Ecological Technologies for Industrial Wastewater Management: Petrochemicals, Metals, Semi-Conductors, and Paper Industries

ISBN-13: 9781774635599 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 302 str.

Victor M. Monsalvo

Opis

Water is essential to our planet’s life, and protecting our water resources is a prerequisite for building a sustainable future. Since water use is inextricably linked to energy use, however, we face significant challenges. Water plays an essential role in many, if not most, manufacturing facilities. In a world facing a water-scarcity crisis, mu

Spis treści

Introduction. Part I: Industrial Petrochemicals. Part II: Metal Industries. Part III: Semi-Conductor Industry. Part IV: Pulp and Paper Industries. Part V: Conclusion. Index.

O autorze

Professor Victor Monsalvo is an environmental scientist with a PhD in chemical engineering from the University Autonoma de Madrid, where he later became a professor in the chemical engineering section. As a researcher, he has worked with the following universities: Leeds, Cranfield, Sydney, and Aachen. He took part in an active research team working in areas of environmental technologies, water recycling, and advanced water treatment systems.　 He has been involved in sixteen research projects sponsored by various entities. He has led nine research projects with private companies and an R&D national project, coauthored two patents (national and international) and a book, edited two books, and written around fifty journal and referred conference papers. He has given two key notes in international conferences and has been a member of the organizing committee of five national and international conferences, workshops, and summer schools. He is currently working as senior researcher in the Chemical Processes Department at Abengoa Research, Abengoa, Seville, Spain.