Conversion And Utilization Of Waste Materials / Edition 1

by M.Rashid Khan

Overview

This text identifies the problems and opportunities of converting wastes into useful materials or fuels. Chapters cover such issues as waste Utilization And Recycling; Plastics, Polymers, Tyres And Automotive wastes; and the potential usage of coal conversion by-products.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781560323822
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/01/1996
Series:	Applied Energy Technology Series
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.31(w) x 9.44(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Khan\, M. Rashid

Table of Contents

Part 1 General: utilization of waste materials - examples of business successes; designing recycling to preserve innovation; coliquefaction of waste material with coal - a research programme of the Consortium for Fossil Fuel Liquefaction Science. Part 2 Plastics, polymers, tyres and Automotive Wastes: Advanced Recycling Technologies For Plastics; recycling of polymers from automotive shredder residue; pyrolytic reprocessing of scrap tyres into high-value products; co-processing of coal with waste tyres and polymers - "in situ" electron spin resonance investigations. Part 3 Biosolids, biomass and municipal solid wastes: fundamentals of hydrothermal pre-treatment of biosolids sludge - feedstock for clean energy; land application of biosolids; ethanol from biomass gasification/fermentation; genetic engineering for productivity in the fermentation of xylose to ethanol; gas recovery and utilization from municipal solid waste landfills; emissions from burning biomass - development of a model; co-processing of coal and paper/lignocellulosic wastes; mathematical analysis of an MSW incinerator. PArt 4 Coal conversion and by-products: selective leaching of coal and coal combustion solids residues; characterization of concretes formulated with blends of Portland cement and oil shale combustion ash; utilization of coal-tar pitch in insulating-seal materials; briquetting anthracite fines for recycling.

Editorial Reviews

Forty contributors from various disciplines respond to the most cost effective environmental opportunities for converting waste materials into useful materials and fuels. Their investigations into this emerging field provide a forum in waste utilization and recycling; discuss the major issues in plastics, polymers, tires, and automotive wastes; present current research in the fundamentals and applications of biosolids, biomass, and municipal sold wastes; and examine the potential usage of coal conversion by-products. The text is illustrated by tables and graphs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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