Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Pollution Control, the fifth volume in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, provides an in-depth exploration of cutting-edge pollution control technologies and their real-world applications. The book presents a meticulously curated collection of topics that illustrate the implementation of advanced treatment methodologies across various industries. By bridging theory with practice, the book serves as a critical resource for environmental engineers, researchers, and industry professionals seeking sustainable solutions for industrial water and waste management. Through its comprehensive analysis of pollution control strategies, this volume not only enhances understanding of regulatory compliance and environmental stewardship but also fosters innovation in the development of more efficient and effective treatment technologies.
Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Pollution Control, the fifth volume in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, provides an in-depth exploration of cutting-edge pollution control technologies and their real-world applications.
Preface
Editor Biography
List of Contributors
1. Value addition of recalcitrant biomass and polymers using extremophilic
microorganisms
Sanket K. Gaonkar , Navaneeta S. Nayak, Zakiya I. Nadaf, Omkar B. Salelkar,
Sunita R. Borkar, Yung-Tse Hung
2. Principles and advancements in improving anaerobic digestion of food
wastewater related sludge and carbon emission reduction
Liangliang Wei *, Weixin Zhao, Likui Feng, Jianju Li, Xinhui Xia, Yung-Tse
Hung
3. Phenol Spill Control Using Coated Reticulated Foams
Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang
4. Cooling Tower and Boiler Water Management, Lawrence K. Wang* and Mu-Hao
Sung Wang
5. Electrocoagulation with Vibration-Induced Electrode Plates for Wastewater
Treatment: Recent Trends, Performance and Hydrodynamics Evaluation,
Noorzalila Muhammad Niza Mohamad Anuar Kamaruddin, Abudukeremu Kadier,
Million Ebba Bote, Santhana Krishnan and Yung Tse Hung
6. Evaluation of Wastewater: Characterization and Agricultural Reuse.
Rana Muhammad Asif Kanwar *, Zahid Mahmood Khan, Hafiz Umar Farid, Yung-Tse
Hung
7. Food Processing Waste as A Resource
Tobias I. Ndubuisi Ezejiofor , Uchechi Enebaku, Chika Ogueke, Yung-Tse Hung
8. Centrifugation Process Siting, Sizing, and Applications
Lawrence K. Wang , Mu-Hao Sung Wang, William F. White
9. Microbial bioprocesses of food processing wastes as sustainable
alternative source of functional bio-products to food industries
Clement Olusola Ogidi , Yung-Tse Hung
10. Microbial contamination and antibiotic resistance of Escherichia Coli
isolated from wastewater
Gabriela Gregovį , Tatiana Szabóovį and Yung-Tse Hung
11. Analysis and Formulation of Combustible Components in Non-Hazardous Solid
Wastes
Lawrence K. Wang, William C. Mcginnis and Mu-Hao Sung Wang
12. Composites manufacture through partial replacement of Portland cement by
agricultural waste - case study in sugarcane bagasse ash
Pedro Montes-Garcķa , Vķctor A. Franco-Lujįn, Marco A. Maldonado-Garcķa, and
Yung-Tse Hung
13. Determination of Microscopic Particle Count of Cryptosporidium And
Giardia Cysts Using Membrane Filters
Mu-Hao Sung Wang, Lawrence K. Wang, Betty C. Wu
14. Determination of Total Mercaptans In Water and Wastewater by
Spectrophotometry
Mu-Hao Sung Wang, Lawrence K. Wang, Betty C. Wu
15. Sludge Drying Lagoon Design and Its Comparison with Sludge Drying Bed and
Evaporation Lagoon
Mu-Hao Sung Wang, Lawrence K. Wang, , Hamidi Abdul Aziz, Siti Fatihah Ramli,
Puganeshwary Palaniandy, and Wen Si Lee
16. Laboratory Procedures and Apparatus for Chemical
Coagulation/Precipitation, Sedimentation, Dissolved Air Flotation, Dispersed
Air Flotation, and Filtration,
Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang
Lawrence K. Wang has more than 30 years of experience in facility design, environmental sustainability, natural resources, resources recovery, global pollution control, construction, plant operation, and management. He has expertise in water supply, air pollution control, solid waste disposal, water resources, waste treatment, and hazardous waste management. He is a retired dean/director/VP of the Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Krofta Engineering Corporation, and Zorex Corporation, respectively, in the USA. Dr. Wang is the author of over 700 papers and 45 books, and is credited with 24 U.S. patents and 5 foreign patents. He received his BSCE from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, ROC, his two MS degrees from the Missouri University of Science and Technology and the University of Rhode Island, USA, and his PhD degree from Rutgers University. Currently he is the Chief Series Editor of the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group).
Mu-Hao Sung Wang has been an engineer, an editor and a professor serving private firms, governments, and universities in the USA and Taiwan for over 25 years. She is a licensed Professional Engineer, and a Diplomate of American Academy of Environmental Engineers. Her publications have been in the areas of water quality, modelling, environmental sustainability, waste management, NPDES, flotation, and analytical methods. Dr. Wang is the author of over 50 publications and an inventor of 14 US and foreign patents. She received her BSCE from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ROC, her MSCE from the University of Rhode Island, and her PhD from Rutgers University. She is a member of AWWA, NEWWA, WEF and OCEESA.
Yung-Tse Hung has been a professor of civil engineering at Cleveland State University since 1981. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and has taught at 16 universities in 8 countries. His research interests and publications have been involved with biological processes, and industrial waste treatment. Dr. Hung is credited with over 470 publications and presentations on water and wastewater treatment. He received his BSCE and MSCE from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, and his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. He is the editor of International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, International Journal of Environmental Engineering, and International Journal of Environmental Engineering Science.
