Sustainable Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment

Sustainable Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment discusses relevant sustainable technologies for water and wastewater treatment pertaining to a nanoscale approach to water treatment and desalination, membrane-based technologies for water recovery and reuse, the energy and water nexus, degradation of organic pollutants, nascent technologies, bio and bio-inspired materials for water reclamation and integrated systems, and an overview of wastewater treatment plants. The book focuses on advanced topics including in situ generation of hydroxyl radicals, which can aid in the indiscriminate oxidation of any contaminant present in wastewater, making advanced oxidation processes commercially viable.

Features:

• A comprehensive review of current and novel water and wastewater treatment technologies from a sustainability perspective
• All the sustainable technologies, such as desalination, wastewater treatment, advanced oxidation processes, hydrodynamic cavitation, membrane-based technologies, sonosorption, and electrospun fibers
• Discussion on reference materials for important research accomplishments in the area of water and environmental engineering
• Theoretical aspects covering principles and instrumentation
• A summary on sustainability, including life cycle assessment (LCA), energy balance and large-scale implementation of advanced techniques

This book is aimed at professionals, graduate students, and researchers in civil, chemical, environmental engineering, and materials science.

Part I Introduction

Chapter 1 In Situ Sampling Techniques for Identification and Quantification of Trace Pollutants

Chapter 2 Occurrence and Removal of Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals in Wastewater

Part II Membrane-Based Technologies

Chapter 3 Thin-Film Composites and Multi-Layered Membranes for Wastewater Treatment

Chapter 4 Membrane Distillation: An Efficient Technology for Desalination

Chapter 5 Membrane Distillation for Wastewater Treatment

Chapter 6 Applications of Electrospun Membranes for Wastewater Treatment

Chapter 7 Forward Osmosis as a Sustainable Technology for Water Treatment and Desalination

Part III Energy-Water Nexus

Chapter 8 Microbial Desalination Cells: Opportunities and Challenges

Chapter 9 Microbial Fuel Cell: A Potential Solution for Desalination

Chapter 10 Advanced Oxidation Techniques for Wastewater Treatment

Part IV Nascent Technologies

Chapter 11 Hydrodynamic Cavitation: A Novel Energy Efficient Technology for Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Wastewater

Part V Bio and Bio-Inspired Materials for Water Reclamation

Chapter 12 Bioremediation and Phytoremediation as the Environmentally Sustainable Approach for the Elimination of Toxic Heavy Metals

Chapter 13 Biopolymers as a Sustainable Approach for Wastewater Treatment

Chapter 14 Bioreactors for Degradation of Toxic Pollutant in Wastewater System

Part VI Integrated Technologies for Water Treatment

Chapter 15 Sustainable Technologies for Recycling Greywater: A Shift Towards Decentralized Treatment

Chapter 16 Advanced Membrane Bioreactor Hybrid Systems

Chapter 17 Development of MBR, MABR and AnMBR Systems for Wastewater Treatment

Chapter 18 Membrane Hybrid System in Water and Wastewater Treatment

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Dr. Noel Jacob Kaleekkal is currently an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Technology Calicut, India and also leads the Membrane Separation Group. He holds a Chemical Engineering undergraduate degree from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India. He obtained his postgraduate degree (Chemical Engineering) and Ph.D. (Technology) from Anna University, India. His research interests lie in the development of novel membranes for different applications His initial focus was on the development and evaluation of membranes for hemodialysis application. He has also worked on the pressure-driven membrane process for water treatment including removal of heavy metals, humic substances, separation of oil-water emulsion, etc. He has also co-authored peer-reviewed articles on proton exchange membranes for direct-methanol fuel cells. His most recent researches focus on low-pressure, novel membrane technologies that aim to address the concerns of diminishing water and energy resources. He has received funded projects for developing novel forward osmosis membranes as well as superhydrophobic membranes for Membrane Distillation for the recovery and reuse of wastewater and/or seawater.

Dr. Prasanna Kumar S Mural has a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India. He has completed his master’s degree in Plastic Technology from CIPET, Bhubaneshwar, M.B.A in Total Quality Management from Sikkim Manipal and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Currently he is serving as an assistant professor and leads the Materials Chemistry and Polymer Technology Research Group in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India. His main focus of research was on the development and evaluation of antibacterial membranes for water purification applications. Dr. Prasanna Kumar has developed a unique one-step method of membrane preparation