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Pulp and Paper Industry

Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment

  • 1st Edition - November 14, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Mohammad Reza Rahimpour, Angelo Basile, Alfredo Cassano, Parvin Kiani
  • Language: English

Pulp and Paper Industry: Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment provides detailed discussion on the characteristics, environmental hazards, and human health effects of pul… Read more

Description

Pulp and Paper Industry: Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment provides detailed discussion on the characteristics, environmental hazards, and human health effects of pulp and paper wastewater. The book discusses their different treatment methods and related challenges. These techniques start from physical methods such as sedimentation and froth flotation, followed by physiochemical treatments including activated carbon filtration, chemical precipitation, as well as biological techniques like aerobic and anaerobic processes. The book also covers application of advanced and novel wastewater treatment techniques in pulp and paper industries, such as ozonation, photocatalysis, advanced oxidation process, electrolysis, microbial fuel cells, etc., as well as challenges of industries, economic assessments, and future perspectives of pulp and paper wastewaters treatments.

Key features

  • Introduces pulp and paper industries' wastewaters and pollutants characteristics, challenges, and utilization
  • Includes physical, physiochemical, and biological methods for pulp and paper industries' wastewater treatment
  • Describes novel and innovative methods for pulp and paper industries wastewater treatment

Readership

(Post)-graduate students, professors and academic researchers in chemical engineering, chemistry, process engineering and biology, R&D managers in petroleum industries, pulp and paper industries, mechanical workshops, and wastewater treatment sections, R&D Companies and Institutions, Joint ventures

Table of contents

Section I: Introduction to pulp and paper industries

1. Pulp and paper production processes and technologies

2. Environmental effects and human health challenges of pulp and paper industries wastes

3. Pulp and paper industries wastewaters and pollutants: characteristics, recovery and utilization

Section II: Methods of pulp and paper wastewater treatment and their challenges

4. Overview and comparison of various pulp and paper wastewater treatment techniques

5. Physical methods for pulp and paper wastewater treatment

6. Physiochemical methods for pulp and paper wastewater treatment

7. Biological methods for pulp and paper wastewater treatment

8. Photocatalysis methods for pulp and paper wastewater treatment

9. Ozonation method for pulp and paper wastewater treatment

10. Advanced oxidation process for pulp and paper wastewater treatment

11. Microbial fuel cells' application for pulp and paper industries’ wastewater treatment

12. Release, handling and treatments challenges of wastewaters from pulp and paper industries

13. Cost analysis and economic assessments of pulp and paper industries’ wastewaters treatments

14. Future perspectives of pulp and paper industries’ wastewater treatment and recycling

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 19, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Mohammad Reza Rahimpour

Prof. Mohammad Reza Rahimpour is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University, Iran, with extensive experience in chemical process engineering, energy systems, process intensification, and sustainable technologies. His research interests include hydrogen and fuel processing, catalytic processes, separation and membrane technologies, carbon capture and utilization, and the development of energy-efficient processes. His work also encompasses the application of advanced process technologies and emerging approaches to improve environmental performance and resource efficiency. Prof. Rahimpour has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and has extensive experience in academic research, scientific leadership, and the development of international reference works in chemical engineering, energy, and sustainable technologies.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

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Angelo Basile

Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer, is a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR where is responsible of the research related to both the ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. Basile is also Editor associate of the Int. J. Hydrogen Energy and Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol. and Editor-in-chief of Membrane Processes (Applications), a section of the international journal Membranes: Basile also prepared 42 special issues on membrane science and technology for many international journals (IJHE, Chem Eng. J., Cat. Today, etc.). He participated to and was/is responsible of many national and international projects on membrane reactors and membrane science. Basile served as Director of the ITM-CNR during the period Dec. 2008 – May 2009. In the last years, he was tutor of 30 Thesis for master and Ph.D. students at the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Calabria (Italy). From 2014, Basile is Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Processes.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Institute of Membrane Technology, Italian National Research Council, ITM-CNR, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

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Alfredo Cassano

Alfredo Cassano has worked as a Researcher at CNR-ITM in Italy since 2000. Trained in Biology, he specializes in membrane science and technology, including conventional membrane processes, membrane contactors, and integrated membrane operations used for wastewater treatment and agro-food applications. He has led or directed research through numerous national MIUR-funded projects, as well as European Union international projects and industry collaborations. Cassano contributes to the scientific community through editorial-board roles and has co-authored several books, numerous journal articles, and chapters, alongside conference and invited work, and two national patents. His interests include recovering bioactive compounds from by-products, membrane distillation, osmotic distillation, and wastewater remediation, motivated by bridging membrane technology with practical AI/ML and real-time monitoring to advance circular economy resource recovery.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Institute on Membrane Technology of the Italian National Research Council, ITM-CNR, University of Calbria, Rende, Italy

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Parvin Kiani

Parvin Kiani is a research associate at Shiraz University. She graduated in chemical engineering from Shiraz University. Her research has focused on gas separation, clean energy, and catalyst synthesis. In the clean energy field, she has worked experimentally on dry methane reforming processes for hydrogen production from methane. She has also synthesized novel catalysts for this process which are tested for the first time. Recently, she has written various book chapters for famous publishers such as Elsevier and the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

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