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Nanotechnology for Cleaner Pulp and Paper Processes

  • 1st Edition - August 17, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Pratima Bajpai
  • Language: English

Nanotechnology for Cleaner Pulp and Paper Processes explores cutting-edge solutions for environmental management in the pulp and paper industry. The book examines the scient… Read more

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Description

Nanotechnology for Cleaner Pulp and Paper Processes explores cutting-edge solutions for environmental management in the pulp and paper industry. The book examines the scientific advances in nanotechnology, including the use of nanoparticles, nanocomposites, and nano-adsorbents, alongside innovative biological and engineering approaches such as metabolic engineering, systems biology, and artificial intelligence. Readers will gain insight into how these integrated strategies can effectively remove hazardous pollutants and transform industrial effluents into environmentally safe outputs. The book covers the fundamentals of pulp and paper production, pollutant types and characteristics, environmental impacts, and key industry challenges. It handles advanced treatment methods, including nanotechnology-based techniques, enzyme technology, and microorganism-assisted remediation, while also addressing economic considerations, sustainability, and the promotion of green initiatives within paper manufacturing processes.

Nanotechnology for Cleaner Pulp and Paper Processes is an invaluable resource for academic researchers, graduate students, chemical engineers, environmental scientists, and industrial specialists. It offers practical strategies and critical insights for those engaged in environmental management, wastewater treatment, and sustainable manufacturing, making it essential reading for professionals and scholars seeking innovative solutions in the field.

Key features

  • Discusses the application of nanoparticles, nanocomposites, and nano-adsorbents in the elimination of toxic pollutants from wastewater generated by the pulp and paper industry
  • Investigates the use of microbial consortia, metabolic engineering, and AI-enhanced systems biology for sustainable detoxification of effluents
  • Merges scientific research with practical applications, providing actionable strategies for professionals in industry and researchers

Readership

Scientists, engineers, researchers, and graduate students in biotechnology, nanotechnology, and industrial wastewater management; Industry practitioners, environmental managers and process engineers working on environmentally friendly remediation approaches

Table of contents

1. Background

2. Brief description of Pulp and Paper making process

3. Types of pollutants and their characteristics

4. Environmental impact of effluents

5. Key challenges in pulp and paper industry

6. Treatment of paper and pulp industry contaminants

7. Nanotechnology based techniques for Effluent removal

8. Other advanced methods for treatment of pulp and paper wastewater

9. Microorganisms assisted nanotechnology

10. Nanotechnology and enzyme technology

11. Economic aspects and environmental sustainability

12. Promoting Green Initiatives in Paper Processes

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 18, 2026
  • Language: English

About the author

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Pratima Bajpai

Pratima Bajpai is currently working as a consultant in the field of paper and pulp. Her research career spans about 40 years, having worked at the National Sugar Institute, the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Western Ontario, and the Thapar Research and Industrial Development Centre in India. She also worked as a visiting professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and as a visiting researcher at the Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Dr. Bajpai’s main areas of expertise are industrial biotechnology, pulp and paper, and environmental biotechnology.

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant-Pulp and Paper, Kanpur, India

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