Advanced Materials and Technologies for Wastewater Treatment

Advanced Materials and Technologies for Wastewater Treatment discusses the methods and technologies of physical, chemical, biological, and thermo-catalytic treatment techniques. It includes the treatment of waste generated by municipal, agro-industry, and other industries including chemical, biomedical, pharmaceutical, textile, and other sectors. FEATURES - Covers implementation of advanced water and wastewater treatment techniques, with a focus on pollutant or pathogen removal - Includes qualitative and quantitative analyses - Focuses on physical, chemical, and biological treatment technologies - Discusses the advancements of materials and technologies applicable to both potable water and wastewater from industrial and municipal sources - Explores future challenges and viable solutions This book is aimed at chemical and environmental engineers and researchers seeking a thorough treatment of innovative water treatment materials and techniques for practical applications.

Prof. Sreedevi Upadhyayula started her career as a senior design engineer for refinery systems and is currently a Professor in Chemical Engineering Department at IIT Delhi, India. Her research interests include synthesis and characterization of adsorbents and catalytic materials for photocatalysis applied to waste water treatment and other pollutant mitigation, modeling of environmentally benign reactions in refineries and petrochemical industry heterogeneous catalysis, kinetics and modeling of environmentally benign reactions in refineries and petrochemical industry. Dr. Amita Chaudhary completed her doctoral degree in "Development of low-cost absorbent for capturing CO2 from post combustion systems" from Chemical Engineering Department, IIT Delhi, INDIA. She is currently working as an assistant professor at Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India. She has She has done her UG and PG in Chemistry Honours and Organic Chemistry from C.C.S University, Meerut, India respectively. Her research interests are in wastewater treatment, waste management, and CO2 sequestration and utilization. Her research work has been published in reputed journals.

Chapter 1 Introduction to Wastewater Mamta Saiyad Chapter 2 Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Water C R Venkateswara Rao Chapter 3 Need for Advanced Materials and Technologies: The Sustainability Argument Neeraj Kumari, Sushma, and Firdaus Parveen Chapter 4 Physical Processes in Wastewater Treatment Ning Zhang, Ankur Dwivedi, and Amita Chaudhary Chapter 5 Polymers as Coagulants for Wastewater Treatment Sai Harsha Bhamidipati, Dharani Prasad Vadlamudi, and Sudheshna Moka Chapter 6 Ultrasonic Wastewater Treatment Gul Afreen and Sreedevi Upadhyayula Chapter 7 Chemistry in Wastewater Treatment Sonali Sengupta and Chandan Kumar Pal Chapter 8 Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment Gunjan Deshmukh and Haresh Manyar Chapter 9 Catalytic Ozonation Processes for Wastewater Treatment Jose A. Lara-Ramos, Fiderman Machuca-Martinez, Miguel A. Mueses, and Jennyfer Diaz-Angulo Chapter 10 Biological/Biochemical Processes in Wastewater Treatment Mushtaq Ahmad Rather and Parveena Bano Chapter 11 Role of Biochar in Water Treatment Biswajit Saha and Sonali Sengupta Chapter 12 Microalgae for Removing Pharmaceutical Compounds from Wastewater Eliana M. Jimenez-Bambague, Aura C. Ortiz-Escobar, Carlos A. Madera-Parra, and Fiderman Machuca-Martinez Chapter 13 Processes for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewater Nimish Shah, Ankur H. Dwivedi, and Shibu G. Pillai Chapter 14 Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment Pablo Ortiz Chapter 15 Challenges, Innovations, and Future Prospects in Transforming Future Wastewater Treatment Plants into Resource Recovery Facilities Krishna Kumar Nedunuri