Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and ApplicationsIn Environmental Biotechnology-Principles and Applications, the authors connect the many different facets of environmental biotechnology. The book develops the basic concepts and quantitative tools in the first six chapters, which comprise the principles. The text consistently calls upon those principles as it describes the applications in Chapters 7 through 16. The theme is that all microbiological processes behave in ways that are understandable, predictable, and unified. At the same time, each application has its own special features that must be understood. The special features do not overturn or sidestep the common principles. Instead, they complement the principles and are most profitably understood in light of the principles. |
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Environmental Biotechnology: New Approaches and Prospective Applications Marian Petre Limited preview - 2013 |
Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications Bruce E. Rittmann,Perry L. McCarty No preview available - 2001 |
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acetate acid activated sludge active biomass aerated lagoons aerobic algae ammonium anaerobic Archaea assume autotrophs bacteria bdet biodegradable biofilm biofilm reactor biological biomass BOD5 carbon cell chemical chemostat coefficient computed contains CSTR denitrification effluent effluent concentration effluent quality electron acceptor electron donor energy environmental enzyme Equation ethanol example factor Figure floc flow rate fluidized flux glucose half-reaction HCO3 heterotrophic increase influent input kg/m²-d kg/m³ kinetics kJ/e m²-d m³/d mass balance membrane methane methanogens mg BODL mg/l microbial microorganisms mixed NADH NH-N nitrate nitrification nitrogen normal nutrients operation organic oxidation oxygen parameters percent phototrophs plug-flow production ratio reaction recycle reduced Rittmann settler settling tank sludge blanket Smin soluble stabilization lagoons steady-state substrate substrate concentration surface area suspended solids synthesis temperature treatment system typical underflow values volume VSSa-d waste wastewater