Handbook of Pollution Control and Waste Minimization

List of contents

Part 1 Legal organization/hierarchical requirements: pollution prevention and waste minimization - back to basics; role of pollution prevention in waste management/environmental restoration; the waste management hierarchy; legislation and regulatory issues; information systems for proactive environmental management; European policies for waste management. Part 2 Fundamentals: energy conservation; heat transfer; macroscopic balance equations; biotechnology principles. Part 3 Methodology: novel materials and processes for pollution prevention and control in the mining industry; monitoring in situ electrochemical sensors; using roadmaps in pollution prevention; pollution prevention and DFE. Part 4 Life cycle: pollution prevention and life-cycle analysis; application of life-cycle assessment. Part 5 Risk and decision: risk-based pollution control and waste minimization concepts; elements of multi-criteria decision making; environmental considerations and computer process design. Part 6 Case studies: minimization and use of coal combustion by-products (CCBs) - concepts and applications. (Part contents).

About the author

Abbas Ghassemi

Product details

• Authors: Abbas Ghassemi
• Assisted by: Abbas Ghassemi (Editor), Ghassemi Abbas (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.09.2019
• EAN: 9780367396992
• ISBN: 978-0-367-39699-2
• No. of pages: 536
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Landscape art & architecture, NATURE / Ecology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Science / Environmental Science, Waste Management, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Landscape architecture and design, Water industries, Energy industries and utilities, Civil engineering, surveying and building