Advanced Technologies for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Effluents

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-70398-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 740 g

This book covers major areas and recent developments in advanced technologies for treating industrial effluents contaminated with heavy metals. It also includes selected in-situ sustainability studies involving advanced computational techniques and artificial intelligence (AI), highlighting the sustainability aspects of the investigated technologies and processes. It enables readers to choose suitable treatment strategies for specific scenarios and familiarizes them with emerging computational and AI-based approaches.

Features:

- Discusses the potential of emerging technologies for heavy metal recovery/removal from wastewater

- Includes recent developments in various wastewater treatment technologies and their implications on industrial ecosystem

- Explores potential applications of smart material and geo-polymeric substances for metals removal from aqueous environment

- Reviews the climate change and sustainability aspects of metal removal technologies

- Examines computational and AI models-based approaches for heavy metal monitoring and prediction

This book is intended for researchers and graduate students in the field of environmental engineering, chemical engineering, and wastewater treatment.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kumar Singh, Nitin

Kumar Rathore, Vineet

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Recent advancements in heavy metals removal techniques for industrial effluents  Chapter 2. Biochar-based adsorption: A green and efficient approach for water remediation from heavy metals  Chapter 3. Hydrotalcites as advanced materials for adsorptive removal of heavy metals from wastewater  Chapter 4. Nanoparticles assisted wastewater treatment for heavy metals removal  Chapter 5. Advanced oxidation processes for treatment of heavy metals contaminated wastewater  Chapter 6. Application of photocatalyst and photo-electrocatalyst for heavy metals removal  Chapter 7. Recent advancements in membrane-based techniques for heavy metals removal  Chapter 8. Applications of smart nano-materials for heavy metals removal in aqueous environment  Chapter 9. Bio-film based wastewater treatment systems for heavy metals contaminants industrial effluents  Chapter 10. Applications of filamentous fungi and yeasts for heavy metal removal in wastewater treatment systems  Chapter 11. Resource recovery from heavy metals contaminated sludge of effluent treatment plants  Chapter 12. Heavy Metal Pollution in Mining Industry: Treatment and Management Approaches  Chapter 13. Heavy metals removal from wastewater: A Systematic Approach to Circular Bioeconomy and Bibliometric Analysis  Chapter 14. Application of machine learning and AI for treatment of heavy metals contaminated wastewater  Chapter 15. Heavy Metal Contamination in Aqueous Environment: Policy Framework and Governance

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Vineet Kumar Rathore is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat (Gujarat), India. He completed his PhD on the topic “Studies on removal of fluoride and arsenic from contaminated water” from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India in 2018. His research interests include the treatment of groundwater and industrial wastewater with the help of technologies such as adsorption, photocatalytic degradation, advanced coagulation, etc., solid waste management, LCA, and the development of advanced materials for environmental applications. He has published 12 SCI/Scopus-indexed publications in highly reputed international journals, authored three book chapters, and participated in several international conferences. He has also developed a novel water treatment system for the removal of extremely hazardous components like arsenic and fluoride from contaminated groundwater and has got this technology patented and is currently under the evaluation phase in the rural areas of Chhattisgarh.

Dr. Nitin Kumar Singh is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Marwadi University, India. He holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from IIT Roorkee, an M. Tech. in Environmental Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, and a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow. His research expertise includes wastewater treatment, waste valorization, green synthesis, environmental monitoring, and sustainability assessment. Dr. Singh has authored 43 SCI-indexed publications (h-index: 26, i10-index: 40), 6 Scopus-indexed papers, 21 book chapters, and 14 conference papers. He has also edited six international books with reputed publishers. He is also part of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board-approved Environmental Audit Team at Marwadi University and serves as a Testing Engineer in an NABL-accredited Chemical Testing Laboratory. His accolades include multiple international travel grants (DST, Indo-EU, MOST Taiwan), innovation awards, and a fellowship from Tata Trusts & Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation, GOI. He has presented his research works at global forums in Malaysia, Israel, Taiwan, the UK, and Nepal.