A review of membrane fouling and its control in algal-related membrane processes

Y Liao, A Bokhary, E Maleki, B Liao - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Membrane technologies have received much attention in microalgae biorefinery for nutrients
removal from wastewater, carbon dioxide abatement from the air as well as the production of …

Hydraulic backwashing for low-pressure membranes in drinking water treatment: A review

H Chang, H Liang, F Qu, B Liu, H Yu, X Du, G Li… - Journal of Membrane …, 2017 - Elsevier
Conventional drinking water treatment processes have faced several obstacles that are
severely affected by water pollution and shortage, which makes it difficult to produce potable …

Understanding and designing a high-performance ultrafiltration membrane using machine learning

H Gao, S Zhong, R Dangayach… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ultrafiltration (UF) as one of the mainstream membrane-based technologies has been
widely used in water and wastewater treatment. Increasing demand for clean and safe water …

Performance of hollow fiber ultrafiltration membrane in a full-scale drinking water treatment plant in China: A systematic evaluation during 7-year operation

H Yu, X Li, H Chang, Z Zhou, T Zhang, Y Yang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ultrafiltration (UF) was implemented as a process upgrade in a full-scale drinking water
treatment plant (DWTP) with a scale of 100,000 m 3· d− 1, and the performance was …

Reducing ultrafiltration membrane fouling during potable water reuse using pre-ozonation

H Wang, M Park, H Liang, S Wu, IJ Lopez, W Ji, G Li… - Water Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Wastewater reclamation has increasingly become popular to secure potable water supply.
Low-pressure membrane processes such as microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) play …

An integrated coagulation-ultrafiltration-nanofiltration process for internal reuse of shale gas flowback and produced water

H Chang, B Liu, B Yang, X Yang, C Guo, Q He… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The internal reuse of flowback and produced water (FPW) for another hydraulic fracking is
currently the most dominant and economical option but is subject to certain restrictions …

Membrane fouling alleviation by combination of sodium percarbonate oxidation and coagulation during microfiltration of shale gas produced water

H Chang, N Liu, F Qu, X Cheng, Z Zhou, Y Liang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling is the Achilles heel of membrane-based technologies. Severe membrane
fouling occurs when a single microfiltration (MF) membrane is used to treat shale gas …

Three-dimensional analysis of the natural-organic-matter distribution in the cake layer to precisely reveal ultrafiltration fouling mechanisms

S Wu, X Hua, B Ma, H Fan, R Miao… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cake layer formation is the dominant ultrafiltration membrane fouling mechanism after long-
term operation. However, precisely analyzing the cake-layer structure still remains a …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent development of mixed matrix membrane as a membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment: A review

R Abdullah, D Astira, AR Widyanto… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment has emerged as the most effective method for addressing the scarcity
of clean water, which is expected to cause a worldwide crisis in the near future. The …