Scale formation and control in high pressure membrane water treatment systems: A review

A Antony, JH Low, S Gray, AE Childress… - Journal of membrane …, 2011 - Elsevier
The nucleation and growth of inorganic scale on membrane surfaces is a problem shared by
operators of reverse osmosis systems. While suite of indicators exists to predict scale …

Polymeric membranes: Surface modification for minimizing (bio) colloidal fouling

V Kochkodan, DJ Johnson, N Hilal - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents an overview on recent developments in surface modification of polymer
membranes for reduction of their fouling with biocolloids and organic colloids in pressure …

Biofouling in RO system: Mechanisms, monitoring and controlling

RA Al-Juboori, T Yusaf - Desalination, 2012 - Elsevier
The reverse osmosis (RO) technology offers a solution for the shortage of pristine water
resources worldwide, through its capacity on treating all water kinds such as seawater …

Fouling of nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes during municipal wastewater reclamation: membrane autopsy results from pilot-scale investigations

P Xu, C Bellona, JE Drewes - Journal of Membrane Science, 2010 - Elsevier
This study investigated membrane fouling during wastewater reclamation by collecting
operational performance data and employing state-of-the-art techniques for characterization …

Silica scaling and scaling reversibility in forward osmosis

B Mi, M Elimelech - Desalination, 2013 - Elsevier
This study investigated the silica scaling and cleaning behavior in forward osmosis (FO) and
how it compared with that in reverse osmosis (RO). The comparison between FO and RO …

Pressure-driven membrane desalination

W Liu, JL Livingston, L Wang, Z Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Pressure-driven membrane desalination (PMD), such as reverse osmosis or nanofiltration, is
an energy-efficient technology that addresses water shortages by using saline waters to …

Scale formation and control in oil and gas fields: A review

J Li, M Tang, Z Ye, L Chen, Y Zhou - Journal of Dispersion Science …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The formation of scale poses several serious menaces in oil and gas exploitations. The
scaling phenomenon may cause technical problems such as obstruction of equipment and …

Quantitative biofouling diagnosis in full scale nanofiltration and reverse osmosis installations

JS Vrouwenvelder, SA Manolarakis, JP Van der Hoek… - Water research, 2008 - Elsevier
Biofilm accumulation in nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membrane elements results in a
relative increase of normalised pressure drop (ΔNPD). However, an increase in ΔNPD is not …

The fate of Transparent Exopolymer Particles (TEP) in integrated membrane systems: Removal through pre-treatment processes and deposition on reverse osmosis …

LO Villacorte, MD Kennedy, GL Amy, JC Schippers - Water research, 2009 - Elsevier
The abundance of Transparent Exopolymer Particles (TEP) in surface waters has been
unnoticed for many years until recently as a potential foulant in reverse osmosis systems …

Biofouling in spiral wound membrane systems: Three-dimensional CFD model based evaluation of experimental data

JS Vrouwenvelder, C Picioreanu, JC Kruithof… - Journal of Membrane …, 2010 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional (3D) computational model describing fluid dynamics and biofouling of
feed channels of spiral wound reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membrane systems was …