Mahish P. Biosorbents. Diversity, Bioprocessing, and Applications 2024

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This book focuses on the biologically derived adsorbent with numerous applications in wastewater treatment, metal recovery, biosensor development, and so forth. It initiates with the description of biological sources of biosorbents followed by applications of biosorbents, biosorption isotherms, assessment of biosorbents with various tools, pretreatment of biosorbents, and its mode of action. Some less explored areas like separation of radionuclides, biosorption of volatile organic compounds, and animal-based biosorbents are also explained.
Features:
Focuses on fundamentals, characteristics of flora and fauna-mediated biosorbents used extensively.
Describes entire aspects of tools and techniques related to assessment and monitoring of biosorbents.
Includes adsorption kinetics, adsorption isotherm, and mechanism of action of biosorbents.
Covers advancements in pretreatment methods to enhance the adsorption process of biosorbents.
Reviews recent applications which include heavy metal removal, dye remediation, and separation of radionuclides and nano-biosorbents.
This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in bioprocess engineering, microbiology, and biotechnology.
Editors
List of Contributors
Introduction and Characteristics of Biosorbents
Bacterial and Fungal Biosorbents
Mushroom Biosorbent
Algal and Plant Biosorbents
Animal-Based Biosorbents
Biosorbents Mechanism of Action
Adsorption Kinetics and Isotherms
Pretreatment Methods of Biosorbents
Pretreatment of Aspergillus Mycelium for the Enhancement of Lead Biosorption
Pretreatment of Spent Mushroom Substrate for the Enhancement of Biosorption capacity
Tools and Techniques Related to the Monitoring and Assessment of Biosorbents
Aqueous Removal of Heavy Metals Using Biosorbents
Application of Biosorbents in Dye Removal
Application of Biosorbents in Separation of Radionuclides
Biosorption of Volatile Organic Compounds
Nano-biosorbents and Their Applications in Electrochemical Sensing and Adsorptive Removal of Environmental Pollutants
Index