Bioremediation, Nutrients, and Other Valuable Product Recovery: Using Bioelectrochemical Systems.

Lakhveer Singh · Durga Madhab Mahapatra · Sveta Thakur

Nov 2020 · Elsevier

About this eBook

Bioremediation and Nutrients and Other Valuable Products Recovery: Using Bio-electrochemical Systems reviews key applications in transforming fuel waste substrates into simple low impact and easily assimilative compounds that are environmentally non-labile and tolerant. The book emphasizes waste treatment and nutrient removal and recovery from a diverse array of waste substrates, utilizing Bioelectrochemical Systems (BES) approaches. Throughout, the work emphasizes the utilization of electrode and/or electrolyte components in building self-sustaining fuel cell systems that target the removal of both conventional and emerging pollutants, along with the production of energy. Bioremediation strategies with potential scale-up options for wastewater treatment, metal removal and soil remediation drug derivates and emerging contaminants are discussed with particular emphasis. Chapters explore applications for these varied pollutants, together with prospects in waste minimization, nutrient recycling, water purification and bioremediation of natural resources. - Explores a detailed panorama of potential known pollutants with detailed reviews on their removal and recovery - Discusses bioproduct recovery application frontiers across wastewater treatment and bioremediation, metal removal and soil remediation, extraction of drug derivates and emerging contaminants - Emphasizes pilot scale-up and commercialization potential for each recovery application discussed

About the author

Lakhveer Singh is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Sardar Patel University, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh-175001, India. Earlier, he worked as an Associate Professor at SRM University-AP and University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia and as post-doctoral researcher at Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA. His major areas of research expertise are Energy Production, Bioelectrochemical Systems, Wastewater Treatment, and Nanomaterial Synthesis for Sustainable Applications. He is enlisted in the world top 2% scientists list released in 2021 by Stanford University in the field of energy and environment.

Durga Madhab Mahapatra is an Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Energy Cluster, School of Advanced Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India. Before joining UPES, he was with the Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering (BEE), School of Engineering (SoE), Oregon State University (OSU), Corvallis, OR, USA from 2016 onwards as a Postdoctoral Fellow, Teaching staff, and Affiliate. He completed his Doctoral studies in Bioprocess Engineering, from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in 2015 from the Faculty of Engineering with a Gold Medal. His major areas of interest are Sustainable Bioprocess Development, Bioenergy and Bioresources, Wastewater Metagenomics, Wastewater Treatment and Waste Biorefinery, and Nano-biotechnological Applications in Agricultural, and Environmental Research.

Dr. Sveta Thakur is a post-doctoral researcher at the University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia. She achieved her Ph.D at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla in 2015. She has teaching and research experience with Universities across India and Malaysia. Her main areas of interest are Phytoremediation, Bioenergy production, Bioreactor development, Wastewater treatment, Plant physiology and Biochemistry.