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SEWAGE AND WASTE DISPOSAL
Contents
Prefaces
Foreword
Basic literature
1 Humans and their waste products-historical aspects
Form prehistoric times to the 19th century
The 19th century –a turning point in the history
Of waste processing
The city of zurich-an example of the swiss way
The city of bern-an alternative approach
Bibliography chapter
2 Waste management :system boundaries
Guidelines-definitions
Waste management
Definitions
How waste is generated
Treatment of waste
Final storage/dumping of residues in the ecological system
Laws and others in Switzerland and in Europe
Bibliography chapter 2
3 Origin composition and quantity of solid MSW and
Sludge type waste
Where does waste originate
Components of refuse
Quantity of waste in our civilization
Other continents
The correlations between economy and ecology
Bibliography chapter
4 Categorisation of MSW
How are definitions for categories of waste obtained
How to determine the quantity and composition of MSW
Material flow analysis and life cycle assessment
MSW matrix
Obtaining an MSW matrix from the production
And consumer behavior data
Obtaining an MSW matrix from the direct analyses of waste
Obtaining an MSW matrix by analyzing
The products obtained after waste treatment
Bibliography chapter
5 Waste treatment and reutilsing collection
Separation-pretreatment-recycling
Energy considerations
Collection and transport of waste
Waste recycling :the city of zurich’s policy and procedure
The proprietary dual system of DSD Inc In Germany
Current situation for recycling materials in Switzerland
And in Europe
Avoiding waste: the better product
Bibliography chapter
6 Thermal treatment of municipal solid waste
Incineration and pyrolysis
Storage and preparation of waste for incineration plants
Processes occurring during incineration
Architecture of a waste incineration plant
Material and energy balance of MSW incineration
Firing performance control
Pyrolysis and smoulder processing of MSW
The thermo select process
Annex: derivation of the combustion equations
Bibliography chapter
7 Flue gas cleaning
Definitions
The historical development of flue gas cleaning
Technically viable options for flue gas cleaning equipments
Mechanical precipitators
Electrostatic precipitators
Wet precipitators
Combined equipments
Bibliography chapter
8 Flue gas cleaning and residue handling
In MSW incineration plants
Criteria for satisfactory waste-incineration flue gas cleaning
Dry and semi dry flue gas cleaning systems
Wet flue gas cleaning systems
Nitrogen oxide precipitation
Dioxin (TCDD) and
Furan (TCDF) problem constellation
Waste water treatment
Chemo-physical treatment CPT of
MSW incineration residues
Thermal treatment of MSW incineration residues
Bibliography treatment of MSW incineration residues
Bibliography chapter
9 Waste disposal as final storage-and the swiss solution
Historical and political aspects
The technical wastes order TVA
TVA landfill types
Requirements for dumps by TVA
The problem of contaminated sites
Bibliography chapter
10 Compositing
Historical and political aspects of compositing
In Switzerland
The rotting process –a natural precedent
Aerobic and anaerobic rotting
Equipments for compositing and fermentation
Components of a combination between composting
And fermentation
Bibliography chapter
11 Hazardous waste
Historical and political aspects
Hazardous wastes in the canton zurich
Batteries as hazardous waste
Treatment of hazardous waste
The chemical-physical treatment plant (CPT)
Hazardous waste incineration
Crematories
Bibliography chapter
12 Sewage sludges
Historical aspects of human settlement’s waste water
The swiss solution using the example
Of the city of zurich
Practical solutions to the sludge problem
Product specific sludge-recycling in the cement industry
Use of sludge energy-incineration with MSW
Use of sludge energy-the fluidized bed combustion
Bibliography chapter
13 Economic aspects :how much does our waste cost us
General considerations
Investment and operating costs
Of a MSW incineration plant
Bibliography chapter
General abbreviations and acronyms
Commercial organizations ,abbreviations and definitions
Geography elements and compounds
Technical abbreviations and definitions