Design and Mechanism of Wastewater Treatment Systems
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 359
Special Issue Editors
Interests: catalyst design; water purification; degradation; mechanism; toxicity evaluation; simulation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the increasing development of economy and society, the problem of water pollution is becoming more and more serious; in particular, the presence of antibiotics in water has become a ubiquitous and global concern. Water pollution poses a potential threat to the ecological environment and human health, so the water purification is becoming increasingly urgent and has attracted the attention of many researchers. To achieve efficient degradation of organic pollutants in water, a series of new materials and new methods have been developed in recent years. Piezoelectric catalysis is a new, emerging water treatment technology, which depends on the charge energy of the carrier or its separation efficiency. The piezoelectric potential induced by strain or stress will generate a huge electric field, which further promotes the formation of active radicals, so as to achieve the efficient degradation of pollutants in water. Piezoelectric catalysis can effectively utilize wind energy, solar energy, water flow energy, etc., and has the advantages of no chemical addition, low energy consumption, and dark room operation, for which it has attracted the attention of researchers and has great application potential.
This Special Issue on "Design and mechanism of wastewater degradation systems" aims to present new advances in the development and application of wastewater treatment technologies to address the long-standing challenges of water pollution. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Design of inorganic catalytic materials with high activity, reaction mechanism, and toxicity assessment;
- New development direction of sewage treatment;
- Development of models or simulations for building water treatment process systems;
- Simulation techniques, software, algorithms or other modeling and simulation tools.
Thanks and I hope you consider participating in this Special Issue.
Dr. Fanqing Meng
Dr. Shuli Yin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- catalyst design
- water purification
- degradation
- mechanism
- toxicity evaluation
- piezocatalysis
- model
- simulation
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