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Process intensification in wastewater treatments

Contamination of Water, Page: 303-311
2021
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The requirement of water has been continuously increasing due to population growth, industrialization, and other development. The traditional and conventional treatment methods are not able to meet the stringent environmental norms implemented worldwide. Sustainable strategies must be applied for water and wastewater management that include targeting for near-zero discharge at the source points of wastewater, regeneration, and water reuse. Process intensification (PI) can contribute significantly to wastewater treatment. The common PI technologies employed for wastewater treatments include chemically enhanced primary treatments, membrane bioreactors, ballasted biological processes, slug processes, and hybrid processes such as sonochemistry, jet loop reactors, and capacitive deionization. PI has the potential to reduce overall cost significantly by compactness and miniaturization, with enhanced momentum, heat, and mass transport rates resulting into more energy efficient processes and hence reduced capital costs of plants. In this chapter, the technologies are explained, along with the potential treatments they can contribute to reducing water contaminants and possibly the recycling of waste water as well.

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