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Higher education institutions (HEIs) are providers of knowledge and
competencies. HEIs are very important to the development of society
and the regions they impact geographically. The current uncertainty
and challenges require new ways of educating. They require the use
of new pedagogical tools that prepare students to deal with real
and future problems, train them to deliver solutions, help them to
analyze challenges and create future scenarios, and engage them in
collaborative work toward the creation of innovation. Collaborative
work between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and HEIs
broadens networking, stimulates research, accelerates innovation,
and nurtures regional development. The Impact of HEIs on Regional
Development: Facts and Practices of Collaborative Work With SMEs
shares the best practices of implemented co-creation innovation
processes by HEIs. It describes the pedagogical processes and tools
used to respond to SME challenges. Covering topics such as
innovation co-creation networks, sustainable development, and
teaching entrepreneurship, this premier reference source is an
excellent resource for policymakers, administrators, educators and
students of higher education, practitioners, librarians,
researchers, and academicians.
This volume focuses on the collection of waste and waste streams as
an integral aspect of sustainable waste management. The authors
take economic models and behavioral studies into account to go
beyond just descriptions of waste collections technologies and
collection route design. Models and tools for sustainable waste
collection are described in detail, and the authors provide a
comprehensive, integrated methodology to design waste collection
systems that reduce environmental impacts, are economically viable,
and achieve buy-in and participation from target populations. Part
I of the book provides fundamentals and context on waste hierarchy,
including waste prevention, reduction and reuse, waste collection
itself, and steps such as preparation for recycling, recycling,
treatment, and landfilling. Background in environmental, social,
and economic concerns surrounding waste collection is also provided
here. Part II addresses tools for design, operation, and
maintenance of waste collection systems. Part III focuses on how
the tools presented in Part II can be used to support
sustainability assessments and decisions that consider the entire
life cycle of waste and the role of waste collection programs in
waste prevention, reduction, reuse, recycling, treatment, and
disposal. Part IV addresses the challenges of developing
sustainable waste management systems and addresses the role of
waste collection in sustainable waste management in the future.
Advanced Oxidation Processes for Tannery Effluent provides a
detailed overview of currently applied and tested sewage treatment
technologies and the integration of advanced processes to remove
trace organic contaminants and micro-organisms. The book discusses
the potential of improved biological treatment to produce reusable
wastewater, new municipal wastewater disinfection processes, the
reduction of bacteria resistant to antibiotics, as well as the
effects of advanced oxidation processes on microbial and chemical
contaminants. It features membrane bioreactors, moving bed
bioreactors, light and solar technology, ozonation and immobilized
heterogeneous photocatalysis, and more. In addition, the book
discusses issues and standards for water reuse, the state of
application of membrane bioreactors, and the treatment of reverse
osmosis concentrate for better water use in wastewater treatment.
Final sections present the latest developments in the field of
drinking water reuse and address various important issues in this
context, such as proper public health protection, reliability and
monitoring.
Industrial wastewater contains a large variety of compounds, such
as hazardous organic pollutants, heavy metals, salts and nutrients,
which makes its treatment challenging. On the other hand, the
sewage treatment with existing technologies is not cost-effective
due to high energy demand and contributes to greenhouse gas
emission. Thus, the use of conventional water treatment methods is
neither sustainable nor always effective. In this sense, BESs has
emerged as a promising technology to treat complex industrial
wastewater with a sustainable manner. Development in Wastewater
Treatment Research and Processes: Bioelectrochemical Systems for
Wastewater Management analyses and discusses the potential of
microbial and electrochemical based hybrid processes for the
treatment of complex industrial wastewater along with the recovery
of valuable compounds and water reutilization. The most significant
advantages of BES are high effectiveness, low toxicity, gentle
operation conditions, environmentally friendly treatment without
sludge accumulation and energy conservation. Bioelectrochemical
systems (BES) are emerging as an exciting platform to convert
chemical energy of organic wastes into electricity or hydrogen or
value-added chemical commodities. In addition, recent and future
trends in BES are highlighted.
