Control of Heavy Metals in the Environment, Volume 1

Lawrence K. Wang has served the society as a professor, inventor, chief engineer, chief editor, and public servant (UN, USEPA, New York State) for 50+ years, with experience in the entire field of environmental science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). He is a licensed Professional Engineer, a certified Laboratory Director, a licensed Water Operator, and an OSHA Hazardous Waste Management Instructor. He has special passion and expertise in developing various innovative technologies, educational programs, licensing courses, international projects, academic publications, and humanitarian organizations, all for his dream goal of promoting world peace. He is a retired Acting President/Professor of the Lenox Institute of Water Technology, USA; a Senior Advisor of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria; and a former Professor/Visiting Professor of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Illinois, National Cheng-Kung University, Zhejiang University, and Tongji University. He is the author of 750+ papers and 50+ books and is credited with 29 invention patents. He holds a BSCE degree from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, ROC; an MSCE degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla; an MS degree from the University of Rhode Island; and a PhD degree from Rutgers University, USA. Currently, he is the book series editor of CRC Press, Springer Nature Switzerland, Lenox Institute Press, World Scientific Singapore, and John Wiley. He has been a Delegate of the People to People International Foundation, a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, a member of ASCE, AIChE, ASPE, WEF, AWWA, CIE, and OCEESA, and a recipient of Water Environment Federation Kenneth Research Award (NY), Five-Star Innovative Engineering Award (first dissolved air flotation drinking water plant in Americas), Korean Pollution Control Association Award (transfer of flotation technology to South Korea), and OCEESA Medal of Honor.Mu-Hao Sung Wang has been an engineer of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, an editor of CRC Press, Springer Nature Switzerland, and Lenox Institute Press, and a university professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology, National Cheng-Kung University, and the Lenox Institute of Water Technology. Totally, she has been a government official and an educator in the USA and Taiwan for over 50 years. Dr. Wang is a licensed Professional Engineer, and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE). Her publications have been in the areas of water quality, modeling, environmental sustainability, solid and hazardous waste management, NPDES, flotation technology, industrial waste treatment, and analytical methods. She is the author of over 50 publications and an inventor of 14 US and foreign patents. She holds a BSCE degree from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, ROC; an MS degree from the University of Rhode Island, RI, USA; and a PhD degree from Rutgers University, NJ, USA. She is the Co-Series Editor of the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series (Springer Nature Switzerland); Coeditor of the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press of Taylor & Francis Group); and the Coeditor of the Environmental Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics series (Lenox Institute Press). She is a member of AWWA, NYWWA, NEWWA, WEF, NEWEA, CIE, and OCEESA.Yung-Tse Hung has been a professor of civil engineering at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, since 1981. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a licensed Professional Engineer in Ohio and North Dakota, and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. He has taught at 16 universities in 8 countries. His research interests and publications have been involved with biological treatment processes, solid wastes, hazardous waste management, and industrial waste treatment. He is credited with over 470 publications and presentations, 28 books, and 159 book chapters in water and wastewater treatment. He received his BSCE and MSCE degrees from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, ROC, and his PhD degree from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Environmental Pollution Control and Management, International Journal of Environmental Engineering, and International Journal of Environmental Engineering Science, and the Coeditor of the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press of Taylor & Francis Group) and the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series (Springer). He is also the Chief Editor of the Handbook of Environment and Waste Management series (World Scientific Singapore) and the Permanent Executive Director and the Ex‑President of OCEESA (Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association).

• 1. INNOVATIVE PROCESS SYSTEMS INCLUDING DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION, PROTEIN SEPARATION, FLUE GAS REUSE, SULFIDE PRECIPITATION, AND CHROMIUM REMOVAL FOR TANNERY WASTE TREATMENT, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang 2. TITANIUM DIOXIDE RECOVERY, FILLER RETENTION, AND WHITEWATER TREATMENT USING FLOTATION AND MEMBRANE FILTRATION, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang3. ADSORPTIVE AMPUTATION OF HEAVY METALS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION AND TEXTILE WASTEWATER BY HEINSIA CRINITA SEED COAT BIOMASS, Benjamin M. Akpan, Akinranti S. Ajibola, Adeboyejo Adeyemi Michael, and Yung-Tse Hung 4. PROTECTION OF BIOSYSTEM ORGANISMS IN HEAVY METALS-CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT BY USING MOLECULAR HYDROGEN, Duried Alwazeer, Mine Köktürk, and Yung-Tse Hung 5. APPLICATION OF ION EXCHANGE RESIN IN THE REMOVAL OF POLLUTANT FROM WASTEWATER, Ijanu E. Madu, A. O. Amoo, A. Embrandiri, M. A. Bin Kamaruddin, and Yung-Tse Hung6. TREATMENT OF NICKEL-CHROMIUM PLATING WASTES, Lawrence K. Wang, Mu-Hao Sung Wang, Nazih K. Shammas, Donald B. Aulenbach, and William A. Selke. 7. HEAVY METAL POLLUTION RESULTING FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTES USED FOR SOIL STABILIZATION IN GROUNDWATER, Ismail Zorluer and Yung-Tse Hung8. SUSTAINABLE WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS CONSISTING OF MAGNESIUM COAGULATION-PRECIPITATION, DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION, RECARBONATION, AND FILTRATION, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang9. SLUDGE TREATMENT USING PRESSURIZED OXYGENATION-OZONATION, DISSOLVED GAS FLOTATION, AND DEWATERING FOR HEAVY METALS REMOVAL, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang10. HAZARDOUS WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN PETROLEUM REFINING INDUSTRY USING BEST AVAILABLE FLOTATION AND FILTRATION TECHNOLOGIES, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang 11. USING ELECTROFLOTATION AND FILTRATION FOR LAKE RESTORATION, POLLUTION PREVENTION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang12. PRETREATMENT OR TOTAL TREATMENT OF SCALLOP PROCESSING WASTEWATER BY INDEPENDENT PHYSICOCHEMICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang13. TREATMENT OF COLD, LOW-ALKALINITY, AND SUPER-HIGH TURBIDITY, INDUSTRIAL WATERS USING POLYMERIC METALLIC COAGULANTS, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang14. COD DETERMINATION AND CLEANING SOLUTION PREPARATION USING POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE MINIMIZATION, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang15. AN INNOVATIVE PROCESS SYSTEM CONSISTING OF DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION, RECARBONATION AND FILTRATION AND USING LIME AND SODIUM ALUMINATE FOR REMOVAL OF HARDNESS, IRON AND MANGANESE FROM GROUNDWATER, Lawrence K. Wang and Mu-Hao Sung Wang16. USING ELECTRO-FENTON, HETEROGENEOUS ELECTRO-FENTON PROCESS FOR TREATMENT OF NON-BIODEGRADABLE WASTEWATER, Phong T. Nguyen, Duc D. D. Nguyen, Quyen T. K. Vo, and Yung-Tse Hung