Water Recycling and Resource Recovery in Industry: Analysis, Technologies and Implementation provides a definitive and in-depth discussion of the current state-of-the-art tools and technologies enabling the industrial recycling and reuse of water and other resources. The book also presents in detail how these technologies can be implemented in order to maximize resource recycling in industrial practice, and to integrate water and resource recycling in ongoing industrial production processes. Special attention is given to non-process engineering aspects such as systems analysis, software tools, health, regulations, life-cycle analysis, economic impact and public participation. Case studies illustrate the huge potential of environmental technology to optimise resource utilisation in industry. The large number of figures, tables and case studies, together with the book's multidisciplinary approach, makes Water Recycling and Resource Recovery in Industry: Analysis, Technologies and Implementation the perfect reference work for academics, professionals and consultants dealing with industrial water resources recovery. Contents Part I: Industrial reuse for environmental protection Part II: System analysis to assist in closing industrial resource cycles Part III: Characterisation of process water quality Part IV: Technological aspects of closing industrial cycles Part V: Examples of closed water cycles in industrial processes Part VI: Resource protection policies in industry
Water Recycling and Resource Recovery in Industry
Analysis, Technologies And Implementation
By Piet Lens, Look Hulshoff Pol, Peter Wilderer, Takashi AsanoIWA Publishing
Copyright © 2002 IWA Publishing
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-84339-005-3Contents
List of contributors, xiv,
Preface, xix,
Part I: Industrial reuse for environmental protection, 1,
1 Sustainable water management in industry Jacques J.M. van de Worp, 3,
2 Water reclamation, recycling and reuse in industry Audrey D. Levine and Takashi Asano, 29,
3 Environmental protection in industry for sustainable development Piet N.L. Lens, Marcus Vallero, Graciella Gonzalez-Gil, Salih Rebac and Gatze Lettinga, 53,
Part II: Resource protection policies in industry, 67,
4 Cleaner production: history, concepts, policies and instruments, incentives and practical examples Frank van den Akker, 69,
5 National policies for efficient resource utilization and protection Ralph A. Luken and Anja Sedic, 86,
6 Strategies for the environmental management of chains Geoffrey Hagelaar and Jack van der Vorst, 109,
7 Ecological modernization of industrial ecosystems Kris van Koppen (C.S.A.) and Arthur P.J. Mol, 132,
Part III: Tools to assist on in closing industrial water and resource cycles - A. Regulatory measures, 159,
8 International guidelines for water recycling John Anderson, 161,
9 Eco management and audit scheme a step forward towards sustainability, 179,
10 Best available techniques (BAT) for the reuse of waste oil Roger Dijkmans and Anne Jacobs, 191,
Part III: Tools to assist on in closing industrial water and resource cycles - B. System analysis, 203,
11 Water pinch analysis: minimisation of water and wastewater in the process industry Danielle Baetens, 205,
12 Key parameter methodology for increased water recovery in the pulp and paper industry Johannes Kappen and Peter A. Wilderer, 229,
13 Systematic approach to water resource management in industry Antoin S. Deul, 252,
14 A customised software tool for environmental impact assessment of drinking water production and distribution, 271,
15 Quantifying the sustainability of technology by exergy analysis Jo Dewulf and Herman Van Langenhove, 282,
Part III: Tools to assist on in closing industrial water and resource cycles - C. Characterisation of process water quality,
16 Analytical techniques for measurement of physico-chemical properties Fritz H. Frimmel, 297,
17 Use of modelling to prevent food contamination in production chains Peter de Jong, 323,
Part IV: Technological aspects of closing industrial cycles - A. Potentials of environmental biotechnology, 337,
18 Potentials of biotechnology in water and resource cycle management Valentina Lazarova, 339,
19 Novel biological processes for advanced wastewater treatment Fernando Fdz-Polanco, Santiago Villaverde, Miguel A. Urueña and Pedro A. García-Encina, 359,
20 Biodegradation of recalcitrant and xenobiotic compounds Graciella Gonzalez-Gil, Robbert Kleerebezem, Bo Mattiasson and Piet N.L. Lens,
21 Physico-chemical wastewater treatment Adriaan R. Mels and Eero Teerikangas, 433,
22 Advanced oxidation technologies for industrial water reuse Alfons Vogelpohl, 453,
23 Industrial experience of water reuse by membrane technology Simon J. Judd, 472,
Part IV: Technological aspects of closing industrial cycles - C. Resource recovery and management, 489,
24 Technologies for nitrogen recovery and reuse Max Maurer, Jane Muncke and Tove A. Larsen, 491,
25 Phosphorus recycling potentials Dees Lijmbach, John E. Driver, Willem Schipper, 511,
26 Material and nutrient recycling and energy recovery from solid waste: a systems perspective Jan-Olov Sundqvist, 524,
Part V: Examples of closed water cycles in industrial processes, 543,
27 Water minimisation and reuse in the textile industry Davide Mattioli, Francessa Malpei, Giuseppe Bortone and Alberto Rozzi, 545,
28 Novel process on thermophilic conditions opens up new opportunities of integrated white water treatment in recycling mills - Kidney technology-concept Dieter Pauly, 585,
29 Biological recovery of metals, sulfur and water in the mining and metallurgical industry Jan Weijma, Cris F.M. Copini, Cees J.N. Buisman and Carl E. Schultz, 605,
30 Solar photocatalysis: application to the treatment of pesticides in water Julian Blanco and Sixto Malato, 623,
31 Water reuse in greenhouse horticulture Erik A. van Os and Cecilia Stanghellini, 654,
32 The industrial symbiosis in kalundborg, Denmark - industrial networking and cleaner industrial production Noel Brings Jacobsen, 664,
Index, 673,
CHAPTER 1
Sustainable water management in industry
Jacques J.M. van de Worp
1.1 THE SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPT
The past decades have witnessed an increasing awareness that human activities, in particular intensive agriculture and industrial technologies, must be brought in harmony with the global material cycles in the biosphere. In other words, a transition will have to be made from exploitation of our natural resources towards a partnership with the global ecosystem (Harder 1995).
At the end of the 80s, after the publication of the Brundtland report Our Common Future (1987), sustainable development became a key issue. Sustainable development was defined as "economic, social and environmental development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (Brundtland 1987). In the years following the publication of this report, several attempts have been made to translate its basic philosophy and recommendations into an operational approach for the immediate future (Jansen and Vergragt 1995). The problem of the Brundtland definition, which is formulated in abstract terms, is that sustainable development cannot be scientifically unequivocally defined. The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) and the Social and Economic Council (SER) - two of the main advisory bodies of the Dutch Government - have observed that sustainable development is the result of a process of weighing up political options. In this process not only environmental aspects (planet) have a part to play, but also economic (profit) and social aspects (people) such as welfare and employment. It is therefore up to the society to establish the standards that will be decisive in determining a sustainable development policy in the medium term (VNO-NCW 2001).
A growing number of companies have developed, or are developing, a business strategy based on the concept of sustainability. This development which is taking place all over the world - is universally seen as something that is highly desirable. The Dutch Government is therefore working on a national sustainability strategy (VNO-NCW 2001).
In Gothenburg in mid-June 2001, the European Commission proposed a European Union Strategy for Sustainable Development as a spin-off from the UNCED Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. This strategy is part of the EU preparations for the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg (VNO-NCW 2001).
In the case of industrial technologies, a working group of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD 1995) considered the following elements to be essential:
• Dematerialise: reduce the amount of raw materials used
• Increase the energy efficiency
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