Biofilms?

The Idealized Biofilm

The Steady-State Biofilm

The Steady-State-Biofilm Solution

Estimating Parameter Values

Average Biofilm SRT

Completely Mixed Biofilm Reactor

Soluble Microbial Products and Inert Biomass

Trends in CMBR Performance

Normalized Surface Loading

Nonsteady-State Biofilms

Special-Case Biofilm Solutions

Reactor Types

Mass Balances

A Batch Reactor

A Continuous-Flow Stirred-Tank Reactor with Effluent Recycle

A Plug-Flow Reactor

A Plug-Flow Reactor with Effluent Recycle

Reactors with Recycle of Settled Cells

Using Alternate Rate Models

Linking Stoichiometric Equations to Mass-Balance Equations

Engineering Design of Reactors

Reactors in Series

Characteristics of Activated Sludge

Process Configurations

Design and Operating Criteria

Aeration Systems

Bulking and Other Sludge Settling Problems.

Activated Sludge Design and Analysis

Analysis and Design of Settlers

Centrifugal Separations

Membrane Separations

Aerated Lagoons

Stabilization Lagoons

Types of Stabilization Lagoons

Aerobic Stabilization Lagoons

Anaerobic Stabilization Lagoons

Series Operation

Coliform Reduction

Lagoon Design Details

Removing Suspended Solids from the Lagoon Effluent

Wetlands Treatment

Biofilm Process Considerations

Trickling Filters and Biological Towers

Rotating Biological Contactors

Granular-Media Filters

Fluidized-Bed and Circulating-Bed Biofilm Reactors

Hybrid Biofilm /Suspended-Growth Processes

Biochemistry and Physiology of Nitrifying Bacteria

Common Process Considerations

Activated Sludge Nitrification: One-Sludge Versus Two-Sludge

Biofilm Nitrification

Hybrid Processes

The Role of the Input BOD_L:TKN Ratio

The ANAMMOX Process

Physiology of Denitrifying Bacteria

Tertiary Denitrification

One-Sludge Denitrification

Normal Phosphorus Uptake into Biomass

Precipitation by Metal-Salts Addition to a Biological Process

Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal

Aerobic Biofilm Processes to Eliminate Biological Instability

Release of Microorganisms

Biodegradation of Specific Organic Compounds

Denitrification

Uses for Methanogenic Treatment

Reactor Configurations

Process Chemistry and Microbiology

Process Kinetics

Special Factors for the Design of Anaerobic Sludge Digesters

Factors Causing Molecular Recalcitrance

Synthetic Organic Chemical Classes

Energy Metabolism Versus Cometabolism

Electron Donor Versus Electron Acceptor

Minimum Substrate Concentration (S_min)

Biodegradation of Problem Environmental Contaminants

Summary

Scope and Characteristics of Contaminants

Biodegradability

Contaminant Availability for Biodegradation

Treatability Studies

Engineering Strategies for Bioremediation

Evaluating Bioremediation

APPENDIX PRELIMINARIES

ENDPAPER PRELIMINARIES

ENDPAPER PRELIMINARIES.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Environmental Biotechnology : Principles and Applications.

ISBN:

9781260440591 (print-ISBN)

1260440591 (print-ISBN)

OCLC:

1048270870

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