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Catalytic Remediation for Industrial Wastes
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Catalytic Remediation for Industrial Wastes

A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Catalysis".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 19279

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Dr. Lucyna Bilińska

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Textile Company Bilinski, Mickiewicza 29, 95-050 Konstantynow Lodzki
Interests: industrial wastewater treatment; advanced oxidation; catalytic ozonation; electroprocesses; coagulation; textile engineering; chemical processing of textiles; industrial implementations
Prof. Dr. Marta Gmurek

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Faculty of Process & Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 213, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
Interests: water and wastewater treatment; advanced oxidation processes; application of advanced oxidation processes for the purification of real textile wastewater; the reuse of treated textile wastewater; antibiotic resistance; nanomaterials
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Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Ruppert

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Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego Street 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
Interests: catalysis; lignocellulosic biomass valorization; production of biofuels and platform molecules; hydrogen; nanomaterials; sustainable chemistry; bulk and surface characterization of nanomaterials
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

A wide range of catalytic processes gives us a chance for more effective industrial waste remediation. Industrial processing of goods is a factor which determines our lifestyle as human beings. The increasing depletion of natural resources and environmental pollution due to industrial activity, which results in a permanent climate change, has become an irrefutable fact. As long as industrial impurities are commonly found in air, water, and soil, there is a field for us, specialists and scientists, to act by giving precise solutions toward efficient industrial waste reduction.

This Special Issue aims to highlight recent trends in catalytic remediation for pollutants of industrial and human-made origins which can be found in the environment, including micropollutants and microplastics. The catalytic processing of industrial byproducts into value-added energetic substrates is also in scope. Research and review studies on the development of novel catalysts, catalytic treatments, process optimization, development in reactors, equipment, and the use of catalytic processes in multistep treatments are welcomed. The topic also covers industrial implementations in the remediation of solid waste, industrial or municipal wastewater or catalyst-based indoor air purification systems.

Dr. Lucyna Bilinska
Prof. Dr. Marta Gmurek
Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Ruppert
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Keywords

  • Industrial wastes treatment
  • Human-made pollutants treatment in water, air, and soil
  • Micropollutants
  • Microplastic
  • Remediated products of added value
  • Novel catalysts for waste remediation
  • Catalyst characterization
  • Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis and photocatalysis
  • catalytic and photocatalytic ozonation
  • catalytic AOPs
  • electro-processes
  • visible light application
  • enhanced mineralization

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Photocatalytic Porous Silica-Based Granular Media for Organic Pollutant Degradation in Industrial Waste-Streams
by Hannah M. McIntyre and Megan L. Hart
Catalysts 2021, 11(2), 258; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11020258 - 15 Feb 2021
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Photocatalytic treatment of organic contaminants in industrial wastewaters has gained interest due to their potential for effective degradation. However, photocatalytic slurry reactors are hindered by solution turbidity, dissolved salt content, and absorbance of light. Research presented here introduces the development and application of [...] Read more.
Photocatalytic treatment of organic contaminants in industrial wastewaters has gained interest due to their potential for effective degradation. However, photocatalytic slurry reactors are hindered by solution turbidity, dissolved salt content, and absorbance of light. Research presented here introduces the development and application of a novel, photocatalytic, porous silica-based granular media (SGM). SGM retains the cross-linked structure developed during synthesis through a combination of foaming agent addition and activation temperature. The resultant media has a high porosity of 88%, with a specific surface area of ~150 m2/gram. Photocatalytic capabilities are further enhanced as the resultant structure fixes the photocatalyst within the translucent matrix. SGM is capable of photocatalysis combined with diffusion of nucleophiles, electrophiles, and salts from pore space. The photocatalytic efficiencies of SGM at various silica contents were quantified in batch reactors using methylene blue destruction over time and cycles. Methylene blue concentrations of 10 mg/L were effectively degraded (>90%) within 40 min. This effectiveness was retained over multiple cycles and various methylene blue concentrations. SGM is a passive and cost-effective granular treatment system technology which can translate to other organic contaminants and industrial processes. Full article
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Catalytic Pyrolysis as a Technology to Dispose of Herbal Medicine Waste
by Younghyun Lee, Soosan Kim, Jisu Kim, Gwy-Am Shin, Chang-Gu Lee, Seungho Jung and Jechan Lee
Catalysts 2020, 10(8), 826; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10080826 - 23 Jul 2020
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The use of herbal medicine has increased tremendously over the last decades, generating a considerable amount of herbal medicine waste. Pyrolysis is a promising option to dispose of biomass and organic waste such as herbal medicine waste. Herein, an activated carbon-supported Pt catalyst [...] Read more.
The use of herbal medicine has increased tremendously over the last decades, generating a considerable amount of herbal medicine waste. Pyrolysis is a promising option to dispose of biomass and organic waste such as herbal medicine waste. Herein, an activated carbon-supported Pt catalyst (Pt/AC) and carbon dioxide (CO2) were applied to the pyrolysis of real herbal medicine waste to develop a thermal disposal method to prevent the formation of benzene derivatives that are harmful to the environment and human health. When using the Pt/AC catalyst in the pyrolysis of the herbal medicine waste at 500 °C, the generation of benzyl species was suppressed. This was likely because the Pt catalytic sites accelerate a free radical mechanism that is dominant in the thermal cracking of carbonaceous substances. However, the employment of CO2 (instead of typically used N2) as a pyrolysis medium for the herbal medicine waste pyrolysis did not decrease the concentrations of benzyl compounds contained in the pyrolytic products of the herbal medicine waste. This study might help develop a method to thermally dispose of agricultural biowaste, preventing the formation of harmful chemicals to the environment and human beings. Full article
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A CeO2 Semiconductor as a Photocatalytic and Photoelectrocatalytic Material for the Remediation of Pollutants in Industrial Wastewater: A Review
by Elzbieta Kusmierek
Catalysts 2020, 10(12), 1435; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10121435 - 8 Dec 2020
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The direct discharge of industrial wastewater into the environment results in serious contamination. Photocatalytic treatment with the application of sunlight and its enhancement by coupling with electrocatalytic degradation offers an inexpensive and green technology enabling the total removal of refractory pollutants such as [...] Read more.
The direct discharge of industrial wastewater into the environment results in serious contamination. Photocatalytic treatment with the application of sunlight and its enhancement by coupling with electrocatalytic degradation offers an inexpensive and green technology enabling the total removal of refractory pollutants such as surfactants, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, textile dyes, and heavy metals, from industrial wastewater. Among metal oxide—semiconductors, cerium dioxide (CeO2) is one of the photocatalysts most commonly applied in pollutant degradation. CeO2 exhibits promising photocatalytic activity. Nonetheless, the position of conduction bands (CB) and valence bands (VB) in CeO2 limits its application as an efficient photocatalyst utilizing solar energy. Its photocatalytic activity in wastewater treatment can be improved by various modification techniques, including changes in morphology, doping with metal cation dopants and non-metal dopants, coupling with other semiconductors, and combining it with carbon supporting materials. This paper presents a general overview of CeO2 application as a single or composite photocatalyst in the treatment of various pollutants. The photocatalytic characteristics of CeO2 and its composites are described. The main photocatalytic reactions with the participation of CeO2 under UV and VIS irradiation are presented. This review summarizes the existing knowledge, with a particular focus on the main experimental conditions employed in the photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic degradation of various pollutants with the application of CeO2 as a single and composite photocatalyst. Full article
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