
Environmental Technology and Sustainability
Physical, Chemical and Biological Technologies for Clean Environmental Management
Description
Key Features
- Provides methods and processes for CO2 Sequestration
- Focuses on technologies for reducing greenhouse gases and for biofuel production
- Outlines issues surrounding contaminated water and provides solutions for water management
- Describes problems facing air pollution, including sources and mitigation
- Includes contaminated soil management
Readership
Students, scientists and researchers at universities, industries, and government agencies interested in environmental technology, pollution control, soil and atmosphere management and all disciplines related to environmental communities and policies
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1From the Rio Earth Summit to Earth Day
1.2 Looking for U.S. Leadership
1.3 Filling the Environmental Policy Gaps
1.4 Developing a Binding Framework of Environmental Principles.
1.5 Rules Right Regarding the Climate Regime.
1.6 Imposing Liability and Providing Compensation
1.7 Emphasizing Environmental Restoration
1.8 Chemicals Persist in the Environment
1.9 Water Shortages
1.10 Kyoto Protocol for Global Environment
1.11 International Environmental Law Principles
1.12 Integrating Environmental Protection into the Global Economy
1.13 Emphasizing the Individual to Protect the Global Environment
1.14 Democratizing International Environmental Law
1.15 Integrating Human Rights and the EnvironmentChapter 2 Greenhouse gas capture and conversion
2.1 Capture from Flue Gases and Other Sources
2.2 CO2 Sequestration and Capture Technologies
2.3 The Production of Value-added Products, Materials and Fuel from CO2
2.4 CO2 as an Energy Vector for Efficient Use of Solar Energy
2.5 The Use of Algae to Convert CO2 Indirectly into High-value Products
2.6 Harvesting Energy from Carbon Dioxide Emissions
2.7 CO2-to-fuel Conversion
2.8 Advanced Catalysts for CO2 Recycle TechnologiesChapter 3 Aqueous-phase Conservation and management
3.1 Fresh Water Aquatic Ecosystem Management
3.1.1River
3.1.2 Natural Lake
3.1.3 Marine
3.1.3.1 Marine Ecology and Management
3.1.3.2 Direct Ethanol Production from Marine Algae
3.1.3.3 Direct Hydrogen Production from Marine Algae
3.1.3.4 Marine Based Oil Refinery
3.1.4 Oil Spill Removal from Marine and Fresh Water Ecosystems
3.1.4.1 Chemical and Mechanical Tehnology
3.1.4.2 Microbial Technology
3.2 Contaminated Water and Management
3.2.1 Sewage water Treatment and Recycling
3.2.2 Direct Electricity from Sewage water and Cleaning
3.2.3 Methane from Sewage water
3.2.4 Detoxification of Sewage Water
3.2.5 Nanoparticle Synthesis and Stabilization for Water Treatment
3.2.6 Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Recycling
3.3 Treatment of Dense Non-Aqueous Phase
3.4 Groundwater quality control
3.4.1 Ground Water Shifting ControlChapter 4 Contaminated Soil Management
4.1Landfill Technology
4.1.1 Traditional Landfills and Associated Problem
45.1.2 Working of Bioreactor Landfill
4.1.3 Advantages of Bioreactor Landfill
4.1.4 Disadvantage of Bioreactor Landfills
4.1.5 Implementation of Bioreactor Landfills
4.1.6 Semi-aerobic Landfill
4.1.7 Wastes Landfill Technology and System
4.1.8 Direct electricity Generation from Landfill
.1.8 Land restoration Technology
4.2 Wetland Management
4. 2.1 Wetland and Climate Changes
5.2.2 Conservation
5.2.3 Restoration
4.3 Direct Generation of ElectricityChapter 5 Air pollution and controlling measures
5.1 Classification of Air Pollutants
5.1.1Primary pollutants and
5.1.2Secondary pollutants
5.2 Sources of Air pollution
5.2.1Natural sources
5.2.2Artificial sources
5.3 Air Pollution control measures
53.1Air Pollution Control Engineering
5.3.2biological treatment of air pollution
5.3.2.1Biofilter
5.3.2.2Bioscrubber
Product details
- No. of pages: 230
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2020
- Published: April 5, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128191033
- eBook ISBN: 9780128191040
About the Authors
Basanta Kumara Behera

Affiliations and Expertise
Ram Prasad

Affiliations and Expertise
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Naga P. Fri May 01 2020
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Excellent book, and is definitely worth reading.