Handbook of Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment

Fundamentals and Scale up Issues

1st Edition - May 5, 2021
Editors: Bharat A. Bhanvase, Shirish Sonawane, Vijay B. Pawade, Aniruddha B. Pandit
Language: English
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Handbook of Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment: Fundamentals and Scale up Issues provides coverage of the nanomaterials used for wastewater treatment, covering photocatalytic nanocomposite materials, nanomaterials used as adsorbents, water remediation processes, and their current status and challenges. The book explores the major applications of nanomaterials for effective catalysis and adsorption, also providing in-depth information on the properties and application of new advanced nanomaterials for wastewater treatment processes. This is an important reference source for researchers who need to solve basic and advanced problems relating to the use of nanomaterials for the development of wastewater treatment processes and technologies.

As nanotechnology has the potential to substantially improve current water and wastewater treatment processes, the synthesis methods and physiochemical properties of nanomaterials and noble metal nanoparticles make their performance and mechanisms efficient for the treatment of various pollutants.

Section I: Introduction to Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment: Fundamentals

1. Introduction to nanomaterials for wastewater treatment

2. Preparation, characterization and physicochemical properties of 0D, 1D, 2D nanomaterials and their role in wastewater treatment

3. Potential risk and application of nanomaterials in environmental management

4. Advanced Technologies for wastewater treatment: New Trends

Section II: Photocatalytic Nanocomposite Materials: Preparation and Applications

5. Introduction, basic principles, mechanism and challenges of photocatalysis

6. Doped TiO2 and doped mixed metal oxide-based nanocomposite for photocatalysis

7. New graphene-based nanocomposite for photocatalysis

8. Luminescent nanomaterials for photocatalysis

9. Magnetic nanomaterials based photocatalyst for photocatalysis

10. Nanomaterials for water splitting and hydrogen generation under visible light

Section III: Adsorbent Nanomaterials: Preparation and Applications

11. Nanomaterials for adsorption of pollutants and heavy metals: Introduction, mechanism and challenges

12. New graphene nanocomposites-based adsorbents

13. Role of zeolite adsorbent in water treatment

14. Metal organic frameworks nanocomposite-based adsorbents

15. Advanced nanocomposite ion-exchange materials for water purification

Section IV: Nanomaterials for Membrane Synthesis: Preparation and Applications

16. Nanomaterials for membrane synthesis: Introduction, mechanism and challenges for wastewater treatment

17. Carbon based nanocomposite membranes for water purification

18. Nanocomposite membranes for heavy metal removal

19. Responsive membranes for wastewater treatment.

20. Nanomaterial-based photocatalytic membrane for organic pollutants removal

Section V: Water Remediation Processes: Current Trends and Scale Up Issues

21. Introduction of water remediation processes

22. Nanocomposite photocatalyst based wastewater treatment processes

23. Nanomaterials based advanced oxidation processes for degradation of waste pollutants

24. Electro-oxidation processes for dye/coloured wastewater treatment

25. Fenton processes: Role of nanomaterials

26. Nanocomposite adsorbent based wastewater treatment processes

27. Nanocomposite/nanoparticle in membranes-based separation for water remediation

28. Process for removal of micropollutants using nanomaterials

29. Antimicrobial activities of nanomaterials in wastewater treatment
Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment: Concluding

Bharat A. Bhanvase

Dr. Bharat A. Bhanvase is currently working as Professor and Head in Chemical Engineering Department at the Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. His research interests focus on Wastewater Treatment, Solid Waste Management, Cavitation based processes for production, Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites, Process Intensification, Microfluidics, and Nanofluids. He obtained Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Pune. He has written 29 book chapters in internationally renowned books, 3-edited book. Further, he is a recipient of the Young Scientists (Award) start- up research grant from Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi (India) in the year 2015. Also he was the recipient of Best Scientist Award from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University in 2017.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor and Head, Chemical Engineering Department, Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Shirish Sonawane

Professor Shirish Sonawane currently workings as Professor at NIT Warangal India and head SRIC center for sponsored research and Industrial Consultancy. He has published more than 200 SCI journal and 36 book chapters and 2 books. He has filed 19 patents out of them 6 patent he been granted. Presently 2 PDF, 7 PhD and 2 M. Tech students are working and 17 Ph.Ds are awarded. Sonoprocess engineering, cavitation based Nanotechnology, Waste water treatment, process development for nanoparticle synthesis, polymer nanocomposite etc. are some of the interest fields. He received funding from MeitY, Govt. of India (2021) and DST WTI project, Govt. of India (2021), earlier he got international projects such as Indo-Tunisia Bilateral Project sponsored by DST, Govt. of India (2017), Indo-Russia DST-RFBR (2018), IMPRINT SERB project (2020), BIRAC-SRISTI- GYTI project, Govt. of India (2017), Department of Information and Technology, Government of India (2014). He is having more than 6000 citations. He is having international collaborations with Australia, Portugal, Russia, Malaysia, Tunisia etc. Dr. Sonawane had also dealt with 19 consultancy projects and 25 Research and development projects sponsored by various international and Indian government agencies and few of the projects are transferred in technology form to respective organization or industry. Dr. Shirish Sonawane has effectively combined synthesis and characterization of novel nano materials for successful application in state of the art processes such as paints, coatings, nano fluids, wastewater treatment, nanofiltration, fuel cells, and membranes. He is recipient of BOYSCAST Fellowship from DST, (2008-2009); Heritage Fellowship from Erasmus Mundus Program (European commission) in 2013; DST Young Scientists award (2007); Institution of Engineers India award (2016); Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences award (2016); (2017), BIRAC-SRISTI- GYTI award (2017), V.N.M.M award from IIT-Roorkee (2017), Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences award (2017), Institution of Engineers India (2017), Alexander Von Humboldt Connect Program Germany (2020), NASI member (2020), NAWA (2020), IIChE Award for the Year 2020: Hindustan Dorr-Oliver Award (2020). He is the editorial board member of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Nanoscience, Advances in Nanoparticles; Journal of Foods and Raw materials; Biotechnology, Chemical & Environmental Engineering and Chief Editor of Scientific Journal of Bulletin of the SUS University Series -Food and Biotechnology. He is the reviewer of several international journals.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor and Head, Chemical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telangana State, India

Vijay B. Pawade

Dr. Vijay B. Pawade is an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Physics at the Laximarayan Institute of Technology, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India. His research focuses on rare earth-doped oxide materials and their applications in LEDs, solar cell devices and photocatalysis processes. He has published 36 research papers in refereed international peer reviewed journals and acts as a reviewer for journals published by Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, RSC, and ACS. He has contributed 12 book chapters on different themes like nonmaterial synthesis, characterization and their applications in energy conversion and storage devices, QDs, Spectroscopy of Lanthanide etc.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Laximarayan Institute of Technology, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India

Aniruddha B. Pandit

Aniruddha B. Pandit is U.G.C. Scientist "C", Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology, University of Mumbai, India His research focuses in the area of naonmaterials for sustainable technology.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Institute of Chemical Technology, University of Mumbai, India