Environmental Biotechnology: Concepts and Applications

Introduction (Jordening, Winter)

PART I WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Bacterial Metabolism in Wastewater Treatment Systems (Gallert, Winter)
Industrial Wastewater Sources and Treatment Strategies (Rosenwinkel)
Activated Sludge Process, Nitrification, Denitrification (Kayser)
Modelling of Aerobic Waste Water Treatment Processes (Henze)
Bioreactors for Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment (Jordening)
Modelling of Biogas Reactors (Markl)

PART II SOIL TREATMENT
Aerobic Degradation by Microorganisms (Fritsche, Hofrichter)
Principles of Anaerobic Degradation of Organic Compounds (Schink)
Thermal Processes, Scrubbing/Extraction, Bioremediation and Disposal (Koning)
Bioremediation with Heap Technique (Schulz-Behrendt)
Bioreactors (Kleijntjens, Luyben)
In Situ Remediation (Held, Dorr)

PART III SOLID WASTE TREATMENT
Composting of Plant Residues and Waste Plant Materials (Schuchardt)
Anaerobic Fermentation of Wet or Semi-Dry Garbage Waste Fractions (Rilling)
Landfill Systems, Sanitary Landfilling of Solid Wastes -
Long-Term Problems with Leachate (Heyer, Stegmann)
Sanitary Landfills -
Long-Term Stability and Environmental Implications (Switzenbaum)

PART IV WASTE GAS TREATMENT
Process Engineering of Biological Waste Gas Purification
Commercial Applications of Biological Waste Gas Purification (Chitwood, Devinny)
Perspectives of Waste, Wastewater Off-Gas and Soil Treatment (Gallert, Winter)

Index