Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Smart Solutions for Wastewater: Road-mapping the Transition to Circular Economy
- 1st Edition - August 15, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Giorgio Mannina, Ashok Pandey, Ranjna Sirohi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 9 2 0 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 2 8 9 - 1
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Request a sales quoteSmart Solutions for Wastewater: Road-mapping the Transition to Circular Economy, the latest release in the Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering presents up-to-date information on research and technological developments of resource recovery in wastewater treatment in terms of carbon, nutrients and energy. The book fulfils the gaps and current challenges that hinder the application of resource recovery facilities in wastewater treatment plants, discusses knowledge gaps, provides future research perspectives, and discusses strategies to solve problems from a circular economy perspective. It is an excellent, interdisciplinary and updated overview of technologies in terms of potential yields, pollutants removal, nutrients recovery and energy production.
- Covers different aspects of resource recovery technologies and research gaps in wastewater treatment
- Focuses on different MBR configurations and systems/hybrid systems in treating a large variety of wastewaters
- Provides state-of-the-art technology developments, including technology, advantages and challenges as well as strategies to overcome limitations
- Includes technologies for managing sewage sludge in order to foster solutions for recovering in a circular economy context
PG/PhD students and educators, professional course students, researchers. Policy Makers, Regulators, Water Management Practitioners, wastewater treatment professionals
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction to smart solutions for wastewater: Road-mapping the transition to circular economy
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Water-smart solutions to enhance the transition to circular economy
- 1.3 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 2 Treatment and disposal of sewage sludge from wastewater in a circular economy perspective
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 European laws
- 2.3 SS management
- 2.4 SS reuse
- 2.5 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 3 Integration of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) production into urban wastewater treatment plants
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 PHAs: biobased and biodegradable alternative to plastics
- 3.3 A circular economy approach: PHA production integrated into WWTPs
- 3.4 A detailed view of the independent PEs for PHA production by using MMCs
- 3.5 PHAs extraction from microbial cells (PE4)
- 3.6 Economic sustainability of PHAs production process
- 3.7 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 4 Production of volatile fatty acids from sewage sludge fermentation
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Biological mechanism and strategies for VFA production from sewage sludge
- 4.3 Trends and innovations in VFA production from sewage sludge
- 4.4 Final applications of sludge-derived VFA and economic evaluation
- 4.5 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 5 Zeolites for the nutrient recovery from wastewater
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Structure and chemical composition of zeolites
- 5.3 Natural zeolites and synthetic zeolites
- 5.4 Applications of zeolites
- 5.5 Use of zeolite for nutrients recovery
- 5.6 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 6 Wastewater treatment sludge composting
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Legislation about sewage sludge
- 6.3 Sewage sludge composting
- 6.4 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 7 Advances in technologies for sewage sludge management
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Technologies in water treatment line
- 7.3 Technologies in sludge treatment line
- 7.4 Evaluation and maturity of technologies for reducing sludge production
- 7.5 Sludge characterization to optimize the dewatering process
- 7.6 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 8 Energy and valuable organic products recovery from anaerobic processes
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Energy balance in wastewater treatment plants and potential energy recovery
- 8.3 Potential valuable products recovery
- 8.4 Anaerobic processes focused on liquid products recovery
- 8.5 Anaerobic digestion (AD) processes focused on gaseous products recovery
- 8.6 Processes enhancing energy and valuable organic products recovery
- 8.7 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 9 Life-cycle assessment for resource recovery facilities in the wastewater sector
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Life-cycle analysis (LCA) as an environmental impact assessment methodology
- 9.3 Environmental diagnosis of the different alternatives based on the environmental outcomes
- 9.4 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 10 Water reuse in the frame of circular economy
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Legal framework of water reuse
- 10.3 Worldwide used national water reuse guidelines and regulations
- 10.4 National water reuse guidelines and regulations in selected EU countries
