Green Technologies for Wastewater Treatment Energy Recovery and Emerging Compounds Removal /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lofrano, Giusy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Water-supply.; Environmental chemistry.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.; Water Industry/Water Technologies.; Environmental Chemistry.

In order to analyse the challenges posed by the quest for sustainability, Green Technologies for Wastewater treatment: Energy Recovery and Emerging Compounds Removal evaluates water management together with energy use. The strong effects that the release of emerging pollutants such as endocrine disr...

Table of Contents:

• Green Chemistry for Green Treatment Technologies
• Removal of emerging contaminants from water and wastewater by adsorption process
• Removal of trace pollutants by application of MBR technology for wastewater treatment
• Removal of pesticides from water and wastewater by solar driven photocatalysis
• Application of wet oxidation to remove trace pollutants for wastewater
• Removal of trace pollutants from wastewater in constructed wetlands
• Removal of pharmaceutics by solar-driven processes
• Advanced Oxidation of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds: Review on Photo-Fenton Treatment of Alkylphenols and Bisphenol A
• Detection of transformation products of emerging contaminants
• Chemically assisted primary sedimentation: a green chemistry option
• Outlook.