• ISBN13: 9781771881470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Earth-Science/Environment
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Apple Acad
• Publication Date: February 15, 2015
• Pages: 302
• Original Price: 120.0 GBP
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 545 grams

About the Book Water is essential to our planet's life, and protecting our water resources is a prerequisite for building a sustainable future. Since water use is inextricably linked to energy use, however, we face significant challenges. Water plays an essential role in many, if not most, manufacturing facilities. In a world facing a water-scarcity crisis, much research and development currently focuses on decreasing industries' water-use footprint. This compendium volume looks briefly at several select industries and investigates various water treatment processes for each, including microbial biotechnologies, ozone-related processes, adsorption, and photochemical reactions, among others. The various industries are organized into four groups: <ul> <li>Industries that produce petrochemicals</li> <li>Metal industries</li> <li>The semi-conductor industry</li> <li>The paper and pulp industries</li> </ul> Collected by a well-respected expert in the field, the studies gathered here are intended to be a starting point for further investigation by graduate students and other scientific researchers. Today's research, found in these chapters, can be expanded to create tomorrow's even wider frame of study.