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Waste to Wealth: Sustainable Metal Recovery from Wastewater Streams

  • 1st Edition - January 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Surajbhan Sevda, Pradeep Verma
  • Language: English

The increasing demand for metals in various industries, coupled with their limited natural availability, has led to intensified mining activities and resource depletion.… Read more

Description

The increasing demand for metals in various industries, coupled with their limited natural availability, has led to intensified mining activities and resource depletion. Concurrently, industrial processes and human activities have resulted in the release of significant amounts of metals into wastewater streams, causing environmental pollution and health risks. This dilemma has led to the field of metal recovery from wastewater gaining attention due to its potential to address both resource scarcity and environmental pollution. The purpose of the book Waste to Wealth: Sustainable Metal Recovery from Wastewater Streams is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date resource that brings together the latest research, technologies, process optimization, sustainable practices and case studies related to the recovery of metals from wastewater. Waste to Wealth: Sustainable Metal Recovery from Wastewater Streams does not focus on the problems, and prefers to look for the solutions and that makes the proposed book different from other books that are available in market. This book highlights the approaches that can be used in different disciplines or in a collaborative team. This book can be useful for people having expertise in variety of fields to explore an interdisciplinary bioremediation and bio-electroremediation approach for metal recovery and wastewater treatment. The book aims to serve as a guide and reference for professionals, academics, students, and policymakers who are invested in advancing the field of metal recovery and wastewater treatment. By catering to this diverse readership, the book aims to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge, foster collaborative efforts, and drive positive change in the field of metal recovery and wastewater management.

Key features

  • Provides comprehensive insights into advanced metal recovery technologies, process optimization, and sustainable practices
  • Focuses on Circular economy principles, and supports sustainability practitioners in integrating metal recovery processes into their organizations, contributing to a greener and more responsible operational framework
  • Outlines solutions about environmental pollution, resource scarcity, and sustainable practices to gain a deeper understanding of how innovative metal recovery techniques contribute to an eco-friendly future

Readership

Academics, researchers in Chemical engineering, Engineers, science students

Table of contents

1. Metal Pollution to Resource Recovery: A Sustainable Approach to Wastewater Management

2. Types of Metal Contaminants and Sources

3. Fate and Transport of Metals in Wastewater Systems

4. Unlocking Value from Wastewater: The Science of Metal Extraction

5. Metal Recovery Technologies: Precipitation and Coagulation Methods

6. Metal Recovery Technologies: Ion Exchange and Adsorption Techniques

7. Metal Recovery Technologies: Membrane Separation for Metal Removal

8. Metal Recovery Technologies: Electrochemical and Electromembrane Processes

9. Biological Innovations in Metal Recovery: Bioleaching and Microbial Biotechnologies

10. Innovative Approaches for Metal Recovery: Bioelectrochemical System

11. Unlocking Resource Potential: Metal Recovery from Urban Wastewater and Industrial Effluents

12. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Metal Recovery Processes

13. Linking Metal Recovery to Circular Economic Principles

14. Global Frameworks for Metal Recovery: Regulations and Sustainability

15. Strategic Industrial Integration of Eco-Friendly Metal Recovery from Wastewater

16. Techno-Economic Assessment of Metal Recovery Technologies: Costs, Benefits, and Scalability

17. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Metal Recovery Systems: Environmental Impacts and Sustainability Metrics

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Surajbhan Sevda

Surajbhan Sevda is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. Prior to this, he was a technical officer (research scientist) at IIT Guwahati, India. He completed his Doctoral Degree in 2013 from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India. He was a visiting scientist at University of Calgary, Canada in 2018. His research experience lies in the bioreactor design, modelling of microbial growth, biofuels, and bioenergy, life cycle analysis (LCA), metal recovery, biosensor development, green chemistry, microbial electrosynthesis, enzyme and antibiotic production.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India

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Pradeep Verma

Pradeep Verma is currently the Group Leader at the Bioprocess and Bioenergy Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, at the School of Life Sciences in Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ). He is a distinguished fellow of several professional organizations, including the Mycological Society of India (MSI Fellow, 2020), the Biotechnological Research Society of India (BRSI Fellow, 2021), and the Association of Microbiological Sciences, India (AMSc, AMI, India, Fellow, 2021). He is the recipient of the Prof. P.C. Jain Memorial Award, by the Mycological Society of India (PCJ-Memorial Award, 2021) and also the recipient of the Ron Cockcroft Travel Award by the Swedish Society, Sweden (2005) In addition, he received the Bridge Fellow JSPS Award in 2022 and conducted joint research work at Kyoto University in Japan. Recently, he was also nominated as a fellow of the International Academy of Wood Sciences (IAWS Fellow 2024), Fellow of the National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS Fellow 2023) and Fellow of the Association of Fungal Biologist (AFB Fellow 2023).

His areas of expertise include microbial diversity, bioremediation, bioprocess development, lignocellulosic, and algal biomass-based biorefineries. He holds several national and international patents in the field of microwave-assisted biomass pretreatment and bio-butanol production.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan, India