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Pulp and Paper Industry

Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment

  • 1st Edition - November 14, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Mohammad Reza Rahimpour, Angelo Basile, Alfredo Cassano, Parvin Kiani
  • Language: English

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Description

Pulp and Paper Industry: Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment provides detailed discussion on the characteristics, environmental hazards, and human health effects of pulp and paper wastewater. The book discusses their different treatment methods and related challenges. These techniques start from physical methods such as sedimentation and froth flotation, followed by physiochemical treatments including activated carbon filtration, chemical precipitation, as well as biological techniques like aerobic and anaerobic processes. The book also covers application of advanced and novel wastewater treatment techniques in pulp and paper industries, such as ozonation, photocatalysis, advanced oxidation process, electrolysis, microbial fuel cells, etc., as well as challenges of industries, economic assessments, and future perspectives of pulp and paper wastewaters treatments.

Key features

  • Introduces pulp and paper industries' wastewaters and pollutants characteristics, challenges, and utilization
  • Includes physical, physiochemical, and biological methods for pulp and paper industries' wastewater treatment
  • Describes novel and innovative methods for pulp and paper industries wastewater treatment

Readership

(Post)-graduate students, professors and academic researchers in chemical engineering, chemistry, process engineering and biology, R&D managers in petroleum industries, pulp and paper industries, mechanical workshops, and wastewater treatment sections, R&D Companies and Institutions, Joint ventures

Table of contents

Section I: Introduction to pulp and paper industries

1. Pulp and paper production processes and technologies

2. Environmental effects and human health challenges of pulp and paper industries wastes

3. Pulp and paper industries wastewaters and pollutants: characteristics, recovery and utilization

Section II: Methods of pulp and paper wastewater treatment and their challenges

4. Overview and comparison of various pulp and paper wastewater treatment techniques

5. Physical methods for pulp and paper wastewater treatment

6. Physiochemical methods for pulp and paper wastewater treatment

7. Biological methods for pulp and paper wastewater treatment

8. Photocatalysis methods for pulp and paper wastewater treatment

9. Ozonation method for pulp and paper wastewater treatment

10. Advanced oxidation process for pulp and paper wastewater treatment

11. Microbial fuel cells' application for pulp and paper industries’ wastewater treatment

12. Release, handling and treatments challenges of wastewaters from pulp and paper industries

13. Cost analysis and economic assessments of pulp and paper industries’ wastewaters treatments

14. Future perspectives of pulp and paper industries’ wastewater treatment and recycling

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 14, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Mohammad Reza Rahimpour

Prof. Mohammad Reza Rahimpour is a professor in Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University, Iran. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Shiraz University joint with University of Sydney, Australia 1988. He started his independent career as Assistant Professor in September 1998 at Shiraz University. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour, was a Research Associate at University of California, Davis from 2012 till 2017. During his stay in University of California, he developed different reaction networks and catalytic processes such as thermal and plasma reactors for upgrading of lignin bio-oil to biofuel with collaboration of UCDAVIS. He has been a Chair of Department of Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University from 2005 till 2009 and from 2015 till 2020. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour leads a research group in fuel processing technology focused on the catalytic conversion of fossil fuels such as natural gas, and renewable fuels such as bio-oils derived from lignin to valuable energy sources. He provides young distinguished scholars with perfect educational opportunities in both experimental methods and theoretical tools in developing countries to investigate in-depth research in the various field of chemical engineering including carbon capture, chemical looping, membrane separation, storage and utilization technologies, novel technologies for natural gas conversion and improving the energy efficiency in the production and use of natural gas industries.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

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Angelo Basile

Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer, is a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR where is responsible of the research related to both the ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. Basile is also Editor associate of the Int. J. Hydrogen Energy and Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol. and Editor-in-chief of Membrane Processes (Applications), a section of the international journal Membranes: Basile also prepared 42 special issues on membrane science and technology for many international journals (IJHE, Chem Eng. J., Cat. Today, etc.). He participated to and was/is responsible of many national and international projects on membrane reactors and membrane science. Basile served as Director of the ITM-CNR during the period Dec. 2008 – May 2009. In the last years, he was tutor of 30 Thesis for master and Ph.D. students at the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Calabria (Italy). From 2014, Basile is Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Processes.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Institute of Membrane Technology, Italian National Research Council, ITM-CNR, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

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Alfredo Cassano

Alfredo Cassano, a Biologist, is senior Researcher at ITM-CNR since 2000. He has a long experience in the field of membrane science and technology with research expertise including pressure-driven membrane processes, membrane contactors and integrated membrane operations mainly applied to wastewater treatments and agro-food productions. Cassano also prepared 4 special issues on membrane science and technology for 3 international journals (Membranes, Foods and Journal of Membrane Science and Research). He is involved as scientific responsible or main investigator in different national projects with both Italian Ministry of Education, University & Research and private companies and international projects funded by EU. He has been tutoring of 28 Thesis for master and Ph.D. students at ITM-CNR.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Institute on Membrane Technology of the Italian National Research Council, ITM-CNR, University of Calbria, Rende, Italy

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Parvin Kiani

Parvin Kiani is a research associate at Shiraz University. She graduated in chemical engineering from Shiraz University. Her research has focused on gas separation, clean energy, and catalyst synthesis. In the clean energy field, she has worked experimentally on dry methane reforming processes for hydrogen production from methane. She has also synthesized novel catalysts for this process which are tested for the first time. Recently, she has written various book chapters for famous publishers such as Elsevier and the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

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