Gregor Edeson

Master of Applied Science Candidate

BSc (Resource and Environmental Management - Water Resource Management), ANU

Location: Room A305 Engineering Annex
Email: gregor.edeson@student.adelaide.edu.au
Phone: + 61 8 8303 3959
FAX: + 61 8 8303 4373

Supervisors

Associate Professor Brian O'Neill, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide
Dr David Lewis, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide

Research Topic

Metal Contaminated Waste Water Treatment System - Design and Optimisation

Research Abstract

Metal contaminated wastewaters are an increasingly large problem worldwide. Their production is associated with mining, industrial processes and municipal wastewater. Currently available water treatment technologies include lime dosing, sulfate reducing bacteria bioreactors, engineered wetlands and reverse osmosis. These present a variety of problems: high energy usage, significant production of waste as a by-product, low quality water output, low reliability, high establishment costs and/or high operating costs. A system has been designed that treats metal contaminated waters by using a controlled environment to recover contaminants from solution using naturally derived adsorptive materials (biosorbents). The research will focus on two parts: the optimisation of the system design for recovery of single metal concentrates and high volume water treatment, and the development of durable and highly efficient biosorbents.

Interests

• Water treatment
• Resource Recovery
• Sustainable fuels