Electrochemical Water Treatment Methods

Mika Sillanpää is a professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research centers on chemical treatment in environmental engineering, environmental monitoring, and resource recovery from waste streams.Sillanpää received his M.Sc. (Eng.) and D.Sc. (Eng.) degrees from the Aalto University where he also completed an MBA degree in 2013. Since 2000, he has been a full professor/adjunct professor at the University of Oulu, the University of Eastern Finland, the LUT University, the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Johannesburg.He has received numerous awards for research and innovation. He is the first Laureate of Scientific Committee on the Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)’s Young Investigator Award, which was delivered at the UNESCO Conference in Shanghai 2010 for his “significant contributions, outstanding achievements and research leadership in Environmental Technological Innovations to address present water pollution problems worldwide, especially with regard to wastewater treatment and reuse”. In 2011, he was invited to act as a Principal Scientific Reviewer in the GEO-5 report of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). In 2012, he received Tapani Järvinen Environmental Technology Award and Publication Award of the Lappeenranta University of Technology. In 2014, he received the Science Award of the Lappeenranta University of Technology and Pro Mikkeli Award. In 2018, he was invited as a Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters and Technology Academy of Finland. He also received Literature award from the Water Association of Finland in 2018. Dr. Marina Shestakova received a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the High School of Technology and Energy, Russia. After that, Dr. Shestakova continued her studies in Finland and received an MSc (Technol.) in Bioenergy Technology in 2010. In 2012, she began her PhD studies under the supervision of Prof. Sillanpää at the Lappeenranta University of Technology. She received her DSc degree in Green Chemical Technology in 2016. Dr. Shestakova has also conducted research work at the University of Alicante (Spain) and Coventry University (UK). Currently Dr. Shestakova works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Lappeenranta University of Technology. Her areas of interest include water treatment, environmental engineering, environmental remediation, renewable energy, nanocomposites, and nanomaterials

• 1. Introduction1.1 Classification of Pollutants and Water Treatment Methods1.2 Fundamentals of Electrochemical Processes in Water Treatment1.3 Summary2. Electrochemical Water Treatment Methods2.1 Electrochemical Oxidation (Including Electrodisinfection2.2 Electrochemical Reduction2.3 Electrocoagulation2.4 Electroflotation2.5 Electrodialysis2.6 Summary3. Emerging and Combined Electrochemical Methods3.1 Electrodeionization3.2 Capacitive Deionization3.3 Electro-Fenton Methods3.4 Microbial Fuel Cells3.5 Photoelectrocatalysis3.6 Sonoelectrocatalysis3.7 Summary4. Equipment for Electrochemical Water Treatment4.1 Electrochemical Reactors4.2 Technological Solutions and Equipment Used in Electrocoagulation Process4.3 Electroflotation Reactor 4.4 Examples of the Use of Electrochemical Water Treatment Methods in Practice4.5 Summary