Water Treatment Theory

Author: Xu Baojiu
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Publish Date: 2000-10-01
Features: This book consists of three parts with unique connotations: the preface, water supply treatment itself, and the index. The preface discusses the deepening reform of the discipline of water supply and drainage engineering. It proposes the name "Water Quality Science and Engineering" as the discipline's name after reform, providing detailed discussions on the definition, connotation, and positioning of the discipline, as well as the development of water treatment technology in the 21st century. The 15 chapters cover: the chemical basis of water supply treatment; drinking water quality; an overview of water supply treatment; coagulation and flocculation; sedimentation and flotation; filtration; air stripping, activated carbon adsorption, and biological filtration; disinfection; traditional water softening methods and ion exchange desalination; membrane separation, water purification, and seawater desalination; corrosion and scaling; the removal of individual inorganic substances; boiler water treatment; water cooling and cooling towers; and open-cycle cooling water treatment. The book is indexed according to the requirements of the information age, with a comprehensive index containing numerous entries, serving as an essential reference tool for the entire book.