Environmental Biotechnology - Theory and Application

164 Environmental Biotechnology Aerator paddle Plan view Side view Algal-rich water Effluent Effluent Figure 7.5 High rate algal ...

Phytotechnology and Photosynthesis 165 various attempts have also been made to turn the algal crop into a number of different pr ...

166 Environmental Biotechnology Unsurprisingly, energy industries account for the greatest share (36%) of carbon dioxide emissio ...

Phytotechnology and Photosynthesis 167 Figure 7.6 Schematic ACSACS was passed into the bottom of a bioreactor vessel, containing ...

168 Environmental Biotechnology linked to diffusers within the vessels to provide adequate illumination within the filters. An a ...

Phytotechnology and Photosynthesis 169 seems likely that the increasingly prioritised initiatives to find low-cost systems to br ...

170 Environmental Biotechnology Case Study 7.1 Naturalising Phytoremediators (Dyfed and Powys, Wales) Though necessary for swift ...

Phytotechnology and Photosynthesis 171 Continued from page 170 Seven beds, amounting to a total of five hectares (12.5acres) wer ...

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8 Chapter 8 Biotechnology and Waste As mentioned in the first chapter, waste represents one of the three key inter- vention poin ...

174 Environmental Biotechnology as being characterised by a high carbon content, this definition is so wide as to include the va ...

Biotechnology and Waste 175 of sugars and therefore are carbohydrates, lignin is a polymer of the two amino acids, phenylalanine ...

176 Environmental Biotechnology Table 8.1 A comparison of selected national waste management arrangements, recy- cling rates and ...

Biotechnology and Waste 177 biowaste awaiting collection in dustbins and even, to some extent, when only recently delivered to l ...

178 Environmental Biotechnology The question of methane production, so central to the original thrust of the legislation has bee ...

Biotechnology and Waste 179 present. However, under conditions of high organic loading, the oxygen demand of the bacteria exceed ...

180 Environmental Biotechnology Table 8.2 General range of values for landfill leachate Determinand Value range pH 5.5–8 BOD 5–8 ...

Biotechnology and Waste 181 In practical terms, the application of this leads to two major environmental benefits. Firstly, and ...

182 Environmental Biotechnology There are three general ways in which waste is collected: as mixed MSW, as part of a separate co ...

Biotechnology and Waste 183 There are a number of processes currently available in varying degrees of commercial readiness, and ...