Novel biomaterials: decontamination of toxic metals from wastewater

Current research revolves around trends to bring technology into harmony withthe natural environment and in order to protect the ecosystem. Bioremediationinvolves processes which reduce the overall treatment costs by using agricultural residues. Regeneration of the biosorbent further increases the cost effectiveness of the process, thus warranting its future success in solving water quality problems. Special emphasis is paid to chemical modifications resulting in tailored novel biomaterials which improve its sorption efficiency and environmental stability. In this way it can be used commercially as a simple, fast,economical, ecofriendly green technology, for the removal of toxic metals from waste water particularly in rural and remote areas of the country. Deals with bioremediation which involves processes that reduce overall treatment cost through the application of agricultural residues INDICE: Heavy Metals.- Metal Detoxification.- Metal Decontamination.- Existing Metal Removal Technologies.- Hyper Accumulation.- Biosorption.- Sorption Isotherms and Kinetics.- Reusability of Biomaterial.- Novel Biomaterials.

• ISBN: 978-3-642-11328-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 190
• Fecha Publicación: 06/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés