Integrated and Hybrid Process Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment

Tackling the issue of water and wastewater treatment nowadays requires novel approaches to ensure that sustainable development can be achieved. Water and wastewater treatment should not be seen only as an end-of-pipe solution but instead the approach should be more holistic and lead to a more sustainable process. This requires the integration of various methods/processes to obtain the most optimized design.

Integrated and Hybrid Process Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment discusses the state-of-the-art development in integrated and hybrid treatment processes and their applications to the treatment of a vast variety of water and wastewater sources. The approaches taken in this book are categorized as (i) resources recovery and consumption, (ii) optimal performance, (iii) physical and environmental footprints, (iv) zero liquid discharge concept and are (v) regulation-driven. Through these categories, readers will see how such an approach could benefit the water and wastewater industry. Each chapter discusses challenges and prospects of an integrated treatment process in achieving sustainable development. This book serves as a platform to provide ideas and to bridge the gap between laboratory-scale research and practical industry application.

• Includes comprehensive coverage on integrated and hybrid technology for water and wastewater treatment
• Takes a new approach in looking at how water and wastewater treatment contributes to sustainable development
• Provides future direction of research in sustainable water and wastewater treatment

Abdul Wahab Mohammad is currently Professor in Membrane and Separation Technology at the Centre for Sustainable Process Technology (CESPRO), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He received his PhD from University of Wales Swansea in the area of nanofiltration membranes, and MSChE from Purdue University, USA and BSChE from Lehigh University, USA. His research interest is on membranes science and applications, wastewater treatment, water reuse and recycling, sustainable separation technology and engineering education. He has worked on research projects related to membrane technology and its application in water and wastewater treatment, desalination, biorefinery and food processing. He has published more than 250 journal papers with citation exceeding 8000 and h-index of 39. He is the co-editor of an Elsevier journal, Journal of Water Process Engineering which was launched in 2014. He was the co-recipient of 2008 Prince Sultan International Water Prize for his work on nanofiltration membranes and the recipient of the Malaysia Toray Foundation Science Award in 2015. Abdul Wahab is a registered Professional Engineer (PEng) in Malaysia and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) in United Kingdom. He was recently inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia.

Dr. Wei Lun Ang is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Sustainable Process Technology (CESPRO), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He received his Ph.D. in 2016 from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, where his doctoral research focused on integrated membrane desalination processes in collaboration with Qatar University and Swansea University. His expertise lies in membrane technology, hybrid water and wastewater treatment systems, nanotechnology applications, and sustainable resource recovery from wastes. Dr. Ang leads and participates in several international research projects, including grants supported by The Royal Society (UK) and the Qatar National Research Fund, and collaborates widely with academic and industry partners on sustainable water management. He has delivered invited talks at international institutions, including the University of Technology Sydney, and served as a visiting scholar at Swansea University. Dr. Ang has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, contributed to book chapters, and serves as a reviewer for leading journals in environmental and chemical engineering.