Industrial and Municipal Sludge: Emerging Concerns and Scope for Resource Recovery begins with a characterization of the types of sludge and their sources and management strategies. This section is followed by specific chapters that cover Emerging contaminants in sludge (Endocrine disruptors, Pesticides and Pharmaceutical residues, including illicit drugs/controlled substances), Bioleaching of sludge [with an enriched sulfur-oxidizing bacterial community, Recovery of valuable metals (Bioleaching and use of sulfur-oxidizing bacterial community, and Biogas production by continuous thermal hydrolysis and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. In addition, the book includes numerous tables and flow diagrams to help users further comprehend the subject matter.
| ISBN: | 9780128159071 |
| Publication date: | 16th April 2019 |
| Author: | Majeti Narasimha (Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India) Vara Prasad |
| Publisher: | Butterworth-Heinemann Inc an imprint of Elsevier - Health Sciences Division |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 856 pages |
| Genres: |
Waste treatment and disposal |