1  Cover

      2  About the Author

      3  Preface

      4  Acknowledgments

      5  About the Companion Website

      6  1 Why Industrial Environmental Management? 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Environmental Management in Industries 1.3 Waste as Pollution 1.4 Defining Pollution Prevention 1.5 The ZDZE Paradigm 1.6 Zero Discharge Industries 1.7 Sustainability, Industrial Ecology, and Zero Discharge (Emissions) 1.8 Why Zero Discharge Is Critical to Sustainability 1.9 The New Role of Process Engineers and Engineering Firms 1.10 Zero Discharge (Emissions) Methodology 1.11 Making the Transition 1.12 Constraints and Challenges 1.13 The Structure of the Book Problems References

      7  2 Genesis of Environmental Problem Worldwide 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Genesis of the Environmental Problem 2.3 Causes of Pollution and Environmental Degradation 2.4 Industrialization and Urbanization in the United States 2.5 Important Technological Developments 2.6 Industrial Disasters 2.7 Environmental Law 2.8 Pollution Control Laws 2.9 Resource Sustainability 2.10 Polluter Pays Principle 2.11 Theory/Environmental Law Debate 2.12 International Law 2.13 The Legal and Regulatory Framework for Environmental Protection in India 2.14 United States Environmental Law 2.15 ISO 9000 and 14000 2.16 Current Environmental Regulatory Development in the United States: From End‐of‐Pipe Laws and Regulations to Pollution Prevention 2.17 Greenhouse Gases Examples (Multiple Choice) Problems References

      8  3 Industrial Pollution Sources, Its Characterization, Estimation, and Treatment 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Wastewater Sources 3.3 Wastewater Characteristics 3.4 Chemical Characteristics 3.5 Industrial Wastewater Variation 3.6 Industrial Wastestream Variables 3.7 Concentration vs. Mass of the Pollution 3.8 Industrial Wastewater Treatment 3.9 Air Quality 3.10 The Ideal Gas Law and Concentration Measurements in Gases 3.11 Other Applications of the Ideal Gas Law 3.12 Gas Flow Measurement 3.13 Flow at Standard Temperature and Pressure 3.14 Gas Flowrate Conversion from SCFM to ACFM 3.15 Corrections for Percent O₂ 3.16 Boiler Flue Gas Concentrations Are Usually Corrected to 3% Oxygen 3.17 Air‐to‐Fuel Ratio and Stoichiometric Ratio 3.18 Material Balances and Energy Balances 3.19 Wastes in the United States 3.20 Hazardous Waste 3.21 Incineration, Destruction, and WtE 3.22 Hazardous Waste Landfill (Sequestering, Isolation, etc.) 3.23 Radioactive Waste 3.24 Coal 3.25 Low‐Level Waste 3.26 Nuclear Waste Management Problems References

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