- 10.5 Drivers for water reuse: water resources scarcity and climate change; increasing quality and prize of drinking water; water reuse as a natural part of circular economy
- 10.6 Circular economy and water resources
- 10.7 Barriers of water reuse
- 10.8 Processes of recycled water production from effluents of municipal WWTPS
- 10.9 Examples of successful water reuse projects in Europe
- 10.10 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 11 Governance factors influencing the scope for circular water solutions
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Toward a new paradigm
- 11.3 Perceived governance challenges
- 11.4 A multilevel approach
- 11.5 Main drivers and barriers in the studied cases
- 11.6 Contextual interactions and need for new governance perspectives
- 11.7 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: List of abbreviations
- References
- Chapter 12 Advances in environmental bioprocess technology for an effective transition to a green circular economy
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Promising biobased products for resource recovery at WWTPs
- 12.3 Manipulation of microbial community performance for resource recovery
- 12.4 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 13 Advanced technologies for a smart and integrated control of odour emissions from wastewater treatment plant
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Full-scale smart solutions for odour control with treatment and abatement solutions
- 13.3 Implementation of smart technologies
- 13.4 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 14 Microbial biotechnology for wastewater treatment into circular economy
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Metagenomics
- 14.3 Metatranscriptomics
- 14.4 Metaproteomics
- 14.5 Resource recovery and energy production by microbial communities: from WWTPs to biorefineries
- 14.6 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 15 Biological nutrient recovery from wastewater for circular economy
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Anaerobic processes for nutrients recovery
- 15.3 Photo-bioprocesses for nutrients recovery
- 15.4 Microbial electrochemical technologies for nutrients recovery
- 15.5 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 16 Stakeholder engagement: A strategy to support the transition toward circular economy business models
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 From a linear to a circular model for greater sustainable development
- 16.3 Stakeholder engagement and management of sustainable business models
- 16.4 How do stakeholders and their engagement affect the transition toward circular business models?
- 16.5 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 15, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 454
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323999205
- eBook ISBN: 9780323912891
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Giorgio Mannina
Dr. Giorgio Mannina is Professor of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering at the Engineering Department of Palermo University, Italy. His research interest and focus is on resource recovery from wastewater, advanced wastewater treatments (MBR, MBBR, hybrid processes, IFAS, granular systems, etc.), BNR processes, mathematical modeling, and water quality issues related to integrated urban drainage systems.
Affiliations and expertise
Director of WRRF’lab at Palermo UniversityAP
Ashok Pandey
Prof. Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. His major research and technological development interests are industrial and environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels and chemicals, waste to wealth and energy, etc.
Affiliations and expertise
Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow, IndiaRS
Ranjna Sirohi
Dr. Ranjna Sirohi is currently working as Research Professor in Korea University, Seoul. She obtained B.Tech. degree in Biochemical Engineering and M.Tech. degree in Agricultural Engineering with specialization in Food Biotechnology Engineering. She has worked as Visiting Researcher at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, as Scientist at Centre for Energy and Environment Sustainability, Lucknow and as Senior Project Associate at CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Process and Food Engineering from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. Her major research interests are in the field of Bioprocess Technology - Food & Food Waste Valorisation-Waste to Wealth – Biofuels. She has 65 publications/communications that include 32 research and review papers, 12 book chapters, 7 popular articles and 14 conference proceedings.
Dr Sirohi has won several awards and honors that include Research Excellent Award in the international conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology, Trivandrum, India (2019), Best Poster award in 8th International Forum on Industrial Bioprocessing (IBA-IFIBiop 2019), Miri; Sarawak, Malaysia (2019) and Research Excellence Award in International Conference on Bio-Innovation for Environmental and Health Sustainable Developments (BEHSD-2018), Lucknow, India (2018). She is the Life member of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE); the Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI); Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) and Association of Food Scientists & Technologists, India (AFSTI).
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaRead Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering on ScienceDirect