Ebook: Environmental Engineering: A Chemical Engineering Discipline

Chemistry and its products today play an important role in almost all industrial ac­ tivities. Chemistry has captured our homes. We are supplied with new articles in an ever-increasing stream. New uses are being discovered. Old products disappear. Continuing and fast expansion is expected for the chemical industry in its proper sense. The reason for this is, of course, that chemistry has created products which meet requirements that we consider urgent or which in different ways make work easier, and make us more efficient, thereby increasing our standard of living in a wide sense: in terms of money, more spare time, social security, better education and better public health services. But a high standard of living also implies a good living environment. A lot of what has been done in praiseworthy aspiration of a better means of support and an im­ proved standard of living has involved a wasting of non-renewable natural resources. The products themselves or their waste products may pose a threat to the objectives we are trying to attain.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
NATO and the Challenges of Modern Society....Pages 3-12
Environmental Engineering — A Source of New Industries....Pages 13-17
What About Wastes and How to Reuse Them....Pages 19-31
The Development in the Chemical Industry with an Emphasis on Air and Water Pollution....Pages 33-41
Location, Size, and Interaction of Chemical Plants....Pages 43-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Problems of Industrial Air Pollution....Pages 55-60
Air Pollution Control in the Swedish Chemical Industry....Pages 61-66
Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction....Pages 67-79
Weather and Climate Factors in Industrial Site Evaluation with Respect to Air Pollution....Pages 81-94
Corrosion Problems as a Result of Air Pollution....Pages 95-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Air Pollution in a Sulphuric Acid Plant....Pages 105-112
Pollution Problems in Swedish Fertilizer Industries....Pages 113-115
Purification of the Tail Gases of Nitric Acid Plants....Pages 117-119
Dust-Abatement in the Cement Industry....Pages 121-127
Air and Water Pollution Problems at Petroleum Refineries....Pages 129-133
Calculation of Mist Eliminators for Industrial Gases....Pages 135-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Air Pollution Measuring Networks with Remotely Controlled SO2 Monitors....Pages 147-157
Gas-Analytical Supervisory Control in Air Pollution....Pages 159-187
Recent Advances in Automatic Continuous Chemical Analysis, Monitoring and Control....Pages 189-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Chemical Engineering Aspects of Water Pollution Control....Pages 199-213
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Some Interactions between Problems in Chemical Engineering and the Biological Sciences....Pages 215-225
Flocculating Agents in Waste Water Purification and Sludge Dewatering....Pages 227-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Industrial Waste Water Treatment by Precipitation and Ion Exchange....Pages 239-246
Process Engineering Applied to Receiving Waters....Pages 247-250
Process Selection and Optimisation for Water Pollution Control in the Pulp Industry....Pages 251-262
Neutralization of Industrial Waste Waters by Lime....Pages 263-268
Chemical Purification of Waste Water....Pages 269-273
Methods and Processes for Waste Water Purification in the Food Industry....Pages 275-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Application of Analytical Instrumentation to Water Pollution Abatement Programs....Pages 287-294
The Pros and Cons of Utilization of Computer Control within the Pollution Control Field....Pages 295-300
COD-Monitoring Instruments....Pages 301-307
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
Reverse Osmosis in Process Engineering....Pages 311-318
Use of Hyperfiltration and Ultrafiltration within the Chemical and Biochemical Industries....Pages 319-330
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Biochemistry and Toxicology of the Waste Water in its Effect to the Receiving Water....Pages 333-337
Biological Nitrogen Reduction Studied as a General Microbiological Engineering Process....Pages 339-350
Some Problems Connected with Phosphorus Removal in Sewage Plants....Pages 351-369
Mathematical Models of Oxygen in Solutions and Biochemical Oxygen Consumption in Recipients....Pages 371-379
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
Value Flow Analysis of Chemical Reprocessing of Solid Waste....Pages 383-391
Waste Refining....Pages 393-399
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Waste Destroying by Fluidization Techniques....Pages 403-412
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Low-Temperature Waste Solidification....Pages 413-424
Leaching from Landfills....Pages 425-434
Chemical Engineering Aspects on Waste — A Study on Pig Slurry from Pig Farms....Pages 435-444
Composting of Wastes....Pages 445-449

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
NATO and the Challenges of Modern Society....Pages 3-12
Environmental Engineering — A Source of New Industries....Pages 13-17
What About Wastes and How to Reuse Them....Pages 19-31
The Development in the Chemical Industry with an Emphasis on Air and Water Pollution....Pages 33-41
Location, Size, and Interaction of Chemical Plants....Pages 43-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Problems of Industrial Air Pollution....Pages 55-60
Air Pollution Control in the Swedish Chemical Industry....Pages 61-66
Mass Transfer with Chemical Reaction....Pages 67-79
Weather and Climate Factors in Industrial Site Evaluation with Respect to Air Pollution....Pages 81-94
Corrosion Problems as a Result of Air Pollution....Pages 95-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Air Pollution in a Sulphuric Acid Plant....Pages 105-112
Pollution Problems in Swedish Fertilizer Industries....Pages 113-115
Purification of the Tail Gases of Nitric Acid Plants....Pages 117-119
Dust-Abatement in the Cement Industry....Pages 121-127
Air and Water Pollution Problems at Petroleum Refineries....Pages 129-133
Calculation of Mist Eliminators for Industrial Gases....Pages 135-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Air Pollution Measuring Networks with Remotely Controlled SO2 Monitors....Pages 147-157
Gas-Analytical Supervisory Control in Air Pollution....Pages 159-187
Recent Advances in Automatic Continuous Chemical Analysis, Monitoring and Control....Pages 189-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Chemical Engineering Aspects of Water Pollution Control....Pages 199-213
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Some Interactions between Problems in Chemical Engineering and the Biological Sciences....Pages 215-225
Flocculating Agents in Waste Water Purification and Sludge Dewatering....Pages 227-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Industrial Waste Water Treatment by Precipitation and Ion Exchange....Pages 239-246
Process Engineering Applied to Receiving Waters....Pages 247-250
Process Selection and Optimisation for Water Pollution Control in the Pulp Industry....Pages 251-262
Neutralization of Industrial Waste Waters by Lime....Pages 263-268
Chemical Purification of Waste Water....Pages 269-273
Methods and Processes for Waste Water Purification in the Food Industry....Pages 275-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Application of Analytical Instrumentation to Water Pollution Abatement Programs....Pages 287-294
The Pros and Cons of Utilization of Computer Control within the Pollution Control Field....Pages 295-300
COD-Monitoring Instruments....Pages 301-307
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
Reverse Osmosis in Process Engineering....Pages 311-318
Use of Hyperfiltration and Ultrafiltration within the Chemical and Biochemical Industries....Pages 319-330
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Biochemistry and Toxicology of the Waste Water in its Effect to the Receiving Water....Pages 333-337
Biological Nitrogen Reduction Studied as a General Microbiological Engineering Process....Pages 339-350
Some Problems Connected with Phosphorus Removal in Sewage Plants....Pages 351-369
Mathematical Models of Oxygen in Solutions and Biochemical Oxygen Consumption in Recipients....Pages 371-379
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
Value Flow Analysis of Chemical Reprocessing of Solid Waste....Pages 383-391
Waste Refining....Pages 393-399
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Waste Destroying by Fluidization Techniques....Pages 403-412
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Low-Temperature Waste Solidification....Pages 413-424
Leaching from Landfills....Pages 425-434
Chemical Engineering Aspects on Waste — A Study on Pig Slurry from Pig Farms....Pages 435-444
Composting of Wastes....Pages 445-449
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