Industrial Water Use and Treatment Guidebook - electronic book

• Practical guidance on industrial water use, treatment, and reuse
• Strategies for cooling water, boilers, and wastewater systems
• Guidance on corrosion mitigation and flow-accelerated corrosion prevention
• Overview of desalination, water conservation, and zero-liquid-discharge systems
• Latest technological advancements in water treatment and reclamation

• Process and mechanical engineers
• Water-treatment specialists
• Plant operators and environmental engineers
• Project engineers and project managers
• Maintenance and reliability engineers in the CPI and power industries

Articles Include

• Wastewater Sludge Centrifugation Before Drying
• Biological Wastewater Treatment: Maintaining the Needed Microorganism Population
• Cooling Towers: Managing Tighter Water-Discharge Regulations
• Water Takes the Stage at Achema
• Cooling Towers: Estimate Evaporation Loss and Makeup Water Requirements
• Superheater Problems in Steam Generators
• Pressurized Piping: Sampling Steam and Water
• A Primer on Reverse Osmosis Technology
• Mitigate Corrosion in Condensate-Return Systems
• Beware of Flow-Accelerated Corrosion
• Water-Saving Strategies for the CPI
• The Financial Benefits of Water Treatment
• Troubleshooting and Solving a Sour-Water Stripper Problem
• Understanding Boiler Circulation
• Biological Wastewater Treatment: Selecting the Process
• Treating Wastewater for Industrial Reuse
• Advantages Gained in Automating Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plants
• How To Properly Size A Steam Trap
• Modern Water-Treatment Challenges
• Challenges of Drying Sticky Wastewater Sludge
• Using Sensor Technologies to Optimize Maintenance of Power Plant Water Systems
• Desalination Expands, but Energy Challenges Remain
• Monitoring and Treatment of Closed-Loop Cooling Water Systems
• Zero-Discharge Pozzolanic Brine Solidification: Another Option for Treating FGD Wastewater
• A Comparison of ELG Compliance Options for Flue Scrubber Wastewater
• Lowering Cost and Waste in Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Treatment
• Reclaimed Water Reduces Stress on Freshwater Supplies
• Using Reclaimed Water in Power Plant Cooling Applications
• Huaneng Power’s Changxing Station ZLD Project, China
• Prevent Purified Water from Putting a Damper on Your Next Commissioning
• Next-Generation FGD Wastewater Bioreactor Technology Introduced for ELG Compliance
• A new adsorbent to recover uranium and other heavy metals from wastewater
• Bacteria and algae team-up to tackle arsenic-contaminated water
• These robust organosilane-based membranes promise benefits
• An inexpensive adsorbant for removing silver from wastewater
• A self-cleaning electrolytic cell that converts waste streams into disinfectants
• Engineered wetlands technology now available for wastewater treatment
• Coral enhances the removal of mercury from wastewater
• Removing harmful metals from wastewater with crab shells
• Improving the efficiency of solar desalination
• Organic corrosion inhibitors perform well against oxidizing biocides
• Carbon fibers enhance swine wastewater treatment
• A new adsorbent for wastewater treatment
• Imitating nature leads to a separator for oil droplets
• This new water-treatment polymer improves scale control in boilers
• A pilot project to capture rainwater for wine production
• Remove pollutants from wastewater with this nano-tailored coating
• Covered lagoons treat wastewater and make biogas, too
• A desalination membrane that is resistant to chlorine
• A patent granted for this self-diagnostic technology used in boilers
• Reduce energy costs by combining wastewater treatment and desalination
• Using algae to clean wastewater
• Diamond-based electrodes allow handling of difficult-to-treat wastewaters
• This scale inhibitor uses steric dispersion principles
• A next-generation membrane bioreactor
• Microporous vanadosilicate efficiently removes cesium from wastewater
• Municipal water sludge-optimization technology poised for growth
• Ceramic membrane filtration to be demonstrated for removing oil from produced water
• Phosphorus-free cooling water treatment
• A process to treat tight emulsions and intractable oily wastes
• An energy-saving bioreactor for wastewater treatment
• Nanostructured membrane for water purification
• Control biofouling with I2-vapor disinfection
• A new carrier for MBBR technology
• ‘Switchable solvent’ technology is a promising development for advancing forward osmosis
• This chemical-free disinfection media requires no power
• Turning wastewater treatment into resource recovery
• Plasma oxidation disinfects water without the addition of chemicals
• This desalination process uses much less energy than RO
• Bioelectrochemical system treats wastewater and generates biogas
• Continuously cleaned filters for challenging water streams
• A new catalyst removes cyanide from wastewater
• Converting sewage into fuels

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