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Fundamentals of Membrane Separation Technology

  • 1st Edition
  • January 23, 2024
  • Zhan Wang
  • English
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Fundamentals of Membrane Separation Technology provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to this environmentally-friendly separation process. Using a structured format that promotes comprehension and implementation, each chapter provides overviews, principles, materials, preparation, and industrial applications. Each chapter then concludes with future prospects, references, and end-of-chapter exercises. Written for students and professionals, this book is an ideal reference for those who wish to better understand the fundamentals and applications of membrane technology.

Microorganisms and enzymes for lignocellulosic biorefineries

  • 1st Edition
  • January 10, 2024
  • Pratima Bajpai
  • English
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Microorganisms and Enzymes for Lignocellulosic Biorefineries comprehensively deals with enzymes and microorganisms for lignocellulosic degradation, along with challenges in the engineering of lignocellulolytic enzymes and mining and engineering for better enzymes. The book discusses commonly used bioprocesses for lignocellulosic biorefinery, including separated hydrolysis, fermentation and simultaneous saccharification, and consolidated bioprocessing. Among these methods, construction of microbial co-culturing systems via consolidated bioprocessing is regarded as a potential strategy to efficiently produce biochemicals and biofuels, providing theoretical direction for constructing efficient and stable biorefinery process system in the future.The book discusses the construction of high-performance enzyme cocktails and presents progress witnessed in engineering lignocellulolytic enzymes, enzyme-producing microorganisms, and future perspectives within the context of developing cost-effective lignocellulose conversion processes.

Traditional and Novel Adsorbents for Antibiotics Removal from Wastewater

  • 1st Edition
  • November 24, 2023
  • Seyedmehdi Sharifian + 2 more
  • English
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Traditional and Novel Adsorbents for Antibiotics Removal from Wastewater describes, in detail, the importance of removing antibiotics from aqueous systems, along with new information on their variation, solubility, toxicology and allowable concentration in groundwater. The book covers adsorption as an applicable method, highlighting its advantages and disadvantages. It investigates various adsorbents ranging from traditional activated carbons, modified forms of clays, metal oxides, polymer resins, and more advanced materials such as graphene-based, MOF, nano-matrices, and composite materials as potential sorbents for the adsorption of antibiotics from aqueous solutions. In addition, the book covers biological microorganisms that have been used to remove antibiotics from wastewater and presents biopolymers, biowaste and living cells potentially and practically suitable for this purpose. For all adsorbents, the book explains preparation methods, main properties, modification techniques to increase antibiotic removal efficiency, mechanisms in antibiotic removal, advantages and limitations. It also presents adsorption-desorption in batch and continuous mode, optimized operating parameters, kinetic and equilibrium adsorption, and regeneration studies.

Sustainable Remediation Technologies for Emerging Pollutants in Aqueous Environment

  • 1st Edition
  • September 12, 2023
  • Mohammad Hadi Dehghani + 2 more
  • English
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Sustainable Technologies for Remediation of Emerging Pollutants from Aqueous Environment compiles and collates advanced technologies for the purification of water and wastewater. The book covers the biological purification of wastewater, the use of adsorbents for decontamination of water, the role of membrane technology and its composites for removing emerging pollutants, and applications of advanced oxidation processes (AOP) for removal of emerging pollutants. This resource provides a single source solution to academicians and young researchers by assembling the latest information on the application of the conventional and non-conventional in water and wastewater purification.

Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2023
  • Maulin P. Shah
  • English
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Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment Technologies: Removal of Contaminants and Recovery of Resources identifies emerging technologies that allow for reuse throughout the wastewater treatment cycle. In anticipation of the next generation of biological treatment technologies driven wastewater treatment plants, this book focuses on the reuse and regeneration of wastewater through an innovative and applied approach of treatment processes. The book emphasizes various aspects related to wastewater management, treatment technologies, water reuse, biosolids production and management, water quality, regulations, economics, public acceptance, risk assessment, benefits, keys for success and main constraints, and stresses the importance of an activated sludge process.

Nanotechnology for Biorefinery

  • 1st Edition
  • June 8, 2023
  • Avinash P. Ingle
  • English
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Nanotechnology for Biorefinery takes an in-depth look at the emerging role of biotechnology and nanotechnology in biorefinery, considered to be one of the most important fields of research in the greener production of high-value products. With chapters covering the different types of nanomaterials, their properties and synthesis methods, the role of nanotechnology in biorefinery, recent advances and challenges, nanobiocatalysts and the applications of nanotechnology in biorefinery, this book will be of interest to students and researchers alike. It will assist users in their quest to develop cost-effective and environmentally-friendly production methods for various biorefining products.

Technological Advancements in Product Valorization of Tea Waste

  • 1st Edition
  • March 21, 2023
  • Mihir Kumar Purkait + 2 more
  • English
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Technological Advancements in Product Valorization of Tea Waste focuses on recent and advanced topics involved with technologies for valorization of tea waste. The book elaborately explains the fundamental concepts of utilization of such waste in the process of conversion as well as current research accomplishments. It emphasizes technologies involved in the major areas of extraction of several important biomolecules like tea polyphenols, polysaccharides for human bioactivity, metal-based nanomaterial synthesis for environmental removal of aquatic pollutants, generation of various different forms of bioenergy including biogas, biodiesel and bioethanol and advanced applications of tea waste in various emerging sectors. Industries covered include the polymer industry, biorefineries, electrical manufacturing and electrochemistry.

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

  • 1st Edition
  • March 9, 2023
  • Joginder Singh Panwar + 4 more
  • English
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Pesticides: Human Health, Environmental Impacts and Management considers microbial degradation and environmental management of pesticides, covers microbial options as an alternative to chemical pesticides, explores plant-microbe interactions for reduced applications of pesticides in the agricultural fields, discusses the enhancement of microbial pesticides degradation, explains function of engineered microorganisms for effective pesticide degradation, describes potential indigenous/effective microbes for effective pesticide degradation processes, and presents research on microbes for sustainable agricultural and environmental practices.

Current Developments in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

  • 1st Edition
  • February 22, 2023
  • Ashok Pandey + 3 more
  • English
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Advances in Eco-friendly and Sustainable Technologies for the Treatment of Textile Wastewater delivers a comprehensive overview of the advancements in a variety of treatment approaches with a major emphasis on bioremediation for the removal and degradation of textile dyes. This book summarizes the latest advancements in textile dyes/effluent treatment technologies and evaluates the major physico-chemical and biological processes that are most popular among textile industrial wastewater treatment plants. The book examines recent advanced treatment options, including photocatalysis with the aid of nanotechnology, as well as advanced oxidation processes, with an emphasis on bioremediation methods.

Valorization of Biomass to Bioproducts

  • 1st Edition
  • February 21, 2023
  • Vijai Kumar Gupta
  • English
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Valorization of Biomass to Bioproducts: Biochemicals and Biomaterials discusses the-innovation and blueprint of biochemical extraction processes and the ideal utilization of biochemicals that help form the basis of green extraction to produce biochemicals from biomass. The book comprises a rising arena of research focused on designing novel, environmentally-friendly, naturally-derived and tenable biochemicals from biomass that serve several biosustainable purposes. Due to increasing demand in chemical and biochemical products, and to minimize industrial space, there is an increased need to recycle wastes and design cost-effective chemical and biochemical units. As such, knowledge on the recovery of biochemicals, bioconversions and extraction technologies is essential.