Solids Process Design and Management

This authoritative guide from the Water Environment Federation discusses the latest in wastewater and solids management. Solids Process Design and Managementrepresents the most comprehensive and significant update to the highly regarded and widely used USEPA Process Design Manual for Sludge Treatment and Disposal (EPA/625/1-79/011), September 1979. This update comes at a time of rapid change in the solids management field that is motivated by the need for greater cost-efficiency and improved technology performance. Wastewater still requires higher and higher levels of treatment, resulting in even greater volumes of solids that need to be managed in an efficient and effective manner to protect human health and the environment. There have been significant advancements in equipment and processes including a global transfer of technologies and knowledge, as well as changes in planning, design, and management practices. This volume covers these new developments and much morefrom conditioning, dewatering, and utilization to disposal. Solids Process Design and Management Includes new material on carbon footprints and greenhouse gases Emphasizes waste minimization Discusses anaerobic and aerobic digestion and odors Covers new equipment and processes Features new information on improved cost-efficiency Comprehensive coverage: General Considerations for Planning of Biosolids Management Projects; Public Outreach and Involvement; Solids Production and Characterization; Design Approach; Conveyance of Wastewater Residuals; Chemical Conditioning; Thickening; Sludge Minimization Technologies; Anaerobic Digestion; Aerobic Digestion; Dewatering; Composting; Alkaline Treatment; Disinfection and Stabilization Processes; Thermal Drying of Biosolids; Thermal Oxidation and Energy Recovery; Pyrolysis/Gasification and Other Thermal Processes; Transport and Storage; Management of Odors; Sidestreams from Solids Treatment Processes; Instrumentation and Monitoring; Land Application and Product Distribution; Landfill Management Systems; Emerging Technologies; Treatment and Utilization of Green Gases

Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - General Considerations for Planning of Biosolids Management Projects
Chapter 3 - Public Outreach and Involvement
Chapter 4 - Solids Production and Characterization
Chapter 5 - Design Approach
Chapter 6 - Conveyance of Wastewater Residuals
Chapter 7 - Chemical Conditioning
Chapter 8 - Thickening
Chapter 9 - Sludge Minimization Technologies
Chapter 10 - Anaerobic Digestion
Chapter 11 - Aerobic Digestion
Chapter 12 - Dewatering
Chapter 13 - Composting
Chapter 14 - Alkaline Treatment
Chapter 15 - Disinfection and Stabilization Processes
Chapter 16 - Thermal Drying of Biosolids
Chapter 17 - Thermal Oxidation and Energy Recovery
Chapter 18 - Pyrolysis/Gasification and Other Thermal Processes
Chapter 19 - Transport and Storage
Chapter 20 - Management of Odors
Chapter 21 - Sidestreams from Solids Treatment Processes
Chapter 22 - Instrumentation and Monitoring
Chapter 23 - Land Application and Product Distribution
Chapter 24 - Landfill Management Systems
Chapter 25 - Emerging Technologies
Chapter 26 - Treatment and Utilization of Green Gases