Application of Radiation in Wastewater Treatment
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 358
Special Issue Editors
Interests: radiation technologies; radiomicrobiology; radiation effects; environmental virology; indoor air quality
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: radiation technologies; radiation chemistry; analytical chemistry; chromatographic analysis; mass spectrometry; biochemical analysis; reaction mechanisms; food preservation; wastewater treatment; waste and wastewater valorization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the proliferation of the human population, urbanization and industrialization, the problems associated with wastewater disposal have become an inevitable issue. The conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) seem to present inefficient processes in the treatment of contaminated wastewaters, making the development of emerging technologies, such as ionizing radiation, essential to overcoming this need. The application of this innovative technology could contribute to a reduction in the negative impact of these discharges on the environment.
This Special Issue aims to present recent advances in the research and applications of ionizing radiation in treating municipal and industrial wastewaters, alone or in combination with other processes. Among other topics, we welcome the submission of papers that address the optimized treatment conditions/methodologies employed for the degradation of pollutants and their reaction mechanisms, kinetic modelling, the inactivation of microorganisms, and toxicity assessment and economic evaluation, involving experimental and pilot-scale applications.
In this context, we welcome the submission of original, communication and review articles addressing the feasibility and sustainability of this technology.
Dr. Sandra Cabo Verde
Dr. Joana Madureira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wastewater treatment
- ionizing radiation
- wastewater management
- bioremediation
- water radiolysis
- radiolytic degradation
- inactivation of microorganisms
