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 …

Critical, sustainable and threshold fluxes for membrane filtration with water industry applications

RW Field, GK Pearce - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
Critical flux theory evolved as a description of the upper bound in the operating envelope for
controlled steady state environments such as cross-flow systems. However, in the …

Membrane bioreactor: applications and limitations in treating high strength industrial wastewater

NSA Mutamim, ZZ Noor, MAA Hassan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper reviewed the application of membrane bioreactor in treating high strength
industrial wastewater by analysing operational parameters, limitations and mitigations of …

Optimal holdings of international reserves: self-insurance against sudden stop

GA Calvo, A Izquierdo, R Loo-Kung - 2012 - nber.org
This paper addresses the issue of the optimal stock of international reserves in terms of a
statistical model in which reserves affect both the probability of a Sudden Stop–as well as …

Advances in biological systems for the treatment of high-strength wastewater

RA Hamza, OT Iorhemen, JH Tay - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
The elevated organic content of high-strength wastewater makes aerobic treatment systems
uneconomical. High-strength wastewaters are preferably treated anaerobically, thus …

A brief review on the resistance-in-series model in membrane bioreactors (MBRs)

G Di Bella, D Di Trapani - Membranes, 2019 - mdpi.com
The cake layer deposited on the membrane modules of membrane bioreactors (MBRs),
especially under a submerged configuration, represents a relevant and fundamental …

Effect of gradient profile in ceramic membranes on filtration characteristics: Implications for membrane development

TCA Ng, Z Lyu, Q Gu, L Zhang, WJ Poh, Z Zhang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
A proper gradient structure in ceramic membranes can reduce the thickness of the top active
layer and therefore enhance the filtration performance and enable a good mechanical …

Sub-critical filtration conditions of commercial hollow-fibre membranes in a submerged anaerobic MBR (HF-SAnMBR) system: the effect of gas sparging intensity

A Robles, MV Ruano, F García-Usach, J Ferrer - Bioresource technology, 2012 - Elsevier
A submerged anaerobic MBR demonstration plant with two commercial hollow-fibre
ultrafiltration systems (PURON®, Koch Membrane Systems, PUR-PSH31) was operated …

Investigation of fouling of surface modified Polyvinyl chloride hollow fiber membrane bioreactor via Zinc oxide-nanoparticles under coagulant for municipal wastewater …

H Taherizadeh, SA Hashemifard, AA Izadpanah… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, hollow fiber PVC/ZnO-nanocomposite in an MBR was investigated for
municipal wastewater treatment. The following parameter were evaluated: BOD, COD, TSS …

Oil refinery wastewater treatment by using membrane bioreactor (MBR)

QF Alsalhy, RS Almukhtar, HA Alani - Arabian Journal for Science and …, 2016 - Springer
In this work, a new hollow fiber membrane was fabricated for the treatment of industrial
wastewater in Al-Daura refinery in Baghdad using the submerged membrane bioreactor …