Multidisciplinary Advances in Efficient Separation Processes

Colloidal and interfacial separation processes factor heavily in key industrial applications, but they are energy- and water-intensive. Making these processes more efficient requires advancing our understanding of basic colloidal and interfacial phenomena. This work explores recent advances in separation methods, including those based on liquids, membranes, adsorption, ion exchange, microbiology, agricultural byproducts, and electrochemistry.

Multidisciplinary Advances in Efficient Separation Processes explores new developments in wastewater treatment, managing micropollutants and microplastics, extraction of rare-earth elements and heavy metals, water desalination, and oil spill remediation. These methods are increasingly important for addressing challenges in providing potable water supplies, recovering and recycling valuable metals and minerals, and pollution prevention and mitigation.

Irina Chernyshova holds a joint position as a Professor in the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, and a staff scientist in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University, New York. She graduated from
Saint Petersburg State University, Russia, and held an Associate Professor position at Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia. Her research aims to innovate separation and electrocatalytic technologies based on a better understanding of the colloid and surface science and
electrochemistry of the underlying interfacial processes. She is the author of Handbook of Infrared Spectroscopy of Ultrathin Films, six book chapters, and more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Sathish Ponnurangam is Assistant Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary. He has a joint appointment with the Centre for Environmental Engineering Research & Education (CEERE). He received his doctoral degree from Columbia University working on the surface and
interfacial chemistry of engineered nanoparticles. His current research program focuses on (electro)catalysis for reduction reactions (CO2, N2), surface modification and interfacial chemistry (mineral extraction processes), and electrochemical water treatment methods.

Qingxia Liu's research is primarily concerned with how surface and intermolecular forces affect the dispersion and agglomeration of high solid slurries in various industrial processes such as froth flotation, filtration, dewatering, oil sands extraction, and tailing treatment, as well as
construction and building materials. He began his career in China, completing his MSc and PhD in Mineral Engineering at the China University of Mines, then came to Canada in 1993 to begin work on a PhD at McGill University in Montreal. Since then, he has worked for Teck-Cominco Research and USG. He
joined the University of Alberta faculty in 2009.

Preface

Membrane-Based Separation
Chapter 1. Advances in Membrane Materials and Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Zakhar Maletskyi
Chapter 2. Recent Advances in Gas Separation via Supported Liquid Membranes, Matthias M. Krejca
Chapter 3. Progress and Prospects in Membrane Technology for Oil/Water Separation, Yulan Chen and Qingxia Liu

Electrochemical Separation
Chapter 4. Progress in Capacitive Deionization for Desalination of Brackish Water: A Materials Perspective, Chengying Ai and Sathish Ponnurangam
Chapter 5. Selective Recovery of Critical and Toxic Elements from Their Low-Concentrated Solutions Using Surface-Based Electrochemical Separation Methods, Irina Chernyshova, Derrick Bakuska, and Sathish Ponnurangam
Chapter 6. Electrocoagulation Separation Processes, Nael Yasri, Jinguang Hu, Md. Golam Kibria, and Edward P. L. Roberts

Adsorption-Based Separation
Chapter 7. Meeting Tomorrow's Challenges in Particle Separation with Coagulation, Harsha Ratnaweera
Chapter 8. Lignin-Derived Hybrid Materials as Promising Adsorbents for the Separation of Pollutants, Shatabdi Paul, Sanjeev Kumar Bhardwaj, Ravneet Kaur, and Jayeeta Bhaumik

Separation Using Foams, Micelles, and Solvents
Chapter 9. Green Foam-Based Methods of Mineral and Ion Separation, Garima Jain, Hakon Havskjold, Priyanka Dhar, Helga Ertesvag, Irina Chernyshova, and Hanumantha Rao Kota
Chapter 10. Micelle-Based Separations of Small Organic Molecules, Proteins, Carbon Nanotubes, and Nanoparticles: Molecular Origin of Selectivity, Ramanathan Nagarajan
Chapter 11. Modeling Liquid-Liquid Extraction for Critical Elements Separations: An Overview, Chukwunwike O. Iloeje


Editors' Biographies
Author Index
Subject Index