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A comprehensive resource to sustainability and its application to
the environmental, industrial, agricultural and food security
sectors Sustainability fills a gap in the literature in order to
provide an important guide to the fundamental knowledge and
practical applications of sustainability in a wide variety of
areas. The authors - noted experts who represent a number of
sustainability fields - bring together in one comprehensive volume
the broad range of topics including basic concepts, impact
assessment, environmental and the socio-economic aspects of
sustainability. In addition, the book covers applications of
sustainability in environmental, industrial, agricultural and food
security, as well as carbon cycle and infrastructural aspects.
Sustainability addresses the challenges the global community is
facing due to population growth, depletion of non-renewable
resources of energy, environmental degradation, poverty, excessive
generation of wastes and more. Throughout the book the authors
discuss the economics, ecological, social, technological and
systems perspectives of sustainability. This important resource:
Explores the fundamentals as well as the key concepts of
sustainability; Covers basic concepts, impact assessment,
environmental and socio-economic aspects, applications of
sustainability in environmental, industrial, agricultural and food
security, carbon cycle and infrastructural aspects; Argues the
essentiality of sustainability in ensuring the propitious future of
earth systems; and Authored by experts from a range of various
fields related to sustainability. Written for researchers and
scientists, students and academics, Sustainability: Fundamentals
and Applications is a comprehensive book that covers the basic
knowledge of the topic combined with practical applications.
Microbial Lipids: Processes, Products, and Innovations brings
together experienced authors on microbial lipids bioproduction,
introducing the reader to key aspects from lipid chemistry and
biochemistry to industrial production by fungi, yeast and
microalgae. Intended for professionals in industry-oriented
research and development, this volume also describes lipid
production using synthetic media and agroindustry residues and
discusses the potential of integration of microbial lipids in
biorefineries, towards a circular economy. With a market of US$ 7
billion, oils and fats are one of the most important classes of
natural products, with applications in food, feed, nutraceuticals,
cosmetics, biofuel, and oleo chemistry. Primary sources include
plants, animals and fish. However, specialty lipids such as oils
rich in omega-3 and -6 fatty acids have limited sources and
productivity. Microbial oils are gaining space in the global market
as green - and even vegan - alternatives to traditional sources.
Microorganisms also have high productivity and metabolic plasticity
which makes it promising sources of new products.
Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Occurrence, Environmental Impacts
and Treatment Processes comprehensively illustrates the
microplastics and nanoplastics pollution in different waters,
wastewaters and terrestrial environment, and the possibilities of
their removal/degradation. It provides a through and exhaustive
discussion of the ongoing research and future perspectives of
micro/nanoplastics, their interaction with other chemicals, the
advanced degradation technologies and their impacts on the
ecosystem. Micro- and nano-plastic pollution is an important topic
in academia and industry and is gaining considerable attention in
the society due to the concerns related to plastics. In addition to
presenting the current issues and trends, this book also addresses
some concrete solutions to mitigate this emerging environmental
threat. This book is written at an advanced level to address the
needs of researchers, students as well as people outside the field
of environment technology including, industries, government
sectors, business establishments and public interest groups.
Circular Bioeconomy: Technologies for Waste Remediation covers
information about the strategies and approaches facilitating the
integration of technologies for wastewater and solid waste
remediation. The book highlights the models developed to valorize
wastes to produce biobased products. Various chapters presented in
the book put a focus on sustainability approaches as a central
theme in order to facilitate industries and policymakers to adopt
circular economy goals. Since the principal idea of a circular
bioeconomy is to transition from a linear economy, it involves
advanced technological and designing breakthroughs to reduce waste
with a closed looped system.
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Solid
Waste Management provides extensive coverage of new developments,
state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends,
reviewing the latest innovative developments in environmental
biotechnology and bioengineering as they pertain to solid wastes,
also revealing current research priority areas in solid waste
treatment and management. The fate of solid wastes can be divided
into three major areas, recycling, energy recovery, and safe
disposal. From this foundation, the book covers such key areas as
biotechnological production of value added products from solid
waste, bioenergy production from various organic solid wastes, and
biotechnological solutions for safe, environmentally-friendly
treatment and disposal. The state of the art situation, potential
advantages, and limitations are discussed, along with proposed
strategies on how to overcome limitations.
