Microalgae in Waste Water Remediation

• Main Authors: Kumar, Arun, Singh, Jay Shankar
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milton CRC Press 2021; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Ecology - Environment Studies; ENVIROnetBASE; Environmental Change & Pollution; Environmental Management; ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCEnetBASE; Microalgae mediated management; Microalgae-Industrial applications; Microalgae-Utilization; Municipal wastewater treatment; Pollution Management; Resource Management - Environmental Studies; SCI-TECHnetBASE; Sewage-Purification-Biological treatment; STMnetBASE; Sustainable development; Waste & Recycling; Waste water remediation; Water Engineering; Water Science; WATERnetBASE; Endosymbiotic Event; Paper Wastewater; PS II; Microalgal Species; Microalgal Strains; Tannery Wastewater; Cod Reduction; Municipal Wastewater; Asp; Textile Wastewater; Food Processing Wastewater; Microalgal Cells; Cod Level; Microalgal Biofilms; Chlorella Vulgaris; Adsorbable Organic Halides; Distillery Wastewater; High Cod; Dissolved Air Flotation; Eukaryotic Microalgae; High Bod; Petroleum Wastewater; Energy Source; Galdieria Sulphuraria; Microalgal Biomass

Microalgae in Waste Water Remediation aims to point out trends and current topics concerning the use of microalgae in wastewater treatment and to identify potential paths for future research regarding microalgaebased bioremediation. To achieve this goal, the book also assessing and analyzes the topi...

Table of Contents:

• Melanoidin Degradation -- Enzymes Involved in Lignin and Melonidin Degradation -- Conclusion -- 7. Tannery Wastewater -- Introduction -- Tannery Industry: A Brief Description -- Tannery Wastewater: Characteristics and Specific Pollutants -- Impacts on Environment and Public Health -- Current Treatment and Challenges -- Microalgal Remediation -- Metal Biosorption Mechanism -- Role of pH in Metal Biosorption -- Role of Immobilized Microalgae -- Conclusion -- 8. Pulp and Paper Wastewater -- Introduction -- Pulp and Paper Industry: A Brief Description -- Pulp and Paper Industry Wastewater: Characteristics and Specific Pollutants -- Impacts on Environment and Public Health -- Current Treatment and Its Challenges -- Microalgal Bioremediation -- Phenol and Their Derivatives Degradation -- Role of Light in Phenol Degradation -- AOX Removal -- Conclusion -- 9. Textile Wastewater -- Introduction -- Textile Industry: A Brief Description -- Textile Dyes: Classification and Characteristics -- Textile Wastewater: Characteristics and Specific Pollutants -- Impacts on the Environment and Public Health -- Current Treatment and Challenges -- Microalgal Remediation -- Dye Discoloration and Degradation -- Mechanism of Dye Degradation -- Conclusion -- 10. Food Processing Wastewater -- Introduction -- Food Processing Industry: Types and Their Brief Description -- Food Industry Wastewater: Characteristics and Specific Pollutants -- Impacts on the Environment and Public Health -- Current Treatment and Challenges -- Microalgal Remediation -- Role of Microalgae Consortia in Nutrient Removal -- Thermophilic, Psychrophilic or Acidophilic Microalgae -- Benefits of Micro-Algal Activated Sludge Process (MAAS) -- Conclusion -- 11. Integrated Microalgal Wastewater Remediation and Microalgae Cultivation -- Introduction -- Conventional Wastewater Treatment: A Brief Description
• Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Microalgae I: Origin, Distribution and Morphology -- Introduction -- Origin and Evolution -- Phylogeny and Classification -- Ecology and Distribution -- Morphology, Colony Features and Adaptations -- Conclusion -- 2. Microalgae II: Cell Structure, Nutrition and Metabolism -- Introduction -- Cell Structure: Prokaryotic Microalgae -- Cell Structure: Eukaryotic Microalgae -- Nutrition Mode -- Photosynthesis: Process, Components and Reactions -- Uptake and Assimilation of Nutrients -- Conclusion -- 3. Microalgae III: Stress Response and Wastewater Remediation -- Introduction -- Physical Stress -- Nutritional Stress -- Synergistic Effects of Combinations of Physical and Nutritional Stress -- Microalgae Mediated Wastewater Remediation -- Conclusion -- 4. Municipal Wastewater -- Introduction -- Municipal Wastewater: Characteristics and Specific Pollutants -- Impact on the Environment and Public Health -- Current Treatment Technologies and Their Challenges -- Microalgal Remediation -- Microalgae/Microalgae-Bacteria Consortia -- Microalgal Biofilms -- Conclusion -- 5. Petroleum Wastewater -- Introduction -- Crude Oil: Composition and Types -- Petroleum Industry: A Brief Description -- Petroleum Wastewater: Characteristics and Specific Pollutants -- Impacts on the Environment and Public Health -- Current Treatment and Challenges -- Microalgal Remediation -- Mechanism of Degradation of PAHs -- Role of Cyanobacteria Mats in Oil Degradation -- Conclusion -- 6. Distillery and Sugar Mill Wastewater -- Introduction -- Distillery and Sugar Mills: A Brief Description -- Distillery and Sugar Mill Wastewater: Characteristics and Specific Pollutants -- Impacts on Environment and Public Health -- Current Treatment and Its Challenges -- Microalgal Bioremediation -- Removal of Lignin and Tannins
• Sludge Problem and Its Management -- Conventional or Modern Wastewater Treatment Systems -- Integration of Microalgal Remediation with Wastewater Treatment: An Opportunity for Microalgal Biomass Cultivation -- Microalgal Biomass Cultivation Systems -- Harvesting of Microalgal Biomass -- Biomass Processing and its Valorization -- Conclusion -- 12. Microalgal Biomass: An Opportunity for Sustainable Industrial Production -- Introduction -- Food Supplements and Animal Feed -- Pharmaceuticals -- Natural Colorants -- Bio-plastics (Poly-hydroxybutyrate) -- Biofertilizers -- Biodiesel -- Bio-ethanol -- Biomethane or Biogas -- Biohydrogen -- Conclusion -- Index