Development in Waste Water Treatment Research and Processes
Treatment and Reuse of Sewage Sludge: An Innovative Approach for Wastewater Treatment
- 1st Edition - August 19, 2022
- Editors: Maulin P. Shah, Susana Rodriguez-Couto, Nidhi Shah, Rajarshi Banerjee
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 5 8 4 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 4 5 1 - 5
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Request a sales quoteTreatment and Reuse of Sewage Sludge: An Innovative Approach for Wastewater Treatment: Developments in Waste Water Treatment Research and Processes series, focuses on the exploitation of various treatment technologies and their use to treat sewage sludge to detoxify/stabilize toxic and hazardous contaminants and restore contaminated sites, which lacks in a more comprehensive manner in currently existing titles on similar topics. The book includes current beneficial sludge utilization practices such as land application, energy recovery, use as an alternative fuel source, use as a construction material and resource recovery from sewage sludge using emerging technologies.
In addition, the book includes numerous current and advanced sewage sludge treatment and reuse technologies and associated microbes to effectively treat and manage hazardous industrial wastes/or wastewater pollutants for environmental safety, sustainability and public health protection. The book is a reference for all researchers working in the field of environmental engineering, bioengineering, waste management, and related fields.
- Provides natural and eco-friendly solutions to deal with the problem of sewage sludge treatment and its reuse
- Details underlying mechanisms of nanotechnology associated microbes for the treatment and reuse of sewage sludge
- Includes numerous tables and flow diagrams to assist in the comprehension of new and existing sludge treatments and resource recovery technologies
- Covers biogas production by continuous thermal hydrolysis and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge
- Presents information on the recovery of valuable metals from sludge
- Includes opportunities and challenges in the bio refinery-based valorization of sewage sludge
Researchers, Environmentalists, Microbiologists, Biotechnologists, Environmental Engineers, Waste Treatment Engineers and Managers, Scientists. Environmental Science Managers, Administrators, and Policy Makers, Environmental Consultants, Industry Persons and Doctoral Level who aspire to work on the treatment and reuse of sewage sludge for environmental safety and sustainable development
- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- 1: Development of pretreatment methods for sludge reduction in biological wastewater treatment plants: A journey from laboratory to full-scale application
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Pretreatment methods for sludge reduction
- 3: Treating sludge from wastewater treatment plants in Vietnam
- 4: Application of pretreatment method for sludge management in wastewater treatment plants in Vietnam
- 5: Enhancement of dewatering from sludge by chemical addition as pretreatment step
- 6: Conclusions and remarks
- References
- 2: Current prospects of biofuel production from sewage sludge
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Types of sludge
- 3: Conventional sewage sludge treatment methods and their disposal
- 4: Sewage sludge for biofuel production
- 5: Biodiesel production from sewage sludge
- 6: Bioethanol and biohydrogen production from sewage sludge
- 7: Bio-oils production from sewage sludge
- 8: Biofuel production from scum sludge
- 9: Algal cultures from sewage sludge for biofuel production
- 10: Environmental and social aspects of algal biofuels
- 11: Challenges of biofuels production
- 12: Future prospects of biofuels
- 13: Conclusion
- References
- 3: Conversion of sewage sludge to biofuels
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sewage sludge as a fuel resource
- 3: Biofuels from sewage sludge
- 4: Conclusion
- References
- 4: Sewage sludge and soil microbes
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Characteristics of sewage sludge
- 3: Heavy metals and its speciation in sewage sludge
- 4: Sludge and microbes
- 5: Heavy metal tolerant microbes
- 6: Conclusions
- References
- Further reading
- 5: Sewage sludge to biofuel: Emerging technologies for a sustainable environment
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The energy resources and their uses
- 3: The economics of energy resources
- 4: Energy from biomass: The biofuels
- 5: Sewage sludge: Alternative energy on the making
- 6: Discussions
- 7: Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- 6: Impact of sewage sludge application on microbial diversity and fertility of soil: A long-term study
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Long-term impact of sludge on the growth of field crops
- 3: Remediation of heavy metals
- 4: Sewage sludge with heavy metals and its impact on soil
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- 7: Sustainable production of biodiesel through bioconversion of microalgal biomass grown in anaerobic liquid digestates (ALDs)
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Microalgae as biofuel feedstock
- 3: Anaerobic digestion (AD)
- 4: Use of ALD as microalgal growth medium
- 5: Future perspectives
- References
- 8: Ultrasonic pretreatment of sewage sludge, an effective tool to improve the anaerobic digestion: Current challenges, recent developments, and perspectives
- Abstract
- 1: Sewage sludge generation, composition, and management
- 2: Anaerobic digestion
- 3: Ultrasonic pretreatment of sewage sludge
- References
- 9: Sewage sludge as an alternate energy
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sludge-to-energy recovery methods
- 3: Innovative technologies for energy production from sewage sludge
- 4: Future trends
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- 10: Alkali activation of water and wastewater sludges: Solidification/stabilization and potential aluminosilicate precursors
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Types of sludges and required pre-treatment before alkali activation
- 3: Mix designs for alkali-activated materials involving sludge
- 4: Solidification/stabilization of pollutants in sludge
