High-flux operation of MBRs with ceramic flat-sheet membranes made possible by intensive membrane cleaning: Tests with real domestic wastewater under low …

Y Ninomiya, K Kimura, T Sato, T Kakuda, M Kaneda… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the efficiency of intensive membrane cleaning for membrane
bioreactors (MBRs) using a combination of mechanical scouring with granules and …

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 …

Efficient control of membrane fouling in MF by removal of biopolymers: Comparison of various pretreatments

K Kimura, Y Oki - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent studies on membrane fouling in microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) for
drinking water production, hydrophilic macromolecular organics referred to as biopolymers …

[HTML][HTML] Application of pulsed UV-irradiation and pre-coagulation to control ultrafiltration membrane fouling in the treatment of micro-polluted surface water

W Yu, LC Campos, N Graham - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
A major cause of ultrafiltration (UF) membrane fouling is the accumulation of
microorganisms and their associated soluble products. To mitigate fouling the application of …

Surface water biopolymer fractionation for fouling mitigation in low-pressure membranes

K Kimura, K Shikato, Y Oki, K Kume… - Journal of Membrane …, 2018 - Elsevier
With the widespread application of liquid chromatography with organic carbon detection (LC-
OCD) to investigate membrane fouling in low-pressure membranes such as microfiltration …

Coupling effects of abiotic and biotic factors on molecular composition of dissolved organic matter in a freshwater wetland

W He, I Choi, JJ Lee, J Hur - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, temporal and spatial variations in five defined molecular size fractions of
dissolved organic matter (DOM) were examined for a well preserved wetland (Upo Wetland) …

Isolation of LC-OCD-quantified biopolymers from surface water: Significant differences between real biopolymers and model biopolymers

K Tominaga, R Nagai, A Hafuka, W Yu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
High molecular weight biopolymers quantified by a liquid chromatography with organic
carbon detection (LC-OCD) system have been recognized as major players in fouling that …

Reduced low–pressure membrane fouling by inline coagulation pretreatment for a colored river water

JD Ladouceur, RM Narbaitz - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drinking water treatment (DWT) using low–pressure membranes (LPM) has become
increasingly popular due to their many reported advantages compared to conventional …

Maximizing biopolymer removal by coagulation for mitigation of fouling in the following membrane process

K Kimura, N Ando - Separation and Purification Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent studies dealing with membrane fouling in microfiltration (MF)/ultrafiltration (UF)
processes for drinking water production, biopolymers, which are hydrophilic …

Исследование эффективности применения мембранных фильтров для очистки природных вод от водозаборных сооружений ГУП" Петропавловский …

ВВ Потапов, АЕ Бровкин - Вестник Камчатского …, 2016 - cyberleninka.ru
Исследовано молекулярно-массовое строение растворенного органического вещества
в природной воде водозаборных сооружений ГУП «Петропавловский водоканал» …