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Groundwater Arsenic Remediation

Treatment Technology and Scale UP

  • 1st Edition - May 15, 2015
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Parimal Pal
  • Language: English

Arsenic abatement from groundwater in locations with a central water distribution system is relatively simple. The real challenge is selecting the most effective and affordable tr… Read more

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Description

Arsenic abatement from groundwater in locations with a central water distribution system is relatively simple. The real challenge is selecting the most effective and affordable treatment and scale up option for locations which lack the appropriate infrastructure. Groundwater Arsenic Remediation: Treatment Technology and Scale UP provides the latest breakthrough groundwater treatment technologies and modeling and simulation methods for project scale up and eventually field deployment in locations which lack the proper central water distribution system to ensure arsenic free groundwater.

Key features

  • Covers the different removal methods, such as chemical, adsorption, separation by membranes, and membrane distillation
  • Includes the state-of-the-art modeling & simulation methods for optimization and field deployment
  • Provides economic and comparative analysis of each arsenic treatment technology

Readership

Environmental Engineers, Civil Engineers, Environmental Engineering Technicians and Civil Engineering Technicians.

Table of contents

  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to the Arsenic Contamination Problem
    • Abstract
    • 1.1 Arsenic chemistry
    • 1.2 Occurrence and causes of arsenic in groundwater
    • 1.3 Regulations and maximum contaminant level of arsenic
    • 1.4 Toxicity and health hazards
    • 1.5 Introduction to methods of arsenic removal
  • Chapter 2: Chemical Treatment Methods in Arsenic Removal
    • Abstract
    • 2.1 Different forms of arsenic in groundwater
    • 2.2 Chemical precipitation
    • 2.3 Physical separation
    • 2.4 Modeling and simulation of the physico-chemical processes for scaleup
    • 2.5 Optimization and control of treatment plant operations
    • 2.6 The numerical solution scheme and error monitoring
    • 2.7 Techno-economic feasibility analysis
    • Nomenclature
  • Chapter 3: Adsorption Method of Arsenic Separation from Water
    • Abstract
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Adsorption kinetics
    • 3.3 Adsorbents used in arsenic removal
    • 3.4 Synthesis of low-cost adsorbents for arsenic
    • 3.5 Technoeconomic feasibility analysis
    • Nomenclature
  • Chapter 4: Arsenic Removal by Membrane Filtration
    • Abstract
    • 4.1 Introduction to arsenic removal by membranes
    • 4.2 Membrane filtration modes, modules, and materials in arsenic separation
    • 4.3 Low-pressure membrane filtration in arsenic removal
    • 4.4 High-pressure membrane filtration in arsenic removal
    • 4.5 Hybrid processes
    • 4.6 Chemical oxidation integrated with flat-sheet cross-flow nanofiltration
    • 4.7 Modeling and simulation of oxidation-nanofiltration hybrid process for scale up
    • 4.8 Optimization and control of membrane-based plant operations
    • 4.9 Technoeconomic feasibility analysis for scale up
    • 4.10 Conclusion
    • Nomenclature
  • Chapter 5: Arsenic Removal by Membrane Distillation
    • Abstract
    • 5.1 Principles of Membrane Distillation
    • 5.2 Advantages of membrane distillation
    • 5.3 Limitations of membrane distillation
    • 5.4 Membrane materials
    • 5.5 Membrane Distillation Configurations
    • 5.6 Basic design criteria of membrane modules and changes over time
    • 5.7 Heat transfer in membrane distillation
    • 5.8 Mass transfer in membrane distillation
    • 5.9 Solar-driven membrane distillation in arsenic removal
    • 5.10 Modeling and simulation of a new flash vaporization module for scale up
    • 5.11 Techno-economic feasibility of use of solar membrane distillation
    • Nomenclature
  • Chapter 6: Disposal of Concentrated Arsenic Rejects
    • Abstract
    • 6.1 Introduction
    • 6.2 Classification of arsenic-bearing wastes generated in different treatment plants
    • 6.3 Arsenic waste disposal methods
    • 6.4 Conclusion
  • Chapter 7: Arsenic Removal Technologies on Comparison Scale and Sustainability Issues
    • Abstract
    • 7.1 Introduction
    • 7.2 Merits and demerits associated with broad arsenic abatement systems
    • 7.3 Comparison of technologies in terms of arsenic removal efficiency
    • 7.4 Comparison of residual generation and disposal methods
    • 7.5 Overall qualitative comparison
    • 7.6 Toward sustainable solutions
  • Index

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 20, 2015
  • Language: English

About the author

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Parimal Pal

Professor Parimal is currently serving as HAG Professor (Higher Administrative Grade) and the senior most professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, A Govt. of India Autonomous Institute of National importance. A Master of Technology from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, he joined academia in 1990 with a few years field experience in Indian Oil Corporation Limited the most profitable and largest petroleum industry in India. He holds PhD degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Professor Pal developed a dozen of membrane-based green technologies and software for chemical and allied process industries. He has already earned patent rights of half a dozen novel technologies and copyright of two process optimization and control software. Dr. Pal supervised around one and a half dozen doctoral and postdoctoral thesis work.
Affiliations and expertise
HAG Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, West Bengal, India

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