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- 11: Carbon materials from sewage sludge
- Abstract
- 1: Sewage sludge production and characteristics
- 2: Synthesis of carbon materials from sewage sludge
- 3: Applications of sewage sludge-derived carbon materials
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- 12: Effects of heavy metals present in sewage sludge, their impact on soil fertility, soil microbial activity, and environment
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sewage sludge issues in India and worldwide
- 3: Impact of sewage on the environment
- 4: Effect of sewage sludge on soil structure, stability, and soil fertility
- 5: Impact of Sewage sludge Application on Soil Microbial biomass
- 6: Impact of sewage sludge on Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (VAM)
- 7: Effect of composted sewage sludge on several soil borne pathogens and diseases
- 8: Composted sewage sludge
- 9: Suppress with compost soil-borne plant pathogens
- 10: Essential elements from waste
- 11: Conclusion
- References
- 13: Impact of heavy metal contamination on soil environment and advances in its revitalization strategies
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Characterization and detection of heavy metals in soil
- 3: Impacts of heavy metal contamination on soil environment
- 4: Strategies for bioremediation of heavy metals from contaminated soil
- 5: Conclusion and future perspectives
- References
- 14: Natural zeolite: A feasible option for treating heavy metal-contaminated sewage sludge compost
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sewage sludge: A civilization run-offs
- 3: Introduction and accumulation of HM in SS
- 4: Conventional sludge treating technologies
- 5: Conventional techniques and their retrospective analysis
- 6: Zeolite
- 7: Proposed pathway of metal exchange by zeolite
- 8: Commercial applicability of NZ towards the production of fertilizer from SS
- 9: Future scope of NZ towards production of fertilizer from SS
- References
- 15: Application of dairy sludge derived products for removal of pollutants from the industrial effluents: A way to sustainable disposal
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Extraction, quantification, and characterization of dairy sludge
- 3: Characterization of activated sludge products
- 4: Adsorption isotherms and kinetics of sludge adsorbent and pollutant adsorbate
- 5: Synthesis and characterization of modified cheese whey protein adsorbent
- 6: Adsorption isotherms and kinetics for adsorption of dyes and heavy metals on Ptn-PEI-Ni
- 7: Regeneration of Ptn-PEI-Ni and desorption of heavy metals and dyes
- 8: Conclusion
- 9: Summary
- References
- 16: Biohydrogen production from anaerobic sewage sludge
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Types of bioenergy
- 3: Significance of anaerobic digestion
- 4: Biofuel production pathways
- 5: Sewage sludge and its pretreatment
- 6: Bioenergy production by microorganisms
- 7: Cost and benefit analysis in comparison with chemical techniques
- 8: Conclusion
- References
- 17: Use of sewage sludge for the development of adsorbents for waste water treatment
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Wastewater treatment
- 3: Sewage sludge
- 4: Sewage sludge for water treatment purposes
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- 18: Biosolids: A technological and sustainable approach to reuse sludge
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Biosolids
- 3: Biosolids management
- 4: Future prospects
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- 19: The Journey to sustainable treatment and use or disposal of wastewater biosolids
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Journey of wastewater to sludge
- 3: From sludge to biosolids
- 4: Applications of biosolids
- 5: Safe disposal of biosolids
- 6: Establishing a circular bioeconomy with biosolids
- 7: Conclusion
- References
- 20: Biorefinery and waste management by co-digestion of sewage sludge with organic wastes
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sewage sludge as a biomass resource for bioenergy production
- 3: Process of anaerobic digestion from sewage sludge
- 4: Methods to enhance biogas production
- 5: Importance of bioenergy (biogas) produced from anaerobic digestion of sludge
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- 21: Potential role of zeolites: Chemical adsorbent for removal of heavy metals in sewage sludge compost
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Conventional techniques to discharge toxic metals present in sewage sludge
- 3: Heavy metal immobilization by addition of zeolites
- 4: Challenges associated with immobilization of toxic metals present in sludge compost
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- 22: Sewage treatment and reuse by aerobic and anaerobic digestion and physicochemical post-treatment
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sewage treatment
- 3: Utilization of different physicochemical processes for efficient treatment and recovery of wastewater
- 4: Utilization and recovery of sludge or wastewater
- 5: Co-production of some biorefinery products from sewage sludge
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- 23: Sewage sludge drying to produce soil amendments using adjuvants: Toward a circular economy
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Sewage sludge production and main properties
- 2: Management and disposal strategies
- 3: Drying process
- 4: From waste to resource: Toward a circular economy
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 484
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 19, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323855846
- eBook ISBN: 9780323984515
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Maulin P. Shah
Dr. Maulin P. Shah is an active researcher and microbial biotechnologist with diverse research interest. His primary interest is the environment, the quality of our living resources and the ways that bacteria can help to manage and degrade toxic wastes and restore environmental health. Consequently, His work has been focused to assess the impact of industrial pollution on microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation dependant and cultivation independent analysis.
