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This book features the reduction and removal of selenium in wastewater via bioremediation. Arranged over five chapters, this book provides information regarding the interaction between micro-organisms and selenium, and it also explains the biogeochemistry of selenium in engineered ecosystems designed for wastewater treatment. The analytical approaches currently adopted by the scientific community are also described and discussed. Readers will find examples of the biological treatment of selenium contaminated wastewater, and discover a concise overview of selenium removal processes that are currently implemented at lab-scale as well as at industrial scale.
List of contents
Bacterial metabolism of selenium - for survival or profit.- Understanding selenium biogeochemistry in engineered ecosystems: Transformation and analytical methods.- Bioprocess approaches for the removal of selenium from industrial waste and wastewater by Pseudomonas stutzeri NT-I.- Industrial selenium pollution: sources and biological treatment technologies.- Industrial selenium pollution: wastewaters and physical-chemical treatment technologies.
About the author
Dr. Eric D. van Hullebusch is a Hab. Associate Professor in Biogeochemistry based in the Universite Paris--‐Est, France. Dr. Van Hullebusch has published almost 120 peer-reviewed articles and three book chapters. As well as being an invited guest speaker at several conferences, he has also published numerous proceedings.
Summary
Handles a topical and important environmental issueWritten by a well known expertContains sustainable waste remediation information useful to practitioners and policy makers
