Sewer Processes

Microbial and Chemical Process Engineering of Sewer Networks, Second Edition

Thorkild Hvitved-Jacobsen, Jes Vollertsen, Asbjørn Haaning Nielsen

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9781439881774
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040062319
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Environmental Management
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Since the first edition was published over a decade ago, advancements have been made in the design, operation, and maintenance of sewer systems, and new problems have emerged. For example, sewer processes are now integrated in computer models, and simultaneously, odor and corrosion problems caused by hydrogen sulfide and other volatile organic compounds, as well as other potential health issues, have caused environmental concerns to rise.

Reflecting the most current developments, Sewer Processes: Microbial and Chemical Process Engineering of Sewer Networks, Second Edition, offers the reader updated and valuable information on the sewer as a chemical and biological reactor. It focuses on how to predict critical impacts and control adverse effects. It also provides an integrated description of sewer processes in modeling terms. This second edition is full of illustrative examples and figures, includes revisions of chapters from the previous edition, adds three new chapters, and presents extensive study questions.

• Presents new modeling tools for the design and operation of sewer networks





• Establishes sewer processes as a key element in preserving water quality





• Includes greatly expanded coverage of odor formation and prediction





• Details the WATS sewer process model





• Highlights the importance of aerobic, anoxic, and anaerobic processes

Sewer Processes: Microbial and Chemical Process Engineering of Sewer Networks, Second Edition,

provides a basis for up-to-date understanding and modeling of sewer microbial and chemical processes and demonstrates how this knowledge can be applied for the design, operation, and the maintenance of wastewater collection systems.The authors add chemical and microbial dimensions to the design and management of sewer networks with an overall aim of improved sustainability for the system itself and the surrounding environment.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Authors
• Chapter 1 Sewer Systems and Processes
• Chapter 2 In-Sewer Chemical and Physicochemical Processes
• Chapter 3 Microbiology in Sewer Networks
• Chapter 4 Sewer Atmosphere Odor and Air–Water Equilibrium and Dynamics
• Chapter 5 Aerobic and Anoxic Sewer Processes Transformations of Organic Carbon, Sulfur, and Nitrogen
• Chapter 6 Anaerobic Sewer Processes: Hydrogen Sulfide and Organic Matter Transformations
• Chapter 7 Sewer Processes and Mitigation Water and Gas Phase Control Methods
• Chapter 8 Sewer Process Modeling Concepts and Quality Assessment
• Chapter 9 WATS A Sewer Process Model for Water, Biofilm, and Gas Phase Transformations
• Chapter 10 Methods for Sewer Process Studies and Model Calibration
• Chapter 11 Applications Sewer Process Design and Perspectives
• Appendix A Units and Nomenclature
• Appendix B Definitions and Glossary
• Appendix C Acronyms
• Index