Boron Separation Processes

The impending crisis posed by water stress and poor sanitation represents one of greatest human challenges for the 21st century, and membrane technology has emerged as a serious contender to confront the crisis. Yet, whilst there are countless texts on wastewater treatment and on membrane technologies, none address the boron problem and separation processes for boron elimination. Boron Separation Processes fills this gap and provides a unique and single source that highlights the growing and competitive importance of these processes. For the first time, the reader is able to see in one reference work the state-of-the-art research in this rapidly growing field. The book focuses on four main areas:
- Effect of boron on humans and plants
- Separation of boron by ion exchange and adsorption processes
- Separation of boron by membrane processes
- Simulation and optimization studies for boron separation
- Provides in one source a state-of-the-art overview of this compelling area
- Reviews the environmental impact of boron before introducing emerging boron separation processes
- Includes simulation and optimization studies for boron separation processes
- Describes boron separation processes applicable to specific sources, such as seawater, geothermal water and wastewater

1. Boron in the Environment Fyodor S. Kot 2. The Chemistry of Boron in Water Victor Kochkodan, Nawaf Bin Darwish, Nidal Hilal 3. Risk Assessment of Borates in Occupational Settings Yalçin Duydu, Nursen Basaran, Hermann M. Bolt 4. Ion Exchange Borate Kinetics Jidong Lou, Gary L. Foutch 5. Separation and Recovery of Boron From Various Resources Using Chelate Adsorbents Kazuharu Yoshizuka, Syouhei Nishihama 6. Adsorption of Boron by Minerals, Clays, and Soils Tomasz Ko_zlecki, Izabela Polowczyk 7. Iminobis-Alkylene Diol Function as Alternative Boron-Chelating Group: Its Incorporation into Various Polymer Topologies for Removal of Trace Boron Via Direct Sorption and Polymer-Enhanced Ultrafiltration Hasan Zerze, Levent Yilmaz, H. Onder Ozbelge, Niyazi Bicak 8. Boron Removal Using Membranes Viatcheslav (Slave) Freger, Hilla Shemer, Abraham (Avi) Sagiv, Raphael Semiat 9. Boron Removal From Seawater Using Reverse Osmosis Integrated Processes Nalan Kabay, Marek Bryjak 10. Boron Removal From Water by SorptioneMembrane Filtration Hybrid Process Marek Bryjak, Nalan Kabay 11. Boron Removal Using Ion Exchange Membranes Piotr Dydo, Marian Turek 12. Boron Removal From Geothermal Water Using Membrane Processes Nalan Kabay 13. Basic Principles of Simulating Boron Removal in Reverse Osmosis Processes Jae-Hong Kim, Pyung-Kyu Park 14. Single SWRO Pass Boron Removal at High pH: Prospects and Challenges Oded Nir, Ori Lahav 15. Seawater Reverse Osmosis Permeate: Comparative Evaluation of Boron Removal Technologies Amos Bick, Gideon Oron 16. Hybrid AdsorptioneMicrofiltration Process with Plug Flow of Microparticulate Adsorbent for Boron Removal Marek Blahu_siak, _Stefan Schlosser, Nalan Kabay 17. Boron Uptake from Aqueous Solution by Chelating Adsorbents: A Statistical Experimental Design Approach Esra Bilgin Simsek, Bahire Filiz Senkal, Ulker Beker