Advanced Oxidation Process-based Integrated and Hybrid Technologies for Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products

Advanced Oxidation Process-based Integrated and Hybrid Technologies for Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products addresses PPCP removal from wastewater by the recent application of AOP-based hybrid techniques. Technological advancement of AOPs and AOP-based hybrid methods are discussed and will highlight the perspectives on fundamental and technological advancements in AOP and AOP-based hybrid methods for PPCPs removal from wastewater. A detailed cost analysis of different AOP-based hybrid techniques is examined to help readers formulate guidelines to transform the wastewater treatment process from lab scale to pilot/industrial scale.

• Covers the application of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and AOP-based integrated and hybrid methods for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) degradation and removal from wastewater
• Discusses cost estimation and energy consumption of individual and integrated treatments
• Considers the AOP-based integrated and hybrid treatments toward the sustainable zero-liquid discharge

Dr. Amit K. Thakur received his B. Tech (Chemical Engineering) from Birsa Institute of Technology, Sindri, Dhanbad, India, M. Tech (Chemical Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, and Ph. D (Chemical Engineering) from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India. He has total 12 years of teaching and research experience. He has published more than 25 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and participated in many conferences, workshops, and training programs. He has 1 patent granted by the government of India. He is reviewer of many journals such as, Separation science and Technology, Powder Technology, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Particuology, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, etc. His research interest includes Advanced oxidation process, Pharmaceuticals, and personal care products (PPCPs) degradation, multi-scale modeling & optimization and Pharmaceutical Crystallization. He has published several chapters with Springer, Elsevier and Nova Science, USA, edited books.

Dr. Rahul Kumar received his B. Tech (Chemical Engineering) from Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jhansi, India, M. Tech (Chemical Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, and Ph. D (Chemical Engineering) from Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology, Guna, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has total 12 years of teaching and research experience. He has published more than 20 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and participated in many conferences, workshops, and training programs. His research interest includes Environmental science, pharmaceutical degradation, multi-scale modeling & optimization and Pharmaceutical Crystallization. He has published many chapters with Springer Nature.

Dr. Nadeem A Khan is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at King Khalid University, Abha,
Saudi Arabia. He worked at Mewat Engineering College as an Assistant Professor from August 1, 2012, to February 23, 2022. He has submitted
his Ph.D. from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He also acted as Academic Coordinator of the Civil Engineering department from 2014 to 2017. He is an editorial board member of Nature Journal - Scientific Reports (IF=4.3) and a special issue editor of Springer Journal on Discover Water. His recent accomplishments included 15 Coursera course completion certificates. LWT India and GECL awarded them the Best Young Scientist Award (Male) for their Scientific contribution to Environmental Engineering. He has also served as an external examiner and paper setter at Integral University, Lucknow, and Dehradun Technical University since 2013. Has got his M. Tech. (Civil Engineering) in 2011, and received Honors in Environmental Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University. Mr. Khan was associated with the Ministry of Environment and Forest for two years as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in 2009-11 and also worked with UNICEF as a Research Assistant (RA) on the topic ofGIS mapping andWater quality parameter estimation, including monitoring of the Agra Region for six months in 2012. He has professional experience at DLFLaing’s Rourke India Ltd as a Construction Engineer on an SEZ project in Gurgaon from 2008 to 2009. He qualified for the GATE examinations in 2010. His industry activity areas were post-contract works, reconciliation, planning, and budgeting. His one chapter about SBR wastewater treatment technology was recently published in Lenin Publication. He has attended several conferences, workshops, seminars, and research projects, and has engaged in various research endeavors. He has published 03 Books with International Publishers, 55 papers in SCI, and 15 in National journals. He has also published more than 10 patents in Civil Engineering and water treatment. He is also active in social welfare activities. He is the Joint Secretary of the Environmental Awareness Society, Environsense, which organizes over 25 events.

Dr. Afzal Husain Khan works in the Civil and Architectural Engineering Department at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, and B.E. and M. Tech degrees from the Aligarh Muslim University, India. He is an academic editor of PLOS ONE, Advances in Civil Engineering (Wiley), Associate Editor in TEIEE, and Guest Editor in Elsevier/Springer/Frontiers journals. He has been involved in many funded projects under the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) in Saudi Arabia. He has 90+ peer-reviewed publications (h-index >30; >3000+ citations), 4 books (edited), 6 patents, and 5 book chapters to his credit.

Dr. Ravi Shankar received his B. Tech (Chemical Engineering) from Birsa Institute of Technology, Sindri, Dhanbad, India, M. Tech (Chemical Engineering) and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India. He has total 09 years of teaching, research, and industrial experience. He has published more than 35 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals. Presently he is supervising 07 Ph.D. students from different disciplines. His current research is related to Advanced Oxidation Process (Electrocoagulation), Microbial Fuel Cell, Heat Transfer, and Biofuel. He has published more than 10 book chapters in Springer, Elsevier and Nova Science, USA, edited books.