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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787788403321

Autore

Bahadori Alireza

Titolo

Waste management in the chemical and petroleum industries / / Alireza Bahadori

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , 2014

ISBN

1-118-73173-5

1-118-73174-3

1-118-73172-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Disciplina

628.5/1

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Waste disposal

Chemical industry - Waste disposal

Petroleum refineries - Waste disposal

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

Waste-water treatment -- Physical unit operations -- Chemical treatment -- Biological treatment -- Wastewater treatment in unconventional oil and gas industries -- Wastewater sewer systems -- Sewage treatment -- Solid waste treatment and disposal -- Definitions, terminology.

Sommario/riassunto

The global chemical and petroleum industries have always had the challenge of disposing of chemical wastes, by-products, and residuals, but with traditional techniques such as deep well injection and incineration proving flawed, the need for disposal by legal, safe and economically effective means has never been greater. Increasingly, the need to produce without pollution is the preferred model for industry, and the strategy of waste minimization is seen as the best way forward. This is particularly relevant in the petrochemical and chemical industries, where large quantities of hazardous a