Demand for safe and clean water is ever increasing and on the other hand, efforts to recover wasted resources particularly water are also gaining significant importance. Researchers, scientists, innovators, and policymakers throughout the world are investing their time and efforts to build effective and sustainable infrastructure to manage and recover resources from discarded wastes of various states and nature. This book would serve as a guide to researchers, technologists, policymakers as well as students on the various materials stock and methods developed in recent years to address complex pollutants that are difficult to treat or remove with conventional as well as existing water treatment methods.

Advanced Materials and Technologies for Wastewater Treatment discusses the methods and technologies of physical, chemical, biological, and thermo-catalytic treatment techniques. It includes the treatment of waste generated by municipal, agro-industry, and other industries including chemical, biomedical, pharmaceutical, textile, and other sectors. FEATURES Covers implementation of advanced water and wastewater treatment techniques, with a focus on pollutant or pathogen removal Includes qualitative and quantitative analyses Focuses on physical, chemical, and biological treatment technologies Discusses the advancements of materials and technologies applicable to both potable water and wastewater from industrial and municipal sources Explores future challenges and viable solutions This book is aimed at chemical and environmental engineers and researchers seeking a thorough treatment of innovative water treatment materials and techniques for practical applications.

Advanced Materials for Wastewater Treatment and Desalination: Fundamentals to Applications offers a comprehensive overview of current progress in the development of advanced materials used in wastewater treatment and desalination. The book is divided into two major sections, covering both fundamentals and applications. This book: Describes the synthesis and modification of advanced materials, including metal oxides, carbonaceous materials, perovskite-based materials, polymer-based materials, and advanced nanocomposites Examines relevant synthesis routes and mechanisms as well as correlates materials' properties with their characterization Details new fabrication techniques including green synthesis, solvent-free, and energy-saving synthesis approaches Highlights various applications, such as removal of organic contaminants, discoloration of dye wastewater, petrochemical wastewater treatment, and electrochemically-enhanced water treatment With chapters written by leading researchers from around the world, this book will be of interest to chemical, materials, and environmental engineers working on progressing materials applications to improve water treatment technologies.

Advanced Water Treatment: Electrochemical Methods reviews the current state-of-the-art in the electrochemical-based methods for water treatment, the effectiveness of the electrochemical oxidation technique in inactivating different primary biofilm forming paper mill bacteria, as well as sulfide and organic material in pulp and paper mill wastewater in laboratory-scale batch experiments. Various electrodes are described, including boron-doped diamond, mixed metal oxide, PbO2, and their impacts on inactivation efficiency of parameters, such as current density and initial pH or chloride concentration of synthetic paper machine water. The mechanisms of action of various electrodes in different systems are reported. The book is a source of information for environmental and chemical engineers due to the number of methods and industry-focused application cases and researchers who study the transition from a laboratory environment to practical applications. Includes the most recent research on advanced water treatment by electrochemical methods Describes the use of electrochemical cleaning of paper mill wastewaters Includes techniques for cleaning mining waters and removal of organic pollutants by electrochemical methods

Access to fresh water has become one of the most urgent global issues because of growing fresh water consumption and wastewater emission. To treat this wastewater and increase the clean and sustainable water supply, there is a growing need for the development of advanced materials for water treatment. In this thesis, two research projects aimed at developing advanced materials for water treatment were conducted: i) the synthesis of an advanced magnetic flocculant for highly efficient solid suspension removal, and ii) the creation of advanced electrode materials for capacitive deionization (CDI). An introduction to the global water crisis is presented in Chapter 1, along with the concepts of magnetic flocculant and CDI, the thesis objective, strategies, novelties, and the research outline. The literature review of magnetic flocculants and CDI electrode materials is discussed in Chapter 2. Several general material synthesis methods and characterization methods related to this thesis are discussed in Chapter 3. In Chapter 4, details regarding the synthesis and use of the magnetic Fe3O4-graphene oxide (Fe3O4-GO) nanocomposite for rapid flocculation of solid suspended particles in wastewater and natural water are presented. In Chapter 5, the development of a three-dimensional ordered mesoporous titanium nitride (3DOM-TiN) is presented as a next generation high-performance non-carbon CDI electrode material, with further in-depth studies revealing its novel dual adsorption mechanism. In Chapter 6, a first-ever synthesis of a nanocomposite electrode of nitrogen-doped graphene-titanium oxynitride (NG-TiOxNy) for highly efficient CDI is presented. Detailed material synthesis methods, physiochemical and electrochemical characterization, adsorption analysis, electrosorption mechanism analysis, and CDI performance analysis can also be found in each chapter. Chapter 7 summarizes the work in Chapter 4-6. Additionally, several proposals and suggestions for future research are presented in Chapter 7. Supplemental information and preliminary experiments of Chapter 4-6 are given in the Appendix section.

Advances in Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment: Materials, Processes and Applications provides a detailed overview of advanced water treatment methods involving membranes, which are increasingly seen as effective replacements for a range of conventional water treatment methods. The text begins with reviews of novel membrane materials and advances in membrane operations, then examines the processes involved with improving membrane performance. Final chapters cover the application of membrane technologies for use in water treatment, with detailed discussions on municipal wastewater and reuse in the textile and paper industries. Provides a detailed overview of advanced water treatment methods involving membranes Coverage includes advancements in membrane materials, improvement in membrane performance, and their applications in water treatment Discusses the use of membrane technologies in the production of drinking water, desalination, wastewater treatment, and recovery