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 …

Dissolved effluent organic matter: characteristics and potential implications in wastewater treatment and reuse applications

I Michael-Kordatou, C Michael, X Duan, X He… - Water Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Wastewater reuse is currently considered globally as the most critical element of sustainable
water management. The dissolved effluent organic matter (dE f OM) present in biologically …

Recent advances in functionalized polymer membranes for biofouling control and mitigation in forward osmosis

MD Firouzjaei, SF Seyedpour, SA Aktij… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) is an osmotically driven process widely studied for water desalination,
wastewater treatment, and water reuse, as well as dilution and concentration of aqueous …

Recent advances in membrane bioreactors (MBRs): membrane fouling and membrane material

F Meng, SR Chae, A Drews, M Kraume, HS Shin… - Water research, 2009 - Elsevier
Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have been actively employed for municipal and industrial
wastewater treatments. So far, membrane fouling and the high cost of membranes are main …

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) properties and their effects on membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor

Z Wang, Z Wu, S Tang - Water research, 2009 - Elsevier
A pilot-scale submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) for real municipal wastewater
treatment was operated for over one year in order to investigate extracellular polymeric …

Application of membrane bioreactor technology in treating high strength industrial wastewater: a performance review

NSA Mutamim, ZZ Noor, MAA Hassan, G Olsson - Desalination, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the performance of MBR in treating high strength industrial wastewater.
The scope covers the operation, constraints and mitigation of the system in general views …

Effects of molecular weight distribution of soluble microbial products (SMPs) on membrane fouling in a membrane bioreactor (MBR): Novel mechanistic insights

J Teng, L Shen, Y Xu, Y Chen, XL Wu, Y He, J Chen… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
While molecular weight distribution (MWD) is one of the most important properties of soluble
microbial products (SMPs), mechanisms underlying effects of MWD of SMPs on membrane …

Membrane bioreactor: applications and limitations in treating high strength industrial wastewater

NSA Mutamim, ZZ Noor, MAA Hassan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper reviewed the application of membrane bioreactor in treating high strength
industrial wastewater by analysing operational parameters, limitations and mitigations of …

Sludge properties and their effects on membrane fouling in submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactors (SAnMBRs)

HJ Lin, K Xie, B Mahendran, DM Bagley, KT Leung… - Water research, 2009 - Elsevier
Two submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactors (SAnMBRs)(thermophilic vs. mesophilic)
were operated for a period of 3.5 months with kraft evaporator condensate at a feed …

Characterization of soluble microbial products (SMP) under stressful conditions

ZP Wang, T Zhang - Water Research, 2010 - Elsevier
Soluble microbial products (SMP) in the wastewater treatment process not only cause
fouling to the membrane, but also generate disinfection by-products (DBP) in the effluent …