Green Materials for Energy, Products and Depollution

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lichtfouse, Eric. (Editor), Schwarzbauer, Jan. (Editor), Robert, Didier. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 3
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Computer engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Climatic changes.; Environmental chemistry.; Environmental pollution.; Environment.; Environmental Chemistry.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Climate Change.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Electrical Engineering.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6836-9

Using renewable fuels and materials, drinking clean water and food, and breathing safe air are major issues for a sustainable world. This book reviews biodiesel production from microalgae, a promising energy source that does not compete with food production. Several advanced techniques to clean poll...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Biodiesel from microalgal oil extraction
• 2 . Electrochemistry and water pollution
• 3. Heterogeneous photocatalysis for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
• 4. Water depollution using ferrites photocatalysts
• 5. Bioindicators of toxic metals
• 6. Natural dyes and antimicrobials for textiles
• 7. Surfactants in agriculture
• 8. Cheap materials to clean heavy metal polluted waters
• 9. Water quality monitoring by aquatic bryophytes
• 10. Halogenated PAH contamination in urban soils.