Prediction of Polymeric Membrane Separation and Purification Performances
A Combined Mechanical, Chemical and Thermodynamic Model for Organic Systems
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Sustainable Treatment and Reuse of Water Using Decentralized Systems
Currently natural freshwater resources around the globe are threatened by population growth; worsening food crisis, which battles bioenergy for land and water resources; and climate change that is disturbing t...
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Reference Work Entry In depth
Sustainable Treatment and Reuse of Water Using Decentralized Systems
Currently natural freshwater resources around the globe are threatened by population growth; worsening food crisis, which battles bioenergy for land and water resources; and climate change that is disturbing t...
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Future Directions
This chapter presents the future directions of developed model to new areas and extension of the model to increase the versatility to elucidate some of the underlying principles and provide in-depth understand...
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Conclusions
The developed model was able to predict the trends for aqueous-organic and purely organic system separations. This section presents a summary of the key points in this book.
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Background
The information necessary to support the model development and the literature to back the various discussions in the book is presented here. This chapter presents information on the different organic solvents ...
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Developed Model Application to Aqueous—Organic and Purely Organic Separation and Purification Systems
Reduced versions of the developed model are used to predict published membrane separation and purification trends of three organic systems involving polar and polar aprotic solvents. The model predicted the tr...
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Introduction
This chapter presents the background behind the book with key considerations as well as what the book seeks to address as well as readers who will benefit from this book. In addition, it presents the outline o...
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Model Development and Effects of the Various Model Parameters
The step-by-step process involved in develo** the membrane performance prediction model is presented here. In the developed model, the membrane performance measured as the concentration of the solute in the ...
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CO2 Response to Doses of Organic Solvents Biodegraded in a Batch Biofilter
Carbon dioxide served as a proxy for biodegradation in the biofiltration of multiple organic solvents in a batch biofilter. The solvents were injected into the batch biofilter system and were biodegraded with ...
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Selection of Bioreactor Media for Odor Control
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Advances in biotreatment of acid mine drainage and biorecovery of metals: 1. Metal precipitation for recovery and recycle
Acid mine drainage (AMD), an acidic metal-bearingwastewater, poses a severe pollution problem attributedto post mining activities. The metals usuallyencountered in AMD and considered of concern for riskassessm...
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Advances In Biotreatment of Acid Mine Drainage and Biorecovery of Metals: 2. Membrane Bioreactor System for Sulfate Reduction
Several biotreatmemt techniques for sulfate conversion by the sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) have been proposed in the past, however few of them have been practically applied to treat sulfate containing acid ...
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Biorecovery of Metals from Acid Mine Drainage
This paper evaluates an efficient and economic method to selectively recover the dissolved metals present in acid mine drainage systems using sulfate reducing bacteria. In the present study, unlike the convent...
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Protocol
Protocol for Determining Bioavailability and Biodegradation Kinetics of Organic Soil Pollutants in Soil Systems to Enhance Bioremediation of Polluted Soil Sites
Treatability studies are critical for successful implementation of both in situ and ex situ bioremediation technologies. Few contaminated sites are identical and experience can only be applied within limits Many ...
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Application of Bioavailability and Biokinetics Protocol to Phenol and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Contaminants in Soil and Development of Bioavailability and Biokinetic Models for Soil Systems
Determining the fate and transport of contaminants in soil systems (see Chapters 17 and 21) is important for develo** cost-effective treatment strategies. Models are required to apply bench-scale data for desig...
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Efficacy of commercial products in enhancing oil biodegradation in closed laboratory reactors
A laboratory screening protocol was designed and conducted to test the efficacy of eight commercial bacterial cultures and two non-bacterial products in enhancing the biodegradation of weathered Alaska North S...
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Synthesis and evaluation of dioxygen binding [Mn(depe)2X2] complexes (X=Br or NCS)
Synthesis, characterization and oxygen affinity studies for [Mn(depe)2X2] [X=Br or NCS; depe=1,2-bis(diethylphosphino)ethane] complexes are reported. [Mn(depe)2Br2] crystals were obtained and characterized by sin...
