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Advances in Pollution Control and Fuel Production from Water

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2023) | Viewed by 1597

Special Issue Editors

College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310000, China
Interests: water treatment; advanced oxidation processes; ozonation; electrocatalysis
School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Interests: advanced oxidation processes; ozonation; refractory organics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Water pollution control technologies have significantly improved the quality of the water environment, driving water resources to be used and developed more efficiently and rationally. However, with the simultaneous increase in energy demand in recent decades, more energy-saving schemes for water treatment need to be proposed. During the water treatment processes, substances other than water are usually considered as pollutants which require energy for removal. If we transform these unsatisfactory pollutants into fuel, energy, or energy carriers, water purification and energy production can be achieved simultaneously. Therefore, this Special Issue intends to present efficient water treatment technologies and fuel production processes in water treatment from theory, design, and experiment to their practical use.

Areas relevant to water treatment technologies and fuel production in water include, but are not limited to, water treatment technologies, new materials for water treatment, new reactors and equipment for water treatment, energy and fuel production technologies in water, and new materials for energy production. The objects of water treatment include drinking water, wastewater, groundwater, reuse water, etc. Energy and fuel processes include, but are not limited to, hydrogen, methane, formic acid, and other carbon dioxide reduction products.

Dr. Da Wang
Dr. Yang Song
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • water treatment
  • pollutant control
  • drinking water
  • wastewater
  • emerging contaminants
  • advanced materials
  • energy production
  • H2 production
  • water splitting
  • CO2 reduction

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Characteristic Analysis on Temporal Evolution of Granulation in a Modified Anaerobic Digestion System
by Shengnan Li, Kai He, Ni Gao and Jun Nan
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(23), 12127; https://doi.org/10.3390/app122312127 - 27 Nov 2022
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Abstract
In the present study, the surface morphology, particle size distribution, sedimentation performance, and fractal characteristics of sludge flocs in a modified anaerobic baffled reactor (mABR) during start-up were analyzed by digital image analysis technology. The results showed that the special structure of mABR [...] Read more.
In the present study, the surface morphology, particle size distribution, sedimentation performance, and fractal characteristics of sludge flocs in a modified anaerobic baffled reactor (mABR) during start-up were analyzed by digital image analysis technology. The results showed that the special structure of mABR enabled successful start-up and granular sludge formation in a relatively short time. After the granular sludge was mature, the COD removal rate could quickly recover to the level before the change in organic loading rates (OLRs) within just six days, increasing from the lowest value of 76.8% to 80.2%, which indicated that the granular sludge could maintain a relatively stable micro-environment and make the metabolic process continue when the influent conditions changed suddenly. It was expected that this paper would be helpful for researchers to further develop a unified theory for anaerobic granulation and technology for expediting the formation of mABR granules. Full article
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