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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459286403321

Titolo

Membrane and desalination technologies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lawrence K. Wang, ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Humana Press, 2010

ISBN

1-283-08375-2

9786613083753

1-59745-278-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (728 p.)

Collana

Handbook of environmental engineering ; ; v. 13

Altri autori (Persone)

WangLawrence K

Disciplina

660/.28424

Soggetti

Saline water conversion

Water - Purification - Membrane filtration

Water treatment plants

Pollution

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE -- PREPARATION OF POLYMERIC MEMBRANES -- ADVANCED MEMBRANE FOULING CHARACTERIZATION IN FULL-SCALE REVERSE OSMOSIS PROCESSES -- MEMBRANE FILTRATION REGULATIONS AND DETERMINATION OF LOG REMOVAL VALUE (LRV) -- TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS, MUNICIPAL WASTES AND POTABLE WATER BY MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS -- TREATMENT OF FOOD INDUSTRY WASTES BY MEMBRANE FILTRATION -- MEMBRANE SEPARATION: BASICS AND APPLICATIONS -- MEMBRANE SYSTEMS PLANNING AND DESIGN -- ADSORPTION DESALINATION – A NOVEL METHOD -- MEMBRANE PROCESSES FOR RECLAAMTION OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER -- POTABLE WATER BIOTECHNOLOGY, MEMBRANE FILTRATION AND BIOFILTRATION -- DESALINATION OF SEAWATER BY THERMAL DISTILLATION AND ELECTRODIALYSIS TECHNOLOGIES -- DESALINATION OF SEAWATER BY REVERSE OSMOSIS -- MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGIES FOR POINT-OF-USE AND POINT-OF-ENTRY APPLICATIONS -- MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGIES FOR OIL-WATER SEPARATION -- GAS-SPARGED



ULTRAFILTRATION: RECENT TRENDS, APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES -- APPENDIX: CONVERSION FACTORS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS.

Sommario/riassunto

In this essential new volume, Volume 13: Membrane and Desalination Technologies, a panel of expert researchers provide a wealth of information on membrane and desalination technologies. An advanced chemical and environmental engineering textbook as well as a comprehensive reference book, this volume is of high value to advanced graduate and undergraduate students, researchers, scientists, and designers of water and wastewater treatment systems. This is an essential part of the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series, an incredible collection of methodologies that study the effects of pollution and waste in their three basic forms: gas, solid, and liquid. Chapters adopt the series format, employing methods of practical design and calculation illustrated by numerical examples, including pertinent cost data whenever possible, and exploring in great detail the fundamental principles of the field. Volume 13: Membrane and Desalination Technologies is an essential guide for researchers, highlighting the latest developments in principles of membrane technology, membrane systems planning and design, industrial and municipal waste treatments, desalination requirements, wastewater reclamation, biofiltration, and more. -- Coverage of the principles of membrane and desalination technologies and the fundamentals of water and wastewater treatment -- Emphasis on industry standards, trends in the field, municipal & industrial full-scale operations, POU and POE applications -- Examples of actual operating water and wastewater treatment plants based on membrane technology. -- Examples of actual desalination plants based on both membrane and non-membrane technologies -- Reference of practical use to scientists, researchers, educators and designers of water and wastewater treatment systems. Contents: Membrane Technology. Preparation of Polymeric Membranes. Advanced Membrane Fouling Characterization. Membranes Testing. Membrane Bioreactors. Treatment of Food Wastes. Membrane Separation: Industrial and Municipal Operations. Membrane Systems Design. Adsorption Desalination. Municipal Wastewater Reclamation. Biotechnology and Membrane Filtration. Thermal Distillation and Electrodialysis Technologies. Reverse Osmosis Desalination. Membrane for Point-of-Use and Point-of-Entry Applications. Oil-Water Separation. Gas-sparged Ultrafilatration.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778796203321

Titolo

Rangeland health : new methods to classify, inventory, and monitor rangelands / / Committee on Rangeland Classification, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1994

