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Irradiation and Solid Substances Disinfection

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Biosolids Treatment Processes

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Solid substances described in this chapter will include food, wastewater sludges and solid wastes. Disinfection is a process involving the destruction or inactivation of pathogenic organisms in the solid substances. The process is carried out principally to ensure sanitation or to minimize public health concerns. Destruction is the physical disruption or disintegration of a pathogenic organism, whereas inactivation, which is employed here, is the removal of a pathogen’s ability to infect. An important but secondary concern may be to minimize the exposure of domestic animals to pathogens in solid substances. At the present time in the United States, the use of procedures to reduce the number of pathogenic organisms is a requirement before sale of sludges or recycled byproducts to the public as a soil amendment, or before recycling the sludges/byproducts directly to croplands, forests, or parks. Since the final use or disposal of sludges/byproducts may differ greatly with respect to public health concerns, and since a great number of treatment options effecting various degrees of pathogen reduction are available, the system chosen for reduction of pathogens should be tailored to the demands of a particular situation (1,2).

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  1. Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE (Dean & Director, Assistant to the President and Vice President and Vice President)

  2. Krofta Engineering Corporation, Lenox, MA

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE (Dean & Director, Assistant to the President and Vice President and Vice President)

  3. Zorex Corporation, Newtonville, NY

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE (Dean & Director, Assistant to the President and Vice President and Vice President)

  4. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Paul Chen PhD (Assistant Professor)

  5. Environmental Systems Section, Arvin/Calspan Advanced Technology Center, Buffalo, NY

    Robert Ziegler PhD (Section Head)

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Wang, L.K., Chen, P., Ziegler, R. (2007). Irradiation and Solid Substances Disinfection. In: Wang, L.K., Shammas, N.K., Hung, YT. (eds) Biosolids Treatment Processes. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 6. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-996-7_10

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