An Applied Guide to Water and Effluent Treatment Plant Design

Cover......Page 1
Front matter......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Introduction......Page 5
Structure......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Chapter 1 - Introduction: the nature of water and effluent treatment plant design......Page 9
Section 1: Water engineering science......Page 21
Chapter 2 - Water chemistry......Page 22
Chapter 3 - Biology......Page 32
Chapter 4 - Engineering science of water treatment unit operations......Page 45
Chapter 5 - Fluid mechanics......Page 58
Section 2: Clean water treatment engineering......Page 64
Chapter 6 - Clean water characterization and treatment objectives......Page 66
Chapter 7 - Clean water unit operation design: Physical processes......Page 73
Chapter 8 - Clean water unit operation design: Chemical processes......Page 105
Chapter 9 - Clean water unit operation design: Biological processes......Page 115
Chapter 10 - Clean water hydraulics......Page 121
Section 3: Municipal dirty water treatment engineering......Page 140
Chapter 11 - Dirty water characterization and treatment objectives......Page 142
Chapter 12 - Dirty water unit operation design: Physical processes......Page 150
Chapter 13 - Dirty water unit operation design: Chemical processes......Page 167
Chapter 14 - Dirty water unit operation design: Biological processes......Page 172
Chapter 15 - Dirty water hydraulics......Page 204
Section 4: Industrial effluent treatment engineering......Page 220
Chapter 16 - Industrial effluent characterization and treatment objectives......Page 222
Chapter 17 - Industrial effluent treatment unit operation design: Physical processes......Page 231
Chapter 18 - Industrial effluent treatment unit operation design: Chemical processes......Page 237
Chapter 19 - Industrial effluent treatment unit operation design: Biological processes......Page 243
Chapter 20 - Industrial effluent treatment hydraulics......Page 249
Section 5: Sludge treatment engineering......Page 252
Chapter 21 - Sludge characterization and treatment objectives......Page 254
Chapter 22 - Sludge treatment unit operation design: Physical processes......Page 263
Chapter 23 - Sludge treatment unit operation design: Chemical processes......Page 272
Chapter 24 - Sludge treatment unit operation design: Biological processes......Page 274
Chapter 25 - Sludge treatment hydraulics......Page 285
Section 6: Miscellany......Page 288
Chapter 26 - Ancillary processes......Page 289
Chapter 27 - Water and wastewater treatment plant layout......Page 294
Chapter 28 - Classic mistakes in water and effluent treatment plant design and operation......Page 309
Chapter 29 - Troubleshooting wastewater treatment plant......Page 316
Chapter 30 - Water feature design......Page 326
Appendix 1 - General process plant design......Page 336
Appendix 2 - The water treatment plant design process......Page 347
Appendix 3 - Design deliverables......Page 357
Appendix 4 - Selection and sizing of unit operations......Page 369
Appendix 5 - Costing water and wastewater treatment plant......Page 387
Appendix 6 - Water aggressiveness indexes......Page 393
Appendix 7 - Clean water treatment by numbers......Page 398
Appendix 8 - Sewage treatment by numbers......Page 400
Appendix 9 - Industrial effluent treatment by numbers......Page 402
Appendix 10 - Useful information......Page 404
Appendix 11 - Worked example for chemical dosing estimation......Page 407
Index......Page 410