
Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment
Oily Wastewaters
- 1st Edition - March 31, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Angelo Basile, Alfredo Cassano, Mohammad Reza Rahimpour, Mohammad Amin Makarem
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 9 1 6 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 5 4 2 - 0
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Request a sales quoteAdvanced 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.
- 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
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1. Generation and characteristics of mineral oils and hydrocarbons wastewater from petroleum industries
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Mineral oils and hydrocarbons wastewater identification
- 1.3 Characteristics of mineral oils and hydrocarbons wastewater
- 1.4 Mineral oils and hydrocarbons wastewater generation
- 1.5 Conclusion and future trends
- List of abbreviations
- References
- 2. Environmental effects and human health challenges originated from oily wastewater
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Overview of environmental effects or impacts
- 2.3 Environmental and health impacts of oily wastewater
- 2.4 Oil spills: sources, occurrences, and characteristics
- 2.5 Environmental and health impacts of oil spills on marine ecology
- 2.6 Conclusions and future trends
- List of abbreviations
- References
- 3. Challenges of industries in dealing with oily wastewater release and treatments
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Technologies to treat oily wastewater
- 3.3 Industrial overview of oily wastewater treatment along with issues and challenges
- 3.4 Conclusions and future trends
- Acknowledgment
- List of abbreviations
- References
- 4. Primary treatment of oily wastewaters by floating and settling down separation methods
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Oily wastewaters
- 4.3 Settling down
- 4.4 Flotation
- 4.5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 5. Physical treatment of oily wastewater by absorption and filtration techniques
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Absorption by solvent extraction
- 5.3 Filtration techniques
- 5.4 Conclusions and future trends
- List of abbreviations
- List of symbols
- References
- 6. Adsorption-enhanced processes for the treatment of oily wastewater
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Environmental and health impacts of oily wastewater
- 6.3 Adsorption technology
- 6.4 Enhanced adsorption for oily wastewater treatment
- 6.5 Sorption mechanism and factors affecting oil–water separation
- 6.6 Adsorbent reusability
- 6.7 Conclusions and future trends
- List of abbreviations
- References
- 7. Air flotation techniques for oily wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Different air flotation technologies
- 7.3 General fundamentals for air flotation process
- 7.4 Pretreatment for flotation system
- 7.5 Conclusions and future trends
- List of abbreviations
- List of symbols
- References
- 8. Coagulation/flocculation and electrocoagulation methods for oily wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Principles and fundamentals of the coagulation/flocculation process
- 8.3 Application of coagulation/flocculation process for oily wastewater treatment
- 8.4 Principles and fundamentals of the electrocoagulation process
- 8.5 Application of electrocoagulation process for oily wastewater treatment
- 8.6 Coagulation/flocculation versus electrocoagulation
- 8.7 Conclusions and future trends
- List of abbreviations
- References
- 9. Oily wastewater treatment by membrane-assisted technologies
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction to membrane separation process
- 9.2 Membrane separation process applied to oily wastewater
- 9.3 Effects of operational conditions on membrane performance
- 9.4 Membrane cleaning and lifespan
- 9.5 Pilot- and full-scale applications
- 9.6 Summary and future perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 10. Biological processes and the use of microorganisms in oily wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Biological treatment
- 10.3 Challenges and opportunities: potential for industrial application
- 10.4 Conclusions and future trends
- List of abbreviations
- References
- 11. Oily wastewater treatment by oxidation processes and electrochemical catalysis
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Oxidation processes
- 11.3 Electrochemical oxidation processes
- 11.4 Process comparison and overview
- 11.5 Conclusions and future trends
- List of abbreviations
- References
- 12. Utilization of photocatalytic degradation in the treatment of oily wastewaters
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Photo-assisted processes
- 12.3 Photocatalytic processes
- 12.4 Overview and remarks towards future works
- 12.5 Conclusions and future trends
- List of abbreviations
- List of symbols
- References
- 13. Remediation of vegetable oily ballast wastewater
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 General characteristics of vegetable oils and their industrial applications
- 13.3 Global production of vegetable oils
- 13.4 Marine transport of vegetable oil
- 13.5 Marine pollution
- 13.6 Conclusions and future trends
- List of abbreviations
- References
- 14. Hybrid/integrated treatment technologies for oily wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Conventional technologies for treating oily wastewater
- 14.3 Hybrid systems for treating oily wastewater
- 14.4 Challenges and future opportunities of hybrid technologies in oily wastewater treatment
- 14.5 Conclusion and future trends
- List of abbreviations
- List of symbols
- References
- 15. Hydrocarbons removal from water by carbon-based materials, macroalgae biomass, and derived composites
- Abstract
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Adsorption and adsorbent media
- 15.3 Conclusions and future outlooks
- List of abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Supplementary information
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 31, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 526
- No. of pages (eBook): 526
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323999168
- eBook ISBN: 9780323985420
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Angelo Basile
Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer with a Ph.D. in Technical Physics, was a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR as a responsible for the research related to both ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. He is a reviewer for 165 int. journals, an editor/author of more than 50 scientific books and 140 chapters on international books on membrane science and technology; with various patens (7 Italian, 2 European, and 1 worldwide). He is a referee of 1more than 150 international scientific journals and a Member of the Editorial Board of more than 20 of them. Basile is also an associate editor of the: Int. J. Hydrogen Energy; Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Eng.; journal Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology; and co-Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol.
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Alfredo Cassano
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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.
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