Environmental Technology and Sustainability
Physical, Chemical and Biological Technologies for Clean Environmental Management
- 1st Edition - April 7, 2020
- Latest edition
- Authors: Basanta Kumara Behera, Ram Prasad
- Language: English
Environmental Technology and Sustainability: Physical, Chemical and Biological Technologies for Clean Environmental Management provides a dependable source of information on the fu… Read more
Environmental Technology and Sustainability: Physical, Chemical and Biological Technologies for Clean Environmental Management provides a dependable source of information on the fundamental scientific evidence involved in environmental protection and sustainable development. The book provides the basic natural sciences that underpin the understanding, development and application of environment technologies that support a clean inhabitable world that includes environmental technologies and sustainable, renewable energy systems. It considers the science and technology for environmental benefits, including the development of both smarter, cleaner technologies for environmental protection, conservation, and more.
- Provides methods and processes for CO2 Sequestration
- Focuses on technologies for reducing greenhouse gases and for biofuel production
- Outlines issues surrounding contaminated water and provides solutions for water management
- Describes problems facing air pollution, including sources and mitigation
- Includes contaminated soil management
The book will serve as a suitable reference for students, scientists and researchers at universities, industries, and government agencies interested in environmental technology, pollution control, Soil and atmosphere management and all disciplines related to environmental communities & policy maker
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1From the Rio Earth Summit to Earth Day1.2 Looking for U.S. Leadership1.3 Filling the Environmental Policy Gaps1.4 Developing a Binding Framework of Environmental Principles.1.5 Rules Right Regarding the Climate Regime.1.6 Imposing Liability and Providing Compensation1.7 Emphasizing Environmental Restoration1.8 Chemicals Persist in the Environment 1.9 Water Shortages1.10 Kyoto Protocol for Global Environment1.11 International Environmental Law Principles1.12 Integrating Environmental Protection into the Global Economy1.13 Emphasizing the Individual to Protect the Global Environment1.14 Democratizing International Environmental Law1.15 Integrating Human Rights and the Environment
Chapter 2 Greenhouse gas capture and conversion2.1 Capture from Flue Gases and Other Sources2.2 CO2 Sequestration and Capture Technologies2.3 The Production of Value-added Products, Materials and Fuel from CO22.4 CO2 as an Energy Vector for Efficient Use of Solar Energy2.5 The Use of Algae to Convert CO2 Indirectly into High-value Products2.6 Harvesting Energy from Carbon Dioxide Emissions2.7 CO2-to-fuel Conversion2.8 Advanced Catalysts for CO2 Recycle Technologies
Chapter 3 Aqueous-phase Conservation and management3.1 Fresh Water Aquatic Ecosystem Management3.1.1River3.1.2 Natural Lake3.1.3 Marine3.1.3.1 Marine Ecology and Management3.1.3.2 Direct Ethanol Production from Marine Algae3.1.3.3 Direct Hydrogen Production from Marine Algae3.1.3.4 Marine Based Oil Refinery3.1.4 Oil Spill Removal from Marine and Fresh Water Ecosystems 3.1.4.1 Chemical and Mechanical Tehnology 3.1.4.2 Microbial Technology3.2 Contaminated Water and Management3.2.1 Sewage water Treatment and Recycling3.2.2 Direct Electricity from Sewage water and Cleaning 3.2.3 Methane from Sewage water 3.2.4 Detoxification of Sewage Water3.2.5 Nanoparticle Synthesis and Stabilization for Water Treatment3.2.6 Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Recycling 3.3 Treatment of Dense Non-Aqueous Phase3.4 Groundwater quality control3.4.1 Ground Water Shifting Control
Chapter 4 Contaminated Soil Management 4.1Landfill Technology 4.1.1 Traditional Landfills and Associated Problem45.1.2 Working of Bioreactor Landfill4.1.3 Advantages of Bioreactor Landfill4.1.4 Disadvantage of Bioreactor Landfills4.1.5 Implementation of Bioreactor Landfills4.1.6 Semi-aerobic Landfill 4.1.7 Wastes Landfill Technology and System4.1.8 Direct electricity Generation from Landfill.1.8 Land restoration Technology4.2 Wetland Management 4. 2.1 Wetland and Climate Changes5.2.2 Conservation5.2.3 Restoration4.3 Direct Generation of Electricity
Chapter 5 Air pollution and controlling measures5.1 Classification of Air Pollutants5.1.1Primary pollutants and5.1.2Secondary pollutants5.2 Sources of Air pollution 5.2.1Natural sources5.2.2Artificial sources5.3 Air Pollution control measures 53.1Air Pollution Control Engineering5.3.2biological treatment of air pollution5.3.2.1Biofilter 5.3.2.2Bioscrubber
- Edition: 1
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- Published: April 7, 2020
- Language: English
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Basanta Kumara Behera
Dr. Basanta Kumara Behera was a Professor of Biotechnology at three distinguished Indian universities, where he taught and conducted research at the post-graduate level on medical biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, microbial process development, drug designing, bio-energy management, and biomass processing technology since 1978. In 2009, he joined an MNC company as an advisor for specialty chemicals production and drug design through microbial process technology. He is associated with national and international companies as a technical advisor to produce biopharmaceuticals under cGMP norms. Dr. Behera has authored and edited books with various publishers worldwide.
Affiliations and expertise
Former Director, Advanced Center for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, IndiaRP
Ram Prasad
Dr. Ram Prasad is an Associate Professor at Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, India. Dr. Prasad has served as an Assistant Professor Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India; Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States, and Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Dr. Prasad has more than two hundred publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles, and book chapters; has edited or authored several books; and has five patents issued or pending. He’s on the editorial boards of a number of journals, and his research interests include plant-microbe interaction, agriculture sustainability, nanobiotechnology, and applied microbiology.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, IndiaRead Environmental Technology and Sustainability on ScienceDirect