Waste-Based Zeolite: Synthesis and Environmental Applications - Softcover

Purkait

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0443223165 ISBN 13: 9780443223167

Publisher: Elsevier, 2024

Synopsis

Waste-Based Zeolite: Synthesis and Environmental Applications focuses on the use of waste-based materials to fabricate zeolite and its subsequent use in environmental applications. It presents recent progress in zeolite synthesis using wastes products such as fly ash, steel slag, biomass waste, water treatment plant sludge, and municipal waste, among others. It discusses the application of waste-based zeolite for environmental applications such as biodiesel production, as well as considering techniques for recovering spent zeolite. Many industries produce substantial quantities of waste material comprising various hazardous constituents that lead to pollution and threaten the environment.

However, such waste can often be a rich source of precursor ingredients for zeolite synthesis, and waste-based zeolites could potentially provide an economically and environmentally viable alternative to commercially available zeolites. This book illuminates this fascinating avenue of research.

• Investigates the synthesis of waste-based zeolites and their application for environmental remediation
• Covers the classification, structure, and characterization techniques of waste-based zeolites
• Discusses waste-based zeolites as a potential catalyst for biofuel production
• Considers the regeneration analysis and recovery of spent zeolite material

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About the Authors

Dr. Mihir Kumar Purkait is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. His current research activities are focused in four distinct areas viz. i) advanced separation technologies, ii) waste to energy, iii) smart materials for various applications, and iv) process intensification. In each of the area, his goal is to synthesis stimuli responsive materials and to develop a more fundamental understanding of the factors governing the performance of the chemical and biochemical processes. He has more than 20 years of experience in academics and research and published more than 300 papers in different reputed journals (Citation: >16,500, h-index = 75, i-10 index = 193). He has 12 patents and completed 43 sponsored and consultancy projects from various funding agencies.

Piyal Mondal is a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. His research interests lie in green synthesis of metal nanoparticles for real life applications.

Niladri Shekhar Samanta is a research scientist in the Centre for the Environment at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. His research is dedicated to the synthesis of zeolite from steel industry solid waste (slag) and its utilization in wastewater treatment and environmental remediation.

Dr. Pranjal Pratim Das is a Technical Associate at the National Jal Jeevan Mission (NJJM) under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India. He has completed his PhD from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. He received his M. Tech and B. Tech in Food Engineering and Technology from Tezpur (Central) University, Assam, India. His research work is purely dedicated to industrial wastewater treatment via electrochemical and advanced oxidation techniques. He has extensively worked on the application of hybrid ozone-electrocoagulation process to treat heavy metals and cyanide-contaminated effluents from different unit operations of steel industry. He has authored several scientific book publications, research/review articles and book chapters in various reputed international journals on water and wastewater treatment. He has fabricated and demonstrated many lab-scale modules for the green energy generation from sewage wastewaters. He has also worked on the treatment of ground and surface waters and has delivered many pilot plant set-ups to several water treatment facilities across the state of Assam (India) for the supply of safe drinking water

From the Back Cover

The focus of Waste-Based Zeolite: Synthesis and Environmental Applications is on the use of waste-based materials to fabricate zeolite, and its subsequent use in environmental applications. It presents recent progress in zeolite synthesis using wastes products such as fly ash, steel slag, biomass waste, water treatment plant sludge, and municipal waste, among others. It discusses the application of waste-based zeolite for environmental applications such as biodiesel production, as well as considering techniques for recovering spent zeolite.

Many industries produce substantial quantities of waste material comprising various hazardous constituents that lead to pollution and threaten the environment. However, such waste can often be a rich source of precursor ingredients for zeolite synthesis, and waste-based zeolites could potentially provide an economically and environmentally viable alternative to commercially available zeolites. This book illuminates this fascinating avenue of research.

The first few chapters concentrate on the fundamentals of waste-based zeolite, including classification and structure, characterization techniques, and waste valorization options from various industrial and alkaline solid waste materials. Then comes a comprehensive discussion of various approaches for zeolite synthesis employing silica- and alumina-enriched solid wastes (for example, steel slag, fly ash and biomass ash) as starting material, along with the advantages and disadvantages of each method. Subsequently the book covers advanced applications of solid waste-derived zeolites in various emerging sectors, as well as considering regeneration and recovery approaches of spent zeolite.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443223165
• ISBN 13: 9780443223167
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 282