Bioremediation and sustainability : research and applications / edited by Romeela Mohee and Ackmez Mudhoo.
Contributor(s): Mohee, Romeela [editor of compilation.] | Mudhoo, Ackmez [editor of compilation.]
Language: English Publisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : Salem, Massachesetts : Wiley ; Scrivener Publishing LLC, [2012]Description: 1 online resource (438 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781118371220Subject(s): Bioremediation | SCIENCE / Environmental ScienceGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 628.1683 LOC classification: TD192.5 | .B556926 2012Other classification: SCI026000 Online resources: Full text available at Wiley Online Library Click here to view| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Romeela Mohee, PhD, is Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Mauritius. She obtained her PhD at the University of Mauritius in 1998, and her primary research interests are in waste containment, solid waste management and treatment by anaerobic digestion and composting, beneficial reuse of waste materials, and heat and mass transfer modeling. An eminent international consultant in environmental science and energy issues, Dr. Mohee has authored or contributed to over 70 international publications on waste biotreatment, including four books and numerous conference papers and consultancy reports.
Ackmez Mudhoo, MPhil, is Lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Mauritius. His main research interests encompass the design of composting systems, analysis of composting processes, and the biological treatment of solid wastes and wastewater. He has dozens of international journal publications and conference papers to his credit. He is also a peer reviewer on numerous journals, and is the editor-in-chief for two international research journals.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dedications
Preface
Acknowledgements
Editor
List of Contributors
Chapter 1. Elements of Sustainability and Bioremediation
Ackmez Mudhoo and Romeela Mohee
Chapter 2. Natural Attenuation
R. Ryan Dupont
Chapter 3. Anaerobic Digestion Processes
Steven I. Safferman, Dana M. Kirk Louis L. Faivor, Wei Wu-Haan
Chapter 4. Biosurfactants: Synthesis, Properties and Applications in Environmental Bioremediation
Ramkrishna Sen, Ackmez Mudhoo and Gunaseelan, D.
Chapter 5. Phytoremediation: An Efficient Approach for Bioremediation of Organic and Metallic Ions Pollutants
Divya Gupta, Lalit Kumar Singh, Ashish Deep Gupta and Vikash Babu
Chapter 6. Bioleaching
Leo G. Leduc and Garry D. Ferroni
Chapter 7. Biosorption of Heavy Metals – New Perspectives
Teresa Taveres and Hugo Figueiredo
Chapter 8. Biofiltration: Essentials, Research and Applications
Smita Raghuvanshi, Subhajit Majumder and Suresh Gupta
Chapter 9. Modeling and Implementation of Sustainable Remediation Based on Bioventing
Hillel Rubin, Eran Rubin, and Holger Schüttrumpf
Chapter 10. Bioremediation of Xenobiotics
Kamal Saxena, Gajendra Kumar Aseri, Ashish Deep Gupta and Vikash Babu
IndexDedications
Preface
Acknowledgements
Editor
List of Contributors
Chapter 1. Elements of Sustainability and Bioremediation
Ackmez Mudhoo and Romeela Mohee
Chapter 2. Natural Attenuation
R. Ryan Dupont
Chapter 3. Anaerobic Digestion Processes
Steven I. Safferman, Dana M. Kirk Louis L. Faivor, Wei Wu-Haan
Chapter 4. Biosurfactants: Synthesis, Properties and Applications in Environmental Bioremediation
Ramkrishna Sen, Ackmez Mudhoo and Gunaseelan, D.
Chapter 5. Phytoremediation: An Efficient Approach for Bioremediation of Organic and Metallic Ions Pollutants
Divya Gupta, Lalit Kumar Singh, Ashish Deep Gupta and Vikash Babu
Chapter 6. Bioleaching
Leo G. Leduc and Garry D. Ferroni
Chapter 7. Biosorption of Heavy Metals – New Perspectives
Teresa Taveres and Hugo Figueiredo
Chapter 8. Biofiltration: Essentials, Research and Applications
Smita Raghuvanshi, Subhajit Majumder and Suresh Gupta
Chapter 9. Modeling and Implementation of Sustainable Remediation Based on Bioventing
Hillel Rubin, Eran Rubin, and Holger Schüttrumpf
Chapter 10. Bioremediation of Xenobiotics
Kamal Saxena, Gajendra Kumar Aseri, Ashish Deep Gupta and Vikash Babu
Index
"Sustainable development requires the development and promotion of environmental management and a constant search for green technologies to treat a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial habitats contaminated by increasing anthropogenic activities with the main sources of contaminants being the chemical industries. Bioremediation is a technique that uses living organisms in order to degrade or transform contaminants into their less toxic forms. It is based on the existence of microorganisms with capacity to attack the compounds on the enzymatic level. Bioremediation is an increasingly popular low-cost alternative to conventional methods for treating wastes and contaminated media with the possibility to degrade these contaminants using natural microbial activity mediated by different consortia of microbes. Over the last few years, the scientific literature has revealed the progressive emergence of various bioremediation techniques. BIOREMEDIATION AND SUSTAINABILITY: Research and Applications presents an up-to-date and comprehensive collection of chapters prepared in bioremediation technology research and application.The strategies covered in this volume can be applied in situ or ex situ, depending on the site in which they will be applied. In situ is the treatment done in the site of the contamination and ex situ involves the removal of soil or water to subsequent treatment. There is a wide variety of techniques that have been developed in the past and are covered in this volume, such as natural attenuation, bioaugmentation, biostimulation, biosorption, composting, phytoremediation, rhizoremediation and bioleaching"-- Provided by publisher.
"Covers the most cost effective techniques in bioremediation technologies and the most cutting-edge research on bioremediation and its applications. Discusses the sustainability paradigm and the role of "green" bioremediation technologies in environmental science. Presents the most important emerging areas dealing with bioremediation, such as anaerobic digestion biotechnology, air-sparging, vermistabilization, bioleaching, biobleaching, and many others. Useful as a textbook, as well as a useful volume for the experienced engineer or scientist working in the field"-- Provided by publisher.
Bioremediation and Sustainability is an up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of research and applications for some of the most important low-cost, "green," emerging technologies in chemical and environmental engineering.
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