Environmental biotechnology : concepts and applications / edited by Hans-Joachim Jördening and Josef Winter. - Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2005. - xxiii, 463 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Preface. - List of Contributors. - 1. Bacterial Metabolism in Wastewater Treatment Systems (Claudia Gallert and Josef Winter). - 2. Industrial Wastewater Sources and Treatment Strategies (Karl-Heinz Rosenwinkel, Ute Austermann-Haun, and Hartmut Meyer). - 3. Activated Sludge Process (Rolf Kayser). - 4. Modeling of Aerobic Wastewater Treatment Processes (Mogens Henze). - 5. High-rate Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment (Hans-Joachim J©œrdening and Klaus Buchholz). - 6. Modeling of Biogas Reactors (Herbert Ma;rkl). - 7. Aerobic Degradation of Recalcitrant Organic Compounds by Microorganisms (Wolfgang Fritsche and Martin Hofrichter). - 8. Principles of Anaerobic Degradation of Organic Compounds (Bernhard Schink). - 9. Soil Remediation and Disposal (Michael Koning, Karsten Hupe, and Rainer Stegmann). - 10. Bioremediation by the Heap Technique (Volker Schulz-Berendt). - 11. Bioreactors (Rene; H. Kleijntjens and Karel Ch. A. M. Luyben). - 12. In-situ Remediation (T. Held and H. D©œrr). - 13. Composting of Organic Waste (Frank Schuchardt). - 14. Anaerobic Fermentation of Wet and Semidry Garbage Waste Fractions (Norbert Rilling). - 15. Landfill Systems, Sanitary Landfilling of Solid Wastes, and Long-term Problems with Leachate (Kai-Uwe Heyer and Rainer Stegmann). - 16. Sanitary Landfills: Long-term Stability and Environmental Implications (Michael S. Switzenbaum). - 17. Process Engineering of Biological Waste Gas Purification (Muthumbi Waweru, Veerle Herrygers, Herman Van Langenhove, and Willy Verstraete). - 18. Commercial Applications of Biological Waste Gas Purification (Derek E. Chitwood and Joseph S. Devinny). - 19. Perspectives of Wastewater, Waste, Off-gas and Soil Treatment (Claudia Gallert and Josef Winter). - Subject Index.

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