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Fundamentals of biological wastewater treatment
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- Creator
- Udo Wiesmann, In Su Choi, Eva-Maria Dombrowski
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, ©2007
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xxvii, 362 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 3527609601, 1280854413, 9783527609574, 9783527312191, 3527609571, 9786610854417, 3527312196, 9783527609604
- OCLC
- ocn123897989
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Symbols and Abbreviations -- 1 Historical Development of Wastewater Collection and Treatment -- 1.1 Water Supply and Wastewater Management in Antiquity -- 1.2 Water Supply and Wastewater Management in the Medieval Age -- 1.3 First Studies in Microbiology -- 1.4 Wastewater Management by Direct Discharge into Soil and Bodies of Water -- The First Studies -- 1.5 Mineralization of Organics in Rivers, Soils or by Experiment -- A Chemical or Biological Process? -- 1.6 Early Biological Wastewater Treatment Processes -- 1.7 The Cholera Epidemics -- Were They Caused by Bacteria Living in the Soil or Water? -- 1.8 Early Experiments with the Activated Sludge Process -- 1.9 Taking Samples and Measuring Pollutants -- 1.10 Early Regulations for the Control of Wastewater Discharge -- References -- 2 Wastewater Characterization and Regulations -- 2.1 Volumetric Wastewater Production and Daily Changes -- 2.2 Pollutants -- 2.2.1 Survey -- 2.2.2 Dissolved Substances -- 2.2.3 Colloids -- 2.2.4 Suspended Solids -- 2.3 Methods for Measuring Dissolved Organic Substances as Total Parameters -- 2.3.1 Biochemical Oxygen Demand -- 2.3.2 Chemical Oxygen Demand -- 2.3.3 Total and Dissolved Organic Carbon -- 2.4 Legislation -- 2.4.1 Preface -- 2.4.2 German Legislation -- 2.4.3 EU Guidelines -- References -- 3 Microbial Metabolism -- 3.1 Some Remarks on the Composition and Morphology of Bacteria (Eubacteria) -- 3.2 Proteins and Nucleic Acids -- 3.2.1 Proteins -- 3.2.2 Nucleic Acids -- 3.3 Catabolism and Anabolism -- 3.3.1 ADP and ATP -- 3.3.2 Transport of Protons -- 3.3.3 Catabolism of Using Glucose -- 3.3.4 Anabolism -- References -- 4 Determination of Stoichiometric Equations for Catabolism and Anabolism -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Aerobic Degradation of Organic Substances -- 4.2.1 Degradation of Hydrocarbons Without Bacterial Decay -- 4.2.2 Mineralization of 2,4-Dinitrophenol -- 4.2.3 Degradation of Hydrocarbons with Bacterial Decay -- 4.3 Measurement of O(2) Consumption Rate r(O(2), S) and CO(2) Production Rate r(CO(2), S) -- PROBLEM 4.1 -- References -- 5 Gas/Liquid Oxygen Transfer and Stripping -- 5.1 Transport by Diffusion -- 5.2 Mass Transfer Coefficients -- 5.2.1 Definition of Specific Mass Transfer Coefficients -- 5.2.2 Two Film Theory -- 5.3 Measurement of Specific Overall Mass Transfer Coefficients K(L)a -- 5.3.1 Absorption of Oxygen During Aeration -- 5.3.2 Desorption of Volatile Components During Aeration -- 5.4 Oxygen Transfer Rate, Energy Consumption and Efficiency in Large-scale Plants -- 5.4.1 Surface Aeration -- 5.4.2 Deep Tank Aeration -- 5.5 Dimensional Analysis and Transfer of Models -- 5.5.1 Introduction -- 5.5.2 Power Consumption of a Stirred, Non-aerated Tank -- A Simple Example -- 5.5.3 Description of Oxygen Transfer, Power Consumption and Efficiency by Surface Aerators Using Dimensionless Numbers -- 5.5.4 Application of Dimensionless Numbers for Surface Aeration -- PROBLEM -- References -- 6