An applied guide to water and effluent treatment plant design /
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| Author / Creator: | Moran, Sean. |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2018. |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11678319 |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; An Applied Guide to Water and Effluent Treatment Plant Design; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Structure; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: the nature of water and effluent treatment plant design; What is this Book About?; A Brief History of Water Treatment Plant Design; The Literature of Water Treatment Plant Design; Interaction with Other Engineering Disciplines; Hydraulic Calculations; Water Chemistry; Water Biology; Economics; Materials Selection; The Importance of Statistics in Water and Effluent Treatment
- Statistics in Sewage Treatment Plant Design and PerformanceStatistics and Discharge Consents; Contractual Arrangements in Water and Effluent Treatment; Misconceptions in Water and Effluent Treatment Plant Design; Chemical/Process Engineering Misconceptions; Academic Misconceptions; Sales Misconceptions; Further Reading; 1 Water engineering science; Introduction; 2 Water chemistry; Hardness and Alkalinity; Acids and Bases; Buffering; Buffer capacity; Scaling and Aggressiveness; Oxidation and Reduction; Oxidizing Disinfectants; Chlorine; Chlorine dioxide; Hypochlorite; Ozone; Dechlorination
- CatalysisOsmosis; Further Reading; 3 Biology; Mind the (Biology/Biochemistry) Gap; Important Microorganisms; Bacteria; Protozoa and Rotifers; Algae; Fungi; Bacterial Growth; Biochemistry; Proteins; Enzymes; Fats; Carbohydrates; Nucleic Acids; Metabolism; The Biology of Aerobic Water Treatment; The Biology of Anaerobic Water Treatment; Stage 1: Hydrolysis; Stage 2: Volatile Fatty Acid Production; Stage 3: Conversion of Higher Fatty Acids to Acetic Acid by Acetogenic Microorganisms; Stage 4: Conversion of Acetic Acid to Methane and Carbon Dioxide by Methanogenic Bacteria
- 4 Engineering science of water treatment unit operationsIntroduction; Coagulation/Flocculation; Coagulants; Flocculants; Sedimentation/Flotation; Sedimentation; Flotation; Gravity flotation; Dissolved air flotation; Filtration; Membrane Filtration/Screening; Depth Filtration; Mixing; Combining Substances; Promotion of Flocculation; Heat and Mass Transfer; Suspension of Solids; Gas Transfer; Adsorption; Disinfection and Sterilization; Dechlorination; Further Reading; 5 Fluid mechanics; Introduction; The Key Concepts; Pressure and Pressure Drop, Head and Headloss; Rheology
- Bernoulli's EquationsDarcy-Wiesbach Equation; Less Accurate Explicit Equation; Stokes Law; Further Reading; 2 Clean water treatment engineering; Introduction; 6 Clean water characterization and treatment objectives; Impurities Commonly Found in Water; Characterization; Microbiological Quality; Color; Suspended Solids; Alkalinity; Iron; Manganese; Total Dissolved Solids; Treatment Objectives; Potable Water; Cooling Water; Ultrapure Water; Boiler feed water; Pharmaceutical water; Semiconductor processing water; Further Reading; 7 Clean water unit operation design: physical processes