Water in Industry

Water of different qualities is used in a wide range of industrial processes. After usage, various substances enter the water streams, generating the industrial wastewater whose characteristics may include recalcitrant organics, high salinity, heavy metals, extreme pH, high turbidity, etc. Nowadays, water in industry tends to form a recycling loop, as boosted by regional water scarcity, strict policies on emission control and arising public concerns. The trend increases the challenge of technical solutions and management tools.

This book seeks to answer some of the challenges of industrial water management, and covers topics such as membrane separation, adsorption, advanced oxidation and applications.

In Focus – a book series that showcases the latest accomplishments in water research. Each book focuses on a specialist area with papers from top experts in the field. It aims to be a vehicle for in-depth understanding and inspire further conversations in the sector.

Editorial: ‘Water in Industry’ requires advanced materials and technologies to sustain the quality development
Yongjun Zhang, Sven Uwe Geissen, Thomas Track

Biological treatment of real textile wastewater containing sulphate, salinity, and surfactant through an anaerobic–aerobic system
Sofia Araújo, Márcia Damianovic, Eugenio Foresti, Lourdinha Florencio, Mario Takayuki Kato, Sávia Gavazza

Evaluation of corrosion and scaling potentials of oilfield waters in an offshore producing facility, Niger Delta
T. A. Bolaji, E. G. Olumayede, A. M. Ojo

Adsorption of heavy metals by Lycium barbarum branch-based adsorbents: raw, fungal modification, and biochar
Jian Guan, Changwei Hu, Jun Zhou, Qingguo Huang, Jiayang Liu

Regeneration of As(V) loaded granular activated carbon through desorption in FeCl3, CaCl2 and MgCl2 aqueous solutions
Niels Michiel Moed, Young Ku

An improved primary wastewater treatment system for a slaughterhouse industry: a full-scale experience
Akshay D. Shende, Swati Dhenkula, Neti Nageswara Rao, Girish R. Pophali

Fabricating novel PVDF-g-IBMA copolymer hydrophilic ultrafiltration membrane for treating papermaking wastewater with good antifouling property
Yujia Tong, Wenlong Ding, Lijian Shi, Weixing Li

An ultrasound/O3 and UV/O3 process for atrazine manufacturing wastewater treatment: a multiple scale experimental study
Diya Wen, Bing Chen, Bo Liu

Enhancement of E-Peroxone process with waste-tire carbon composite cathode for tinidazole degradation
Anlin Xu, Wanqun Liu, Leping Chu, Yunhai Zhang, Yide He, Yongjun Zhang

Fenton oxidation as pretreatment for biomass gasification condensate: cost and biomass inhibition evaluation
Qiqi Zhang, Jonas Pluschke, Sven-Uwe Geißen