Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook

Woodard & Curran Woodard & Curran Inc., Woodard & Curran, Inc.

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN: 9780080459868
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Environmental Management
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook provides the most reliable methodology for identifying which waste types are produced from particular industrial processes and how they can be treated. There is a thorough explanation of the fundamental mechanisms by which pollutants become dissolved or become suspended in water or air. Building on this knowledge, the reader will learn how different treatment processes work, how they can be optimized, and the most efficient method for selecting candidate treatment processes.Utilizing the most up-to-date examples from recent work at one of the leading environmental and science consulting firms, this book also illustrates approaches to solve various environmental quality problems and the step-by-step design of facilities.- Practical applications to assist with the selection of appropriate treatment technology for target pollutants- Includes case studies based on current work by experts in waste treatment, disposal, management, environmental law and data management- Provides glossary and table of acronyms for easy reference

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Evaluating and Selecting Industrial Waste Treatment Systems

Publisher Summary

Industrial-waste treatment encompasses a wide array of environmental, technical, and regulatory considerations. Regardless of the industry type, the evaluation and selection of waste treatment technologies follow various steps that help to meet the goal of minimizing waste toxicity and volume. These steps describe the waste-producing processes and evaluate the optimal balance of efficiency and cost, where the cost includes both treatment and disposal. This chapter presents an illustration of the treatment-evaluation process as applied to two different waste streams: industrial wastewater and air emissions. The chapter demonstrates, through specific examples, the basic engineering approach to evaluate and select waste-treatment technologies. This approach provides a basis for the evaluation of an industrial-process technology or treatment train. It can be applied, in an abbreviated form, to the evaluation of individual equipment choices or, in very detailed form, to the design of an entire treatment facility. When coupled with an understanding of the cost and consequences of the final disposal, it ensures a sound and effective treatment system for even the most complex waste stream.

The approach used to develop systems to treat and dispose of industrial wastes is distinctly different from the approach used for municipal wastes. There is a lot of similarity in the characteristics of wastes from one municipality, or one region, to another. Because of this, the best approach to designing a treatment system for municipal wastes is to analyze the performance characteristics of many existing municipal systems and deduce an optimal set of design parameters for the system under consideration. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of other systems, rather than on the waste stream under consideration. In the case of industrial waste, however, few industrial plants have a high degree of similarity between products produced and wastes generated. Therefore, emphasis is placed on analysis of the wastes under consideration, rather than on what is taking place at other industrial locations. This is not to say that there is little value in analyzing the performance of treatment systems at other more or less similar industrial locations. Quite the opposite is true. It is simply a matter of emphasis.

Wastes from industries are customarily produced as liquid wastes (such as process wastes, which go to an on-site or off-site wastewater treatment system), solid wastes (including hazardous wastes, which include some liquids), or air pollutants; often, the three are managed by different people or departments. These wastes are managed and regulated differently, depending on the characteristics of the wastes and the process producing them. They are regulated by separate and distinct bodies of laws and regulations, and, historically, public and governmental focus has shifted from one category (e.g., wastewater) to another (e.g., hazardous wastes) as the times change. However, the fact is that the three categories of wastes are closely interrelated, both as they impact the environment and as they are generated and managed by individual industrial facilities. For example, solid wastes disposed of in the ground can influence the quality of groundwater and surface waters by way of leachate entering the groundwater and traveling with it thro...

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Preface to First Edition
• Preface to Second Edition
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Evaluating and Selecting Industrial Waste Treatment Systems
• Chapter 2: Fundamentals
• Chapter 3: Laws and Regulations
• Chapter 4: Pollution Prevention
• Chapter 5: Waste Characterization
• Chapter 6: Industrial Stormwater Management
• Chapter 7: Methods for Treating Wastewaters from Industry
• Chapter 8: Treatment of Air Discharges from Industry
• Chapter 9: Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal
• Chapter 10: Wastes from Industries (Case Studies)
• Glossary & Acronyms
• Index