Concept of Zero Liquid Discharge: Innovations and Advances for Sustainable Wastewater Management

Concept of Zero Liquid Discharge: Innovations and Advances for Sustainable Wastewater Management provides fundamental and in-depth knowledge on the need for ZLD and conventional and modern technologies, along with the various strategies available to achieve ZLD. The book covers various wastewater treatment technologies that lead to ZLD, integrated wastewater treatment approaches, challenges faced by industries in meeting ZLD goals, and solutions leading to cleaner technologies. In addition, it presents the state-of-the-art technologies and multidisciplinary research underway in the field to address existing challenges and provide future directions.

This will be an important reference for postgraduate students in environmental science and engineering as well as high-level researchers, professors, experts and engineers who conduct research and practices in the area of zero liquid discharge (ZLD) approaches, sustainable wastewater management and related fields.

• Presents the latest knowledge on the need, goals, benefits and consequences of adoption of ZLD for industries, the environment and the public
• Provides information on the modern tools needed to address ZLD challenges, along with modern and novel technologies available for ZLD systems and recent research in the field
• Includes global case studies and real-life examples on how this method has been effectively implemented

Vidya Shetty Kodialbail, PhD is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Karnataka , Surathkal, India . Her research interests are in synthesis of nanostructures for water, wastewater treatment and providing biotechnology and nanotechnology based solutions to pollution control. She has authored several research/review papers in peer reviewed journals and book chapters.

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD, is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 200 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with several reputable publishers including Elsevier.