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This book provides comprehensive insights on existing technologies and up-to-date advances in the field of waste management and treatment using algal based technologies via different approaches and systems. Coverage includes: - Process fundamentals of algae-based wastewater treatment, including metabolic modelling, algal species for resource recovery and algae/bacteria interactions. - Critical insights on the status, major challenges and modern engineering solutions in microalgae-related wastewater treatment processes. - Case studies for coculturing microalgae with methanotrophs for enhanced nutrient recovery from wastewater. - Advanced ways for valorisation of algae-based processes by integrating them with other technologies such as anaerobic digestion, biogas upgradation and bioelectrochemical systems. - Up-to-date information on modern biotechnological approaches for deriving value-added bioproducts and biopolymers from microalgae, including biofuels, pigments and nutraceuticals. This is an essential textbook for both undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in environmental sciences, technologies, or engineering. Additionally, the book is equally useful for a broad audience, including researchers, engineers, and policy makers interested in the field of algal systems for waste and wastewater management. The book is also tailored to be used as an advanced manual for practitioners and consultancies working in the field of wastewater treatment and resource recovery.

In the quest for sustainable solutions, a groundbreaking innovation emerges: "Nanobiohybrids for Advanced Wastewater Treatment and Energy Recovery". This compelling title delves into the forefront of integrated environmental technology, exploring the synergistic potential of nanotechnology and biotechnology in revolutionizing the way we manage wastewater and harness energy. Inside these pages, you'll: - Find insightful explorations of process fundamentals of nanobiohybrids for water purification, microbial synthesis of nanocatalysts and energy storage devices. Grasp the mechanics of nanoparticle biosynthesis, biomolecule integration, and the dynamic interplay between nanotechnology and biology. - Embark on fundamental components investigating environmental remediation for both wastewater treatment and energy recovery. Focusing on both components of nanobiohybrids: on the one hand organic, inorganic and magnetic nanoparticles, and on the other hand electroactive bacteria. - Understand the implications of nanobiohybrids for environmental remediation, water and wastewater treatment to conserve resources and protect the environment. Explore how these solutions contribute to pollution control, resource recovery, sensing and photoelectrocatalysis. This book is an indispensable resource for researchers, students, policymakers, and anyone intrigued by the intersection of nanoscience, nanotechnology and sustainability. As we stand at the brink of a new era in environmental engineering, this book empowers you to be at the forefront of change. Join the movement towards cleaner waters, abundant energy, and a brighter future with nanobiohybrids.

The prevention of over-exploitation and the efficient use of natural resources are key goals of environmental managment in Industry. Waste Gas Treatment for Resource Recovery presents the reader with technical, ecological and economical aspects of gaseous effluent treatment and resource recovery. Practical experience from industry and agriculture is presented, the role of newly developed advanced technology in future recycling of gas streams discussed and attention given to criteria for sustainability in gas treatment. Detailed analysis of material flows, novel process applications and bioreactor designs, odour quantification and removal process techniques and European legislations for waste gas discharge and recovery are highlights of the extensive and comprehensive coverage of this book. Waste Gas Treatment for Resource Recovery will enable production, process and environmental engineers and managers to evaluate internal recycling possibilities, which contribute to an economically and environmentally friendly manufacturing processes with reduced pollution loads and waste gas volumes. Analysis of material flows, e.g. the development of methodologies and techniques to monitor the use and flow of materials on a life cycle basis Novel process applications and bioreactor designs for resource recovery from waste gases Odour quantification techniques and novel odour removal processes European dimension of polluted gas streams and the European legislation for waste gas discharges and recovery