Handbook of Water and Wastewater MicrobiologyDuncan Mara, Nigel J. Horan Elsevier, 7 ago 2003 - 832 pagine "Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and therefore a basic human right" --Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General Edited by two world-renowned scientists in the field, The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology provides a definitive and comprehensive coverage of water and wastewater microbiology. With contributions from experts from around the world, this book gives a global perspective on the important issues faced in the provision of safe drinking water, the problems of dealing with aquatic pollution and the processes involved in wastewater management. Starting with an introductory chapter of basic microbiological principles, The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology develops these principles further, ensuring that this is the essential text for process engineers with little microbiological experience and specialist microbiologists alike.
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... biological treatment system as a whole, this objective is attained biologically in two ways: 1. through energy losses (as heat) to the surroundings resulting from the partial capture of energy in catabolism and the partial loss in the ...
... biological oxidation of organics is proportional to the EDC of the organic. In considering biological oxidation, two separate phases can be identified. In the first phase, irrespective of which particular biochemical pathway or ...
... biological oxygen utilization is directly linked to substrate utilization for synthesis The oxygen equivalent (Th.COD) of the organic compound is not the same as the oxygen demand for synthesis of protoplasm. The former is a measure of ...
... Biological oxygen utilized for synthesis of the organism concentration (gO/m3) 3.4.2 Energy balances can be made over biological treatment systems in terms of electron equivalents By measuring the OU, which represents the electrons ...
... biological oxidation of organic (carbonaceous) material in a sample at 208C over a prescribed period of time, usually 5 days. According to Gaudy (1972), the origins of this test can be traced back about a hundred years to Frankland who ...
Sommario
Part 2 Water and Excreta Related Diseases | 175 |
Part 3 Microbiology of Wastewater Treatment | 315 |
Part 4 Drinking Water Microbiology | 611 |
Useful Websites | 794 |
Index | 797 |