Book description
This monograph provides comprehensive coverage of technologies which
integrate adsorption and biological processes in water and wastewater
treatment. The authors provide both an introduction to the topic as well
as a detailed discussion of theoretical and practical considerations.
After a review of the basics involved in the chemistry, biology and
technology of integrated adsorption and biological removal, they discuss
the setup of pilot- and full-scale treatment facilities, covering
powdered as well as granular activated carbon. They elucidate the
factors that influence the successful operation of integrated systems.
Their discussion on integrated systems expands from the effects of
environmental to the removal of various pollutants, to regeneration of
activated carbon, and to the analysis of such systems in mathematical
terms. The authors conclude with a look at future needs for research and develoment.
A truly valuable resource for environmental engineers, environmental and
water chemists, as well as professionals working in water and wastewater
treatment. Ferhan Cecen is currently a professor at the Institute of
Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University in Istanbul, where she
received a B. Sc. degree in chemical engineering. She gained her M. Sc
.and Ph. D. degrees in environmental engineering from Istanbul Technical
University. She has published extensively on the nitrification,
denitrification, biological and advanced treatment of industrial
wastewaters, adsorption of pollutants from water and wastewater, as well
as on the biodegradation of hazardous pollutants, and the impact of
heavy metals and organochlorine compounds on activated sludge and
biofilm systems. Over the past decade, her research has focused on the
integration of adsorption with biological treatment processes in both
wastewater and water treatment.
Ozgur Aktas is currently a researcher at the Environment Institute of
TUBITAK Marmara Research Center. Previously he was a research assistant
at the Institute of Environmental Sciences in Bogazici University. He
received his B. Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering and M. Sc. and Ph. D.
degrees in Environmental Technology from the Institute of Environmental
Sciences, Bogazici University in Istanbul. His research focuses on
activated carbon adsorption in biological processes and bioregeneration
of activated carbon in these combined systems.
