Virotec at 16: innovation and research in environmental science
Authored book
Book Title | Virotec at 16: innovation and research in environmental science |
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Book Category | Authored book |
Authors | |
Author | Fergusson, Lee |
Number of Pages | 398 |
Series | Virotec Technical Series No. 3 |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | Prana World Publishing |
Place of Publication | Oxenford, Australia |
ISBN | 9780987263322 |
Web Address (URL) | https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Virotec_At_16.html?id=3g17jwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y |
Abstract | Virotec has been an innovator in environmental science and industrial sustainability since 2000. This book documents some of the peer-reviewed published research on the technological developments introduced by Virotec in the 16 years since its inception. These breakthroughs have been mostly linked to the modification and beneficial reuse of alumina refinery residue (ARR), first articulated to Virotec in 1999 by the late Dr David McConchie and his research team at Southern Cross University in New South Wales. Except research in Chapter Ten which deploys soil washing and Chapter Fourteen which explores ozofractionation, every project in this book to some degree harnesses the unique chemical and physical properties of modified ARR, making this book a valuable source document for those interested in ARR beneficiation, industrial sustainability and their relation to environmental science. However, since the mid-2000s, Virotec has also championed a number of other technologies and applications, including: 1) coal seam gas dam revegetation: 2) rapid sequestro-degradation; 3) soil washing; 4) building demolition and site remediation; 5) coal-fired power plant waste treatment; and 6) landfill environmental management, which today form part of its suite of environmental options. |
Keywords | Virotec, environmental science, alumina refinery residue, environmental sustainability |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410499. Environmental management not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, Australia |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q55v5/virotec-at-16-innovation-and-research-in-environmental-science
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