Fundamentals / I: |
Overview / 1: |
What Is Environmental Engineering Science? / 1.A: |
Domains of Environmental Engineering / 1.B: |
Water quality engineering / 1.B.1: |
Air quality engineering / 1.B.2: |
Hazardous waste management / 1.B.3: |
Context and Concepts / 1.C: |
Concentrations and other units of measure / 1.C.1: |
Material balance / 1.C.2: |
Factors governing contaminant concentrations / 1.C.3: |
Engineering analysis / 1.C.4: |
Control opportunities / 1.C.5: |
Environmental regulations / 1.C.6: |
Precision and accuracy / 1.C.7: |
Magnitudes: Length scales and characteristic times / 1.C.8: |
References |
Problems |
Water, Air, and Their Impurities / 2: |
Water and the Hydrosphere / 2.A: |
Air and the Atmosphere / 2.B: |
Impurities in Environmental Media / 2.C: |
Gases dissolved in water / 2.C.1: |
Water in air / 2.C.2: |
Acids, bases, and the hydrogen ion / 2.C.3: |
Inorganic impurities / 2.C.4: |
Organic impurities / 2.C.5: |
Radionuclides / 2.C.6: |
Compounds causing odor, taste, or color / 2.C.7: |
Particulate matter / 2.C.8: |
Microorganisms / 2.C.9: |
Transformation Processes / 3: |
Governing Concepts / 3.A: |
Stoichiometry / 3.A.1: |
Chemical equilibrium / 3.A.2: |
Kinetics / 3.A.3: |
Phase Changes and Partitioning / 3.B: |
Vapor pressure / 3.B.1: |
Dissolution of species in water / 3.B.2: |
Sorption / 3.B.3: |
Acid-Base Reactions / 3.C: |
Acid-base reactions and the hydrogen ion / 3.C.1: |
pH of pure water / 3.C.2: |
Strong and weak acids / 3.C.3: |
Carbonate system / 3.C.4: |
Oxidation-Reduction Reactions / 3.D: |
Oxidation state / 3.D.1: |
Corrosion / 3.D.2: |
Combustion / 3.D.3: |
Atmospheric oxidation processes / 3.D.4: |
Microbial reactions / 3.D.5: |
Reference |
Transport Phenomena / 4: |
Basic Concepts and Mechanisms / 4.A: |
Contaminant flux / 4.A.1: |
Advection / 4.A.2: |
Molecular diffusion / 4.A.3: |
Dispersion / 4.A.4: |
Particle Motion / 4.B: |
Drag on particles / 4.B.1: |
Gravitational settling / 4.B.2: |
Brownian diffusion / 4.B.3: |
Mass Transfer at Fluid Boundaries / 4.C: |
Mass-transfer coefficient / 4.C.1: |
Transport across the air-water interface / 4.C.2: |
Transport in Porous Media / 4.D: |
Fluid flow through porous media / 4.D.1: |
Contaminant transport in porous media / 4.D.2: |
Transport and Transformation Models / 5: |
Reactor Models / 5.A: |
Batch reactor / 5.A.1: |
Completely mixed flow reactor (CMFR) / 5.A.2: |
Plug-flow reactor (PFR) / 5.A.3: |
Advanced examples / 5.A.4: |
Beyond Ideal Reactors: General Material-Balance Models / 5.B: |
Governing equation / 5.B.1: |
Approaches for solving environmental transport problems / 5.B.2: |
Applications / II: |
Water Quality Engineering / 6: |
The Nature of Water Quality Problems / 6.A: |
Rivers and streams / 6.A.1: |
Lakes and reservoirs / 6.A.2: |
Groundwater / 6.A.3: |
Oceans and estuaries / 6.A.4: |
Overview of Water Quality Regulations and Treatment Systems / 6.B: |
Key U.S. federal water regulations / 6.B.1: |
Engineered water quality systems / 6.B.2: |
Physical Treatment Methods / 6.C: |
Sedimentation / 6.C.1: |
Filtration through granular media / 6.C.2: |
Membrane separation processes / 6.C.3: |
Chemical and Physicochemical Treatment Methods / 6.D: |
