Reaction Mechanisms in Environmental Engineering: Analysis and Prediction

by James G. Speight

Overview

Reaction Mechanisms in Environmental Engineering: Analysis and Prediction describes the principles that govern chemical reactivity and demonstrates how these principles are used to yield more accurate predictions. The book will help users increase accuracy in analyzing and predicting the speed of pollutant conversion in engineered systems, such as water and wastewater treatment plants, or in natural systems, such as lakes and aquifers receiving industrial pollution. Using examples from air, water and soil, the book begins with a clear exposition of the properties of environmental and inorganic organic chemicals that is followed by partitioning and sorption processes and sorption and transformation processes.

Kinetic principles are used to calculate or estimate the pollutants' half-lives, while physical-chemical properties of organic pollutants are used to estimate transformation mechanisms and rates. The book emphasizes how to develop an understanding of how physico-chemical and structural properties relate to transformations of organic pollutants.

• Offers a one-stop source for analyzing and predicting the speed of organic and inorganic reaction mechanisms for air, water and soil
• Provides the tools and methods for increased accuracy in analyzing and predicting the speed of pollutant conversion in engineered systems
• Uses kinetic principles and the physical-chemical properties of organic pollutants to estimate transformation mechanisms and rates

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128006672
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/13/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	456
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Speight is currently editor of the journal Petroleum Science and Technology (formerly Fuel Science and Technology International) and editor of the journal Energy

Sources. He is recognized as a world leader in the areas of fuels characterization and development. Dr. Speight is also Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Fuels Engineering at the University of Utah.

James Speight is also a Consultant, Author and Lecturer on energy and environmental issues. He has a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, both from University of Manchester. James has worked for various corporations and research facilities including Exxon, Alberta Research Council and the University of Manchester. With more than 45 years of experience, he has authored more than 400 publications--including over 50 books--reports and presentations, taught more than 70 courses, and is the Editor on many journals including the Founding Editor of Petroleum Science and Technology.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction1. Introduction2. Environmental Organic Chemicals

Part 2: Partitioning and Sorption Processes3. Molecular Interactions, Partitioning, and Thermodynamics4. Vapor Pressure5. Aqueous Solubility and Activity Coefficients6. Air Water and Air Organic Solvent Partitioning7. Organic Water Partitioning8. Organic Acids and Bases

Part 1: Sorption and Transformation Processes9. Sorption Processes10. Thermodynamic and Kinetics of Transformation Reactions11. Hydrolysis and Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions12. Redox Transformations13. Photochemical and Photocatalytic Transformations14. Biological Transformations

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A practical guide that will help increase accuracy when analyzing and predicting the speed of pollutant conversion in engineered systems