The global chemical and petroleum industries have always had the challenge of disposing of chemical wastes, by-products, and residuals, but with traditional techniques such as deep well injection and incineration proving flawed, the need for disposal by legal, safe and economically effective means has never been greater. Increasingly, the need to produce without pollution is the preferred model for industry, and the strategy of waste minimization is seen as the best way forward. This is particularly relevant in the petrochemical and chemical industries, where large quantities of hazardous and toxic wastes are produced which can pose formidable disposal problems.
Covering the essentials of treatment, recovery and disposal of waste, as well as the requirements for process design and engineering of equipment and facilities in the chemical and petroleum industries, this book includes chapters on:
- Wastewater Treatment
- Physical Unit Operations
- Chemical Treatment
- Biological Treatment
- Wastewater Treatment in Unconventional Oil and Gas Industries
- Wastewater Sewer Systems
- Sewage Treatment
- Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal
Primarily aimed at researchers and advanced students in chemical, petroleum, and environmental fields as well as those in civil engineering, this book should also provide a unique reference for industry practitioners and anyone interested in chemical and petroleum waste treatment and disposal.
Contents
Chapter 1 Wastewater Treatment
- 1.1 Characteristics of Wastewaters
- 1.2 Treatment Stages
- 1.3 Treatment Processes
- 1.4 Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) in Wastewater Systems
Chapter 2 Physical Unit Operations
- 2.1 Flow Measurement
- 2.2 Screening
- 2.3 Comminution
- 2.4 Grit Removal
- 2.5 Gravity Separation
- 2.6 Flow Equalization
- 2.7 Mixing
- 2.8 Sedimentation
- 2.9 Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF)
- 2.10 Granular-Media Filters
Chapter 3 Chemical Treatment
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Definition and Application
- 3.3 Chemical Precipitation
- 3.4 Chemical Flocculation
- 3.5 Disinfection
- 3.6 Chlorination
Chapter 4 Biological Treatment
- 4.1 Theory
- 4.2 Biological Treatment Processes
- 4.3 Activated-Sludge Units
- 4.4 Trickling-Filters
- 4.5 Rotating Biological Contactor System
- 4.6 Sewage Oxidation Ponds
Chapter 5 Wastewater Treatment in Unconventional Oil and Gas Industries
- 5.1 Background
- 5.2 Toxicity Limitations of Coal Bed Water
- 5.3 Shale Gas and Coal Seam Gas Produced Water, Treatment and Disposal
- 5.4 Re-Thinking Technologies for Safer Facing
- 5.5 Water Treatment for Oil Sands Mining
Chapter 6 Wastewater Sewer Systems
- 6.1 Stormwater Sewer System
- 6.2 Oily Water Sewer System
- 6.3 Non-Oily Water Sewer System
- 6.4 Chemical Sewer System(s)
- 6.5 Sanitary Sewer System
- 6.6 Special Sewer Systems
- 6.7 Effluent Sources and Disposals
- 6.8 Particular Effluents in Refinery and Petrochemical Plants
- 6.9 Petrochemical Plants’ Special Effluents
- 6.10 NGL, LNG, and LPG Area Effluents
- 6.11 Gas Treatment Facilities’ Effluents
- 6.12 Effluents from Terminals, Depots, and Product Handling Areas
- 6.13 General Considerations and Conditions for Release of Wastes
- 6.14 Effluent Wastewater Characteristics
- 6.15 Wastewater Emissions
Chapter 7 Sewage Treatment
- 7.1 Sewage Effluents
- 7.2 Methods of Sewage Treatment: General
- 7.3 Choice of System: General
- 7.4 Design of Sewage Treatment Plants: General Guidances
- 7.5 Design of Small Sewage Treatment Plants
- 7.6 Preliminary Treatment
- 7.7 Primary and Secondary Settlement Tanks
- 7.8 Sludge Digesters
- 7.9 Drying Beds
- 7.10 Biological Filters
- 7.11 Activated-Sludge Units
- 7.12 Tertiary Treatment (Polishing) Processes
- 7.13 Disposal of Final Effluent
- 7.14 Advanced Wastewater Treatment
- 7.15 Effluent Disposal and Reuse
Chapter 8 Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal
- 8.1 Basic Considerations
- 8.2 Sludge Handling, Treatment, and Reuse
- 8.3 Stabilization
- 8.4 Conditioning
- 8.5 Disinfection
- 8.6 Dewatering
- 8.7 Heat Drying
- 8.8 Thermal Reduction
- 8.9 Land Application of Sludge
- 8.10 Chemical Fixation
- 8.11 Final Sludge and Solids Conveyance, Storage, and Disposal
- 8.12 Disposal of Solid Waste
- Definitions and Terminology
- Bibliography and Further Reading
- Index
About the Authors
- Alireza Bahadori, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Australia.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 348 pages
- Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1118731751
- ISBN-13: 978-1118731758
- Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 6.7 x 9.4 inches
- List Price: $155.00