In the food industry, equipment surfaces with microbial entities can easily contaminate the
food being processed, thereby leading to significant economic problems and even public …

The graphene oxide-cellulose nanocrystal (GO-CNC) composites were facilely synthesized
and used as a novel hydrophilic additive to blend into poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) …

As nitrate pollution in groundwater continues to escalate, more is being discovered about
the detrimental health implications associated with concentrated nitrate ingestion. Thus …

On-line chemical cleaning with sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) has been extensively practiced
for maintaining the stable permeability of membrane bioreactor (MBR), during which …

Membrane separation is an emerging technology for secondary effluent (SE) recycling as an
alternative water source. However, SE contains secondary metabolites which form a film on …

Food processing generates wastewater containing high contents of fat, oil and grease. As a
widely used wastewater treatment method, the process efficiency of membrane filtration can …

Extracellular organic matter (EOM) released by algae during algal blooms have been
reported to present significant challenges for ultrafiltration (UF) fouling management …

Chemical cleaning is an important approach for alleviating severe fouling in membrane
separation processes. In this study, lysozyme (LYS) was exposed to sodium hypochlorite …

This research explores initial organic membrane fouling of element-scale spiral-wound
forward osmosis (SWFO) operated at a wastewater plant using real secondary wastewater …

This paper examines the efficiency of chemical cleaning of flat sheet UF membranes
severely fouled by rendering plant secondary effluent. The rendering plant secondary …