Treatment and Reuse of Sewage Sludge: An Innovative Approach for
Wastewater Treatment: Developments in Waste Water Treatment
Research and Processes series, focuses on the exploitation of
various treatment technologies and their use to treat sewage sludge
to detoxify/stabilize toxic and hazardous contaminants and restore
contaminated sites, which lacks in a more comprehensive manner in
currently existing titles on similar topics. The book includes
current beneficial sludge utilization practices such as land
application, energy recovery, use as an alternative fuel source,
use as a construction material and resource recovery from sewage
sludge using emerging technologies. In addition, the book includes
numerous current and advanced sewage sludge treatment and reuse
technologies and associated microbes to effectively treat and
manage hazardous industrial wastes/or wastewater pollutants for
environmental safety, sustainability and public health protection.
The book is a reference for all researchers working in the field of
environmental engineering, bioengineering, waste management, and
related fields.
An Integration of Phycoremediation Processes in Wastewater
Treatment reviews the potential of microalgae to treat wastewater
containing highly recalcitrant compounds whose degradation is not
achieved by the conventional existing treatments. In addition, the
book describes how the microalgae collected after wastewater
treatment can be used for obtaining added-value products, hence
closing the loop and contributing to a circular economy. Finally,
the technoeconomical aspects of this green technology are
addressed, along with the design and development of
photobioreactors, genetic aspects, metagenomics and metabolomics.
Membrane-Based Hybrid Processes for Wastewater Treatment analyzes
and discusses the potential of membrane-based hybrid processes for
the treatment of complex industrial wastewater, the recovery of
valuable compounds, and water reutilization. In addition, recent
and future trends in membrane technology are highlighted.
Industrial wastewater contains a large variety of compounds, such
as heavy metals, salts and nutrients, which makes its treatment
challenging. Thus, the use of conventional water treatment methods
is not always effective. Membrane-based hybrid processes have
emerged as a promising technology to treat complex industrial
wastewater.
The Future of Effluent Treatment Plants: Biological Treatment
Systems is an advanced and updated version of existing biological
technologies that includes their limitations, challenges, and
potential application to remove chemical oxygen demand (COD),
refractory chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD),
color removal and environmental pollutants through advancements in
microbial bioremediation. The book introduces new trends and
advances in environmental bioremediation with thorough discussions
of recent developments. In addition, it illustrates that the
application of these new emerging innovative technologies can lead
to energy savings and resource recovery. The importance of
respiration, nitrogen mineralization, nitrification,
denitrification and biological phosphorus removal processes in the
development of a fruitful and applicable solution for the removal
of toxic pollutants from wastewater treatment plants is
highlighted. Equally important is the knowledge and theoretical
modeling of water movement through wastewater ecosystems. Finally,
emphasis is given to the function of constructed wetlands and
activated sludge processes.
Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes:
Microbial Ecology, Diversity and Functions of Ammonia Oxidizing
Bacteria covers up-to-date research on ammonia oxidizing bacteria
and their application for the removal of ammonia nitrogen from
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), discussing remaining gaps in
their biology and functions. In this sense, this book features the
application of the newly developed omics tools in order to develop
less energy intensive and cost-effective biological processes for
nitrogen removal from WWTPs. This makes this book an essential and
unique book for advanced students, research scientists,
environmental agencies and industries involved in wastewater
treatment.
Wastewater Treatment Reactors: Microbial Community Structure
analyzes microbial community structure in relation to changes in
physico-chemical parameters, the gene content (metagenome) or gene
expression (metatranscriptome) of microbial communities in relation
to changes in physico-chemical parameters, physiological aspects of
microbial communities, enrichment cultures or pure cultures of key
species in relation to changes in physico-chemical parameters, and
modeling of potential consequences of changes in microbial
community structure or function for higher trophic levels in a
given habitat. As several studies have been carried out to
understand bulking phenomena and the importance of environmental
factors on sludge settling characteristics, which are thought to be
strongly influenced by flocculation, sludge bulking, foaming and
rising, this book is an ideal resource on the topics covered.
Microbial Ecology of Wastewater Treatment Plants presents different
methods and techniques used in microbial ecology to study the
interactions and evolution of microbial populations in WWTPs,
particularly the new molecular tools developed in the last decades.
These molecular biology-based methods (e.g. studies of DNA, RNA and
proteins) provide a high resolution of information compared to
traditional ways of studying microbial wastewater populations, such
as microscopic examination and culture-based methods. In addition,
this book addresses the ability of microorganisms to degrade
environmental pollutants.
Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes:
Microbial Degradation of Xenobiotics through Bacterial and Fungal
Approach covers the active and applicable role that bacteria and
fungi play in the degradation of xenobiotic compounds from the
environment. The book gives up-to-date information on recent
advancements in the field of environmental xenobiotics and how they
disturb a plant's metabolism. The book also gives information on
aerobic and anaerobic degradation of xenobiotic compounds through
bacteria or fungi and/or a combined approach. Finally, the book
covers the characteristics of environmental microbiology,
biochemical engineering, agricultural microbiology, environmental
engineering, and soil bioremediation.
Development in Waste Water Treatment Research and Processes:
Innovative Microbe-Based Applications for Removal of Chemicals and
Metals in Wastewater Treatment Plants focuses on the exploitation
of various biological treatment technologies and their use to treat
toxic and hazardous contaminants present in industrial effluent and
restore the contaminated sites, a topic which lacks discussion in
existing titles on the global market. This book encompasses
advanced technologies and updated information as well as future
directions for young researchers and scientists who are working in
the field of wastewater treatment or effluent treatment plants and
biodegradation of environmental contaminants for environmental
safety and sustainable development.
Many physico-chemical and operational factors influence the
performance, treatment costs and long-term stability of biofilters
for the treatment of wastewater. An Innovative Role of
Biofiltration in Wastewater Treatment Plants focuses on identifying
the factors that affect biofiltration, such as the hydraulic
retention time of the biofiltration system, the type and
characteristics of the filter and the attached biomass, explains
their influence and provides guidelines on how to control these
factors to optimize better operation with respect to pollutant
control present in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The
fundamental basis of treatment in biofilters is the action of
pollutant-degrading microorganisms and consequently the book also
discusses in depth about the microbial ecology of biofiltration. In
addition, it explores the applications of biofiltration including
the removal of emerging pollutants.
Removal of Emerging Contaminants from Wastewater through
Bio-nanotechnology showcases profiles of the nonregulated
contaminants termed as "emerging contaminants," which comprise
industrial and household persistent toxic chemicals,
pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), pesticides,
surfactants and surfactant residues, plasticizers and industrial
additives, manufactured nanomaterials and nanoparticles,
microplastics, etc. that are used extensively in everyday life. The
occurrence of "emerging contaminants" in wastewater, and their
behavior during wastewater treatment and production of drinking
water are key issues in the reuse and recycling of water resources.
This book focuses on the exploitation of Nano-biotechnology
inclusive of the state-of-the-art remediate strategies to
degrade/detoxify/stabilize toxic and hazardous contaminants and
restore contaminated sites, which is not as comprehensively
discussed in the existing titles on similar topics available in the
global market. In addition, it discusses the potential
environmental and health hazards and ecotoxicity associated with
the widespread distribution of emerging contaminants in the water
bodies. It also considers the life cycle assessment (LCA) of
emerging (micro)-pollutants with suitable case studies from various
industrial sources.
New Trends in Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastewater
covers the applicable technologies relating to the removal of heavy
metals from wastewater and new and emerging trends in the field,
both at the laboratory and industrial scale. Sections explore new
environmentally friendly technologies, the principles of
sustainable development, the main factors contributing to heavy
metal removal from wastewater, methods and procedures, materials
(especially low-cost materials originated from industrial and
agricultural waste), management of wastewater containing heavy
metals and wastewater valorization, recycling, environmental
impact, and wastewater policies for post heavy metal removal. This
book is an advanced and updated vision of existing heavy metal
removal technologies with their limitations and challenges and
their potential application to remove heavy metals/environmental
pollutants through advancements in bioremediation. Finally,
sections also cover new trends and advances in environmental
bioremediation with recent developments in this field by an
application of chemical/biochemical and environmental
biotechnology.
Microbial Wastewater Treatment focuses on the exploitation of
microorganisms as decontaminating tools to treat polluted
wastewater, a worldwide concern. Microorganism-based processes are
seen as promising technologies to treat the ever-increasing problem
of polluted wastewater. The book covers recently developed process
technologies to solve five major trends in the field of wastewater
treatment, including nutrient removal and recovery, trace organic
compounds, energy saving and production, sustainability and
community involvement.