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering:
Environmental and Health Impact of Hospital Wastewater narrates the
origin (history) of pharmaceuticals discoveries, hospital
wastewater and its environmental and health impacts. It covers
microbiology of hospital wastewater (pathogens, multi-drug
resistance development, microbial evolution and impacts on humans,
animals, fish), advanced treatment options (including biological,
physical and chemical methods), and highlights aspects required
during hospital wastewater treatment processes. This book provides
an amalgamation of all recent scientific information on hospital
wastewater which is not available in the current literature.
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Emerging
Organic Micropollutants summarizes the current knowledge of
emerging organic micropollutants in wastewater and the
possibilities of their removal/elimination. This book attempts a
thorough and exhaustive discussion on ongoing research and future
perspectives on advanced treatment methods and future directions to
maintain and protect the environment through microbiological,
nanotechnological, application of membrane technology, molecular
biological and by policymaking means. In addition, the book
includes the latest developments in biotechnology and
bioengineering pertaining to various aspects in the field of
emerging organic micropollutants, including their sources, health
effects and environmental impacts.
Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemical: Circular Bioeconomy: Current
Developments and Future Outlook presents the views of experienced
academicians and researchers working in the area of the circular
bioeconomy. This book presents an assortment of Resource recovery,
Waste Biorefineries, Bio-electrochemical systems, Biopolymers and
Green solvents, Bio-adsorbents, and Technology transfer topics.
Environmental engineers, biotechnologists, science graduates,
chemical engineers, industrial experts and policymakers working in
these areas will find the information on the circular economy and
its important part in developing low carbon and resource-productive
economies very informative. Methodologies and beneficial strategic
approaches to address the usage of wastes from agriculture,
co-products, and by-products are also discussed.
Biodiesel Production: Technologies, Challenges, and Future
Prospects presents approaches, technologies and source materials
for biodiesel production as well as socio-economic and political
impacts of biodiesel applications. This book offers a detailed
overview of the benefits, impacts, and production of biodiesel.
Researchers, scientists, engineers, students, policy makers, and
government officials will find this book a valuable reference of
comprehensive information on biodiesel production. Biodiesel
Production: Technologies, Challenges, and Future Prospects presents
approaches, technologies and source materials for biodiesel
production as well as socio-economic and political impacts of
biodiesel applications. This book offers a detailed overview of the
benefits, impacts, and production of biodiesel. Researchers,
scientists, engineers, students, policy makers, and government
officials will find this book a valuable reference of comprehensive
information on biodiesel production. Biodiesel Production:
Technologies, Challenges, and Future Prospects presents approaches,
technologies and source materials for biodiesel production as well
as socio-economic and political impacts of biodiesel applications.
This book offers a detailed overview of the benefits, impacts, and
production of biodiesel. Researchers, scientists, engineers,
students, policy makers, and government officials will find this
book a valuable reference of comprehensive information on biodiesel
production. Biodiesel Production: Technologies, Challenges, and
Future Prospects presents approaches, technologies and source
materials for biodiesel production as well as socio-economic and
political impacts of biodiesel applications. This book offers a
detailed overview of the benefits, impacts, and production of
biodiesel. Researchers, scientists, engineers, students, policy
makers, and government officials will find this book a valuable
reference of comprehensive information on biodiesel production.
Sponsored by the Biodiesel Production: Technologies, Challenges,
and Future Prospects Task Committee of the Technical Committee on
Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Engineering of the
Environmental Council of the Environmental and Water Resources
Institute of ASCE Biodiesel Production: Technologies, Challenges,
and Future Prospects presents approaches, technologies, and source
materials for biodiesel production, as well as socioeconomic and
political impacts of biodiesel applications. As industrialization
and population increases, the need for energy is also increasing.
