Membrane bioreactors–a review on recent developments in energy reduction, fouling control, novel configurations, LCA and market prospects

P Krzeminski, L Leverette, S Malamis… - Journal of Membrane …, 2017 - Elsevier
Membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology is considered a well-established, mature
technology with many full-scale plants around the world treating municipal and industrial …

Brackish water desalination using reverse osmosis and capacitive deionization at the water-energy nexus

SY Pan, AZ Haddad, A Kumar, SW Wang - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
In this article, we present a critical review of the reported performance of reverse osmosis
(RO) and capacitive deionization (CDI) for brackish water (salinity< 5.0 g/L) desalination …

Membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment: A review of mechanical cleaning by scouring agents to control membrane fouling

M Aslam, A Charfi, G Lesage, M Heran, J Kim - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Membrane bioreactor (MBR) is a reliable and promising technology for wastewater
treatment and reclamation applications. In spite of more than a decade of significant …

Treatment of landfill leachate using membrane bioreactors: A review

FN Ahmed, CQ Lan - Desalination, 2012 - Elsevier
Landfill leachate (LFL), especially old LFL, is very difficult to treat using conventional
biological processes. To this end, membrane bioreactor (MBR) has proven to be a promising …

The roles of particles in enhancing membrane filtration: A review

J Wang, A Cahyadi, B Wu, W Pee, AG Fane… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Particles suspended within feed flow or added into membrane-filtration systems may behave
as foulant or fouling mitigation agent. The fine boundary between these two roles warrant …

The effect of fluidized media characteristics on membrane fouling and energy consumption in anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactors

M Aslam, PL McCarty, J Bae, J Kim - Separation and Purification …, 2014 - Elsevier
The effects of fluidized media characteristics on membrane fouling and energy consumption
in the anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor (AFMBR) were evaluated. Both adsorbing …

Unsteady-state shear strategies to enhance mass-transfer for the implementation of ultrapermeable membranes in reverse osmosis: a review

F Zamani, JW Chew, E Akhondi, WB Krantz, AG Fane - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
Advances in material science promise the development of a new generation of
ultrapermeable membranes (UPMs) for reverse osmosis (RO) desalination and water …

[HTML][HTML] The performance and fouling control of submerged hollow fiber (HF) systems: a review

E Akhondi, F Zamani, KH Tng, G Leslie, WB Krantz… - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
The submerged membrane filtration concept is well-established for low-pressure
microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) applications in the water industry, and has become …

Combined effects of PAC adsorption and in situ chlorination on membrane fouling in a pilot-scale coagulation and ultrafiltration process

H Wang, F Qu, A Ding, H Liang, R Jia, K Li, L Bai… - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
The goal of this study was to quantify and demonstrate the combined effects of powdered
activated carbon (PAC) adsorption and in situ chlorination on the performance of a …

Investigation of pre-coagulation and powder activate carbon adsorption on ultrafiltration membrane fouling

W Yu, L Xu, J Qu, N Graham - Journal of Membrane Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Pre-coagulation by alum before ultrafiltration without (CUF) and with (CAUF) powdered
activated carbon (PAC) addition was investigated to explore the influence of PAC on …