Thursday, March 27, 2014

Nanotechnology in Waste Water Treatment: A Review

CATEGORY: WASTEWATER TREATMENT
International Journal of ChemTech Research, Vol.5, No.5, pp 2303-2308, July-Sept 2013
Nanotechnology in Waste Water Treatment: A Review
Prachi (1), Pranjali Gautam (1), Deepa Madathil (1), A. N. Brijesh Nair (2)
prachi.11sep@gmail.com
1 School of Bio Sciences and Technology, 2School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India – 632014
Abstract:
Nanoparticles have a great potential to be used in waste water treatment. Its unique characteristic of having high surface area can be used efficiently for removing toxic metal ions, disease causing microbes, organic and inorganic solutes from water. Various classes of nanomaterials are also proved to be efficient for water treatment like metal-containing nanoparticles, carbonaceous nanomaterials, zeolites and dendrimers. The paper reviews recent advances on different nanomaterials (nanostructured catalytic membranes, nanosorbents, nanocatalysts, bioactive nanoparticles, biomimetic membrane and molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs)) with their application in waste water treatment. Nanotechnology has lead to various efficient ways for treatment of waste water in a more precise and accurate way on both small and large scale.
Since water treatment by using nanoparticles has high technology demand, its usage cost should be managed according to existing competition in market (Crane et al., 2012)1. There are various recent advances on different nanomaterials (nanostructured catalytic membranes, nanosorbents, nanocatalysts, bioactive nanoparticles, biomimetic membrane and molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs)) for removing toxic metal ions, disease causing microbes, organic and inorganic solutes from water.
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