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Environmental Approach to Remediate Refractory Pollutants from Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant /

This book focuses on the development and advancement in the field of wastewater treatment, particularly addressing the challenge of refractory pollutants from industrial wastewater. It explores various remediation strategies, including adsorption, ozonation, microbial intervention, and the use of ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge MA : Elsevier, [2024]
Series:Development in wastewater treatment research and processes
Subjects:
Sewage > Purification.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Environmental Approach to Remediate Refractory Pollutants from Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • 1 Bioremediation, phytoremediation, and mycoremediation of wastewater
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Industrial wastewater
  • 1.2.1 Wastewater types and generation
  • 1.2.1.1 Food industry
  • 1.2.1.2 Chemical and pharmaceutical industry
  • 1.2.1.3 Textile industry
  • 1.2.1.4 Metal and surface treatment industry
  • 1.2.1.5 Glass and ceramics industry
  • 1.2.2 Refractory pollutants
  • 1.2.3 Environmental impact of wastewater
  • 1.3 Remediation strategies
  • 1.3.1 Bioremediation
  • 1.3.1.1 Phytoremediation
  • 1.3.1.2 Mycoremediation
  • 1.4 Challenges in real-time wastewater treatment
  • 1.5 Future directions and research needs
  • 1.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 2 Removal of drug compounds from wastewaters by modified chitosan-based adsorbents
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Adsorption for the removal of pharmaceuticals
  • 2.2.1 Adsorption mechanisms
  • 2.2.2 Adsorption by chitosan
  • 2.3 Antiinflammatory drugs
  • 2.3.1 Diclofenac sodium
  • 2.3.2 Ibuprofen
  • 2.3.3 Naproxen
  • 2.4 Antibiotics
  • 2.4.1 Tetracycline and chlortetracycline
  • 2.4.2 Cefotaxime
  • 2.4.3 Ofloxacin
  • 2.4.4 Levofloxacin
  • 2.4.5 Ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin
  • 2.5 Other types of pharmaceuticals
  • 2.5.1 Fluoxetine
  • 2.5.2 Pramipexole
  • 2.5.3 Furosemide
  • 2.6 Impact of test parameters on the adsorption of pharmaceuticals
  • 2.6.1 Effect of temperature
  • 2.6.2 Effect of pH
  • 2.6.3 Effect of concentration
  • 2.7 Adsorption kinetics
  • 2.8 Conclusions
  • References
  • 3 Removal of micropollutants from industrial wastewaters by conventional and advanced biological treatment processes
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 A general outline of micropollutants and their hazardous effects
  • 3.2.1 Hydrocarbons
  • 3.2.2 Nitrogen and phosphorus materials
  • 3.2.3 Pesticides
  • 3.2.4 Detergents and disinfectants
  • 3.2.5 Plastics and plasticizers
  • 3.2.6 Drugs
  • 3.2.7 Cosmetic products
  • 3.2.8 Heavy metals
  • 3.2.9 Other pollutants
  • 3.3 Biological-based treatment of micropollutants
  • 3.3.1 Conventional biological treatment processes
  • 3.3.1.1 Preliminary treatment
  • 3.3.1.2 Primary treatment
  • 3.3.1.3 Secondary treatment
  • 3.3.1.4 Tertiary treatment
  • 3.3.2 Advanced biological treatment processes
  • 3.3.2.1 Membrane bioreactors
  • 3.3.2.2 Aerobic granular sludge reactors
  • 3.4 Hydrogen and methane production coupled with micropollutants biodegradation
  • 3.4.1 Hydrocarbons
  • 3.4.2 Nitrogen materials
  • 3.4.3 Pesticides
  • 3.4.4 Detergents and disinfectants
  • 3.4.5 Plastics and plasticizers
  • 3.4.6 Other pollutants
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 Industrial wastewater treatment by electrocoagulation process
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Principle and reaction mechanism of the electrocoagulation process
  • 4.3 Commonly used electrode materials for electrocoagulation process