Eliot Epstein

Gebundenes Buch

Industrial Composting

Environmental Engineering and Facilities Management

Beschreibung

Packed with figures, photographs, and tables, this book covers the technical and environmental engineering aspects of large-scale industrial composting. It covers facilities design, planning, operational issues, environmental impacts, public relations, and community concerns, as well as the utilization and economics of marketing compost. It also provides operators and managers a full understanding of the management of odors, such as neutralizers and additives, bioaerosols, and other facilities issues. Chapters on facility siting, planning, permitting, site management, and community involvement round out the coverage.

Autor

Dr. Eliot Epstein is an internationally known expert in composting of waste material. He specializes in composting and biosolids management, solid waste, land application, and waste disposal. He is a soil physicist-agronomist by training. Dr. Epstein spent 16 years as Research and Station Leader for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Service at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. In 1972, Dr. Epstein transferred to the USDA Research Center at Beltsville, Maryland, where he was the principal scientist on the project that resulted in the development of the "Beltsville" Forced Aeration Composting System for sewage sludge. Dr. Epstein has directed a variety of waste management projects for both government and industry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9781439845318
• ISBN-10: 143984531X
• Artikelnr.: 30564685