A critical review on thermodynamic mechanisms of membrane fouling in membrane-based water treatment process

J Teng, Y Deng, X Zhou, W Yang, Z Huang… - … Science & Engineering, 2023 - Springer
Membrane technology is widely regarded as one of the most promising technologies for
wastewater treatment and reclamation in the 21st century. However, membrane fouling …

High propensity of membrane fouling and the underlying mechanisms in a membrane bioreactor during occurrence of sludge bulking

M Wu, M Zhang, L Shen, X Wang, D Ying, H Lin, R Li… - Water research, 2023 - Elsevier
While sludge bulking often occurring in activated sludge processes generally leads to
serious membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors (MBR), the underlying causes are still …

Prediction of interfacial interactions related with membrane fouling in a membrane bioreactor based on radial basis function artificial neural network (ANN)

Z Zhao, Y Lou, Y Chen, H Lin, R Li, G Yu - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
It is of great importance to propose effective methods to quantify interfacial interaction since
it directly determines foulant adhesion and membrane fouling process in membrane …

Novel insights into membrane fouling in a membrane bioreactor: Elucidating interfacial interactions with real membrane surface

J Teng, L Shen, Y He, BQ Liao, G Wu, H Lin - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
While governing adhesion/deposition of various foulants on membrane surface and
membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors (MBRs), interfacial interactions with real …

Revealing the contradiction between DLVO/XDLVO theory and membrane fouling propensity for oil-in-water emulsion separation

T Zhang, Q Wang, Y Yang, L Hou, W Zheng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Oil fouling is the crucial issue for the separation of oil-in-water emulsion by membrane
technology. The latest research found that the membrane fouling rate was opposite to the …

Predicting thermodynamic adhesion energies of membrane fouling in planktonic anammox MBR via backpropagation neural network model

X Cai, S Pang, M Zhang, J Teng, H Lin, S Xia - Bioresource Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Predicting thermodynamic adhesion energies was a critical strategy for mitigating
membrane fouling. This study utilized a backpropagation (BP) neural network model to …

A facile strategy to prepare superhydrophilic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) based membranes and the thermodynamic mechanisms underlying the improved …

R Li, X Wang, X Cai, H Lin, L Shen, J Chen… - Separation and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study provided a first report on a facile strategy to fabricate superhydrophilic and low-
fouling multilayer coatings on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane by layer-by-layer …

Interaction of rough ellipsoidal particles with random surface asperities in colloidal systems

D Lu, P Fatehi - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, information on the interaction of ellipsoidal particles with rough topography is
limited. In this work, a mathematical model was developed based on the extended Derjaguin …

A novel integrated method for quantification of interfacial interactions between two rough bioparticles

G Yu, X Cai, L Shen, J Chen, H Hong, H Lin… - Journal of colloid and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Quantification of interfacial interactions between particles provides a way to regulate the
interface behaviors of particles related with adhesion, aggregation, flotation, flocculation …

Simulation and experimental analysis of microalgae and membrane surface interaction

N Khosravizadeh, D Lu, Y Liao, B Liao, P Fatehi - Colloids and Interfaces, 2023 - mdpi.com
The microalgae-induced membrane system applied in wastewater treatment has attracted
attention due to microalgae's outstanding nutrient fixation capacity and biomass harvesting …