
Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes
Bioelectrochemical Systems for Wastewater Management
- 1st Edition - October 28, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Maulin P. Shah, Susana Rodriguez-Couto, Ashok Kumar Nadda, Achlesh Daverey
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 5 0 5 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 4 4 1 - 4
Industrial wastewater contains a large variety of compounds, such as hazardous organic pollutants, heavy metals, salts and nutrients, which makes its treatment challenging. On the… Read more

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Request a sales quoteIndustrial wastewater contains a large variety of compounds, such as hazardous organic pollutants, heavy metals, salts and nutrients, which makes its treatment challenging. On the other hand, the sewage treatment with existing technologies is not cost-effective due to high energy demand and contributes to greenhouse gas emission. Thus, the use of conventional water treatment methods is neither sustainable nor always effective. In this sense, BESs has emerged as a promising technology to treat complex industrial wastewater with a sustainable manner. Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes: Bioelectrochemical Systems for Wastewater Management analyses and discusses the potential of microbial and electrochemical based hybrid processes for the treatment of complex industrial wastewater along with the recovery of valuable compounds and water reutilization. The most significant advantages of BES are high effectiveness, low toxicity, gentle operation conditions, environmentally friendly treatment without sludge accumulation and energy conservation. Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) are emerging as an exciting platform to convert chemical energy of organic wastes into electricity or hydrogen or value-added chemical commodities. In addition, recent and future trends in BES are highlighted.
- Discusses the fundamentals of biological wastewater treatment and bio-electrochemical systems, advantages, limitations and promising solutions of different types of energy recovery options from wastewater
- Presents the recent trends and developments in BES for achieving the sustainable wastewater treatment
- Covers the applications of BES and BES-based hybrid treatment technologies for wastewater treatment
- Includes carbon capture and resource recovery other than energy from wastewater using BES systems
- Addresses the challenges in the full-scale implementation of BES in existing and new wastewater treatment plants
Bioengineers, environmental scientists, chemists in academia and corporate research. Different professionals, managers working or interested in the Water treatment
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Microalgal mediated bioelectricity generation and concomitant value-added products recovery from wastewater treatment in the bioelectrochemical system: Current status and future perspectives
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Microbial carbon capture cell
- 3: Value-added products recovery from algae-based MFCs
- 4: Current status and future perspectives
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2: Algal microbial fuel cell: An innovative and accessible approach
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Construction of algal microbial fuel cells
- 3: Role of various parameters in algal microbial fuel cells
- 4: End-product in APMFC
- 5: Limitations and prospects
- 6: Conclusion
- Conflict of interest
- References
- Chapter 3: Key role of microorganisms in industrial wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sources of water pollution
- 3: Diversity of microbes in wastewater
- 4: Role of microorganisms in industrial wastewater treatment
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4: Membrane-integrated BES for wastewater reclamation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Bioelectrochemical system (BES)
- 3: Membrane-integrated BES (MIBES)
- References
- Chapter 5: Wastewater remediation for reuse through emerging technologies
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Advance technologies for wastewater remediation
- 3: Wastewater treatment for water security in the water-energy Nexus for developing countries
- 4: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6: Bioelectrochemical systems: Understanding the basics and overcoming the challenges
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: BES and its classification
- 3: Necessity and working of BES
- 4: Types of electron transfer in BES
- 5: Applications of BES
- 6: Factors affecting BES
- 7: Shortcomings of BES
- 8: Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 7: Emerging trends of cyanobacteria-based microbial fuel cells as an alternative energy source
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Microbial fuel cell (MFC) as an alternative energy source
- 3: Water pollution and waste management
- 4: Challenges associate with MFC
- 5: Advantages of cyanobacteria-based MFC over other MFC systems
- 6: Future perspectives of MFC
- 7: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8: Bioelectrochemical systems: Basic concepts and types
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Mechanism of working of BES
- 3: Types of BES
- 4: Transfer of electron in bioelectrochemical system
- 5: Applications in wastewater treatment
- 6: Conclusion and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 9: Anode modification: An approach to improve power generation in microbial fuel cells (MFCs)
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Microbial fuel cell
- 3: Electrodes and its properties
- 4: Anode modification in MFC
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10: Influence of operational parameters on the performance of microbial fuel cells
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Physical parameters influencing the performance of MFCs
- 3: Biological factors influencing the performance of MFCs
- 4: Chemical and operational factors influencing the performance of MFCs
- 5: Future prospects
- 6: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 11: Development of bioelectrochemical systems integrated nanocomposite membranes for wastewater management
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Types of membranes
- 3: Impregnation of nanomaterials onto membranes
- 4: Hybrid BESs integrated with membrane-based technologies
- 5: Energy consumption and recovery
- 6: Current challenges and future perspectives
- 7: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 12: Industrial wastewater treatment using bioelectrochemical systems and the potential for energy recovery
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Configuration and operational mechanism of microbial electrochemical systems
- 3: Wastewater treatment using bioelectrochemical systems
- 4: Conclusion and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 13: Microbes and wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Microbial diversity in the treatment of wastewater
- 3: Characteristics of wastewater
- 4: Methodologies used for wastewater treatment
- 5: Role of 16S rRNA in the classification of microbes
- 6: rDNA technology for wastewater treatment
- 7: Technology for microbial electrical remediation
- 8: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 14: Challenges in the scale-up of MES for wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: MES: Anode tuning for efficient electron generation
- 3: MES cathodes for utilization of CO2 as a source for diverse chemical manufacture
- 4: Use of chemolithoautotrophs MES biocathodes for CO2 reduction
- 5: CO2 usage to make a variety of products using the MES systems
- 6: MES energy consumption reduction via integration of renewable energy and a chain-elongation platform
- 7: Future perspectives
- 8: Conclusion
- Declaration of competing interest
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 28, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 298
- No. of pages (eBook): 298
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323885058
- eBook ISBN: 9780323904414
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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, FinlandAN
Ashok Kumar Nadda
Dr. Ashok Kumar Nadda is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, at Jaypee University of Information Technology, India. His research interests are microbial biotechnology, biocatalysis, biopolymers, enzyme immobilization, bioenergy, and CO2 conversion.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Jaypee University of Information Technology, IndiaAD
Achlesh Daverey
Dr. Achlesh Daverey is working as an Assistant Professor in School of Environment and Natural Resources at Doon University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. He has completed his M. Tech. in Bioprocess Technology from Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Mumbai, India in 2006 and Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati), Assam, India in 2011. He worked as a post-doctoral researcher in Institute of Environmental Engineering at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan before joining Doon University. He is serving as Editorial Board Member of SN Applied Sciences (Springer) and Review Editor for Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Frontiers in Environmental Science and Frontiers in Microbiology journals. His area of research includes biological wastewater treatment, anammox, phytoremediation of contaminated soil and water, waste valorization, and bioprocess design and optimization. Dr. Daverey has published 32 research papers in various internationally reputed journals and contributed 7 chapters in edited books (published by Elsevier, Springer, McGraw-Hill, American Society for Civil Engineers).
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Doon University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IndiaRead Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes on ScienceDirect