Biotreatment of Industrial Effluents
Apr 2005 · Elsevier
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With increasing government regulation of pollution, as well as willingness to levy punitive fines for transgressions, treatment of industrial waste is a important subject. This book is a single source of information on treatment procedures using biochemical means for all types of solid, liquid and gaseous contaminants generated by various chemical and allied industries. This book is intended for practicing environmental engineers and technologists from any industry as well as researchers and professors. The topics covered include the treatment of gaseous, liquid and solid waste from a large number of chemical and allied industries that include dye stuff, chemical, alcohol, food processing, pesticide, pharmaceuticals, paint etc. Information on aerobic and anaerobic reactors and modeling and simulation of waste treatment systems are also discussed.* Compares chemical and biochemical means of industrial waste treatment* Provides details of technology (i.e. reactors, operating conditions etc) with regard to the biochemistry aspects.* Can be used as a teaching aid for graduate courses and a reference material by practicing environmental scientists and engineers.* Researchers can extract synergy between treatment procedures and various effluents.
About the author
Dr. Anil Kumar is a Staff Scientist at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. Dr. Kumar received his master's in biotechnology from Indian Institute of Roorkee, Roorkee and completed his Ph.D. from Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR), New Delhi, India. His research interest focuses on understanding the interactions within gut bacteria and between the gut flora, as well as how the result of the investigation may be helpful to devise strategies to promote human health and prevent diseases. As an inventor, he credits more than 50 granted patents for developing product & processes useful in different industries. He's also published 50 research publications in national and international journals. He had participated in the development of biosensor which has been transferred to industry. In 2012, one of his patents has been selected for CSIR Technology Award 2012 and other US patent won Merck Millipore India Innovation Award 2012.
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