ISBN

1-280-19656-4

9786610196562

0-309-56647-9

0-585-15634-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

333.74/0973

Soggetti

Range management - United States

Rangelands - United States

Range ecology - United States

Range management

Rangelands

Range ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""RANGELAND HEALTH""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""STATE OF RANGELAND ECOSYSTEMS""; ""Questions About Methods""; ""Lack of Reliable Data""; ""Need to Know is Urgent""; ""PURPOSES OF NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS""; ""Standards for National Assessments""; ""DEFINITION OF RANGELAND HEALTH""; ""MINIMUM ECOLOGICAL STANDARD""; ""USE AND MANAGEMENT""; ""Categories for National Assessments""; ""METHODS TO ASSESS RANGELAND HEALTH""; ""Defining Boundaries""; ""Criteria and Indicators""; ""SOIL STABILITY AND WATERSHED FUNCTION""

""NUTRIENT CYCLING AND ENERGY FLOW"" ""RECOVERY MECHANISMS""; ""Research Needed""; ""NATIONAL INVENTORYING AND MONITORING SYSTEM""; ""Minimum Data Set""; ""Standardize Indicators and Methods""; ""National Sampling System""; ""Periodic Sampling Needed"";



""TRANSITION TO RANGELAND HEALTH ASSESSMENTS""; ""Intermediate Steps""; ""Preserving Continuity During the Transition""; ""CHALLENGE TO RANGE SCIENTISTS AND MANAGERS""; ""1 Rangelands are Important ""; ""RANGELAND MANAGEMENT AND USES""; ""CONCERN ABOUT THE STATE OF U.S. RANGELANDS""; ""Federal Management of U.S. Rangelands""

""Present State of Rangelands"" ""ASSESSMENTS OF RANGELANDS""; ""DEFICIENCIES OF ASSESSMENTS""; ""UTILITY OF CURRENT METHODS AND DATA""; ""URGENT NEED FOR NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS""; ""2 Rangeland Health ""; ""GOALS FOR NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS""; ""STANDARDS FOR RANGELAND ASSESSMENTS""; ""Rangeland Health""; ""Categories for Rangeland Assessments""; ""DEFINING BOUNDARIES""; ""THRESHOLDS BETWEEN ECOLOGICAL STATES""; ""PROCESSES OF CHANGE""; ""THRESHOLD OF RANGELAND HEALTH""; ""EARLY WARNING LINE""; ""MULTIPLE STATES AND TRANSITIONS""; ""ROLE OF RANGELAND HEALTH IN RANGELAND MANAGEMENT""

""Goal of Range Management"" ""Additional Information Needed to Determine Appropriate Management""; ""Rangeland in Extreme Environments""; ""3 Current Methods of Rangeland Assessment ""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF CURRENT THEORY AND PRACTICE OF RANGELAND ASSESSMENTS""; ""Early Development Of Survey Methods""; ""Standardization of Rangeland Surveys""; ""New Theoretical Foundation for Rangeland Surveys""; ""SUCCESSION AND CLIMAX COMMUNITIES""; ""SUCCESSIONAL STAGES AND RANGELAND ASSESSMENT""; ""SUCCESSIONAL STAGES AS CONDITION CLASSES""

""ADOPTION OF THE SUCCESSION-RETROGRESSION MODEL BY FEDERAL AGENCIES""""APPLICABILITY OF THE SUCCESSION-RETROGRESSION MODEL""; ""LINKS BETWEEN OTHER BRANCHES OF ECOLOGY AND RANGELAND SCIENCE""; ""CURRENT AGENCY RANGELAND ASSESSMENT THEORY AND PRACTICE""; ""Site Classification""; ""RANGE SITE CLASSIFICATION""; ""ECOLOGICAL SITES AND TYPES""; ""Evaluation of Range Condition and Ecological Status""; ""RANGE CONDITION (SCS)""; ""ECOLOGICAL STATUS (USFS AND BLM)""; ""Trend and Apparent Trend""; ""NEW METHODS NEEDED TO ASSESS RANGELAND HEALTH""; ""Site Classification""; ""CLASSIFICATION BASED ON CLIMAX CONCEPT""