Batch Adsorption Process of Metals and Anions for Remediation of Contaminated Water

by Deepak Gusain (Editor), Faizal Bux (Editor)

Overview

Adsorption is one of the method that is in use for remediation of contaminated water. The experimental factors affecting the batch mode of adsorption of various metals and inorganic anions are discussed in this book. The elemental contaminants have been categorized into four major categories i.e. major toxic elements; essential elements having toxicity on excessive exposure; miscellaneous elements having undetermined effects; non-toxic elements having trivial or unidentified significance. In addition, anions like nitrate, perchlorate and sulphate as water contaminants are considered. This unique volume fills a niche in the area of water treatment.

Key Features:

• Provides practitioners with the background they need to understand and apply batch adsorption processes to the purification of water
• Describes the actions of adsorption capacity or percentage removal with respect to factors affecting the adsorption process
• Excellent source of information for those working in the industry for remediation of metals and anions
• Discusses the current era of Anthropocene which is highly dependent on the anthropogenic mineral sources for its sustenance

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367436483
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	03/18/2021
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr Deepak Gusain is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental

Studies in PGDAV (Evening) College, University of Delhi. He earned his master’s

degree in environmental studies from the University of Delhi and completed his

Ph.D. at the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras

Hindu University), Varansiin Varanasi, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the

Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology in Durban University of Technology.

His Ph.D. research focused on the remediation of chromium and cadmium from

aqueous solution using nanocrystalline material. In addition, he investigated the

effect of linear and nonlinear curve fitting on the estimation of isotherm and kinetic

and thermodynamic parameters during the adsorption process.

Professor Faizal Bux is a professor and director of the Institute for Water and

Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology. His affiliations also

include Fellow of the International Water Association, Royal Society of Chemistry,

and Water Institute of Southern Africa and he is a member of the Academy of Science

of South Africa. He has won several national and international awards and published

extensively. Professor Faizal Bux’s group works on wastewater treatment and reuse,

wastewater beneficiation, and health-related microbiology, bioremediation, algal biotechnology,

and constructed wetlands.

Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgement.....................................................................................................vii

List of Abbreviations.................................................................................................ix

Editors..................................................................................................................... xiii

Contributors..............................................................................................................xv

Chapter 1 Introduction...........................................................................................1

Deepak Gusain, Shikha Dubey, Yogesh Chandra Sharma and Faizal Bux

Chapter 2 Adsorbents: Classification, Characteristics, Chemical Nature,

and Interaction with Contaminants.......................................................9

Shikha Dubey, Deepak Gusain, Yogesh Chandra Sharma and Faizal Bux

Chapter 3 Impact of Factors on Remediation of Major Toxic Elements

(Vanadium, Chromium, Nickel, Arsenic, Strontium, Cadmium,

Mercury, Lead, Uranium) Via Batch Adsorption Process.................. 41

Deepak Gusain, Shikha Dubey, Yogesh Chandra Sharma and Faizal Bux

Chapter 4 Remediation of Essential Elements Exerting Toxicity on

Excessive Exposure (Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, Se) Via Batch Adsorption

in Response to Variable Factors and Elucidation of the

Mechanism for the Batch Adsorption Process.................................. 133

Deepak Gusain, Shikha Dubey, Yogesh Chandra Sharma, and Faizal Bux

Chapter 5 Impact of Factors on Remediation of Miscellaneous (Fe, Cs)

and Nontoxic Elements (Sc, Ti, Ga, Ge) Via Batch

Adsorption Process........................................................................... 183

Deepak Gusain, Shikha Dubey, Yogesh Chandra Sharma, and Faizal Bux

Chapter 6 Impact of Factors on Remediation of Anions (Fluoride,

Nitrate, Perchlorate, and Sulfate) Via Batch Adsorption Processes............... 201

Deepak Gusain, Shikha Dubey, Yogesh Chandra Sharma and Faizal Bux

Chapter 7 Impact of Initial Concentration, Adsorbent Dose, and Ionic

Strength on Batch Adsorption of Metals and Anions and

Elucidation of the Mechanism........................................................... 239

Deepak Gusain, Shikha Dubey, Yogesh Chandra Sharma, and Faizal Bux

Chapter 8 Kinetic, Isotherm, and Thermodynamic Studies for Batch

Adsorption of Metals and Anions, and Management of

Adsorbents after the Adsorption Process..........................................249

Deepak Gusain, Shikha Dubey, Yogesh Chandra Sharma, and Faizal Bux

References..............................................................................................................269

Index....................................................................................................................... 313