Physical-chemical treatment of water and wastewater. (©2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: ENVIROnetBASE.
• Further Information: Note: Arcadio P. Sincero, Sr., Gregoria A. Sincero.
• Other Names: Sincero, Arcadio P (Arcadio Pacquiao); Sincero, Gregoria A (Gregoria Alivio)
• Contents: BACKGROUND PREREQUISITES; Introduction; Wastewater; Physical-Chemical Treatment of Water and; Wastewater; Unit Operations and Unit Processes; Coverage; Clean Water Act; Safe Drinking Water Act; Relationship of This Book to the Acts; Glossary; Background Chemistry and Fluid Mechanics; Units Used in Calculation; General Chemistry; Fluid Mechanics; Glossary; Problems; Bibliography; ; PART I: CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER AND WASTEWATER; ; QUANTITY OF WATER AND WASTEWATER; Probability Distribution Analysis; Quantity of Water; Types of Wastewater; Sources and Quantities of Wastewater; Population Projection; Derivation of Design Flows of Wastewaters; Deriving Design Flows of Wastewaters from; Field Survey; CONSTITUENTS OF WATER AND WASTEWATER; Physical and Chemical Characteristics; Normal Constituents of Domestic Wastewater; Microbiological Characteristics; ; PART II: UNIT OPERATIONS OF WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ; FLOW MEASUREMENTS AND FLOW AND QUALITY EQUALIZATIONS; Flow Meters; Miscellaneous Flow Meters; Liquid Level Indicators; Flow and Quality Equalizations; PUMPING; Pumping Stations and Types of Pumps; Pumping Station Heads; Pump Characteristics and Best Operating; Efficiency; Pump Scaling Laws; Pump Specific Speed; Net Positive Suction Head and Deep-Well; Pumps; Pumping Station Head Analysis; SCREENING, SETTLING, AND FLOTATION; Screening; Settling; Flotation; MIXING AND FLOCCULATION; Rotational Mixers; Criteria for Effective Mixing; Pneumatic Mixers; Hydraulic Mixers; Flocculators; CONVENTIONAL FILTRATION; Types of Filters; Medium Specification for Granular Filters; Linear Momentum Equation Applied to Filters; Head Losses in Grain Filters; Backwashing Head Loss in Granular Filters; Cake Filtration; ADVANCED FILTRATION AND CARBON ADSORPTION; Electrodialysis Membranes; Pressure Membranes; Carbon Adsorption; AERATION, ABSORPTION, AND STRIPPING; Mass Transfer Units; Interface for Mass Transfer, and Gas and Liquid; Boundary Layers; Mathematics of Mass Transfer; Dimensions of the Overall Mass Transfer; Coefficients; Mechanics of Aeration; Absorption and Stripping; ; PART III: UNIT PROCESSES OF WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ; WATER SOFTENING; Hard Waters; Types of Hardness; Plant Types for Hardness Removal; The Equivalent CaCO(3) Concentration; Softening of Calcium Hardness; Softening of Magnesium Hardness; Lime-Soda Process; Order of Removal; Role of CO(2) in Removal; Excess Lime Treatment and Optimum; Operational pH; Summary of Chemical Requirements and Solids; Produced; Sludge Volume Production; Chemical Species in the Treated Water; Relationships of the Fractional Removals; Notes on Equivalent Masses; Typical Design Parameters and Criteria; Split Treatment; Use of Alkalinity in Water Softening Calculations; WATER STABILIZATION; Carbonate Equilibria; Criteria for Water Stability at Normal Conditions; Recarbonation of Softened Water; COAGULATION; Colloid Behavior; Zeta Potential; Colloid Destabilization; Coagulation Process; Chemical Reactions of Alum; Chemical Reactions of the Ferrous Ion; Chemical Reactions of the Ferric Ion; Jar Tests for Optimum pH Determination; Chemical Requirements; Chemical Requirements for pH Adjustments; Alkalinity and Acidity Expressed as CaCO(3); Sludge Production; REMOVAL OF IRON AND MANGANESE BY CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; Natural Occurrences of Iron and Manganese; Modes of Removal of Iron and Manganese; Chemical Reactions of the Ferrous and the; Ferric Ions; Chemical Reactions of the Manganous Ion; [Mn(II)]; Oxidation of Iron and Manganese; Unit Operations for Iron and Manganese; Removal; Chemical Requirements; Alkalinity Expressed in OH(-) and Acidity; Expressed in H(+); Chemical Requirements for pH Adjustments; Sludge Production; REMOVAL OF PHOSPHORUS BY CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; Natural Occurrence of Phosphorus; Modes of Phosphorus Removal; Chemical Reaction of the Phosphate Ion with; Alum; Chemical Reaction of the Phosphate Ion with; Lime; Chemical Reaction of the Phosphate Ion with; the Ferric Salts; Comments on the Optimum pH Ranges; Effect of the K(sp)'s on the Precipitation of; Phosphorus; Unit Operations for Phosphorus Removal; Chemical Requirements; Sludge Production; REMOVAL OF NITROGEN BY NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; Natural Occurrence of Nitrogen; To Remove or Not to Remove Nitrogen; Microbial Thermodynamics; Oxidation-Reduction Reactions of Nitrogen; Foods; Modes of Nitrogen Removal; Chemical Reactions in Nitrogen Removal; Total Effluent Nitrogen; Carbon Requirements for Denitrification; Alkalinity Production and Associated Carbon; Requirement; Reaction Kinetics; ION EXCHANGE; Ion Exchange Reactions; Unit Operations of Ion Exchange; Sodium, Hydrogen Cycle, and Regeneration; Production of "Pure Water"; Active or Exchange Zone; Design of Ion Exchangers; Head Losses in Ion Exchangers; DISINFECTION; Methods of Disinfection and Disinfectant Agents; Used; Factors Affecting Disinfection; Other Disinfection Formulas; Chlorine Disinfectants; Dechlorination; Disinfection Using Ozone; Disinfection Using Ultraviolet Light; APPENDICES; INDEX; ; Each chapter contains: Glossary, Symbols, Problems and Bibliography
• Publisher Details: London Boca Raton, Fla : IWA Pub CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Copyright Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (832 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 628.1/62; Water -- Purification; Sewage -- Purification; Water -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- United States; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply; Sewage -- Purification; Water -- Pollution -- Law and legislation; Water -- Purification; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420031902; 9781420031904
• Related ISBNs: 1587161249
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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