| The need for safe and potable water resources is critical to human civilization and economic development. This session examines various treatment technologies for treating water and wastewaters. The focus will be on new and innovative technologies, such as nano-based technologies, membrane processing, advanced oxidation processes, integrated treatment techniques, etc. This session will bring together knowledgeable speakers to discuss the progress made on issues pertaining to new and innovative water treatment techniques. Contributions dealing with the coupling of water and energy will also be considered. |
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Biological Treatment of Perchlorate by Autotrophic Organisms Attached to Zero-Valent Iron
Marc A. Deshusses1, Mark R. Matsumoto2 and Xueyuan Yu2, (1)Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Bourns Hall, Riverside, CA 92521, (2)Chemical and Environmental Eng., University of California, Riverside, Bourns Hall, Riverside, CA 92521 |
Combinative Sonophotochemical and Sonophotocatalytic Oxidation Processes for the Treatment of Pollutants in Water: an Overview and Future Research Needs
Yusuf G. Adewuyi, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, 1601 East Market Street, 326 McNair Hall, Greensboro, NC 27411 |
A New Benign Separation System: Hydrophilic Ionic Liquids-Glucose-Water
Yuhuan Chen, Suojiang Zhang and Yanqiang Zhang, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China |
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Liquid Phase Nitrate Reduction
Christoph Gruber, Marlene Fritz, Peter Letonja, Matthäus Siebenhofer and Rolf Marr, Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 25/C/II, Graz, A-8010, Austria |
Heavy Metals Removal from Wastewater by Magnetic Field-Magnetotactic Bacteria Technology
Huiping Song1, Xingang LI2, Jinsheng Sun2 and Yanhong Wang3, (1)School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, No.92 Weijin Road, Nankai district, Tianjin, 300072, China, (2)School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, National Engineering Research Center for Distillation Technology, Tianjin University,P.R. China, Tianjin, China, (3)National Engineering Research Center for Distillation Technology, Tianjin University,P.R. China, Tianjin, China |
The Prospect of Using Lng Regasification as a Heat Sink for Seawater Desalination
Salim M. Shaik1, Thomas H. Ooi1 and Pehkonen O. Simo2, (1)Process Science and Modeling, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, 1, Pesek Road, Jurong Island, Singapore 627883, Singapore, (2)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Block E5, 02-11, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117576, Singapore |
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