Wastewater Treatment Systems based on Vascular Plants

Renewed Promise of a Green Technology

ISBN: 978-0-444-62734-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Wastewater Treatment Systems based on Vascular Plants: Renewed Promise of a Green Technology outlines plant-based wastewater-based systems and explains what makes these systems very special over the traditional systems in the context of global warming control and wastewater rejuvenation. Explaining and comparing all available processes and technologies, the book provides numerous real-life examples from various parts of the world where these systems are already in use. It starts with an overview of the currently available systems, explains the advantages of using plants and their mechanisms of action and demonstrates how these technologies reduce the cost of wastewater treatment, especially reducing the inputs of energy and chemicals, and its direct link to the halting of global warming and other forms of ecodegradation.



- Provides a concise guide to wastewater treatment systems based on vascular plants with emphasis on the nutrient film technique
- Includes examples of full-scale constructed wetlands from around the world
- Makes recommendations on how the various systems are used and under what conditions they could be applied
- Introduces a new efficient technology, SHEFROL (SHEet Flow Root Level) bioreactor, developed by the authors

Zielgruppe

Chemical, biochemical and environmental engineers in academia and industry. research students in any of the aboce disciplines

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abbasi, Tasneem

Abbasi, S A

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Abwasseraufbereitung, Abwasserentsorgung
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Industrielle Biotechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Plants (botanical species) as facilitators of wastewater treatment: an introduction
2. History of the development of plant-based wastewater treatment systems
3. Factors which influence plant-based wastewater treatment: the mechanism of the plants' purifying action
4. 'Tank' or 'channel' systems based on free-floating aquatic macrophytes
5. 'Constructed' or artificial wetlands
6. Hydroponics and systems based on 'nutrient films'
7. Vascular plants verses algae in wastewater treatment
8. The new bioreactor SHEFROL
9. Looking back, looking forward

Über Autor(innen)

Abbasi, S A
S. A. Abbasi has been a full university professor since 1987 after being Head-in-charge of the Water Quality & Environment Division at the Centre for Water Resources, Kozhikode, during 1979-87. He was a Visiting-cum-adjunct Professor at California State University during 1984-1987, and has been a Visiting Professor at the universities of Minnesota, Florida, Las Vegas, California-Berkeley, Malaya and Al-Ahsa. With 43 books, over 300 papers in indexed journals, 8 patents and 9000+ citations, Prof Abbasi is among the world's foremost environmental experts. Among numerous coveted honours and awards received by him are the National Design Award in Environmental Engineering, the National Hydrology Award, the International Desalination Association's prize, and fellowships of the National Academy of Sciences and the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has been Member, Board of Governors, IIT Roorkee, Member of the BHU Court, and has been Chairman/Member of numerous high-level committees of MNES, DST, MoWR, AlCTE, and the UGC.

Abbasi, Tasneem
Tabassum Abbasi is Assistant Professor at Pondicherry University, India. She received her Masters from the University of Surrey and her PhD in 2010 from the Anna University of Technology, India, both in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. She also held a concurrent position of Visiting Associate Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA during 2012-2017. Dr. Abbasi was awarded India's Best Young Engineer Award in 2014, has published over 100 papers with 3500+ citations and authored 10 books.