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Applications of Organic Ion Exchange Resins in Water Treatment

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Applications of Ion Exchange Materials in the Environment

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Ion exchange resins are widely used in water treatment for the removal of various contaminants including natural organic matter (NOM), heavy metal ions, anions, boron, surfactants, pharmaceuticals and dyes, due to their specific advantages such as easy implementation, low cost, reversible regeneration and stability of organic polymers. Although wide applications of organic ion exchange resins have been achieved in industries, many research groups are devoted to the development of novel organic ion exchange resins for further improvement of the water treatment process. During past ten years, more attention was paid to the performance of magnetic ion exchange resins and coupling of various water treatment techniques for more efficient and low-cost separation. Through this chapter, the development of organic ion exchange resins over the past ten years will be reviewed in detail.

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Abbreviations

AMD:

Acid mine drainage

BV:

Bed volume

CFC:

Coating copper ferrocyanide

CFIE:

Chemical-free ion exchange

DF:

Decontamination factor

DOM:

Dissolved organic matter

DBP:

Disinfection by-product

DOC:

Dissolved organic carbon

DC:

Diclofenac

ERD:

Effective resin dose

HMO:

Hydrous manganese oxide

IBU:

Ibuprofen

MIEX:

Magnetic ion exchange resin

MO:

Methyl orange

NOM:

Natural organic matter

NDSX:

Non-dispersive solvent extraction

NDMA:

N-nitrosodimethylamine

PU:

Polyurethane

PAC:

Powdered activated carbon

POE:

Point-of-entry

RO:

Reverse osmosis

SE:

Secondary effluent

SDZ:

Sulfadiazine

SAC:

Strong acid cation

SWRO:

Seawater reverse osmosis

SBA:

Strong-base anion

SMZ:

Sulfamethazine

THM:

Trihalomethane

THMFP:

Trihalomethane formation potential

UF:

Ultrafiltration

WHO:

World Health Organization

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  1. Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, People’s Republic of China

    Jiafei Lyu & Xianghai Guo

  2. Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People’s Republic of China

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Lyu, J., Guo, X. (2019). Applications of Organic Ion Exchange Resins in Water Treatment. In: Inamuddin, Ahamed, M., Asiri, A. (eds) Applications of Ion Exchange Materials in the Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10430-6_10

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