A mini-review on membrane fouling

W Guo, HH Ngo, J Li - Bioresource technology, 2012 - Elsevier
During the last decades, the interest of using membrane technology has emerged in
wastewater treatment as well as drinking water and process water production. However, the …

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 …

Membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology for wastewater treatment and reclamation: membrane fouling

OT Iorhemen, RA Hamza, JH Tay - Membranes, 2016 - mdpi.com
The membrane bioreactor (MBR) has emerged as an efficient compact technology for
municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. The major drawback impeding wider …

A novel composite conductive microfiltration membrane and its anti-fouling performance with an external electric field in membrane bioreactors

J Huang, Z Wang, J Zhang, X Zhang, J Ma, Z Wu - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Membrane fouling remains an obstacle to wide-spread applications of membrane
bioreactors (MBRs) for wastewater treatment and reclamation. Herein, we report a simple …

Superhydrophilic micro/nano hierarchical functionalized-CuO/PVDF nanocomposite membranes with ultra-low fouling/biofouling performance for acetate wastewater …

M Ostadi, FS Kamelian, T Mohammadi - Journal of Membrane Science, 2023 - Elsevier
In membrane bioreactor (MBR) application, there are considerably influencing factors on
membrane performance over time making serious problems, including reduced permeation …

[HTML][HTML] Biological processes modelling for MBR systems: A review of the state-of-the-art focusing on SMP and EPS

G Mannina, BJ Ni, J Makinia, J Harmand, M Alliet… - Water research, 2023 - Elsevier
A mathematical correlation between biomass kinetic and membrane fouling can improve the
understanding and spread of Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) technology, especially in solving …

Current status and future prospects of membrane bioreactors (MBRs) and fouling phenomena: a systematic review

H Hamedi, M Ehteshami, SA Mirbagheri… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have been widely used for municipal and industrial
wastewater treatment around the world due to their advantages, which include higher …

Soluble microbial products and their implications in mixed culture biotechnology

BJ Ni, BE Rittmann, HQ Yu - Trends in biotechnology, 2011 - cell.com
Soluble microbial products (SMP) are soluble organic compounds released during normal
biomass metabolism in mixed culture biotechnology. In this review, we give the up-to-date …

Municipal wastewater treatment and fouling in microalgal-activated sludge membrane bioreactor: Cultivation in raw and treated wastewater

SN Chaleshtori, M Shamskilani, A Babaei… - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the advent of conventional activated sludge biological treatment plants, their low
efficiency in nitrogen and phosphorus removal has become a significant concern. Therefore …

Intermolecular interactions of polysaccharides in membrane fouling during microfiltration

S Meng, W Fan, X Li, Y Liu, D Liang, X Liu - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Membrane technology has been widely employed for seawater desalination, water and
wastewater reclamation, while membrane fouling still remains as a major challenge. The …