
Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment
Waste Water Treatment of Leather Industry
- 1st Edition - November 23, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Angelo Basile, Alfredo Cassano, Sirshendu De, Sourav Mondal
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 8 4 4 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 8 4 5 - 4
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Request a sales quoteAdvanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment: Wastewater Treatment in the Leather Industry provides a state-of-the-art overview of conventional and emerging technologies for the treatment of wastewater originating from the leather industry. The book pays special attention to the efficiency of these technologies as well as on environmental control strategies. It focuses specifically on wastewater management and recovery of primary resources in the leather industry providing the latest developments in this field as well as applications of conventional and emerging technologies.
The book is an indispensable resource for (post) PhD students, researchers at universities and research centers, as well as for professors in chemical engineering and chemistry at technical universities
- Includes the latest developments on the treatment of wastewater from leather industry
- Describes emerging technologies for pollution control
- Studies the integration of conventional and innovative procedures to decrease waste, energy, and water use
Post-graduate students and academic researchers in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, R&D Companies and Institutions, R&D managers in industry interested in advanced technologies used in wastewater treatment from leather industry
- Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 An overview of leather processing industry
- Abstract
- Keywords
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Process details
- 2.1 Beamhouse operations
- 2.2 Tanning operations
- 2.3 Post-tanning operations
- 2.4 Finishing
- 3 Conclusions and future trends
- References
- 2 Recovery of valuable material from tannery wastewater
- Abstract
- Keywords
- CRediT author statement
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Wastewater production in the tanning industry: Volumes and products
- 3 Recovery operation: Circular economy principles
- 3.1 REDUCE: Best available techniques in tannery processes
- 3.2 REUSE and RECYCLE of water as a resource
- 3.3 Recycle, reuse and recovery of other valuable materials
- 4 Conclusions and future trends
- References
- 3 Eco-friendly wastewater management technologies and environmental impact
- Abstract
- Keywords
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Traditional separation techniques for wastewater treatment
- 2.1 Preliminary treatment
- 2.2 Primary treatment
- 2.3 Secondary treatment
- 2.4 Tertiary treatment
- 3 Wastewater treatment by membrane technologies
- 4 Hybrid membrane separation process in the leather industry
- 4.1 Treatment of liming effluent
- 4.2 Treatment of deliming-bating effluent
- 5 Microalgae as eco-friendly and sustainable wastewater treatment
- 6 Conclusions and future trends
- References
- 4 Chromium chemistry and chromium management in tanneries
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Chrome tanning in the leather industry
- 3 Chrome tanning
- 4 Chromium chemistry
- 5 Management of chromium
- 5.1 In-process control technologies
- 6 Chrome recovery process from tannery wastewater
- 6.1 Chemical precipitation
- 6.2 Coagulation
- 6.3 Solvent extraction and membrane processes
- 6.4 Ion exchange
- 6.5 Electrochemical treatment (ECT)—Electro-coagulation process
- 6.6 Adsorption and biosorption methods
- 7 Commercial chrome recovery plant
- 8 Conclusion and future trends
- References
- 5 Treatment of leather industry effluents by membrane-based technologies
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Treatment of spent wastewaters from beamhouse operations
- 2.1 Soaking
- 2.2 Liming/unhairing
- 2.3 Deliming/bating
- 2.4 Degreasing
- 2.5 Pickel
- 3 Treatment of spent tanning wastewaters
- 3.1 Chromium recovery
- 3.2 Recovery of tannins
- 4 Treatment of spent wastewater from post-tanning operations
- 4.1 Dyeing
- 4.2 Fat liquoring
- 4.3 Retanning
- 5 Treatment of global effluents
- 6 Conclusions and future trends
- References
- 6 Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) applied to leather tanning wastewater
- Abstract
- Keywords
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Leather tanning process and materials
- 3 AOPs applied to leather tanning wastewater
- 3.1 Fenton-based processes
- 3.2 O3-based processes
- 3.3 Photo-oxidation processes
- 3.4 Photocatalytic processes
- 4 Advanced oxidation processes ecotoxicity
- 5 Conclusions and future trends
- References
- 7 Bioremediation strategies for leather industrial wastewater
- Abstract
- Keywords
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Treatment technologies
- 2.1 Physiochemical treatment methods
- 3 Biological treatment method
- 3.1 Aerobic biological treatment
- 3.2 Anaerobic biological treatment
- 3.3 Degradation pathway
- 4 Toxicity assessment of tannery effluent using Artemia salina
- 5 Utilization of biologically treated leather wastewater
- 5.1 Halophilic micro-organisms showing antibiotic resistance
- 5.2 Algal nanotechnology by the biomass from finished leather
- 5.3 Pigment production from bacteria
- 6 Discussion and prospectives
- 7 Conclusion and future trends
- References
- 8 Chromium recovery from tannery wastewater by zeolite-based materials: A circular and sustainable approach
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Chromium in tannery wastewaters
- 3 Zeolites: Chemistry, structure and properties
- 4 Catalysis for environmental applications
- 4.1 Valorization of Cr-based zeolites for VOCs abatement
- 4.2 Valorization of Cr-based zeolites in other catalytic fields
- 5 Cr-exchanged zeolites: From waste to sustainable ceramic pigments
- 6 Conclusions and future trends
- References
- 9 Electrochemical treatment of tannery/leather industrial effluent
- Abstract
- Keywords
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Mechanism of electrochemical treatment processes
- 2.1 Electrocoagulation
- 2.2 Electrochemical oxidation
- 2.3 Electrochemical flotation
- 2.4 Electro-Fenton process
- 3 Parameters affecting the electrochemical processes and performance metrics
- 4 Treatment of leather industry wastewater by electrochemical techniques
- 4.1 Electrocoagulation process for tannery wastewater
- 4.2 Electrochemical oxidation process for tannery wastewater
- 4.3 Electrochemical flotation for tannery wastewater
- 4.4 Electro-Fenton process for tannery wastewater
- 5 Integrated electrochemical techniques
- 6 Conclusions and future trends
- References
- 10 Life cycle assessment as a tool for the environmental improvement of the leather industry
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 LCA methodology
- 2.1 Goal and scope definition
- 2.2 Life cycle inventory analysis
- 2.3 Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA)
- 2.4 Interpretation
- 3 LCA of leather and leather products
- 3.1 System boundaries
- 3.2 Applications overview in leather processing sector
- 3.3 Applications overview in leather products sector
- 4 LCA of leather waste and wastewater
- 4.1 LCA applications of tannery wastewater treatment
- 4.2 Methodology for LCA of tannery wastewater
- 4.3 LCA applications of tannery solid wastes treatment
- 4.4 Methodology for LCA of tannery solid wastes
- 5 Key aspects during LCA of leather industry
- 6 Challenges during LCA and way forward
- 7 Conclusion and future trends
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 23, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 360
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443138447
- eBook ISBN: 9780443138454
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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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Sirshendu De
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