1st Edition
Bioelectrochemical Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment
Toxic and hazardous pollutant treatment of wastewater is a longstanding challenge faced in every region across the globe. Growing urbanization, combined with the increased use of detergent soaps, cleansing agents with new formulations, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides, has greatly added to the global wastewater pollution burden. Conventional methods of wastewater treatment are somewhat successful in decontamination, but these current techniques require more time and energy than newer, novel techniques. Bioelectrochemical oxidation systems (BEOSs), for example, have greatly aided in wastewater treatment sustainability and efficiency, and offer promising solutions for different types of energy recovery options. Bioelectrochemical Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment examines the latest hybrid technologies utilizing algae, bacteria, and various other chemical agents, and discusses the major challenges in large-scale operations, as well as forward-looking techniques to make treatment processes even more sustainable in the future. It:
- Discusses the fundamentals of biological wastewater treatment and bioelectrochemical oxidation systems, as well as their advantages and limitations.
- Presents the recent trends and developments in bioelectrochemical oxidation systems for achieving environmentally sustainable wastewater treatment.
- Describes carbon capture and resource recovery from wastewater using bioelectrochemical oxidation systems.
- Addresses the challenges of large-scale implementation of bioelectrochemical oxidation systems in existing and new wastewater treatment plants.
Chapter 1 Recovery and Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Effluents; Chapter 2 Microbial Electrochemical Systems-Anaerobic Digestion-A Hybrid System for Industrial Effluent Treatmentand Energy Recovery; Chapter 3 Microbes and Wastewater Treatment; Chapter 4 Bioelectrochemical System-Based Removal of Hazardous Pollutants from Wastewater; Chapter 5 Microbial Carbon Capture Cell: Carbon Capture, Energy Recovery, and Wastewater Treatment; Chapter 6 Sewage Treatment and Energy Recovery by Bioelectrochemical Oxidation System; Chapter 7 Constructed Wetland-Bioelectrochemical Oxidation Systems: A Hybrid System for Wastewater Treatment; Chapter 8 Current Status of Wastewater in India/Other Countries/Regions; Chapter 9 Implementation of Bioelectrochemical Oxidation Systems in Existing Wastewater Treatment Plant: Challenges in Retrofitting; Chapter 10 Microbial Desalination Cell; Chapter 11 Treatment of Wastewater and Energy Recovery by Bioelectrochemical Oxidation Systems; Chapter 12 Bioelectrochemical Oxidation Systems: Basic Concepts and Types
Biography
Dr. Maulin P. Shah has been an active researcher and scientific writer in his field for over 20 years. He received a B.Sc. degree in Microbiology from Gujarat University, Godhra (Gujarat), India (1999), and also earned his Ph.D. degree) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat) India (2005). His research interests include biological wastewater treatment, environmental microbiology, biodegradation, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of environmental pollutants from industrial wastewaters. He has published more than 350 research papers in national and international journals on various aspects of microbial biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants and is the editor of 150 books of international repute. He has edited 25 special issues specifically in the areas of industrial wastewater research, microbial remediation, and biorefinery of wastewater treatment. He is associated as an Editorial Board Member in 25 highly reputed journals.
