Dynamic membrane (DM) technology has attracted much attention due to low operating
pressure and easy fouling layer removal in wastewater treatment, but correlationship …

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are present both outside of the cells and in the
interior of microbial aggregates, and account for a main component in microbial aggregates …

The membrane bioreactor (MBR) has emerged as an efficient compact technology for
municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. The major drawback impeding wider …

Although microalgal biomass and environmental benefits of microalgae surpass those of
many other feedstocks, the costs associated with up-and downstream technologies still …

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) are key biological substances, which largely
determine properties of sludge flocs, including hydrophobicity, adhesion, flocculation …

Recent research reports have underlined reverse osmosis (RO) as the most optimized
technology for water desalination related applications. However, implementing this …

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 …

Despite more than a decade of worldwide research on membrane fouling in membrane
bioreactors (MBRs), many questions still remain unanswered. In the light of the complexity of …

This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation of the current status of dynamic membrane
(DM) technology as an alternative to membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems. DM filtration …

A full-scale (FS) activated sludge system treating wastewater from a meat rendering plant
with a long history of sludge management problems (pin-point flocs;> 80% of floc< 50 μm …