Front cover -- Half title -- Full title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 -- Evaluation of micro-pollutants removal from industrial wastewater using conventional and advanced biological t ... -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Types of micro-pollutants (MPs) in industrial wastewaters and their toxic health effects -- 1.2.1 Organic micro-pollutants -- 1.2.2 Inorganic micro-pollutants -- 1.3 Conventional biological treatment -- 1.3.1 Activated sludge process -- 1.3.2 Biological trickling filter
1.3.3 Biological passive aeration nitrification/denitrification reactor -- 1.4 Advanced biological treatment -- 1.4.1 Two-phase partitioning bioreactor -- 1.4.2 Membrane based reactor -- 1.4.3 Moving bed biofilm reactor -- 1.4.4 Cell-immobilized bioreactor -- 1.4.5 Hybrid methods -- 1.5 Pros and cons of biological treatment process on MPs removal over conventional ones -- 1.6 Future aspects of BWWTPs of large-scale MPs remediation -- 1.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Fate and occurrence of micro- and nano-plastic pollution in industrial wastewater -- 2.1 Introduction
2.2 Micro- and nano-plastics in the environment -- 2.3 Structural difference between micro- and nano-plastics -- 2.4 Characterisation of micro- and nano-plastics -- 2.5 Techniques used for characterization of micro- and nano-plastics from wastewater -- 2.5.1 Visual characterization -- 2.5.1.1 The size and color sorting (SCS) system -- 2.5.1.2 Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) -- 2.5.2 Vibrational spectroscopy -- 2.5.2.1 Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) -- 2.5.2.2 Raman spectroscopy -- 2.5.3 Mass spectrometry
2.5.3.1 Thermal desorption coupled with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (TDS-GC-MS) -- 2.5.3.2 Pyrolysis coupled with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (py-GC-MS) -- 2.6 Health hazards of microplastics and nanoplastics -- 2.6.1 Effects on terrestrial environment -- 2.6.2 Effects on aquatic environment -- 2.6.3 Major consequences on human health -- 2.7 Impact of micro- and nano-plastics in industrial wastewater -- 2.8 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Biosensors as an effective tool for detection of emerging water and wastewater pollutants
3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Conventional methods of pollutants' detection in wastewater -- 3.3 Biosensors -- 3.3.1 Optical biosensors -- 3.3.2 Electrochemical biosensors -- 3.3.3 Thermal biosensors -- 3.3.4 Enzymatic biosensors -- 3.3.5 Paper based biosensors -- 3.3.6 Other biosensors -- 3.3.6.1 Piezoelectric biosensors -- 3.3.6.2 Microfluidic biosensors -- 3.3.6.3 Immunochemical biosensors -- 3.4 Advantages of biosensors over conventional detection methods -- 3.5 Nanotechnology for biosensors -- 3.5.1 Nanophotocatalysis -- 3.5.2 Nanomotors and micromotors -- 3.5.3 Nanomembranes
