Green materials for energy, products and depollution /

Using renewable fuels and materials, drinking clean water and food, and breathing safe air are major issues for a sustainable world. This book reviews biodiesel production from microalgae, a promising energy source that does not compete with food production. Several advanced techniques to clean poll...

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Other Authors: Lichtfouse, Eric, Schwarzbauer, Jan, Robert, Didier (Environmental chemist)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, [2013]
Series:Environmental chemistry for a sustainable world ; v. 3.
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Table of Contents:
  • Biodiesel from microalgal oil extraction / Ana L. Gonçalves, José C.M. Pires, and Manuel Simões
  • Electrochemistry and water pollution / Subramanyan Vasudevan and Mehmet A. Oturan
  • Heterogeneous photocatalysis for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment / Devagi Kanakaraju, Beverley D. Glass, and Michael Oelgemöller
  • Water depollution using ferrites photocatalysts / Virender K. Sharma, Chun He, Ruey-an Doong, and Dionysios D. Dionysiou
  • Bioindicators of toxic metals / Slavka Stankovic and Ana R. Stankovic
  • Natural dyes and antimicrobials for textiles / Masoud B. Kasiri and Siyamak Safapour
  • Surfactants in agriculture / Mariano J.L. Castro, Carlos Ojeda, and Alicia Fernándex Cirelli
  • Cheap materials to clean heavy metal polluted waters / Pei-Sin Keng, Siew-Ling Lee, Sie-Tiong Ha, Yung-Tse Hung, and Siew-Teng Ong
  • Water quality management monitoring by aquatic bryophytes / Gana Gecheva and Lilyana Yurukova
  • Halogenated PAH contamination in urban soils / Takeshi Ohura, Teru Yamamoto, Kazuo Higashino, and Yuko Sasaki
  • Index.