Fundamentals and Applications of Bioremediation: Principles

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CRC Press, 1997 M09 30 - 765 pages
FROM THE INTRODUCTION
This three-volume set, Bioremediation: Principles and Practice, provides state of the art description of advances in pollution treatment and reduction using biological means; identify and address, at a fundamental level, broad scientific and technological areas that are unique to the subject or theme and that must be understood if advances are to be made; and provide a comprehensive overview of new developments at the regulatory, desk-top, bench-scale, pilot scale, and full-scale levels. The set covers all media-air, water, and soil/sediment-and blends the talents, knowledge, and know-how of academic, industrial, governmental, and international contributors.

The set addresses the removal of both hazardous and nonhazardous contaminants from the liquid, solid, and gas phase using biological processes. This includes the biological treatment of wastes of municipal and industrial origin; bioremediation of leachates, soils, and sediments; and biofiltration for contaminated gases.

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Contents

BASIC EQUATIONS OF FLOW AND TRANSPORT
19
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS FOR NUMERICAL SIMULATION
59
Alternative Numerical Approaches
76
MODELING OF COMETABOLISM FOR THE IN SITU
89
FUNDAMENTALS AND MODELING ASPECTS
135
ANALYSIS OF BIOREMEDIATION IN ORGANIC SOILS
185
MICROSCALE HETEROGENEITIES IN SOIL PROPERTIES
221
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS AND SOIL
259
MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS
457
BIOFILM PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS
511
AERATION THROUGH GASPERMEABLE MEMBRANES
547
FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOREMEDIATION TREATABILITY STUDIES
577
BIODEGRADATION OF VAPORPHASE CONTAMINANTS
601
Performance of Biofiltration Systems
617
References
630
TEST SYSTEMS FOR BALANCING AND OPTIMIZING
665

MICROORGANISMS AND THEIR ROLE IN SOIL
283
MECHANISMS OF ORGANIC POLLUTANT TRANSFORMATION
333
MOLECULAR PROBES AND BIOSENSORS IN BIOREMEDIATION
385
DESIGNING METABOLIC PATHWAYS FOR THE BIODEGRADATION
435
Summary and Outlook
687
FUNDAMENTAL
693
Index
751
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