Environmental Sustainability Using Green Technologies

ISBN-13: 9780367574574 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 430 str.

V. Sivasubramanian

Opis

Green engineering creates options that enable sustainability by developing chemicals, processes, value-added products, and systems that are environmentally preferable, energy and resource efficient, and often cost-effective. The present book focuses on these aspects including production of eco-friendly biodiesel, anaerobic digestion of pharmaceu

Spis treści

Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Recent Developments. Nanotechnology in Environmental Applications. Green Synthesis of Ecofriendly Nanoparticles and Their Medical Applications. Role of Phytoremediation in Maintaining Environmental Sustainability. Algal Biosorption of Heavy Metals. Current Developments in Mass Production of Microalgae for Industrial Applications. Integrated Biological System for the Treatment of Sulfate-Rich Wastewater. Enhancement of Anaerobic Digestion of Pharmaceutical Effluent. Treatment of Textile Dyes Using Biosorption and Bioaccumulation Techniques. Production of Biosurfactants and Its Application in Bioremediation. Biodegradable Polymers: Recent Perspectives. Microbial Fuel Cell Technology: A Sustainable Energy Producer from a Wide Variety of Waste Sources. Recent Advancements in Biodiesel from Nonedible Oils Using Packed Bed Membrane Reactors. Production of Ecofriendly Biodiesel from Marine Sources. Pretreatment Techniques for Enhancement of Biogas Production from Solid Wastes. A Comprehensive Review on Source Apportionment of Pollutants in the Atmosphere by Receptor Models.

O autorze

Velmurugan Sivasubramanian is an associate professor and former head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), in Kozhikode, India. He is involved in the development and commercial exploitation of wastewater treatment using novel bioreactors. His team installed a novel magnetic biocomposite for the treatment of dye effluent and developed a 4 m³ floating drum biodigester for the production of biogas. Sivasubramanian has published papers in journals and conferences. His team has earned awards at national and international conferences. Sivasubramanian is the editor of five journals and a reviewer for more than 50 journals.