Biofilms in Wastewater Treatment
eBook - PDF

Biofilms in Wastewater Treatment

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Biofilms in Wastewater Treatment

About this book

The central theme of the book is the flow of information from experimental approaches in biofilm research to simulation and modeling of complex wastewater systems. Probably the greatest challenge in wastewater research lies in using the methods and the results obtained in one scientific discipline to design intelligent experiments in other disciplines, and eventually to improve the knowledge base the practitioner needs to run wastewater treatment plants. The purpose of Biofilms in Wastewater Treatment is to provide engineers with the knowledge needed to apply the new insights gained by researchers. The authors provide an authoritative insight into the function of biofilms on a technical and on a lab-scale, cover some of the exciting new basic microbiological and wastewater engineering research involving molecular biology techniques and microscopy, and discuss recent attempts to predict the development of biofilms. This book is divided into 3 sections: Modeling and Simulation; Architecture, Population Structure and Function; and From Fundamentals to Practical Application, which all start with a scientific question. Individual chapters attempt to answer the question and present different angles of looking at problems. In addition there is an extensive glossary to familiarize the non-expert with unfamiliar terminology used by microbiologists and computational scientists.   The colour plate section of this book can be downloaded by clicking here. (PDF Format 1 MB)

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Contributors
  4. Modeling and simulation: Introduction
  5. 1.0 What do biofilm models, mechanical ducks and artificial life have in common?
  6. 2.0 Biofilm architecture: interplay of models and experiments
  7. 3.0 Towards new mathematical models for biofilms
  8. 4.0 Beyond models: requirements and chances of computational biofilms
  9. 5.0 On the influence of fluid flow in a packed-bed biofilm reactor
  10. 6.0 The effect of biofilm heterogeneity on metabolic processes
  11. 7.0 Mass transport in heterogeneous biofilms
  12. 8.0 The crucial role of extracellular polymeric substances in biofilms
  13. 9.0 The importance of physicochemical properties in biofilm formation and activity
  14. 10.0 influence of population structure on the performance of biofilm reactors
  15. 11.0 Detatchment: an often-overlooked phenomenon in biofilm research and modelling
  16. 12.0 Deduction and induction in design and operation of biofilm reactors
  17. 13.0 Effect of clay particles on biofilm composition and reactor efficiency
  18. 14.0 Bioprocess engineering and microbiologists: a profit-sharing alliance
  19. APPENDIX: BIOGRAPHY OF MICROBIAL SAMPLES
  20. From fundamentals to practical applications: Conclusions
  21. Glossary
  22. Index