Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Biological Treatment of Industrial Effluents

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Biological Treatment of Industrial Effluents provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends in data-based scientific knowledge and advanced information on the role and application of environmental biotechnology and engineering in the treatment of industrial effluents.

These treatment processes have been broadly classified under aerobic and anaerobic processes which determines the scope and level of pollutant removal. Chapters in this volume review the most recent developments and perspectives at different environmental cleanup operation scales.

Outlines available biochemical processes for the treatment of solid industrial wasteCovers aerobic and anaerobic treatments, their mechanisms, and selection criteriaHighlights specific industrial applications, such as anammox processes

Section 1: Aerobic Treatment 1. Aerobic microbes in aquatic environments 2. Aerobic treatment of effluents from food and beverage industries 3. Aerobic treatment of effluents from textile industry 4. Aerobic treatment of effluents from aquaculture industry 5. Aerobic treatment of effluents from pharmaceutical and personal care products industry 6. Aerobic treatment of effluents from petroleum industry 7. Aerobic treatment of effluents from pulp and paper industry 8. Aerobic treatment of effluents from mining industry 9. Aerobic treatment of effluents from electronic and electrochemical industry 10. Aerobic treatment of effluents from other industries 11. Aerobic treatment in cold climate countries

Section 2: Anaerobic Treatment 12. Preference to Anaerobic treatments over aerobic treatment 13. Microbiology and Biochemistry of anaerobic treatment 14. Anaerobic Bioreactors/digesters: Design and Development 15. Process controls 16. Application of Molecular biological tools to monitor process efficiency 17. Low strength wastewater 18. High strength wastewater with specific examples 19. Dechlorination processes 20. Anammox processes 21. Treatment of recalcitrant waste 22. Removal toxic component of wastewater 23. Combination with other treatments 24. By-products of anaerobic treatments: Methane and Manure