Elsevier Green Technologies for the Defluoridation of Water

Green Technologies for the Defluoridation of Water focuses on the application of green technologies for the defluoridation of water using adsorption processes and nanoadsorbents. Chapters cover the environmental and health effects of fluoride presence in ambient air, food, water, soil and vegetation, focus on approaches for analytical methods to determine the presence of fluoride in water, review various types of conventional and advanced techniques used for removal, focus on adsorption as a green technology, review various types of adsorbents, and emphasize a techno-economic assessment with respect to conventional and non-conventional technologies. This book provides readers with comprehensive methods and applications, while also presenting the global impacts of fluoride ion on the environment, including in drinking water, food, air, soil and vegetables. The authors compare different defluoridation technologies in detail, providing researchers in environmental science and nanotechnology fields with the information they need to create solutions on how to safely remove fluoride from water in a sustainable and cost-effective way. Review Compiles and collates novel and green technologies for the removal of fluoride from water using adsorption processes and nanoadsorbents From the Back Cover <p><i>Green Technologies for the Defluoridation of Water</i> focusses on the application of green technologies for de-fluoridation of water using adsorption processes and nanoadsorbents. To achieve this objective the content is structures into five parts. Chap 1 covers the Environmental and health effects of fluoride presence in ambient air, food, water, soil and vegetation. Chap II focuses on the approaches for analytical methods to determine the presence of flouride in water. Chap III reviews various types of conventional and advanced techniques that were used for removal of fluoride from water. Chap IV focusses on Adsorption as a green technology for removal of fluoride from water. Chap V reviews various types of adsorbents that can be used for removal of fluoride. Chap VI emphasizes on the techno-economic assessment of removal of fluoride from water with respect to conventional and non-conventional technologies. Finally, Chap VII emphasizes a detailed assessment of global water challenges and opportunities that may arise.</p> <p><i>Green Technologies for the Defluoridation of Water</i> provides methods and applications and presents global impacts of fluoride ion in environment including drinking water, food, air, soil and vegetables. The authors compare different de-fluoridation technologies in detail, providing researchers in environmental science and nanotechnology field the information they need to provide solutions to the issue of removing fluoride from water safely, sustainably and cost effectively.</p> About the Author Dr. Mohammad Hadi Dehghani is a Professor at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering in Tehran, Iran. His scientific research interests include environmental science (environmental pollution, air quality, air pollution, waste management, health risk assessment). He is the author of various research studies published in national and international journals and conference proceedings. He has authored 12 books, edited 6 books with Elsevier, and more than 200 full papers published in peer-reviewed journals. He is an editorial board member, guest editor and reviewer for many internal and international journals and is a member of several international science committees. He has a supervisor and advisor for PhD and MSc theses at the TUMS. He is currently also a member of the Iranian Association of Environmental Health and member of the Institute for Environmental Research at the TUMS. Dr. Rama Rao Karri is a Senior Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknolog