Recent advances in membrane bioreactors (MBRs): membrane fouling and membrane material

F Meng, SR Chae, A Drews, M Kraume, HS Shin… - Water research, 2009 - Elsevier
Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have been actively employed for municipal and industrial
wastewater treatments. So far, membrane fouling and the high cost of membranes are main …

Origin and evolution of quorum quenching technology for biofouling control in MBRs for wastewater treatment

HS Oh, CH Lee - Journal of Membrane Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Biofouling in membrane bioreactors (MBRs), which is defined as the unwanted
accumulation of microorganisms on the membrane surface, has been intensively studied for …

Quorum sensing: a new biofouling control paradigm in a membrane bioreactor for advanced wastewater treatment

KM Yeon, WS Cheong, HS Oh, WN Lee… - … science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
Bacteria regulate specific group behaviors such as biofilm formation in response to
population density using small signal molecules called autoinducers (quorum sensing, QS) …

Stabilization of flux during dead-end ultra-low pressure ultrafiltration

M Peter-Varbanets, F Hammes, M Vital, W Pronk - Water research, 2010 - Elsevier
Gravity driven ultrafiltration was operated in dead-end mode without any flushing or
cleaning. In contrary to general expectations, the flux value stabilized after about one week …

Magnetic enzyme carrier for effective biofouling control in the membrane bioreactor based on enzymatic quorum quenching

KM Yeon, CH Lee, J Kim - Environmental science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
Quorum quenching, enzymatic quenching of bacterial quorum sensing, has recently proven
its potential as a novel approach of biofouling control in the membrane bioreactor (MBR) for …

Morphological visualization, componential characterization and microbiological identification of membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors (MBRs)

F Meng, B Liao, S Liang, F Yang, H Zhang… - Journal of membrane …, 2010 - Elsevier
So far, membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors (MBRs) is still not fully understood due to
the complex nature of membrane foulants. The challenge to the study of membrane fouling …

Structure of cake layer in a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor

WJ Gao, HJ Lin, KT Leung, H Schraft… - Journal of membrane …, 2011 - Elsevier
A laboratory-scale submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAnMBR) was used for
thermomechanical pul** whitewater treatment. Sludge cake formation on membrane …

Cleaning methods for ceramic ultrafiltration membranes affected by organic fouling

K Gruskevica, L Mezule - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of ceramic membranes in the treatment and processing of various liquids, including
those of organic origin, has increased tremendously at the industrial level. Apart from the …

Study of integration of forward osmosis and biological process: membrane performance under elevated salt environment

WCL Lay, Q Zhang, J Zhang, D McDougald, C Tang… - Desalination, 2011 - Elsevier
There has been an increasing interest in the novel integration of forward osmosis (FO) and
biological process known as the osmotic membrane bioreactor (OMBR). However, little …

Characterization of biofouling in a lab-scale forward osmosis membrane bioreactor (FOMBR)

Q Zhang, YW Jie, WLC Loong, J Zhang, AG Fane… - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis membrane bioreactors (FOMBR) provide high quality permeate, however
the propensity for membrane biofouling in FOMBRs is unknown. Here, FOMBRs were …