Affiliations and expertise
Environmental Microbiology Consultant, Gujarat, IndiaSR
Susana Rodriguez-Couto
Susana Rodríguez-Couto (female) got her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry (Industrial Chemistry) from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1992 and her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1999 from the University of Vigo, obtaining the maximal grade (magna cum laude) and, in addition, she was awarded with the Extraordinary Prize for Doctoral Thesis in Chemistry. She worked as an Associate Professor and an Isidro Parga Pondal Senior Researcher at the University of Vigo (2000-2004), as a Ramón y Cajal Senior Researcher at Rovira i Virgili University (2004-2008) and as an Ikerbasque Research Professor (2009-2019). She has also worked as an Invited Researcher at the Institute from Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology (Austria) and at the Department of Biological Engineering, University of Minho (Portugal). In 2008, she received the I3 Professor from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education to the recognition of an outstanding research activity. In March 2021 she is joining LUT School of Engineering Science at Mikkeli, Finland, as a Full Professor in biological water treatment. She has published more than 140 articles in highly reputed international journals (h index 42). She is editor of several journals (3Biotech, Frontiers) and 14 Elsevier books.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor (Biological Water Treatment), Department of Separation Science, LUT School of Engineering Science, LUT University, FinlandNS
Nidhi Shah
Dr Nidhi Shah, visiting assistant professor in analytical chemistry at Indiana university southeast, US. Her research interests are in synthesis of metal nanoparticles and electrochemistry. She did her masters in organic chemistry from India and PhD from University of Louisville, US. Her article on electrochemical synthesis of silver nanorods on to interdigitated gold electrodes got accepted in a high impact factor journal ACS Nano. This research article showed potential application in resistive switches. Her current research interest is electrochemical synthesis of silver nanorods on electrode surfaces. She teaches analytical chemistry courses to undergraduates at Indiana University.
Affiliations and expertise
Visiting Assistant Professor in Analytical Chemistry, Indiana University Southeast, USARB
Rajarshi Banerjee
Dr. Rajarshi is a trained microbiologist with a professional experience of more than 1.5 decades encompassing academics, research and advocacy in the field of biotechnology. With an MBA (HR) to his credit, he has been associated with undergraduate and post graduate teaching and guiding doctoral theses. An ardent research planner, implementer and achiever with multicultural experience of spearheading in establishment, training and development of laboratory operations. As an AVP (R&D) he has kept himself rooted to planning, designing, establishing, standardizing laboratories to the scale of recognition and certification. Specialized in Fecal Seprage Management wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse as well as resource recovery/ reuse of solid waste; Rajarshi has put himself online with the present breed of Septage Management researchers globally. His work in antibiotic resistance spread in environment and sale of genetically modified foods has led the government (ICMR& FSSAI) to come up with policies and NAPs. With numerous publications to his credit and with a knack of human resource development has been instrumental in setting up and advocating on Septage Management and Wastewater treatment, and bio solid waste reuse/recycling.
Affiliations and expertise
Associated Vice President, Chadwick's Fecal Septage, Management Laboratory, Hyderabad, IndiaRead Development in Waste Water Treatment Research and Processes on ScienceDirect