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Low Cost Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems: Conventional and Recent Advances
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
- 1st Edition - September 23, 2024
- Editors: Xuan-Thanh Bui, Ashok Pandey, Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Shu-Yuan Pan
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 6 6 2 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 6 6 1 - 7
Low Cost Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems: Conventional and Recent Advances introduces different conventional and advanced low-cost systems for water and wastewater treatment… Read more
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Request a sales quoteLow Cost Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems: Conventional and Recent Advances introduces different conventional and advanced low-cost systems for water and wastewater treatment. The technologies involve conventional biological processes with low-cost and newly developed processes for improving the performance of the treatment processes. The book also contains chapters describing some main topics which discusses their principles, development, and applications: 1) low-cost biological treatment system; 2) bioremediation technologies; 3) natural-based technologies; 4) biomedia-based technologies; 5) adsorption-based technologies; 6) membrane filtration-based technologies; and 7) emerging technologies.
It investigates various low-cost treatment technologies and applies these to the removal of organic matters, nutrients, and emerging micro pollutants in developing countries and worldwide.
- Provides up-to-date information on low-cost biological treatment systems
- Includes water and wastewater treatment and reuse by low-cost membrane systems
- Presents state-of-the-art information on design and operation of biological low-cost systems
Scientists, engineers, lecturers, students and practitioners in chemical engineering, biotechnology, sanitation engineering, and water engineering Policy makers in the field of sustainable water treatment process; Water industries; Environmental consultant companies
A. Bioremediation and nature-based technologies Biological nutrient removal wastewater treatment Anaerobic processes for wastewater treatment Phytoremediation as an eco-friendly wastewater treatment technique Phytoremediation of water contaminated with heavy metals Algal- based wastewater treatment systems for pollutant remediation and product recovery Algae-based wastewater treatment for resources recovery Pond - wetland system for wastewater improvement and emergency control at industrial sites Duckweed based waste stabilization ponds for wastewater treatment
B. Biomedia and biomaterials-based technologies An insight into the down-flow hanging sponge (DHS) technology for wastewater treatment: applications, mechanism, and future prospects Biochar-based wastewater treatment Biochar for heavy metal removal Biochar-based adsorbents for water treatment Bauxite-based adsorbents for water treatment Biochar production and potential application in water and wastewater treatment: Opportunities, constraints and future research directions Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS)
C. Membrane filtration-based technologies Low-cost Applications of Conventional Polymeric Membranes for Water Filtration Technologies Gravity-driven membrane as a low-cost based process for sustainable water treatment: energy consumption and economic assessment Advances in gravity-driven membrane filtration for water and wastewater treatment: Principle, performance, and fouling.
D. Other technologies Electrochemical separation for wastewater treatment Microbial fuel cell assisted systems for water treatment and energy recovery
- No. of pages: 600
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 23, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443236624
- eBook ISBN: 9780443236617
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Xuan-Thanh Bui
Dr. Xuan-Thanh BUI obtained the degree of engineer in chemical engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh (VNU-HCM), Viet Nam and received his M.Eng and Ph.D. degrees in environmental engineering at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. Currently, he is an associate professor at the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, HCMUT, VNU-HCM. He serves as chairman of Dept. of Water Science & Technology and head of VNU-HCM Key Laboratory of Advanced Waste Treatment Technology. His research focuses on membrane separation processes, water and wastewater treatment technologies, biological treatment processes and green technologies. He has published more than 100 SCIE journal papers, 25 books/book chapters and 02 patents. Additionally, he has played a role of project investigator of more than 50 international/national research projects in the field and organized three international conferences. Since 2017, he became members of the scientific committee in the field of earth sciences and environment of National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Ministry of Science and Technology, Viet Nam. In addition, he is editor board members of some journals such as Bioresource Technology, Environmental Technology and Innovation, Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, Vietnam Journal of Engineering Science and Technology.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate professor, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, HCMUT, VNU-HCM, VietnamAP
Ashok Pandey
Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, etc. He has 16 patents, edited 125 books, and authored over 1000 papers and book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
Centre for Innovation and Translational Research CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research Lucknow, IndiaTN
Thanh-Tin Nguyen
Dr. Thanh-Tin Nguyen currently works at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He obtained Ph. D degree of engineer environmental engineering Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea. His research focuses on topics such as COF/MOF-based membrane for liquid separation and water treatment; nanomaterial-based Membranes for water Treatment and Desalination; Membrane separation processes (MF, UF, NF, RO, MD, and FO); Membrane fabrication for water treatment/desalination, liquid separation, and biomedical Engineering; Porous material for micropollutant removal; Microalgae-based resource recovery and wastewater treatment; Biological processes for wastewater treatment; Novel desalination and wastewater reuse technologies and processes; Economic assessment in desalination/water/wastewater treatment process; Membrane fouling (characterization, mass transport, and modelling). He worked as postdoctoral researcher at GIST with focusing on developing a novel membrane for biomedical engineering application. He has served as a guest editor for two special issues of Membranes, as well as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as the Journal of Hazardous Materials, Bioresource Technology, Desalination, Journal of Membrane Science, Separation and Purification Technology, Science of Total Environment, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Water Process Engineering. He gained an award of GIST young scientist for providing a part of funding on his research. He was also the recipient of the best presenter award at several international conferences: the best poster award (at the 10th International Desalination Workshop, Busan, Korea, 2017) and the best orientation award (at the 6th IWA Regional Membrane Technology Conference, Vadodara, Gujarat, India, 2018). He has published 47 SCIE journal papers, 5 book chapters and 1 techincal solution and applied 3 patents (under pending).
Affiliations and expertise
Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USASP
Shu-Yuan Pan
Dr. Shu-Yuan Pan is currently an Assistant Professor at Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University. Professor Shu-Yuan Pan received his Ph.D. from the National Taiwan University (2016) in environmental engineering. He served as a visiting researcher at Argonne National Laboratory, and conducted postdoctoral research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In 2019, Dr. Pan joined National Taiwan University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. His research interests focus on the development of energy-efficient technologies for wastewater valorization as reclaimed water and value-added products. Professor Pan leads the “Green Technology Lab” at National Taiwan University. Green Technology Lab is dedicating to provide “green water service” in accordance with international movements and local demands, such as circular economy and net-zero transformation. Pan has published more than 80 SCI articles (Google citation >4700 with an h-index of 36) and has received 8 patents. Pan is also the author or co-author of 1 book (entitled “CO2 Mineralization and Utilization”), 5 book chapters, 20+ journal articles (including Chinese Journals) and technical reports, and 130+ papers in conference proceedings and symposium volumes. He is a Professional Engineer (PE) in environmental engineering licensed in Taiwan (ROC).
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan