Green Materials for Energy, Products and Depollution

• Main Authors: Lichtfouse, Eric, Schwarzbauer, Jan, Robert, Didier
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2013; Springer; Springer Nature
• Edition: 1
• Series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World
• Subjects: Analytical chemistry; Aquatic Pollution; Chemical Sciences; Chemistry and Materials Science; Climate Change; Electrical Engineering; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Sciences; Green technology; Material chemistry; Renewable and Green Energy; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Aquatic Bryophytes; Dyes and Antimicrobials; Urban Soil; Photocatalysis; Microalgae; Biodiesel; Toxic Metals; Pharmaceutical Wastewater; Textiles; Water Pollution; Electrochemistry; Surfactants in Agriculture; Bioindicators; Halogenated PAH; Ferrites Photocatalysts
• ISBN: 9789400768352; 9400768354; 9400768362; 9789400768369
• ISSN: 2213-7114; 2213-7122
• DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6836-9

Using renewable fuels and materials, drinking clean water and food, and breathing safe air are major issues for a sustainable world. This book reviews biodiesel production from microalgae, a promising energy source that does not compete with food production. Several advanced techniques to clean polluted waters, such as electrochemistry, ferrites photocatalysis and low-cost filtration are presented. Chapters also show various living organisms used as bioindicators of toxic metals. Decreasing ecotoxicity of pesticides using suitable surfactants is reviewed. The last chapter evidences new pollutants in urban soils, halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.