Petroleum diesel is a major fuel source worldwide that possesses
many disadvantages including decreasing fossil fuel reserves and
increasing atmospheric pollution. These pollutants have significant
negative impacts on the global environment and human health. Thus,
it is imperative to develop alternate fuels and renewable sources
of energy that are environmentally sustainable, with
biodegradability, low toxicity, and renewability and are less
reliant on petroleum products. This book presents a detailed
overview of the benefits, impacts, and production of biodiesel.
Topics include History, composition, physicochemical properties,
and standards; General methods and applications of raw materials;
Extraction of lipids from the oil-bearing materials; Nanotechnology
and genetic engineering; Conventional methods and use of resins and
adsorbents for purification; Management of coproducts; Economic
evaluation and environmental impacts; and Socioeconomic and
political considerations. Researchers, scientists, engineers,
students, policy makers, and government officials will find this
book to be an essential reference of comprehensive information on
biodiesel production.
Sponsored by the Carbon Capture and Storage Task Committee of the
Technical Committee on Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
Engineering of the Environmental Council of the Environmental and
Water Resources Institute of ASCE. Carbon Capture and Storage:
Physical, Chemical, and Biological Methods presents comprehensive
information on the principles of carbon capture and sequestration
(CCS). Among the various climate change mitigation strategies
currently being explored, CCS technology allows for the continuous
use of fossil fuels and provides time to make a changeover to other
energy sources in a systematic way. Many factors decide CCS
applicability worldwide, such as technical development, overall
potential, flow and shift of the technology to developing countries
and their capability to apply the technology, regulatory aspects,
environmental concerns, public perception, and costs. This book
provides in-depth information on the principles of CCS technology,
different environmental applications, recent advances, critical
analysis of new CCS methods and processes, and directions toward
future research and development of CCS technology. Topics include:
carbon dioxide sequestration and leakage monitoring, verification,
and accounting of carbon dioxide in different settings carbon
reuses for a sustainable future applications of CCS for the
coal-powered electricity industry carbon dioxide scrubbing
processes and applications carbon sequestration via mineral
carbonation carbon burial and enhanced soil carbon trapping
algae-based carbon capture carbon immobilization enhanced by
photosynthesis enzymatic sequestration and biochar technology for
CCS carbon sequestration in the ocean modeling of carbon dioxide
storage in deep geological formations Engineers, scientists,
students, government officers, process managers, and practicing
professionals will find this book an essential reference on carbon
capture and sequestration technology.
Climate Change Modeling, Mitigation and Adaptation presents the
most current thinking on the environmental mechanisms that
contribute to global climate change and explores scientifically
grounded steps to reduce the build up of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere. The significant contribution by greenhouse gas emission
to global climate change has been well-documented, but efforts to
address climate change often focus on technologies that reduce the
creation of additional emissions. This narrow focus leaves other
important climate change issues unexplored, namely: Can we predict
future climate change? Can we do anything to mitigate its effects?
Are there strategies to adapt to the new climate realities? Written
by leading experts from around the world, these 25 invited chapters
provide comprehensive information about the emission of greenhouse
gases and climate change. Chapters examine the issues from three
standpoints: basic science and vulnerability assessment; modelling
and prediction; and reducing or adapting to the negative impacts on
humankind and the ecosystem. Topics include: role of greenhouse gas
emissions on our ecosystems impact of greenhouse gas emissions on
climate change temperature and precipitation trends influenced by
climate change modelling tools to diagnose climate change and
identify uncertainty in climate change modelling strategies to
mitigate climate change effects Practicing engineers, environmental
managers, and government officials will consult this book as an
essential guide to help mitigate the effects of climate change.
Membrane Technology and Environmental Applications explains the use
of membrane materials as a direct, effective, and sustainable way
to address environmental problems. Membranes are a core technology
for separating material mixtures, such as wastewater and saltwater,
and offer significant advantages over other technologies. Membrane
technologies are relatively simple in concept and operation,
flexible, and compatible with integrated systems in many
environments. They can also minimise the use of treatment
chemicals, the production of residuals, and energy consumption.
