Modeling tools for environmental engineers and scientists

Part I: Fundamentals Introduction to Modeling: o What is Modeling...? o Mathematical Modeling o Environmental Modeling o Objectives of the Book Fundamentals of Mathematical Modeling: o Definitions and Terminology in Mathematical Modeling o Steps in Developing Mathematical Models o Application of the Steps in Mathematical Modeling - An Example Primer on Mathematics: o Mathematical Formulations o Mathematical Analysis o Selected Examples of Analytical and Numerical Analysis Fundamentals of Environmental Processes: o Introduction o Material Content o Phase Equilibrium o Environmental Transport Processes o Interphase Mass Transport o Environmental Non-Reactive Processes o Environmental Reactive Processes o Material Balance Fundamentals of Engineered Systems: o Introduction o Classification of Reactors o Modeling of Homogeneous Reactors o Modeling of Heterogeneous Reactors Fundamentals of Natural Systems: o Introduction o Fundamentals of Modeling Soil Systems o Fundamentals of Modeling Aquatic Systems Software for Developing Mathematical Models: o Introduction o Spreadsheet-based Software o Equation Solver-Based Software o Dynamic Simulation-Based Software o Common Example Problem: Water Quality Modeling in Lakes o Closure Part II: Applications Modeling examples are listed after chapter titles. Modeling Engineered Environmental Systems: o Transients in Sequencing Batch Reactors o CMFRs in Series for Toxicity Management o Municipal Wastewater Treatment o Chemical Oxidation o Analysis of Catalytic Bed Reactor o Waste Management o Activated Carbon Treatment o Bioregeneration of Activated Carbon o Pipe Flow Analysis o Oxygen/Nitrogen Transfer in Packed Columns o Groundwater Flow Management o Diffusion Through Porous Media Modeling Natural Environmental Systems: o Lakes in Series o Radio-Nuclides in Lake Sediments o Phosphorous in Lakes o Contaminant Transport Visualization o Methane Emissions from Rice Fields o Chemical Equilibrium o Toxicological Exposure Evaluation o Visualization of Groundwater Flow o Air Pollution-Puff Model o Air Pollution-Plume Model o Fugacity-Based Modeling o Well Placement and Water Quality