Disinfection / 6.D.1: |
Coagulation and flocculation / 6.D.2: |
Sorption of organic molecules / 6.D.3: |
Chemical precipitation and ion exchange / 6.D.4: |
Biological Wastewater Treatment / 6.E: |
Activated sludge / 6.E.1: |
Trickling filters / 6.E.2: |
Anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludges / 6.E.3: |
Air Quality Engineering / 7: |
Nature of Air Pollution Problems / 7.A: |
Criteria pollutants / 7.A.1: |
Hazardous air pollutants / 7.A.2: |
Acid deposition / 7.A.3: |
Photochemical smog / 7.A.4: |
Indoor air quality / 7.A.5: |
Global change / 7.A.6: |
Air Pollutant Emissions and Controls / 7.B: |
Characterizing emissions / 7.B.1: |
Pollutant generation by combustion / 7.B.2: |
Motor vehicle emissions / 7.B.3: |
Treatment Technologies / 7.C: |
Particle control devices / 7.C.1: |
Absorption for gaseous pollutant control / 7.C.2: |
Air Quality Models / 7.D: |
Summary of modeling approaches / 7.D.1: |
Gaussian plume dispersion modeling / 7.D.2: |
Hazardous Waste Management / 8: |
History and case studies / 8.A: |
Hazardous waste regulatory framework / 8.A.2: |
Magnitude of the hazardous waste problem / 8.A.3: |
Sources of hazardous wastes / 8.A.4: |
Hazardous Waste Minimization / 8.B: |
What is waste minimization? / 8.B.1: |
Why should we do it? / 8.B.2: |
Techniques for waste minimization / 8.B.3: |
Management tools / 8.B.4: |
Hazardous Waste Treatment Processes / 8.C: |
Physical separation / 8.C.1: |
Chemical treatment / 8.C.2: |
Thermal treatment / 8.C.3: |
Biological treatment / 8.C.4: |
Hazardous Waste Disposal / 8.D: |
Landfills / 8.D.1: |
Deep-well injection / 8.D.2: |
Environmental Releases and Remediation / 8.E: |
Site characterization / 8.E.1: |
Quantitative risk analysis / 8.E.2: |
Site remediation / 8.E.3: |
Appendices |
Basic Data for Environmental Engineering Science / A: |
Primer on Ionizing Radiation / B: |
Primer on Environmental Organic Chemicals / C: |
Pure hydrocarbons / C.1: |
Oxygenated organic compounds / C.2: |
Organohalides / C.3: |
Organic compounds containing sulfur or nitrogen / C.4: |
Problem Solving: Mathematics for Environmental Engineering / D: |
Ordinary differential equations / D.1: |
First-order linear equation with constant coefficients / D.1.a: |
Coupled first-order ordinary differential equations / D.1.b: |
Introduction to the numerical solution of ordinary differential equations / D.1.c: |
Partial differential equations that arise in transport problems / D.2: |
Solving equilibrium problems: Roots of nonlinear algebraic equations / D.3: |
Data manipulation on a logarithmic scale / D.4: |
Linear regression / D.5: |
A Further Look at Transformation Processes / E: |
Activity / E.1: |
Gibbs free energy and equilibrium constants / E.2: |
Electrode potentials and free-energy change in redox reactions / E.3: |
Activation energy and the temperature dependence of reaction rates / E.4: |
United States Federal Regulations for Water and Air Quality / F: |
Index |
Fundamentals / I: |
Overview / 1: |
What Is Environmental Engineering Science? / 1.A: |
Domains of Environmental Engineering / 1.B: |
Water quality engineering / 1.B.1: |
Air quality engineering / 1.B.2: |