A review of fouling indices and monitoring techniques for reverse osmosis

LN Sim, TH Chong, AH Taheri, STV Sim, L Lai… - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the methods to monitor reverse osmosis (RO) membrane fouling, either
by characterizing the fouling potential of the feed or by detecting the fouling condition of the …

Characterization of protein, peptide and amino acid fouling on ion-exchange and filtration membranes: Review of current and recently developed methods

S Suwal, A Doyen, L Bazinet - Journal of Membrane Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Specific food proteins and peptides as well as amino acids released by enzymatic hydrolysis
have demonstrated several biological activities, therefore they represent an interesting …

[HTML][HTML] Fouling control strategies for direct membrane ultrafiltration: Physical cleanings assisted by membrane rotational movement

I Ruigómez, E González, L Rodríguez-Gómez… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, interest in the application of direct membrane filtration (DMF) in wastewater
treatment has increased as an alternative to conventional activated sludge technologies …

Dominance of candidate Saccharibacteria in a membrane bioreactor treating medium age landfill leachate: Effects of organic load on microbial communities …

N Remmas, P Melidis, I Zerva, JB Kristoffersen… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
A membrane bioreactor (MBR), accomplishing high nitrogen removal efficiencies, was
evaluated under various landfill leachate concentrations (50, 75 and 100% v/v). Proteinous …

Self-cleaning piezoelectric membrane for oil-in-water separation

H Mao, M Qiu, J Bu, X Chen, H Verweij… - ACS applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ultrasound (US) treatment coupled with membrane filtration has been utilized for membrane
fouling control in water treatment; however, large-scale implementation of ultrasonic …

Monitoring fouling behavior of reverse osmosis membranes using electrical impedance spectroscopy: A field trial study

JS Ho, LN Sim, RD Webster, B Viswanath, HGL Coster… - Desalination, 2017 - Elsevier
An electrical impedance spectroscopy fouling monitor (EISFM) was used to monitor the
performance of a reverse osmosis (RO) treatment train in a NEWater plant in Singapore. A …

A review of forward osmosis membrane fouling: Types, research methods and future prospects

L Li, X Liu, H Li - Environmental technology reviews, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Forward osmosis (FO) is becoming a versatile platform membrane-based technology, which
has received increasing attention recently. Despite several studies have proved that …

Control of submerged hollow fiber membrane fouling caused by fine particles in photocatalytic membrane reactors using bubbly flow: Shear stress and particle forces …

X Du, FS Qu, H Liang, K Li, LM Bai, GB Li - Separation and Purification …, 2017 - Elsevier
In current work, bubbly flow was applied to control membrane fouling in photocatalytic
membrane reactors (PMRs) under different aeration rate. The fine particles of TiO 2 (d 0.5 …

Membrane fouling in a hybrid process of enhanced coagulation at high coagulant dosage and cross-flow ultrafiltration for deinking wastewater tertiary treatment

Y Wu, Z Zhang, P He, H Ren, N Wei, F Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
A hybrid process of enhanced coagulation at a high dosage of polyaluminum chloride and
flat-sheet cross-flow ultrafiltration was used for the advanced treatment of the effluent from a …

Towards controlled fouling and rejection in dead-end microfiltration of nanoparticles–Role of electrostatic interactions

KW Trzaskus, WM de Vos, A Kemperman… - Journal of membrane …, 2015 - Elsevier
Membrane technology proves to be effective in the removal of nano-sized contaminants from
water. However, not much is known on the filtration and fouling behavior of manufactured …