Retention of natural organic matter by ultrafiltration and the mitigation of membrane fouling through pre-treatment, membrane enhancement, and cleaning-A review

CD Peters, T Rantissi, V Gitis, NP Hankins - Journal of Water Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural organic matter (NOM) is a common occurrence in all raw waters (eg, surface waters,
groundwater, and wastewater) that are used for freshwater production. NOM is a leading …

Development of high performance pervaporation desalination membranes: a brief review

M Mukherjee, S Roy, K Bhowmick, S Majumdar… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water scarcity rises as the level of water pollution continues to increase with the progress of
urbanization, industrialization and exponential growth of population. Therefore, saline water …

Catalytic-separation technology for highly efficient removal of emerging pollutants, desalination, and antimicrobials: A new strategy for complex wastewater treatment

M Yi, Q **a, J Tan, J Shang, X Cheng - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes (SR-AOPs) effectively eliminate trace
organic pollutants from complex water matrices, making them appealing for wastewater …

[HTML][HTML] Highly permeable silicon carbide-alumina ultrafiltration membranes for oil-in-water filtration produced with low-pressure chemical vapor deposition

M Chen, R Shang, PM Sberna… - Separation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Silicon carbide (SiC) ceramic membranes are of particular significance for wastewater
treatment due to their mechanical strength, chemical stability, and antifouling ability …

Cleaning methods for ceramic ultrafiltration membranes affected by organic fouling

K Gruskevica, L Mezule - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of ceramic membranes in the treatment and processing of various liquids, including
those of organic origin, has increased tremendously at the industrial level. Apart from the …

Atmospheric pressure atomic layer deposition for tight ceramic nanofiltration membranes: Synthesis and application in water purification

R Shang, A Goulas, CY Tang, X de Frias Serra… - Journal of Membrane …, 2017 - Elsevier
Tight ceramic nanofiltration (NF) membranes allow efficient separation of organic matter and
ions for advanced water treatment. These membranes are typically produced by the sol-gel …

Surface pattern by nanoimprint for membrane fouling mitigation: Design, performance and mechanisms

M **e, W Luo, SR Gray - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Imparting water treatment membrane with surface pattern by nanoimprint offered a novel
approach to fouling resistance. We employed nanoimprint to fabricate line-shape …

New insight into the irreversible membrane fouling in different pore-sized ultrafiltration ceramic membrane bioreactors (UCMBRs) for high-strength textile wastewater …

Q Mei, P Zheng, W Ma, I Han, M Zhan, B Wu - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite great achievements in ceramic membrane bioreactor applications, membrane
fouling, which decreases the permeability and separation performance of bioreactors and is …

Irreversible fouling in hollow-fiber PVDF MF/UF membranes filtering surface water: Effects of precoagulation and identification of the foulant

K Kimura, K Kume - Journal of Membrane Science, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) of surface water were compared in
terms of irreversible fouling and effective pretreatment. Hollow-fiber MF/UF membranes …

Advanced process control for ultrafiltration membrane water treatment system

CM Chew, MK Aroua, MA Hussain - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
Dead-end ultrafiltration (UF) has been considered as a more energy efficient operation
mode compared to cross-flow filtration for the production of drinking/potable water in large …