Nutrients and Coloured Compounds in Wastewater

Advanced Treatment and Recovery

1st Edition - January 1, 2025
Editors: Abu Zahrim Yaser, Junidah Lamaming, Daniel Johnson, Nidal Hilal
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 7 0 1 - 2
eBook ISBN:
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Nutrients and Coloured Compounds in Wastewater: Advanced Treatment and Recovery reviews and highlights recent advances in nutrients and colored compounds in terms of their treatments, recovery processes, synthesis, preparation, modifications, characterization, and performance. The book comprehensively covers topics in wastewater management, including phytoremediation agents, struvite production, phosphorus recovery, advanced adsorbents, biosurfactants, and membrane technology. It provides a useful framework to help take advantage of the latest research conducted in this rapidly advancing field, enabling readers to develop and commercialize their own products quickly and more successfully.

1. Introduction

2. Azolla as phytoremediation agent in agricultural wastewater

3. Fluctuation of salinity alters phytoremediation performance of lead by spirulina platensis

4. Nutritional and biochemical properties recovery from cocoa based wastewater industry

5. Struvite precipitation from wastewater for sustainable phosphorus fertilizer

6. Phosphorus recovery from different organic substrates using single and mixed anaerobic digestion

7. Review of membrane hybrid systems for nutrient recovery from wastewater

8. Plant nutrients recovery from agro-food wastewaters using microbial electrochemical technologies

9. Membrane technologies for nutrient recycling from a microbial fermentation effluent

10. Recovery of struvite and water via electrocharged forward osmosis

11. Recovery of Ammonia from Wastewater

12. Modified halloysite for ammonium ion removal

13. Adsorption of ammonium ion, chromium and Fe using oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber based SMC from volvariella volvacea cultivation

14. Biochar for resource recovery and pharmaceutical removal from human urine

15. Nutrient recovery and ammonia-water production by MF-vacuum evaporation treatment

16. Coloured compounds removal and nutrient recovery: How membrane technologies in water treatment can be a contributor

17. Recent developments of biochar in the recovery and removal of nutrients and dyes in wastewater treatment

18. Colour and nutrient removal using water treatment residuals

19. The activated carbon produced from bamboo biochar (dendrocalamus asper) and its application as methylene blue dye removal from wastewater

20. Potential application of biosurfactant in micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration for removal of toxic dyes from aqueous stream: Performance, membrane fouling, and prospects

21. Simultaneous degradation of anionic and cationic dyes using electro-catalytic and photo-catalytic from multi-component systems: A Review

22. Adsorptive and photocatalytic removal of coloured pollutants from wastewaters: A critical review

23. Optimization of exhaustion rate in dyeing for effluent recovery

24. Low energy electrochemical oxidation efficiently oxidizes for textile dye

25. Removal of synthetic dyes from aqueous environment using metal-organic frameworks

26. Separation of industrial polymer effluent using chemical coagulant and flocculation

27. Development of coagulant based on Sabah local fruit

28. Conclusions and future prospects

Abu Zahrim Yaser

Dr. Abu Zahrim Yaser is an Associate Professor in Waste Processing Technology at the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia. He is a member of Institutions of Chemical Engineers (United Kingdom), Board of Engineers (Malaysia), MyBIOGAS (Malaysia), and a visiting scientist at the University of Hull. He obtained his PhD from Swansea University (UK), MSc from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Malaysia) and BEng from University of Malaya (Malaysia). His research mainly focuses on waste processing technology. He has published 10 books, 20 book chapters, 47 journals and 50+ other publications. He was the Guest Editor for Environmental Science and Pollution Research special issue. He won several medals in innovation competition including gold medal at iENA 2018, Germany. His innovation entitled “UMS Organic Compost” helps Sabah state to win “Best State Innovation Award” at IGEM 2019. His invention, the Auto Turning Active Zone Yield Composter (Auto AZY) has been adopted by Tongod District Council, Sabah, for managing their organic waste. Besides that, he is actively involved as a reviewer for several journals. Elsevier (UK) has recognized him as among the Outstanding Reviewers for Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2018).

Affiliations and expertise

Associate Professor, Waste Processing Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

Junidah Lamaming

Dr. Junidah Lamaming is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2016 in the field of nanocellulose and nanofiber science and technology from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. In 2015, her PhD research was awarded as the Best Research by the university and won awards in the university publication category. In 2017, he was awarded with Outstanding reviewer by Carbohydrate Polymers, Elsevier United Kingdom. Her research interests include nanocellulose fiber and applications, polymer blends, reinforced/filled polymer composites, adsorbents, characterization and production of lignocellulose-based composites and fire retardants, bioadhesives and biopolymers using sustainable methods. Over the years, she has published more than 40 articles in a significant number of high impact journals, conference papers, chapter in books, and books in her related research areas. She also contributes her expertise and knowledge by reviewing more than 40 international and national publications. She is a member of Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT).

Affiliations and expertise

Postdoctoral researcher,t Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

Daniel Johnson

Dr. Daniel Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi. His main research interests have been in the fields of membrane separation research, advanced water treatment, membrane surface characterisation, and colloid and interface science, all primarily within the context of improving wastewater treatment technology and processes. He has published over 60 articles and book chapters and has taught courses in environmental engineering, wastewater treatment, membrane technology and colloid engineering.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Civil and Urban Engineering, New York University-Abu Dhabi campus, Saadiyat Marina, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Nidal Hilal

Dr. Nidal Hilal is a Professor of Engineering and Director of NYU Abu Dhabi Water Research Center. He is a Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom (CEng), a registered European Engineer (Euro Ing), an elected Fellow of both the Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE), and the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW). He received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 1981 followed by a master's degree in advanced chemical engineering from Swansea University in 1986. He received his PhD degree from Swansea University in 1988. In 2005 he was awarded a Senior Doctorate, Doctor of Science degree (DSc), from the University of Wales in recognition of an outstanding research contribution in the fields Water Processing including Desalination and Membrane Science and Technology. He was also awarded, by the Emir of Kuwait, the prestigious Kuwait Prize (Kuwait Medal) of Applied Science for the year 2005 and Menelaus Medal 2020, by the Learned Society of Wales, for excellence in engineering and technology. His research interests lie broadly in the identification of innovative and cost-effective solutions within the fields of nano-water, membrane technology, and water treatment, including desalination, colloid engineering and the nano-engineering applications of AFM. He has published 8 handbooks, 82 invited book chapters, and around 500 articles in the refereed scientific literature. He has chaired and delivered lectures at numerous international conferences and prestigious organizations around the world. Nidal sits on the editorial boards of a number of international journals, is an advisory board member of several multinational organizations, and has served on/consulted for industry, government departments, research councils, and universities on an international basis.

Affiliations and expertise

NYUAD Water Research Center, New York University - Abu Dhabi Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates