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Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment

Oily Wastewaters

  • 1st Edition - March 31, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Angelo Basile, Alfredo Cassano, Mohammad Reza Rahimpour, Mohammad Amin Makarem
  • Language: English

Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment: Oily Wastewaters focuses on characteristics and innovative treatment technologies of oily wastewater from various resources… Read more

Description

Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment: Oily Wastewaters focuses on characteristics and innovative treatment technologies of oily wastewater from various resources. Primary and physical treatment methods such as absorption, adsorption, followed by common techniques like coagulation and fluctuation are discussed in detail. Applications of other advanced methods for the treatment of oily wastewaters like utilization of membranes and stripping gases are covered as well. Finally, novel technologies applied in purification of oily wastewaters such as photocatalytic degradation and biological processes are reviewed and future outlooks and prospects are also illustrated.

Key features

  • Introduces the characteristics of oily wastewaters from various sources
  • Includes primary and physical treatment techniques applied on oily wastewaters such as settlement, absorption, and adsorption
  • Describes advanced oily wastewater treatment technologies such as coagulation, fluctuation, and membrane
  • Explains novel processes for oily wastewater treatment such as biological processes and photocatalytic degradation

Readership

MSc and PhD students, post-graduates, professors and researchers in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Process Engineering and Biology; Petroleum industries, vegetable oil mills, mechanical workshops, and wastewater treatment sections

Table of contents

1. Generation and characteristics of mineral oils and hydrocarbons wastewater from petroleum industries

2. Environmental effects and human health challenges originated from oily wastewaters

3. Challenges of industries in dealing with oily wastewaters release and treatments

4. Primary treatment of oily wastewaters by floating and settling down separation methods

5. Physical treatment of oily wastewater by absorption and filtration techniques

6. Adsorption enhanced processes for treatment of oily wastewaters

7. Dissolved, induced and nozzle air flotation techniques for oily wastewater treatment

8. Coagulation/flocculation and Electro-Coagulation methods for oily wastewater treatment

9. Oily wastewater treatment by membrane assisted technologies

10. Biological processes and the use of microorganisms in oily wastewater treatment

11. Oily wastewater treatment by oxidation processes and electrochemical catalysis

12. Utilization of photocatalytic degradation in treatment of oily wastewaters

13. Remediation of vegetable oily ballast wastewater

14. Hybrid/integrated treatment technologies for oily wastewater treatment

15. Hydrocarbons removal from water by carbon-based materials, macroalgae biomass and derived composites

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 5, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Angelo Basile

Angelo Basile is a Full Professor and a leading authority in membrane science and technology. Since 2014, he has served as Full Professor in Systems, Methods and Technologies of Chemical Engineering Processes at CNR-ITM in Rende, Italy. His work covers hydrogen purification and production using membrane reactors, CO₂ capture, process intensification, and the treatment of industrial effluents with advanced membrane operations. Basile has edited many scientific books and authored numerous book chapters, bridging complex research with clear knowledge for engineers and scientists. Motivated by the role of AI/ML in accelerating membrane process design and automation, he supports integrating data-driven methods for smart plants and reaction–separation optimisation.

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, ITM-CNR, University of Calabria, Italy

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Alfredo Cassano

Alfredo Cassano has worked as a Researcher at CNR-ITM in Italy since 2000. Trained in Biology, he specializes in membrane science and technology, including conventional membrane processes, membrane contactors, and integrated membrane operations used for wastewater treatment and agro-food applications. He has led or directed research through numerous national MIUR-funded projects, as well as European Union international projects and industry collaborations. Cassano contributes to the scientific community through editorial-board roles and has co-authored several books, numerous journal articles, and chapters, alongside conference and invited work, and two national patents. His interests include recovering bioactive compounds from by-products, membrane distillation, osmotic distillation, and wastewater remediation, motivated by bridging membrane technology with practical AI/ML and real-time monitoring to advance circular economy resource recovery.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Institute on Membrane Technology of the Italian National Research Council, ITM-CNR, University of Calbria, Rende, Italy

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Mohammad Reza Rahimpour

Prof. Mohammad Reza Rahimpour is a professor in Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University, Iran. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Shiraz University joint with University of Sydney, Australia 1988. He started his independent career as Assistant Professor in September 1998 at Shiraz University. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour, was a Research Associate at University of California, Davis from 2012 till 2017. During his stay in University of California, he developed different reaction networks and catalytic processes such as thermal and plasma reactors for upgrading of lignin bio-oil to biofuel with collaboration of UCDAVIS. He has been a Chair of Department of Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University from 2005 till 2009 and from 2015 till 2020. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour leads a research group in fuel processing technology focused on the catalytic conversion of fossil fuels such as natural gas, and renewable fuels such as bio-oils derived from lignin to valuable energy sources. He provides young distinguished scholars with perfect educational opportunities in both experimental methods and theoretical tools in developing countries to investigate in-depth research in the various field of chemical engineering including carbon capture, chemical looping, membrane separation, storage and utilization technologies, novel technologies for natural gas conversion and improving the energy efficiency in the production and use of natural gas industries.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

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Mohammad Amin Makarem

Dr. Mohammad Amin Makarem is a research associate at Taylor's University, Malaysia. He former worked at Shiraz University. His research interests are gas separation and purification, nanofluids, microfluidics, catalyst synthesis, reactor design and green energy. In gas separation, his focus is on experimental and theoretical investigation and optimization of pressure swing adsorption process, and in the gas purification field, he is working on novel technologies such as microchannels. Recently, he has investigated methods of synthesizing bio-template nanomaterials and catalysts. Besides, he has collaborated in writing and editing various books and book-chapters for famous publishers such as Elsevier, Springer and Wiley, as well as guest editing journals special issues.
Affiliations and expertise
Taylor's University, Malaysia

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