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By Hong Hocheng, Mital Chakankar, Umesh Jadhav, Swati Gurme

ISBN 9781032750781
318 Pages 10 Color & 24 B/W Illustrations
Published March 13, 2025
Publisher: CRC Press

Description:

Although many available metal recycling methods are simple and fast, they are also expensive and cause environmental pollution. Biohydrometallurgical processing of metals offers an alternative to overcome these issues, as the use of biological means not only helps to conserve dwindling ore resources but also fulfills the unambiguous need to extract metals in nonpolluting, low-energy, and low-cost way. This book covers biohydrometallurgy and its application in the recovery of metals from secondary sources like wastes. Fully updated for a new edition, it provides readers with a comprehensive overview of different wastes for metal recovery and biological treatment methods that are both environmentally friendly and economically viable.

Offers a detailed explanation about generation of different metals containing industrial waste

Explains traditional and new biological methods of recycling

Reflects research advances across different industrial waste sources including electric vehicle batteries and LCDs from computers and other devices

Focuses on each waste type and explores in detail the biohydrometallurgical recovery of metals from that waste

Discusses fundamental microbial studies in bioleaching and updates about the use of emerging technologies and integrated techniques with different methods in combination for metal recovery

Features a new chapter on techniques for metal extraction from bioleachate

This book serves as an essential resource for researchers and professional engineers working in chemical and environmental engineering and biotechnology.

Table of contents:

0. Front Matter.  1. Introduction.  2. Generation and Composition of Various Metal-Containing Industrial Wastes.  3. Conventional Metal Recycling Techniques.  4. Recycling of Electronic Waste.  5. Recycling of Energy Storage Wastes.  6. Recycling of Metal Production Wastes.  7. Emerging Recycling of Solar Electricity Waste.  8. Recycling of Thermal Power Generation Wastes.  9. Techniques for Metal Extraction from Bioleachate.  

Authors:

Hong Hocheng is the chair professor at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, Republic of China. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1988. He is an ASME and AMME fellow. His fields of interest are innovative manufacturing processes, nontraditional machining, and micro-/nanomanufacturing.

Mital Chakankar is a senior scientist in the biotechnology department of Germany’s Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, and its Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf laboratory. She received her PhD in microbiology from India’s Shivaji University in 2011. Her fields of interest are (bio)hydrometallurgy, circular economy, critical raw materials processing, and bioflotation.

Umesh Jadhav received his PhD in environmental biotechnology from Shivaji University, India, in 2009. Presently, he is a faculty member in the Department of Microbiology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India.

Swati Gurme received her Ph.D. in biotechnology from Shivaji University, India. She is currently working as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.

Related Subjects:

Biotechnology; Waste & Recycling; Metals & Alloys, Chemical Engineering; Engineering & Technology; Civil, Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering; Materials Science; Physical Sciences; Bioprocessing; Solid Waste/Recycling; Metals & Alloys

International Organizations Related to the Book's Theme:

• International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium (IBS): A global forum for sharing knowledge on biohydrometallurgy.​researchportal.murdoch.edu.au

• World Resources Forum (WRF): Focuses on resource management and recycling initiatives.​

• European Federation of Geologists (EFG): Engages in sustainable resource extraction and recycling practices.​

• International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM): Promotes sustainable mining and metal production.​materials.magnusconferences.com

• Umicore: A global materials technology and recycling group.

Keywords: biohydrometallurgy, metal recycling, industrial waste, sustainable engineering, environmental biotechnology, eco-friendly processes, microbial leaching, waste management, green technology, resource recovery​

Target Audiences: Researchers, environmental engineers, waste management professionals, chemical engineers, sustainability consultants, academic institutions, policymakers, biotechnology specialists, mining industry professionals, environmental scientists​

Genres: Non-fiction, Environmental Science, Engineering, Biotechnology, Resource Management