1st Edition

Designer Biochar Assisted Bioremediation of Industrial Effluents A Low-Cost Sustainable Green Technology

Edited By Riti Thapar Kapoor, Maulin P. Shah Copyright 2023
324 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

324 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

324 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book provides useful information and applications of biochar produced from agricultural waste for removal of contaminants from industrial effluent and reutilization of waste sludge in the production of biofuel/bioenergy. It describes how designer or modified biochar or combined application (biochar + microbes) can be applied successfully for reuse of wastewater and contaminated soil for... Read more

1 Recent Advances in Biochar Production and Its Applications toward Textile Industry Effluent Treatment

Ankush D. Sontakke, Shreya Tiwari, Abhik Bhattacharjee, Piyal Mondal, and Mihir K. Purkait

2 Utilization of Modified Biochar for Wastewater Recycling and Management: An Overview

Kriti Shrivastava and Ankur Jain

3 Removal of Emerging Contaminants by Biochar: An Eco-friendly Approach for a Sustainable Environment

Riti Thapar Kapoor, V. P. Sharma, and Maulin P. Shah

4 Biochar for the Remediation of Heavy-Metal-Contaminated Soil: Present Scenario and Future Challenges

Sai Shankar Sahu, Dipita Ghosh, and Subodh Kumar Maiti

5 Review on Biochar Production from Biomass and Its Applications in Removing Environmental Pollutants

Veerupaksh Galyan, Sidhika Joshi, Vandana Singh, Mohit Sahni, S. Shankara Narayanan, Sanjay Kumar, Kanupriya, Ankit Kumar, and Soumya Pandit

6 Modified Biochar for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Bikram Mishra and Neelancherry Remya

7 Utilization of Sustainable Biochar Approach to Improve Contaminated Agricultural Soils for Plant Growth Promotion

Kamal Prasad and Ajay Kumar Singh

8 Prospects of Biochar Technology for Clean Water Provision

Piyush Gupta, Namrata Gupta, Neha Rana, Sapna Salar, and Subhakanta Dash

9 Biochar for Removal of Dyes from Industrial Effluents

Neha Rana, Sapna Salar, and Piyush Gupta

10 Efficacy of Biochar in Decontamination of Pesticides

Sapna Salar, Neha Rana, and Piyush Gupta

11 Application of Biochar in the Removal of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants from Wastewater: Mechanism, Operating Conditions, and Modifications

Pranjal P. Das, Mukesh Sharma, Simons Dhara, and Mihir K. Purkait

12 Removal of Pharmaceutical Active Compounds (PhACs) from Wastewater by Designer Biochar

Pranjal P. Das, Mukesh Sharma, Abhik Bhattacharjee, Piyal Mondal, and Mihir K. Purkait

13 Recent Advances in Dye Removal Technologies by Designer Biochar

Prangan Duarah, Pranjal P. Das, Mukesh Sharma, and Mihir K. Purkait

14 Restoration of Contaminated Agricultural Soils Using Modified Biochar

Mukesh Sharma, Kumar Abhishek, Pranjal P. Das, Arun Chakraborty, Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath, and Mihir K. Purkait

15 Use of Biochar for the Remediation of Heavy-Metal-Contaminated Soil

Mukesh Sharma, Pranjal P. Das, Niladri Shekhar Samanta, Arun Chakraborty, and Mihir K Purkait

16 Treatment of Industrial Wastewater by Utilization of Biochar as a Green Technology

Mukesh Sharma, Pranjal P. Das, Rahul Raghudhas, Arun Chakraborty, and Mihir K. Purkait

17 Biochar Application for Treatment of Industrial Effluent as a Green Technology: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

Swati Sambita Mohanty

Biography

Riti Thapar Kapoor is Assistant Professor (Grade-III) in Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. Dr. Kapoor received her PhD from the University of Allahabad and worked as postdoctoral fellow at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Dr. Kapoor has 14 years of teaching and research experience, and her area of specialization is environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, and abiotic stresses. Dr. Kapoor is author of three books and editor of five books of international repute (Elsevier, Springer, DeGruyter, etc.). She has published over 80 research papers in various journals of national and international repute. Dr. Kapoor has visited eight countries for participation in different academic programs. Dr. Kapoor has received a prestigious travel award from Bill & Melinda Gates Research Foundation (CGIAR project) for participation in an international training program held at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Philippines in 2010. She is also recipient of a DST travel grant for participation in an International Conference held at Sri Lanka in 2013. Dr. Kapoor has been awarded a Teacher’s Research Fellowship from the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, in 2019.

Maulin P. Shah is an active researcher and scientific writer in his field for over 20 years. He received a BSc degree (1999) in Microbiology from Gujarat University, Godhra (Gujarat), India. He also earned his PhD degree (2005) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat), India. His research interests include Biological Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Microbiology, Biodegradation, Bioremediation, and Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants from Industrial Wastewaters. He has published more than 250 research papers in national and international journals of repute on various aspects of microbial biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants. He is the editor of 90 books of international repute (RSC, Elsevier, Springer, DeGruyter, Wiley, and CRC Press).