
Traditional and Novel Adsorbents for Antibiotics Removal from Wastewater
- 1st Edition - December 12, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Seyedmehdi Sharifian, Mika Sillanpää, Neda Asasian-Kolur
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 1 1 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 1 2 - 8
Traditional and Novel Adsorbents for Antibiotics Removal from Wastewater describes, in detail, the importance of removing antibiotics from aqueous systems, along with new informati… Read more
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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.
- Provides production and modification methods of conventional and non-conventional adsorbent materials for antibiotics adsorption from aqueous systems
- Considers the effects of antibiotics type and porous and chemical properties of adsorbents to improve the sorption capacity and ease of regeneration
- Features recent advances in the use of biowaste materials and biosorption processes for green removal of antibiotics from wastewater
1-1 Emerging contaminants
1-2 Antibiotics: synthesized products for health or against health
1-3 Conventional wastewater treatment processes
1-4 Adsorption process is a possible solution?
1-5 Adsorption processes: from lab-scale toward industrial-scale
1-6 References
2. Adsorption process of antibiotics by carbon-based adsorbents
2-1 Introduction on the types of carbonaceous adsorbents
2-2 Carbonaceous adsorbents production and characteristics
2-3 Modification of carbonaceous adsorbents for antibiotics adsorption
2-4 Mechanisms of antibiotics adsorption by carbonaceous adsorbents
2-5 Regeneration of carbonaceous adsorbents
2-6 Conclusion and outlook
2-7 References
3. Adsorption process of antibiotics by clay-based materials
3-1 Introduction on the types of clay-based adsorbents
3-2 Preparation and characteristics of clay-based adsorbents
3-3 Modified clays for antibiotics adsorption
3-4 Mechanism of antibiotics adsorption by clay-based materials
3-5 Regeneration processes
3-6 Conclusion and outlook
3-7 References
4. Adsorption process of antibiotics by novel adsorbents
4-1 MOF adsorbents
4-2 Silica-based adsorbents
4-3 Metal oxide-based adsorbents
4-4 Polymeric adsorbents
4-5 Nano-matrices adsorbents
4-6 Other adsorbents
4-7 Conclusion and outlook
4-8 References
5. Biosorption process for antibiotics removal
5-1 Introduction on biosorption
5-2 Types of biomaterials used as biosorbents
5-3 Dead biomaterials for antibiotics sorption
5-4 Alive microorganisms for antibiotics sorption
5-5 Antibiotics adsorption by activated sludge
5-6 Conclusion and outlook
5-7 References
6. Hybrid technologies including adsorption for antibiotics removal
6-1 Introduction: Why hybrid process?
6-2 Adsorption/degradation hybrid process
6-3 Adsorption/membrane hybrid process
6-4 Conclusion and outlook
6-5 References
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 12, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Seyedmehdi Sharifian
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Mika Sillanpää
Mika Sillanpää’s research work centers on chemical treatment in environmental engineering and environmental monitoring and analysis. The recent research focus has been on the resource recovery from waste streams.
Sillanpää received his M.Sc. (Eng.) and D.Sc. (Eng.) degrees from the Aalto University where he also completed an MBA degree in 2013. Since 2000, he has been a full professor/adjunct professor at the University of Oulu, the University of Eastern Finland, the LUT University, the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Johannesburg.
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