Waste reduction separation equipment

For this paper, process modification for the purpose of source reduction in a plating operation will be defined as changes in equipment which lead to reduced generation of wastes. Purposely excluded are separation and concentration technologies covered elsewhere in this conference. The intent of this section is to list options, in rough order of simplicity of implementation, and provide information about each... 

Remediation. Many companies specialize in hazardous-waste remediation by providing a variety of disposal services and equipment, not limited to catalytic oxidizers and carbon adsorption systems. Remediation includes reduction and cleanup of hazardous wastewater by using oil-water separators to separate oil and solids from wastewater effluents of petroleum-based industries. Other hazardous-vwiste remediation services include demolition and removal of hazardous materials such as asbestos, removal of leaky fuel tanks, cleanup of contaminated sods, and the construction of slurry walls to aid in the remediation of groundwater that is polluted with hazardous waste. Bioremediation is also a growing field that involves disposal of medical and laboratory wastes often by using microorganisms to break down the hazardous materials. 

Several authors have shown the industrial profit in the development of chemical engineering equipment based on the integration of different functions in a single device (Taylor et al., 2000 Stankiewicz et al, 2000). Multifunctional reactors are processes that combine reaction with other operations like heat exchange or separation in order to enhance chemical conversion. Reactive distillation is certainly one of the most significant example. It presents several benefits (such as reduction of energy consumption, overcome of the limitation of the thermodynamic chemical equilibrium, limitation of side reactions, decrease of waste production) and it is applied in various... 

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