Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Strategic Perspectives in Solid Waste and Wastewater Management - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128210095 ISBN 13: 9780128210093

Publisher: Elsevier, 2021

Synopsis

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Strategic Perspectives in Solid Waste and Waste Water Management explores conventional and advanced biotechnologies for waste management, including socio-economic aspects, techno-economic feasibility, models and modeling tools, and a detailed LCA approach in SW and WW. These innovative technologies are highly applicable to current real-world situations. The enormous increase in the quantum and diversity of SW and WW - including waste materials generated by human activity and their potentially harmful effects on the environment and public health - have led to increasing awareness about an urgent need to adopt novel technologies for appropriate management of both SW and WW.

While there is an obvious need to minimize the generation of wastes and to reuse and recycle them, the technologies for managing such wastes can play a vital role in mitigating problems. Besides recovery of substantial energy, these technologies can lead to a considerable reduction in the overall waste quantities requiring final disposal, which can be better managed for safe disposal in a controlled manner while meeting pollution control standards.

• Outlines appropriate technologies for SW and WW management systems and their applications
• Presents and evaluates the Best Available Technologies (BAT) and includes global case studies
• Provides methods for evaluating the way to use appropriate technological systems to develop the best technically and economically feasible projects worldwide
• Offers an excellent resource for university students to use for their research, dissertations, etc.

About this title

About the Authors

Dr. Sunil Kumar is a Principal Scientist and Head of Technology Development Centre at CSIR- -NEERI, Nagpur, India. Dr. Kumar is a Ph. D in Env. Engg. and has extensive experience in the field of Solid and Hazardous Waste Management. He has published more than 100 research papers and carried out several research/consultancy projects in the field of Solid and Hazardous Waste Management.

Rakesh Kumar acquired qualifications of Environment Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1987. He then pursued work on developing technologies for automobile pollution control, which also led to a Ph.D.in Environment Engineering. Dr. Kumar's experience includes a wide range of environment science and engineering field, such as: Air Pollution Control and Management, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Hazardous & Municipal Waste Management, Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Audit and Climate Change.

Prof. Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. His major research and technological development interests are industrial and environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels and chemicals, waste to wealth and energy, etc.

From the Back Cover

The enormous increase in the quantum and diversity of SW and WW including waste materials generated by human activity and their potentially harmful effects on the general environment and public health have led to increasing awareness about an urgent need to adopt novel technologies for appropriate management of both SW and WW. While there is an obvious need to minimize the generation of wastes and to reuse and recycle them, the technologies for managing such wastes can play a vital role in mitigating the problems. Besides recovery of substantial energy, these technologies can lead to a considerable reduction in the overall waste quantities requiring final disposal, which can be better managed for safe disposal in a controlled manner while meeting the pollution control standards. Strategic Perspectives in Solid Waste and Waste Water Management provides basic knowledge and information regarding conventional and advanced technologies, socio-economic aspects, techno-economic feasibility, models and available modelling tools and detailed LCA approach in SW and WW. These innovative technologies and novel prospective in both sectors are applicable to real current situations.

The book highlights
1) The conventional and advanced treatment processes both in SW and WW field
2) Information regarding recovery of “Value-Added Materials” in the sector of SW and WW
3) Models and available modelling techniques in the sector of SW and WW
4) The global case studies, opportunities and challenges (technical constraints, Institutional constraints and social constraints) associated with the management in the sector of SW and WW
5) Application of LCA and considerations in economic evaluation of solid waste and waste water treatment processes

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0128210095
• ISBN 13: 9780128210093
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Kumar Sunil, Kumar Rakesh, Pandey Ashok