
Green Technologies for the Defluoridation of Water
- 1st Edition - July 20, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Rama Rao Karri, Eder Claudio Lima
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 7 6 8 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 6 4 6 - 1
Green Technologies for the Defluoridation of Water focuses on the application of green technologies for the defluoridation of water using adsorption processes and nanoadsor… Read more
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Green Technologies for the Defluoridation of Water focuses on the application of green technologies for the defluoridation of water using adsorption processes and nanoadsorbents. Chapters cover the environmental and health effects of fluoride presence in ambient air, food, water, soil and vegetation, focus on approaches for analytical methods to determine the presence of fluoride in water, review various types of conventional and advanced techniques used for removal, focus on adsorption as a green technology, review various types of adsorbents, and emphasize a techno-economic assessment with respect to conventional and non-conventional technologies.
This book provides readers with comprehensive methods and applications, while also presenting the global impacts of fluoride ion on the environment, including in drinking water, food, air, soil and vegetables. The authors compare different defluoridation technologies in detail, providing researchers in environmental science and nanotechnology fields with the information they need to create solutions on how to safely remove fluoride from water in a sustainable and cost-effective way.
- Presents the application of green technology for the defluoridation of water using adsorption processes and nanoadsorbents
- Includes methods for effectively removing fluoride ions from potable water and water bodies
- Provides techniques that are eco-friendly, without toxic chemicals, and with lower cost options
I: Properties, source, health and environmental risk assessment of fluoride
1. Sources and occurrence of fluoride in the environment
1.1. Fluoride in ambient air
1.2. Fluoride in food / foodstuffs
1.3. Fluoride in soil, agricultural crops and vegetables
1.4. Fluoride in water
2. Effects on human health
2.1. Intake and metabolism of fluoride
2.2. Dental fluorosis
2.3. Skeletal fluorosis
2.4. Neurological problems
2.5. Developmental Effects
2.6. Reproductive Effects
2.7. Endocrinological Effects
2.8. Gastrointestinal Effects
2.9. Carcinogenic Effects
3. Effects of fluoride on animals
4. Effects of fluoride on plants
5. Guidelines and standards of fluoride in drinking water
II: Approaches and analytical methods for determination of fluoride in water
1.1. Spectrophotometry
1.2. Anion exclusion chromatography
1.3. Flow injection analysis
1.4. Rapid photometric method
1.5. Potentiometry
1.6. Colorimetry
1.7. HPLC
1.8. Sensors
1.9. Overview of the methods, in terms of advantages and drawbacks
III: Conventional and advanced techniques for removal of fluoride from water
1. Traditional techniques for removal of fluoride from water
1.1. Fundamentals and theories
1.2. Coagulation and precipitation
1.3. Membrane separation
1.4. Ion exchange
1.5. Electrochemical process
1.6. Electro-dialysis
1.7. Adsorption
1.8. Others
1.9. Overview of the techniques, in terms of advantages and drawbacks
IV: Adsorption: A cost-effective green technology for removal of fluoride from water
1. Fundamentals of adsorption
2. Factors affecting adsorption
3. Adsorption modeling
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Isotherms
3.2.1. Henry’s Law
3.2.2. Monolayer adsorption and the Langmuir isotherm
3.2.3. Freundlich isotherm model
3.2.4. Langmuir-Freundlich models
3.2.5. Other isotherm models
3.3. Comparison of linear and nonlinear fitting of isotherms
3.3.1. Typical values of isotherm parameters for different adsorbate–fluoride systems
3.4. Kinetics
3.4.1. Adsorption reaction models
3.4.1.1. Pseudo 1st order model
3.4.1.2. Pseudo 2nd order model
3.4.1.3. General-order model
3.4.2. Empirical models
3.4.3. Avrami-fractional-order
3.4.4. Elovich chemisorption
3.4.5. Intraparticle diffusion models
3.4.5.1. Weber – Morris
3.4.5.2. Boyd models
3.4.5.3. Other models
3.4.6. Diffusional mass transfer models
3.5. Comparison of linear and nonlinear fitting of kinetics
3.6. Thermodynamics
3.7. Equilibrium constant
3.8. Thermodynamic equilibrium constant
3.9. Linear and nonlinear van´t Hoff equation
V: Adsorbents for removal of fluoride from water
1. Adsorbents types for fluoride removal
1.1. Natural adsorbents
1.1.1. Alumina and alumina-based adsorbents
1.1.2. Calcium based adsorbents
1.1.3. Clay and bentonite
1.1.4. Pumice
1.1.5. Zeolite
1.1.6. Other natural materials
1.2. Derived adsorbents
1.3. Metal based adsorbents
1.4. Carbon based adsorbents
1.4.1. Activated carbon
1.4.2. Carbon nanotube
1.4.3. Graphene/Graphene oxide
2. Waste based adsorbents
2.1. Agricultural waste adsorbents
2.2. Industrial waste adsorbents
2.3. Building materials
3. Bio-sorbents
3.1. Biopolymers - based adsorbents
3.2. Biomass (algal and fungal biomass)
3.3. Chitin - chitosan derivatives
3.4. Other bio-sorbents
4. Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites based adsorbents
5. Methods for desorption / regeneration of adsorbents and their performance
VI: Techno-economic assessment of de-fluoridation of water
1. Analysis of scaling aspects from lab-scale to pilot-scale and further to industrial scale
2. Techno-economic assessment of different conventional and non-conventional technologies
VII: Global water challenges and future perspectives
1. Future prospects and opportunities in handling water related issues
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 20, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Mohammad Hadi Dehghani
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hadi Dehghani is a full professor at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. His scientific research interests include environmental science. He is the author of various research studies published in national and international journals and conference proceedings and head of several research projects at the TUMS. He has authored 20 books, 26 book chapters and more than 270 full papers published in peer-reviewed journals. He is an editorial board member, guest editor, and reviewer in many internal and international journals and a member of several international science committees worldwide. He also has the distinction of being listed in the top 2% of the world’s most influential scientists in the area of environmental sciences. He is a supervisor and advisor for many PhD and MSc theses at the TUMS. He is currently also a member of the Iranian Association of Environmental Health (IAEH) and member of the Institute for Environmental Research (IER) at the TUMS. He is an editor for 14 edited books (English): (1) Soft Computing Techniques in Solid Waste and Wastewater Management, (2) Environmental and Health Management of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), (3) Green Technologies for the Defluoridation of Water, (4) Pesticide Remediation Technologies From Water and Wastewater, (5) COVID-19 and Sustainable Development Goals, (6) Industrial Wastewater Treatment: Emerging Technologies for Sustainability, (7) Sustainable Materials for Sensing and Remediation of Noxious Pollutants, (8) Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for the Assessment of Human Exposure to Environmental Pollutants, (9) Water Treatment Using Engineered Carbon Nanotubes, (10) Water, the Environment and the Sustainable Development Goals, (11) Sustainable Remediation Technologies for Emerging Pollutants in Aqueous Environment, (12) Health and Environmental Effects of Ambient Air Pollution, (13) Health Effects of Indoor Air Pollution, (14) Diseases Attributed to Air Pollution.
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