Review of adsorption–membrane hybrid systems for water and wastewater treatment

S Kim, SN Nam, A Jang, M Jang, CM Park, A Son… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Adsorption is an effective method for the removal of inorganic and organic contaminants and
has been commonly used as a pretreatment method to improve contaminant removal and …

Separation techniques in different configurations of hybrid systems via synergetic adsorption and membrane processes for water treatment: a review

SM Alardhi, NS Ali, NMC Saady, S Zendehboudi… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The membrane separation process is sometimes limited in terms of performance; therefore,
coupling it with other methods, such as adsorption, can exert a synergistic effect, overcome …

Wetting, scaling, and fouling in membrane distillation: state-of-the-art insights on fundamental mechanisms and mitigation strategies

T Horseman, Y Yin, KSS Christie, Z Wang… - ACS ES&T …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Membrane distillation (MD) has been garnering increasing attention in research and
development, since it has been proposed as a promising technology for desalinating …

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 …

Applying ultraviolet/persulfate (UV/PS) pre-oxidation for controlling ultrafiltration membrane fouling by natural organic matter (NOM) in surface water

J Tian, C Wu, H Yu, S Gao, G Li, F Cui, F Qu - Water Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling is a recognized obstacle for the application of ultrafiltration (UF) for
drinking water treatment. In this study, ultraviolet/persulfate (UV/PS) oxidation was employed …

Ferrous iron/peroxymonosulfate oxidation as a pretreatment for ceramic ultrafiltration membrane: Control of natural organic matter fouling and degradation of atrazine

X Cheng, H Liang, A Ding, X Tang, B Liu, X Zhu, Z Gan… - Water Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Ferrous iron/peroxymonosulfate (Fe (II)/PMS) oxidation was employed as a pretreatment
method for ultrafiltration process to control membrane fouling caused by natural organic …

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 …

Fouling by inorganic-particle-containing cake layers can be reduced by microorganisms at low fluxes

J Hu, B Ji, R Wang, D Shi, S Shao - Separation and Purification Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
A microbe-rich cake layer (ie, a membrane biofilm) may maintain a stable hydraulic
resistance at low fluxes because the microorganisms may decompose organic foulants and …

Organic matter removal and membrane fouling mitigation during algae-rich surface water treatment by powdered activated carbon adsorption pretreatment: Enhanced …

J Xing, H Liang, S Xu, CJ Chuah, X Luo, T Wang… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, UV and UV/chlorine (UV/Cl) were employed to enhance powdered activated
carbon (PAC) adsorption pretreatment prior to ultrafiltration process for algae-contaminated …

Role of inorganic foulants in the aging and deterioration of low-pressure membranes during the chemical cleaning process in surface water treatment: A review

IA Khan, JO Kim - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Low-pressure membrane (LPM) filtration, including microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration
(UF), is a promising technology for the treatment of surface water for drinking and other …