Fouling and chemical cleaning of microfiltration membranes: A mini-review

A Gul, J Hruza, F Yalcinkaya - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Membrane fouling is one of the main drawbacks encountered during the practical
application of membrane separation processes. Cleaning of a membrane is important to …

Membrane fouling and cleaning strategies in microfiltration/ultrafiltration and dynamic membrane

T Xiao, Z Zhu, L Li, J Shi, Z Li, X Zuo - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dynamic membrane (DM) technology has attracted much attention due to low operating
pressure and easy fouling layer removal in wastewater treatment, but correlationship …

A unified thermodynamic mechanism underlying fouling behaviors of soluble microbial products (SMPs) in a membrane bioreactor

J Teng, M Zhang, KT Leung, J Chen, H Hong, H Lin… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Soluble microbial products (SMPs) are the predominate foulants determining fouling extent
in membrane bioreactors (MBRs). However, exact mechanism underlying their typical …

Recent advances in polymer-based 3D printing for wastewater treatment application: an overview

NHM Yusoff, LRI Teo, SJ Phang, VL Wong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The introduction of Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0 has signalled a transformation of
traditional manufacturing landscape to intelligent production systems and advanced …

Mechanistic insights into alginate fouling caused by calcium ions based on terahertz time-domain spectra analyses and DFT calculations

M Zhang, H Hong, H Lin, L Shen, H Yu, G Ma, J Chen… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Fouling mechanisms underlying the filtration behaviors of alginate solution caused by
calcium addition were investigated by Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) and …

A review of nanoparticle‐enhanced membrane distillation membranes: membrane synthesis and applications in water treatment

LN Nthunya, L Gutierrez, S Derese… - Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally driven process that uses low‐grade energy to
operate and has been extensively explored as an alternative cost‐effective and efficient …

Polymeric membranes incorporated with ZnO nanoparticles for membrane fouling mitigation: A brief review

L Shen, Z Huang, Y Liu, R Li, Y Xu, G Jakaj… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Due to the flexibility of operation, high removal ability, and economic cost, separation
membranes have proved to be one of the most significant technologies in various aspects …

Quorum sensing and quenching in membrane bioreactors: opportunities and challenges for biofouling control

K Lee, H Yu, X Zhang, KH Choo - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Membrane biofouling, due to biofilm growth after planktonic bacteria attachment to a
membrane, is a major bottleneck limiting the energy-efficient operation and maintenance of …

Biofouling and control approaches in membrane bioreactors

L Deng, W Guo, HH Ngo, H Zhang, J Wang, J Li… - Bioresource …, 2016 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling (especially biofouling) as a critical issue during membrane reactor (MBR)
operation has attracted much attention in recent years. Although previous review papers …

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 …