Introduction to environmental engineering and science /

By: Masters, Gilbert MMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi. : Pearson Education, 1998Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 651 p. : ill., mapsISBN: 0131553844; 9788129702777; 8129702770Subject(s): Environmental engineering | Environmental sciencesDDC classification: 363.7
Contents:
Mass and energy transfer. Introduction. Units of measurement. Materials balance. Energy fundamentals. -- Environmental chemistry. Introduction. Stoichiometry. Enthalpy in chemical systems. Chemical equilibria. Organic chemistry. Nuclear chemistry. -- Mathematics for growth. Introduction. Exponential growth. Resource consumption. Population growth. Human population growth. -- Risk assessment. Introduction. Perspectives on risks. Perception of risk. Risk assessment. Hazard identification. Dose-response assessment. Human exposure assessment. Risk characterization. Comparative risk analysis. -- Water pollution. Introduction. Water resources. Water pollutants. Status of surface water quality. Biochemical oxygen demand. The effect of oxygen-demanding wastes on rivers. Water quality in lakes and reservoirs. Groundwater. Aquifers. Hydraulic gradient. Darcy's Law. Contaminant transport. Cone of depression. Capture-zone curves. Control of groundwater plumes. Contaminants in groundwater. Conventional pump-and-treat systems. Additional remediation technologies. -- Water quality control. Introduction. Municipal water and wastewater systems. The Safe Drinking Water Act. Water treatment systems. Wastewater treatment. Hazardous wastes. Hazardous materials legislation. Hazardous waste treatment technologies. Land disposal. -- Air pollution. Introduction. Overview of emissions. The Clean Air Act. The pollutant standards index. Criteria pollutants. Toxic air pollutants. Air pollution in the world's megacities. Motor vehicle emissions. Stationary sources. Air pollution and meteorology. The point-source Gaussian Plume Model. Indoor air quality. -- Global atmospheric change. Introduction. The atmospheric of Earth. Global temperature. The greenhouse effect. Global energy balance. Radiative forcing of climate change. Radiative forcings since preindustrial times. Radiative forcings saturation effects. Global warming potential. The carbon cycle. Carbon emissions from fossil fuels. IPCC emission scenarios. Regional impacts of temperature change. The oceans and climate change. Changes in stratospheric ozone. -- Solid waste management and resource recovery. Introduction. Background. Life-cycle assessment. Source reduction. Collection and transfer operations. Recycling. Composting. Discarded materials. Waste-to-energy combustion. Landfills.
Summary: Suitable for undergraduate engineering and science courses in Environmental Engineering, this book provides coverage of various categories of environmental pollution, with coverage of topics such as climate change and ozone depletion, risk assessment, indoor air quality, source-reduction and recycling, and groundwater contamination.
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Mass and energy transfer. Introduction. Units of measurement. Materials balance. Energy fundamentals. --
Environmental chemistry. Introduction. Stoichiometry. Enthalpy in chemical systems. Chemical equilibria. Organic chemistry. Nuclear chemistry. --
Mathematics for growth. Introduction. Exponential growth. Resource consumption. Population growth. Human population growth. --
Risk assessment. Introduction. Perspectives on risks. Perception of risk. Risk assessment. Hazard identification. Dose-response assessment. Human exposure assessment. Risk characterization. Comparative risk analysis. --
Water pollution. Introduction. Water resources. Water pollutants. Status of surface water quality. Biochemical oxygen demand. The effect of oxygen-demanding wastes on rivers. Water quality in lakes and reservoirs. Groundwater. Aquifers. Hydraulic gradient. Darcy's Law. Contaminant transport. Cone of depression. Capture-zone curves. Control of groundwater plumes. Contaminants in groundwater. Conventional pump-and-treat systems. Additional remediation technologies. --
Water quality control. Introduction. Municipal water and wastewater systems. The Safe Drinking Water Act. Water treatment systems. Wastewater treatment. Hazardous wastes. Hazardous materials legislation. Hazardous waste treatment technologies. Land disposal. --
Air pollution. Introduction. Overview of emissions. The Clean Air Act. The pollutant standards index. Criteria pollutants. Toxic air pollutants. Air pollution in the world's megacities. Motor vehicle emissions. Stationary sources. Air pollution and meteorology. The point-source Gaussian Plume Model. Indoor air quality. --
Global atmospheric change. Introduction. The atmospheric of Earth. Global temperature. The greenhouse effect. Global energy balance. Radiative forcing of climate change. Radiative forcings since preindustrial times. Radiative forcings saturation effects. Global warming potential. The carbon cycle. Carbon emissions from fossil fuels. IPCC emission scenarios. Regional impacts of temperature change. The oceans and climate change. Changes in stratospheric ozone. --
Solid waste management and resource recovery. Introduction. Background. Life-cycle assessment. Source reduction. Collection and transfer operations. Recycling. Composting. Discarded materials. Waste-to-energy combustion. Landfills.

Suitable for undergraduate engineering and science courses in Environmental Engineering, this book provides coverage of various categories of environmental pollution, with coverage of topics such as climate change and ozone depletion, risk assessment, indoor air quality, source-reduction and recycling, and groundwater contamination.

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