Green Technologies for Pollutants Remediation and Recovery from Water and Soil presents a comprehensive examination of sustainable and environmentally friendly methods for remediation and recovery from various types of pollutants in water bodies and in soil.
Green Technologies for Pollutants Remediation and Recovery from Water and Soil presents a comprehensive examination of sustainable and environmentally friendly methods for remediation and recovery from various types of pollutants in water bodies and in soil. It discusses diverse remediation and recovery technologies, from classic adsorption and membrane technologies to the most promising green technologies such as biocatalysts and microorganisms for obtaining value-added products for practical use. Through many case studies and best practices, the book explores current achievements and challenges and indicates future directions for global and cross-border collaboration.
Features
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the achievements, challenges, and the current use of eco-friendly approaches for pollutant removal and recovery.
- Covers the role of biology, biotechnology, and chemical technology in designing green technologies for environmental applications.
- Presents innovative applications of microorganisms, enzymes, adsorption processes, and membrane technologies as a base for improvement in green technologies of environmental importance.
- Explains the basic assumptions, requirements, and mechanisms of green technologies used for pollutant conversion.
- Aims to better understand the importance of sustainable technologies in environmental protection.
This reference is a great resource for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in environmental science and engineering, soil and water sciences, biotechnology, and chemical engineering, as well as researchers and professionals who work as environmental and technical engineers, ecologists, applied environmental scientists, and managers.
1. Progressing Forward: Sustainable Remediation and Recovery of
Pollutants.
2. Green Strategies for Removal of Emerging Contaminants from
Aqueous System: A Promising Approach for Sustainable Future.
3. Green
Solutions the Removal of Pharmaceutics Removal from Wastewater.
4. Advancing
Biotechnology Towards Pollutant Recirculation and Recovery in a Changing
World.
5. The Potential of Biocatalysts for Pollutant Removal: Efficient
Remediation and Toxicity Removal.
6. Microbiomes in Fight with Pollutant
Remediation: From Single Strain to Omics-Approach to Bioremediation.
7.
Biomass Production: A Sustainable Approach for Waste Recovery and its
Conversion into New Products.
8. Sustainable Biomass Production from
Microalgae Using Biorefinery Approach: New Prospects and Challenges.
9.
Linking Microalgae-based Processes and Conversion of Water Pollutants for
Valuable Compounds Obtaining.
10. Advances in the use of Membrane Technology
for Efficient Removal of Pollutants from Water Bodies.
11. Application and
Research Progress of Hydrochar in Nutrient Recovery from Livestock Manure
Wastewater.
12. Computational Environmental Chemistry as a Strategy for
Remediation.
13. Iron Oxides-based Technologies for Remediation of
Arsenic/Chromium Contaminated Soils.
Dr. Jakub Zdarta is a Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poland. He is a member of the editorial boards of the journals Environmental Technology & Innovations, Catalysis Communications, Oxygen, and AIMS Bioengineering. He has been a guest editor for several special issues from different journals. His research is focused on environmental biotechnology and the removal of environmental pollutants for which he has published many articles and received several awards.
Dr. Teofil Jesionowski is a Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poland. He is a chemist and engineer, and he graduated from the same university. His areas of research include polymer modification, neutralization of water pollution with inorganic and organic compounds. Many of his scientific studies also concern the development of the so-called "Green Chemistry".
Dr. Jörg Rinklebe is a Professor of Soil- and Groundwater-Management at the University of Wuppertal, Germany. He is internationally recognized for his research in the areas of biogeochemistry of trace elements in wetland soils. Dr. Rinklebe has published over 500 research papers, four books, as well as numerous book chapters. He is the Editor of the international journal Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST). He is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Environment, Energy and Geoinformatics at Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea, and Guest Professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Recently, Dr. Rinklebe was elected as Vice President of the International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry (ISTEB).
