Publication Type : Book Chapter
Publisher : Springer
Source : Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World ((ECSW,volume 73))
Url : https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-36351-1_6
Campus : Amritapuri
School : School for Sustainable Futures
Year : 2023
Abstract : This chapter presents remediation techniques to remove and degrade microplastics. Physical treatments include coagulation, flocculation, flotation, granular filtration, and membrane processes. Targeted removal of microplastics can be done by adsorption on metal-organic frameworks, biochar, biopolymers, and magnetic separation. Microplastics can be degraded by biodegradation, thermal degradation, hydrolytic and mechanical degradation, and advanced oxidation processes such as photodegradation, photocatalytic degradation, electrochemical degradation, Fenton/Fenton-based AOPs, and ozone degradation. About 80% of microplastics can be removed via advanced treatment plants. Advanced oxidation processes are highly efficient in the removal and degradation of microplastics but their implementation on a large scale is challenging.
Cite this Research Publication : Subair, A., Chellappan, S.,Sajithkumar, K. J & Chinglenthoiba, C. (2023). Techniques for removal and degradation of microplastics. In Microplastic Occurrence, Fate, Impact, and Remediation (pp. 127-153). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.