Biological treatment of hazardous wastes

Summary:PublisherSummary1Aguideforengineers,scientists,andtechnicalpersonnel,providingaconceptualframeworkwithinwhichtodevelopeffectivetreatmentstailoredtoanyhazardouswastescenario.Delineatesfactorsinvolvedindesignofsuccessfulinsituandexsitubiotreatmentapproachesandoffersbalancedpresentationofbasicprinciplesandengineeringpractices,progressingfrombasicmicrobiological,biochemical,hydrogeological,andengineeringprinciplestothedevelopmentofdesignmethodologies.Topicsincludemembranebiofilmreactors,pentachlorophenolbiodegradation,andnaturalrestorationofPCB-contaminatedHudsonRiversediments.Includescasestudiesofspecifichazardouswastesituations.Annotationc.byBookNews,Inc.,Portland,Or.PublisherSummary2Thisvolumecoversboththefundamentalprinciplesandpracticalapplicationsofthebiologicaltreatmentofhazardouswastes.Biotreatmenttechniquescanbeusedtocontrolandchangeenvironmentalconditions(oxygencontent,chemicalcomposition,temperature,etc.),andtohelptransformthesewastesintoacceptableproductsinacost-effectivemanner.Thetextincludesinformationonhydrogreological,engineeringandmicrobiologicalfundamentals.