Air pollution, a major concern at the end of the 20th century, still
remains a significant problem to be solved today. Traditionally,
industrial waste gases have primarily been treated through physical or
chemical methods. The search for new, efficient, and cost-effective
alternative technologies has led to the development and, more recently,
the improvement of gas phase bioreactors.
This book is the first single text to provide a complete, comprehensive
picture of all major biological reactors suitable for solving air
pollution problems. The text describes the main features and covers the
major aspects, from microbiological to engineering, as well as economic
aspects, of the different types of bioreactors. The book also presents
an in-depth review of the subject, from fundamental bench-scale research
to industrial field applications related to the operation of full-scale
systems successfully treating polluted air in Europe and the United
States. Material dedicated to more conventional non-biological
technologies has also been included, to provide a complete overview of
the different alternative treatment processes.
Audience: The different chapters have been written by international
experts, as a result of a fruitful collaboration between European and
American scientists and engineers. The resulting text is a high quality,
valuable reference tool for a variety of readers, including graduate and
postgraduate students, researchers, professors, engineers, and those
professionals who are interested in environmental engineering and, more
specifically, in innovative air pollution control technologies
