Photoreactors in Advanced Oxidation Process: The Future of Water Treatment

Unique book covering topics related to the evolving photoreactors concepts, design, and application as well as green synthesis of heterogenous photocatalysts which are the key aspects to facilitate the escalation of bench scale works toward industrial/commercial applications.

In this book, the editors present the most up-to-date research on Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) to make the argument that AOPs offer an eco-friendly method of wastewater treatment. In addition to an overview of the fundamentals and applications, it provides ample details of the reactive species involved in AOPs as well as reactor design concepts, thus providing readers with the necessary tools to better understand and implement these methods. Moreover, this book presents some conventional and novel photoreactors equipped with UV/vis lamps for working under solar radiation for wastewater treatment in a laboratory and on an industrial scale, which is an important focus of the book.

Readers will find in this book:

• In-depth coverage of the performance of sustainable eco-friendly and low-cost heterogeneous photocatalysts (biogenic photocatalysts);
• A state-of-the-art fundamental review of parameters affecting photoreactor designs for the effective performance of reactive species;
• Identifies, formulates, and analyzes developed processes and technologies to meet desired environmental protection needs of society and formulates solutions that are technically sound, economically feasible, and socially acceptable.

Audience

This book will be of interest to academic researchers and graduate students from the fields of environment, chemistry, and engineering, and professionals including environmental managers in industry, water treatment plants managers and operators, water authorities, government regulatory bodies, and environmentalists.

Elvis Fosso-Kankeu, PhD, has a doctorate degree from the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Mining Engineering, Pretoria, South Africa. His research focuses on the prediction of pollutant dispersion from industrial areas and the development of effective and sustainable methods for the removal of inorganic and organic pollutants from polluted water. He has published more than 220 journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference proceeding papers.

Sadanand Pandey, PhD, is a Research Professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Yeungnam University, South Korea. He was a Kothari fellow at the world-prestigious Indian Institute of Science (2011–2013) and NRF scientist at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa (2014–2018). His research activities span the disciplines of polymer chemistry, nanotechnology, and sustainable and advanced materials. He has published more than 100 SCI Journal articles, and 10 book chapters as well as co-edited a number of books.

Suprakas Sinha Ray, PhD, is a chief researcher in polymer nanocomposites at the CSIR, India with a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Calcutta (2001), and director of the DST-CSIR National Centre for Nanostructured Materials. Ray’s current research focuses on polymer-based advanced nanostructured materials and their applications. Prof. Ray is the author of 4 books, co-edited 3 books, 30 book chapters on various aspects of polymer-based nanostructured materials & their applications, and the author and co-author of more than 300 articles in high-impact international journals. He has also 6 patents and 7 new demonstrated technologies (commercialized) shared with colleagues, collaborators, and industrial partners.