Biotreatment of Industrial Effluents

With increasing government regulation of pollution, as well as willingness to levy punitive fines for transgressions, treatment of industrial waste is a timely subject. This book is a single source of information on treatment procedures using biochemical means for all types of solid, liquid and gaseous contaminants generated by various chemical and allied industries. These industries include producers of dye materials, chemicals, alcohol, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, paints and food processors. No other book has this broad and comprehensive coverage.

The author evaluates the aspects of biochemical destruction procedures and compares them to traditional chemical techniques. He also discusses biodegradation of highly toxic substances like dioxin, cyanide and the design of aerobic and anaerobic reactors in modeling and simulation of waste treatment systems.

This book is intended for practicing environmental engineers and technologists from any industry as well as researchers and professors. It would be useful to environmental researchers for identifying synergy between various industrial effluent treatment procedures. It can also be used as a text for higher level undergraduate and graduate level courses for environmental and chemical engineering students, environmental chemistry & environmental science majors or a supplementary text for courses in biochemistry and microbiology.