1. Integrated Solid Waste Management.
- Solid Waste in History. Materials Flow.
- The Need for Integrated Solid Waste Management.
- Special Wastes.
- Final Thoughts.
- Problems.
2. Municipal Solid Waste Characteristics And Quantities.
- Definitions.
- Municipal Solid Waste Generation.
- Municipal Solid Waste Characteristics.
- Final Thoughts.
- Appendix: Measuring Particle Size.
- Problems.
3. Collection.
- Refuse Collection Systems.
- Commercial Wastes.
- Transfer Stations.
- Collection of Recyclable Materials.
- Estimating Success of Curbside Recycling Program.
- Litter and Street Cleanliness.
- Final Thoughts.
- Appendix: Design of Collection Systems.
- Problems.
4. Landfills.
- Planning, Siting, and Permitting of Landfills.
- Landfill Process.
- Landfill Design.
- Landfill Operations.
- Post-Closure Care and Use of Old Landfills.
- Landfill Mining.
- Final Thoughts.
- Problems.
5. Process Of Municipal Solid Waste.
- Refuse Physical Characteristics.
- Storing MSW.
- Conveying.
- Compacting.
- Shredding.
- Pulping.
- Roll Crushing.
- Granulating.
- Final Thoughts.
- Appendix: The Pi Breakage Theorem.
- Problems.
6. Materials Separation.
- General Expressions for Materials Separation.
- Picking (Hand Sorting).
- Screens.
- Float/Sink Separators.
- Magnets and Electromechanical Separators.
- Other Devices for Materials Separation.
- Materials Separation Systems.
- Final Thoughts.
- Problems.
7. Combustion And Energy Recovery.
- Heat Value of Refuse.
- Materials and Thermal Balances.
- Combustion Hardware Used for MSW.
- Pyrolysis and Gasification.
- Undesirable Effects of Combustion.
- Final Thoughts.
- Problems.
8. Biochemical Processes.
- Methane Generation by Anaerobic Digestion.
- Composting.
- Final Thoughts.
- Problems.
9. Current Issues In Solid Waste Management.
- Life Cycle Analysis and Management.
- Flow Control. Public or Private Ownership and Operation.
- Contracting for Solid Waste Services.
- Financing Solid Waste Facilities.
- Hazardous Materials.
- Environmental Justice.
- The Role of the Solid Waste Engineer.
- Final Thoughts.
- Epilogue.
- Problems.
Solid Waste Engineering 2nd Edition addresses the growing and increasingly intricate problem of controlling and processing the refuse created by our urban society. While the authors discuss issues such as regulations and legislation, their main emphasis is on solid waste engineering principles. They maintain their focus on principles by first explaining the basic principles of the field, then demonstrating how these principles are applied in real world settings through worked examples. By using this book as part of a graduate or advanced undergraduate course students will emerge being able to think reflectively and logically about the problems and solutions in solid waste engineering.
Key Features
- This is the first textbook on solid waste engineering written by engineers, for engineering students.
- Content features up-to-date technology on solid-waste collection, processing, and disposal.
- Students will learn engineering economics applied to solid-waste engineering.
- The text includes a focus on ethical considerations in the design of solid-waste management systems.
- Includes a supplementary design problem that can be used as a semester-long project with weekly submissions of reports and a final compilation of an assimilated full engineering report.
New to this edition
- Updated and expanded discussion of recycling, conversion technology and the move to zero waste.
- Provides students with an understanding of the history and future direction of solid waste management.
- Additions and expansions to legislation and regulation section, including November 2008 European adoption of new solid waste goals and regulations.
- Waste generation and waste characterization data has been updated with the most recent findings.
- New discussion on the evolution of recyclables, starting with separate containers by commodities to single stream approach, as well as updated data on collection of recyclables.
- Chapter on Landfills has been updated and expanded to reflect changes in the field since 2002, including the planning, siting, and permitting sections.
- Includes new advances in waste combustion technology such as gasification and new clean air act regulations.
- Updated to include high solids anaerobic digestion and new studies that evaluate this technology.
- New sections on Product Stewardship and Environmental Justice as well as an updated flow control section to reflect new supreme court decisions.
About the Author
- William A. Worrell received a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Duke University in 1976 and 1978 respectively. His Master's Thesis involved evaluating the separation efficiencies of various air classifiers. In 1989 he attended Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government Summer Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government. Mr. Worrell has published and/or presented 44 professional papers in the United States, England, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong and China. He is a registered professional engineer in California, Georgia and Florida.
- P. Aarne Vesilind was born in Estonia and emigrated to the United States in 1949. He grew up in Bever, Pennsylvania, a small town downriver from Pittsburgh. Following his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Lehigh University, he received his Ph.D in environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina. He spend a post-doctoral year with the Norwegian Institute for Water Research in Oslo and a year as a research engineering with Bird machine Company. He joined the faculty at Duke University in 1970. In 1999 he was appointed to the R.L. Rooke Chair of the Historical and Societal Context of Engineering at Bucknell University. He served in this capacity until his retirement in 2006. He is the author or co-author of these following books:
- Engineering, Ethics, and the Environment.
- Engineering Peace and Justice: The Responsibility of Engineers to Society.
- Environmental Pollution and Control.
- Hold Paramount: The Engineer's Responsibility to Society.
- Introduction to Environmental Engineering - SI Version.
- Public Speaking and Technical Writing Skills for Engineering Students.
- Report Writing for Environmental Engineers and Scientists.
- Sludge Engineering: The Treatment and Disposal of Wastewater Sludges.
- Socially Responsible Engineering: Justice in Risk Management.
- Solid Waste Engineering.
- So You Want to Be a Professor?: A Handbook for Graduate Students.
- The Right Thing to Do: An Ethics Guide for Engineering Students.
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Design.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 401 pages
- Publisher: CL-Engineering; 2 edition (January 1, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1439062153
- ISBN-13: 978-1439062159
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
- List Price: $214.95