Exploiting extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) controlling strategies for performance enhancement of biological wastewater treatments: an overview

Y Shi, J Huang, G Zeng, Y Gu, Y Chen, Y Hu, B Tang… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are present both outside of the cells and in the
interior of microbial aggregates, and account for a main component in microbial aggregates …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Role of nano-Fe3O4 particle on improving membrane bioreactor (MBR) performance: Alleviating membrane fouling and microbial mechanism

H He, X Xin, W Qiu, D Li, Z Liu, J Ma - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study would investigate the effect of nano-Fe 3 O 4 particles on the performance of
membrane bioreactor (MBR), including membrane fouling, membrane rejection and …

The effect of activated carbon addition on membrane bioreactor processes for wastewater treatment and reclamation–a critical review

G Skouteris, D Saroj, P Melidis, FI Hai, S Ouki - Bioresource technology, 2015 - Elsevier
This review concentrates on the effect of activated carbon (AC) addition to membrane
bioreactors (MBRs) treating wastewaters. Use of AC-assisted MBRs combines adsorption …

[HTML][HTML] Activated carbon coupled with advanced biological wastewater treatment: A review of the enhancement in micropollutant removal

M Gutiérrez, V Grillini, DM Pavlović… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study consists of a review on the removal efficiencies of a wide spectrum of
micropollutants (MPs) in biological treatment (mainly membrane bioreactor) coupled with …

Recent developments in biofouling control in membrane bioreactors for domestic wastewater treatment

M Aslam, R Ahmad, J Kim - Separation and Purification Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Biofouling is a long-standing problem in membrane bioreactors (MBRs) for domestic
wastewater treatment because it deteriorates membrane permeability, thus demanding …

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 …

Membrane fouling control in membrane bioreactors (MBRs) using granular materials

OT Iorhemen, RA Hamza, JH Tay - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling is considered the major limitation of membrane bioreactors (MBRs). This
paper provides an overview on fouling mitigation in MBRs using granular materials …