Discusses two main environmental applications of biosorption and bioaccumulation processes. This book reports examples of the application of human hair and consumable tissues of animals, and various parts of plants (green parts as well as wood) in environmental pollution monitoring.
Focusing on theory, correlations, and predictive methods, this title addresses the data requirements for assessing environmental fate, especially rates of transport between air, water, and soil. This book presents the fundamentals of mass transport and offers discussions of individual transport processes and individual mass-transport coefficients.
Integrates a number of subjects in environmental studies and provides a realistic and objective evaluation of pollution. This book focuses on the scientific assessment of environmental quality by developing a framework of principles that can be applied to any environmental problem. It addresses tactical issues for managers and government workers.
Microorganisms, particularly bacteria, are responsible for the decomposition of both natural and synthetic organic compounds in nature. This work is devoted to the research on environmental biodegradation which is the destruction of organic compounds by microorganisms.
Presents and discusses research in the study of soil contaminants. This book covers topics that include a risk assessment of arsenic in homegrown vegetables; soil properties and crop performance in the semi-arid subtropics of Australia; pesticides as a threat or boon to fertile agricultural lands; and, more.
Despite the large research effort in both public and commercial companies, no textbook has yet been written on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). This book provides an overview, examining the dominant processes as well as the mathematical and numerical methods necessary to analyze the relevant systems.
Presents techniques for sampling radioactivity in the air. This book discusses radionuclides found in nature, developed during industrial operations, and those that appear in the aftermath of a catastrophe, such as a nuclear reactor release. It details methods for measuring airborne radioactive substances.
Presents methodological developments in phytoremediation research, and outlines a variety of the contexts in which phytoremediation has begun to be applied. In thsi book, a significant portion is devoted to methods for the production of plants that are able to degrade, take up, or tolerate the effects of pollutants.
* Aids readers in understanding the outcome of important organic environmental pollutants in the environment* Cover the state-of-the-art analytical techniques used to detect AOCs, such as NMR, FTIR absorption spectroscopies, and biosensors* AOCs range from gasoline components (e.g.
Offers baseline data for designing plants for the treatment of industrial effluents rich in the metallic species in general and that of nickel and chromium in particular. This book includes results and data from research and adsorption experiments carried out on the removal of nickel and chromium from aqueous solutions using modified silica sand.
Offers a concise overview of issues related to air quality. This work contains chapters including: basic principles and classification or air pollution, radiative transfer, atmospheric boundary layer, gas-phase chemistry, aerosols and multiphase processes and chemistry transport models.
Fly ash is one of the residues generated in the combustion of coal. Fly ash is generally captured from the chimneys of coal-fired power plants, and is one of two types of ash that jointly are known as coal ash; the other, bottom ash, is removed from the bottom of coal furnaces.
Presents a systematic exposition of the design features of constructed wetlands, and their management (in terms of siting, physical maintenance, and operation). This book features selection of plant species, managing their growth and harvesting cycles, and the impact these have on the attenuation of organic and inorganic pollutants and nutrients.
Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is a technology aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels during industrial and energy-related processes. This book provides an overview of the range of technologies involved in carbon dioxide capture and sequestration. It provides insight into CSS technical processes.
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem that is physical systems or living organisms. This book reviews research on global pollution control including organic waste valorisation in agriculture and its environmental risk implications.
Carbon capture and sequestration is of great interest because potentially large amounts of CO2 produced by the industrial burning of fossil fuels could be sequestered. This book explores policies that Congress is considering to reduce US emissions of greenhouse gases.
The electric utility industry is a major source of air pollution, particularly sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and mercury (Hg), as well as unregulated greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2). This book summarises the evaluation of the status and trends in our nation's air quality.
Although addressing greenhouse gases (GHG) is a leading priority of the President and many members of Congress, the ability to limit these emissions exists under Clean Air Act authorities that Congress has enacted. This book reviews the various options that the EPA could exercise to control GHG emissions from stationary sources under the Act.
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) enforcement office maintains civil and criminal enforcement programs to help enforce the requirements of major federal environmental laws. This book focuses on the EPA's vow to pursue civil and criminal violations of environmental laws.
One of the most challenging environmental threats to the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has been the sickening and deadly cloud of smoky pollution caused by widespread burning of land and forests in Indonesia. This book examines both the threat and response to it, analysing environmental cooperation in Southeast Asia.
Remediation of contaminated soils is one of the most important environmental issues. Chemical soil degradation affects 12 per cent of all degraded soils in the world, totalling 2 billions hectares. Costs related to remediation of contaminated soils (particularly with heavy metals) are very high.
Hazardous waste is a waste with properties that make it dangerous or potentially harmful to human health or the environment. Hazardous wastes can be liquids, solids, contained gases, or sludges. One major type is radioactive waste. This book brings together the research in this diverse field.
Aimed at developing a common language among scientists working in the field of Phytoremediation. This book provides discussion summaries and practical recommendations, emanating from the working group and round table discussions in separate chapters.
Excessive levels of heavy metals can be introduced into the environment, for example, by industrial waste or fertilizers. This book provides a look at where heavy metals ions come from, how they interact with the environment and how they can be removed from the environment - by a process known as remediation.
Aerosol Measurement: Principles, Techniques, and Applications Third Edition is the most detailed treatment available of the latest aerosol measurement methods. Drawing on the know-how of numerous expert contributors; it provides a solid grasp of measurement fundamentals and practices a wide variety of aerosol applications.
Leading pollution control educators and practicing professionals describe how various combinations of different cutting-edge process systems can be arranged to solve air, noise, and thermal pollution problems. Each chapter in this book discusses in detail the three basic forms in which pollutants and waste are manifested - gas, solid, and liquid.
Nationally-recognised studies and our contacts with a diverse group of industry representatives, non-governmental organisations, and academic researchers show that key barriers to CCS deployment include underdeveloped and costly CO2 capture technology and regulatory and legal uncertainties over CO2 capture, injection, and storage.
Soil contamination is caused by the presence of man-made chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. The most common chemicals involved the contamination are petroleum hydrocarbons, solvents, pesticides, lead and other heavy metals. This book gathers research from around the globe in this field.
Sulphur dioxide is widely used in many industrial areas, for example in the production of sulphuric acid, and also as a reducing, bleaching, refrigerating agent and antioxidant. Due to a range of applications, it is one of the major atmospheric pollutants. This title presents research data from across the globe in the study of sulphur dioxide.