Advances in Wastewater Treatment: Adsorption Mechanism, Isotherms, Kinetics and Reusability

Dear Colleagues,

Water is an essential part of life, and its availability is very important for all living creatures. However, increased industrialization and the excessive use of toxic chemicals have caused severe water contamination problems. Globally, about 359 billion cubic metres of wastewater is produced each year. The wastewater must be treated before being discharged into a waterbody. Nowadays, there is a continuously increasing worldwide concern regarding the development of more effective techniques for wastewater treatment. Particularly, adsorption has long been considered to be a readily available technology for the treatment of wastewater due to its high efficiency, low cost, flexible design, ease of operation, and the possibility of reusing its adsorbent. During recent decades, great efforts have been devoted to the application of adsorption technology for water/wastewater treatment, which have achieved significant results in adsorption performances, models and mechanisms. However, the growing number of novel adsorbents and aqueous contaminants make adsorption processes more complicated with respect to adsorption mechanisms, isotherms and kinetics. Furthermore, the development of low-cost, highly efficient, and reusable adsorbents has led to the rapid growth of research interests in this field.

This Special Issue aims to provide selected contributions on the wastewater treatment process by adsorption technology using various adsorption processes. I warmly invite researchers to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that address adsorption mechanisms, isotherms, kinetics and reusability in wastewater treatment.

Dr. Wei Wei
Guest Editor

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