This volume provides in-depth technical information on the
fundamentals, applications, and recent advances of membrane
technology, including state-of-the-art reviews of current research,
critical analysis of new processes and materials, and avenues for
further study. Chapters examine environmental applications such as
treatment of drinking water, wastewater, and industrial wastewater;
water reclamation and reuse; desalination; removal of arsenic and
emerging contaminants; treatment of greywater and rainwater, and
the production of bioproducts from wastewater sludge. New research
is described on such topics as membrane fouling, process
enhancement, membrane biofilm reactors, nanomaterials, and new
separation techniques. Chapters contain extensive illustrations,
case studies, summary tables, and up-to-date references. For
practicing engineers, environmental and treatment-plant managers,
and government officials, this volume is an essential guide for
designing and implementing membrane technologies. Educators,
graduate and undergraduate students, and researchers involved in
environmental engineering and science will find this book to be a
valuable learning tool and reference.
Stricter regulations in many countries are increasing interest in
sludge management processes which promote sustainability. Engineers
and scientists are looking for viable options for resource
management through the creation of value added-products from
wastewater sludge. The ASCE's Technical Committee on Hazardous,
Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management identified the need to
collect and present the latest information on recent trends in the
bioconversion of sludge to value-added products like biopesticides,
biosurfactants, enzymes, bioplastics, and
biofertilizers/bioflocculants. The committee envisioned an
easy-to-read book to serve as a reference for practicing
professionals and as a textbook in undergraduate or graduate
courses. ""Sustainable Sludge Management: Production of Value-Added
Products"" offers an examination of wastewater sludge
characteristics; a road to sustainability by converting sludge into
value-added products; and, detailed information on the various
types of value-added products being created from sludge. This book
will be valuable to undergraduate and graduate students in
environmental engineering, educators, researchers, practicing
engineers and scientists.
Nanotechnologies, 'the engine of the next Industrial Revolution',
represent the new wave of research for chemical and industrial
innovation. However, with any new technology or compound, comes the
threat of harm to humans and natural ecosystems. Research into the
environmental effects, as well as the ethical, legal, and social
implications of nanotechnologies and nanoproducts has never been
more important. ""Nanotechnologies for Water Environment
Applications"" provides the current status of synthesis and
characterization of nanomaterials, as well as the environmental
effects of nanotechnology. This publication specifically targets
the major applications of nanotechnologies in various water
environments; issues related to the fate and transport of
nanomaterials in aquatic environments; engineered nanomaterials as
emerging contaminants in water; the environmental risks, and
related management, of nanomaterials. Extensive up-to-date
references are provided. This book will be useful to undergraduate
and graduate students of engineering, educators, scientists,
engineers, government officers, decision makers, process managers,
and practicing professionals.
A new category of contaminants is capturing the attention of
citizens, scientists, and regulators. Anthropogenic chemicals occur
in air, soil, water, food, and in human and animal tissues. This
report considers specific pollutants such as pharmaceuticals,
personal care products, antimicrobials and antibiotics, hormones,
plasticizers, surfactants, fire retardants, pesticides, and
nanoparticles. It is a must-have for undergraduate and graduate
students in environmental engineering and resources; teachers;
researchers; and practicing environmental engineers.
New chemical compounds are constantly being created to meet
specific industrial applications and for human uses. Release of
these compounds into the environment is inevitable and their
contamination of natural resources, as well as their effect on
human health, remain an important global ecological concern. Many
compounds degrade in the presence of various natural processes, so
there is a need to understand whether new compounds will persist in
the environment or will eventually break down innocuously.
""Natural Processes and Systems for Hazardous Waste Treatment""
discusses the various natural processes for the attenuation and
degradation of hazardous compounds and these processes' application
in inexpensive natural systems. Major attenuation processes that
are covered include: sorption and sequestration, biodegradation and
assimilation processes, photo-processes, phyto-processes,
oxidation-reduction, and physical processes. Extensive up-to-date
references are presented, as are numerous illustrations, tables,
and case studies. This book will serve as a reference for
undergraduate or graduate students, as well as for practicing
professionals.
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