This text/reference fills a void that exists in most environmental engineering curricula by providing students with a sound knowledge of chemical thermodynamics and reaction kinetics - the fundamental principles of environmental engineering. Unlike other texts, it brings together the components of air, water, soil/sediment, and biota and the exchange and transformations that occur in and between them. Elements of Environmental Engineering is an ideal textbook for senior undergraduates in environmental engineering. It introduces students to thermodynamics and kinetics and lays the foundation for more advanced courses in fate and transport modeling and waste treatment/elimination. The book also serves as an excellent reference for researchers and professionals in civil, chemical, and environmental engineering, as well as environmental chemists, toxicologists, and regulators who need to estimate parameters of various chemicals.
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Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Environmental Engineering students, civil, chemical and environmental engineers, environmental chemists, toxicologists, and environmental regulators.
Illustrationen
1 s/w Photographie bzw. Rasterbild
1 fig.
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-56670-089-4 (9781566700894)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Introduction
Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Environmental Engineering
Rationale for This Book
Units and Dimensions Adopted
Structure of the Book
Concepts from Classical Thermodynamics
Equilibrium
Fundemental Laws of Thermodynamics
Gibbs Free Energy and Equilibrium
Concept of Maximum Work
Gibbs Free Energy and Chemical Potential
Thermodynamics of Surfaces and Colloidal Systems
Multicomponent Equilibrium Thermodynamics Concepts in Environmental Engineering
Ideal and Nonideal Fluids
Concept of Fugacity
Ideal Solutions, Dilute Solutions
Nonideal Solutions
Ideal and Nonideal Surfaces
Specific Applications of Equilibrium Thermodynamics in Environmental Engineering
Applications to Air-Water Phase Equilibrium
Applications to Soil-Water and Soil-Air Equilibrium
Concepts from Chemical Reaction Kinetics in Environmental Engineering
Progress Toward Equilibrium in a Chemical Reaction
Reaction Rate, Order, and Rate Constant
Simple Kinetic Rate Laws
Activation Energy
Reaction Mechanisms
Reactions in Electrolyte Solutions
Catalysis of Environmental Reactions
Redox Reactions in Environmental Systems
Specific Applications of Chemical Kinetics in Environmental Engineering
Applications in Waste Treatment, Fate, and Transport Modeling
Applications in Atmospheric Chemistry
Applications in Environmental Bioengineering
Appendices
Properties of Selected Compounds of Environmental Significance
Standard Free Energy, Enthalpy, and Entropy of Formation for Some Compounds of Environmental Significance
Selected Fragment and Structural Factors for Octanol-Water Partition Constant Estimation
Some Common Concentration Units Employed in Environmental Engineering
Dissociation Constants for Environmentally Significant Acids and Bases
Index
