Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Research Developments presents a rigorous examination of contemporary advancements in industrial wastewater management and treatment technologies. As the second volume in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, this book offers an in-depth analysis of pioneering research, from laboratory-scale innovations to full-scale industrial applications. It explores encapsulated microorganisms for hazardous wastewater treatment, neural network-driven soft sensors, bio-inspired polymers, and sustainable alternatives for waste utilization in construction and industrial processes. Addressing emerging analytical methodologies and novel treatment strategies, including computational fluid dynamics modeling and advanced electrochemical and biological treatment techniques, this book serves as an essential resource for researchers, engineers, and environmental professionals striving to advance sustainable industrial practices.
This book
• investigates cutting‑edge research on wastewater treatment, from lab‑scale innovations to industrial applications.
• highlights novel methodologies such as encapsulated microorganisms, bio‑inspired polymers, and neural network‑driven soft sensors.
• examines advanced analytical and modeling techniques, including computational fluid dynamics and electrochemical treatments.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Editors
List of Contributors
1. Preparation and Applications of Encapsulated Microorganisms for Hazardous Wastewater Treatment
Ulises García-Cruz, Sergio Valdivia-Rivera, Neith Pacheco, and Yung-Tse Hung
2. Neural Networks-Driven Soft-Sensors with Applications in Wastewater Treatment Yiqi Liu, Gang Fang, Longhua Yuan, Kaqi Li, and Yung-Tse Hung
3. Utilization of Waste in Construction – Potential and Barriers,
Zdeněk Dufek, Jakub Hodul , Jindřich Melichar, Rostislav Drochytka, and Yung-Tse Hung
4. Bio-Inspired Polymers as Organic Electrodes for Fuel CellsMohamed Aboughaly and Yung-Tse Hung
5. Environment-Friendly Cementless Concretes from Hazardous Metallurgical Wastes
Vsevolod Mymrin, Kirill Alekseev, Monica A. Avanci, and Yung-Tse Hung
6. Synthetic Calcium Sulfates from Industrial Wastes
Maksim Kamarou, Valentin Romanovski, Abayomi Adewale Akinwande, and Yung-Tse Hung
7. Post-Treatment of UASB Reactor Effluent by Conventional Techniques and Rapid Sand Filtration
Cleber Pinto da Silva, Sandro Xavier de Campos, and Yung-Tse Hung.
8. Electrochemical Treatment of Food Wastewaters,
Yung-Tse Hung, Callie Jakuszeit, Howard H. Paul, and Christopher R. Huhnke
9. Soft Drink Waste Treatment,
J. Paul Chen, Swee-Song Seng, Yung-Tse Hung, Kaizhou Huang, and Xiao Liu
10. Determination of Soluble Humic Substances (Humic Acid, Fulvic Acid and Salts) in Water By UV-Visible Spectrophotometry
Mu-Hao Sung Wang, Lawrence K. Wang, Betty C. Wu, and Gung-Yun Hu
11. Ozone Residual Determination or Total Oxidant Determination by Iodometric Titration-Assisted Spectrophotometry
Mu-Hao Sung Wang and Lawrence K. Wang
12. Oil and Grease Determination, Solvent Hazards, and Waste Disposal When Using Trichloromethane (Chloroform) for Extraction
Lawrence K. Wang, Mu-Hao Sung Wang, Hamidi Abdul Aziz, and Fatehah Mohd Omar
13. Hydrogen Production from Food Processing Wastewater
Yung-Tse Hung, Haneen Yehya, Howard H. Lo, Howard H. Paul, Christopher R. Huhnke, Lawrence K Wang, and Mu-Hao Sung Wang
14. Treatment of Tomato Processing Waste
Yung-Tse Hung, Chaya Wilks, Howard H. Paul, and Christopher R. Huhnke
15. Alternative Sterilization Methods
Lawrence K. Wang, Mu-Hao Sung Wang, Aimee E. Thayer, and Yuriy I. Pankivskyi
16. Prediction of Flow Field and Oxygen Utilization Rate (OUR) In Orbal Biological System (OBS) Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Noor Aida Saad, Mohd Remy Rozainy Mohd Arif Zainol, Mohammad Zuber, Muhammad Khairi Bin A.Wahab, Purany Kalimuthu, Junaidah Binti Abdullah, Muhamad Syafiq Bin Abd Rahim, and Hamidi Abdul Aziz
About the Author :
Lawrence K. Wang has served the society as a professor, inventor, chief engineer, chief editor, and public servant (UN, USEPA, New York State) for 50+ years, with experience in the field of environmental science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). He is a licensed Professional Engineer, a certified Laboratory Director, a licensed Water Operator, and an OSHA Hazardous Waste Management Instructor. He has expertise in developing various innovative technologies, educational programs, licensing courses, international projects, and humanitarian organizations, all for promoting world peace. He is a retired Acting President/Professor of the Lenox Institute of Water Technology, USA; a Senior Advisor of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria; and a former Professor/Visiting Professor of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Illinois, National Cheng Kung University, Zhejiang University, and Tongji University. He is the author of 750+ papers and 50+ books and is credited with 29 invention patents. He holds a BSCE from National Cheng‑Kung University, Taiwan, ROC; an MSCE from the University of Missouri‑Rolla; an MS from the University of Rhode Island; and a PhD from Rutgers University, USA. Currently, he is the book series editor of CRC Press. He has been a Delegate of the People to People International Foundation, a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, a member of ASCE, AIChE, ASPE, WEF, AWWA, CIE, and OCEESA, and a recipient of Water Environment Federation Kenneth Research Award (NY), Five‑Star Innovative Engineering Award (first dissolved air flotation drinking water plant in Americas), Ukraine Humanity Service Award (UNIDO Service to Ukraine), Korean Pollution Control Association Award (transfer of flotation technology to South Korea), and Overseas Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association Medal of Honor.
Mu‑Hao Sung Wang has been an engineer of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, an editor of CRC Press, Springer Nature Switzerland, and Lenox Institute Press, and a university professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology, National Cheng‑Kung University, and the Lenox Institute of Water Technology. Totally, she has been a government official and an educator in the USA and Taiwan for over 50 years. Dr. Wang is a licensed Professional Engineer, and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE). Her publications have been in the areas of water quality, modeling, environmental sustainability, solid and hazardous waste management, NPDES, flotation technology, industrial waste treatment, and analytical methods. She is the author of over 50 publications and an inventor of 14 US and foreign patents. She holds a BSCE degree from National Cheng‑Kung University, Taiwan, ROC; an MS degree from the University of Rhode Island, RI, USA; and a PhD degree from Rutgers University, NJ, USA. She is the Coeditor of the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press) and a member of AWWA, NYWWA, NEWWA, WEF, NEWEA, CIE, and OCEESA.
Yung‑Tse Hung served as Professor of Civil Engineering at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, since 1981 until his retirement in 2024. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a licensed Professional Engineer in Ohio and North Dakota, and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. He has taught at 16 universities in 8 countries. His research interests and publications have been involved with biological treatment processes, solid wastes, hazardous waste management, and industrial waste treatment. He is credited with over 811 publications and presentations, 40 books, 242 book chapters, and approximately 198 peer‑reviewed journal articles in water and wastewater treatment. He received his BSCE and MSCE degrees from National Cheng‑Kung University, Taiwan, ROC, and his PhD degree from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the Editor‑in‑Chief of International Journal of Environmental Pollution Control and Management, International Journal of Environmental Engineering, and International Journal of Environmental Engineering Science, and the Coeditor of the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press). He is also the Permanent Executive Director and the Ex‑President of OCEESA (Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association).