El futuro es una cuestion que ha preocupado a fisicos, filosofos y
linguistas desde siempre. Desde una perspectiva linguistica, su
analisis ha generado una serie de interrogantes: ?Es una forma
temporal o modal? ?Que categoria linguistica describe mejor el
futuro, la modalidad o la evidencialidad? Recientemente, ademas, ha
entrado en el debate su comportamiento discursivo. El futuro en
espanol ofrece una explicacion sistematica de los distintos valores
de esta forma verbal, basada en la instruccion deictica de
distancia hacia delante, que justifica su funcionamiento como una
forma temporal (en el ambito del contenido), como una forma de
conocimiento (en el ambito epistemico), o como una forma de
inter-accion (en el ambito del discurso).
Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes:
Innovative Trends in Removal of Refractory Pollutants from
Pharmaceutical Waste Water sorts out emerging and burning issues
faced by the pharmaceutical industry, along with common effluent
treatment plans. The book provides a comprehensive view of recent
advents of various novel, advanced and hybrid treatment
technologies in pharmaceutical wastewater treatment to treat
emerging pollutants released by the pharmaceutical industry in
their untreated wastewater. In addition, the book gives insights
into recent developments with a physico-chemical and
microbiological focus on the treatment of emerging contaminants
(pollutants) present in pharmaceutical wastewater.
New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and
Bioengineering: Penicillium System Properties and Applications
covers important research work on the applications of penicillium
from specialists from an international perspective. The book
compiles advancements and ongoing processes in the penicillium
system, along with updated information on the possibilities for
future developments. All chapters are derived from current peer
reviewed literature as accepted by the international scientific
community. These important fungi were found to secrete a range of
novel enzymes and other useful proteins, and are still being
extensively studied and improved for specific use in the food,
textile, pulp and paper, biocellulosic ethanol production and other
industries. The book caters to the needs of
researchers/academicians dealing with penicillium spp. related
research and applications, outlining emerging issues on recent
advancements made in the area of research and its applications in
bioprocess technology, chemical engineering, molecular taxonomy,
biofuels/bioenergy research and alternative fuel development. In
addition, the book also describes the identification of useful
compound combinations/enzyme cocktails and the fermentation
conditions required to obtain them at an industrial scale. Finally,
the book provides updated information on the best utilization of
these fungi as a natural tool to meet the next challenges of
biotechnology.
Emerging Technologies in Environmental Bioremediation introduces
emerging bioremediation technologies for the treatment and
management of industrial wastes and other environmental pollutants
for the sake of environmental sustainability. Emerging
bioremediation approaches such as nano-bioremediation technology,
electro-bioremediation technology, microbial fuel cell technology,
Modified Ludzack-Ettinger Process, Modified Activated Sludge
Process, and phytotechnologies for the remediation of industrial
wastes/pollutants are discussed in a comprehensive manner not found
in other books. Furthermore, the book includes updated information
as well as future directions for research in the field of
bioremediation of industrial wastes. This book will be extremely
useful to students, researchers, scientists and professionals in
the field of microbiology and biotechnology, Bio (chemical)
engineers, environmental researchers, eco-toxicology, and many
more.
Higher education institutions (HEIs) are providers of knowledge and
competencies. HEIs are very important to the development of society
and the regions they impact geographically. The current uncertainty
and challenges require new ways of educating. They require the use
of new pedagogical tools that prepare students to deal with real
and future problems, train them to deliver solutions, help them to
analyze challenges and create future scenarios, and engage them in
collaborative work toward the creation of innovation. Collaborative
work between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and HEIs
broadens networking, stimulates research, accelerates innovation,
and nurtures regional development. The Impact of HEIs on Regional
Development: Facts and Practices of Collaborative Work With SMEs
shares the best practices of implemented co-creation innovation
processes by HEIs. It describes the pedagogical processes and tools
used to respond to SME challenges. Covering topics such as
innovation co-creation networks, sustainable development, and
teaching entrepreneurship, this premier reference source is an
excellent resource for policymakers, administrators, educators and
students of higher education, practitioners, librarians,
researchers, and academicians.
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