Advanced and emerging technologies for resource recovery from wastes / Laleh Nazari, Chunbao (Charles) Xu, Madhumita B. Ray.

This book introduces advanced or emerging technologies for conversion of wastes into a variety of high-value chemicals and materials. Energy and resources can be recovered from various residential, industrial and commercial wastes, such as municipal wastewater and sludge, e-waste, waste plastics and...

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Main Authors: Nazari, Laleh, Xu, Chunbao (Author), Ray, Madhumita B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer, 2021.
Series:Green chemistry and sustainable technology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Wastes Generation, Characterization and Health and Environmental Impacts
  • Conventional Technologies for Waste Management
  • Advanced Technologies (Biological and Thermo-chemical) for Waste to Energy Conversion
  • Nitrogen and Phosphorus Recovery from Municipal Wastewater and Sludge
  • Recovery of Metals from Electronic Waste
  • Conversion of Waste Plastics and Resins into Oils and Activated Carbon
  • Fractionation of Crop Residues into Cellulose, Hemicellulose and Lignin
  • Production of Phenolics for Fuels and Chemicals from Forestry Residues and Lignin by Pyrolysis, Liquefaction and De-polymerization
  • Summary and Outlook.