Environmental Biotechnology Principles and Applications – Bruce E. Rittmann, Perry L. McCarty
“Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications is the essential tool for understanding and designing microbiological processes used for environmental protection and improvement. The book lays a foundation in microbiology and engineering principles and provides comprehensive coverage of all the major environmental applications, from traditional ones like activated sludge and anaerobic digestion to emerging applications like detoxification of hazardous chemical and biofiltration of drinking water.”
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Basics of Microbiology
Chapter 2 Stoichiometry and Bacterial Energetics
Chapter 3 Microbial Kinetics
Chapter 4 Biofilm Kinetics
Chapter 5 Reactors
Chapter 6 The Activated Sludge Process
Chapter 7 Lagoons
Chapter 8 Aerobic Biofilm Process
Chapter 9 Nitrification
Chapter 10 Denitrification
Chapter 11 Phosphorus Removal
Chapter 12 Drinking – Water Treatment
Chapter 13 Anaerobic Treatment by Methanogenesis
Chapter 14 Detoxification of Hazardous Chemicals
Chapter 15 Bioremediation
Appendix A: Free Energies of Formation for Various Chemical
Appendix B: Normalized Surface-Loading Curves