Fouling control in SWRO desalination during harmful algal blooms: A historical review and future developments

AB Alayande, J Lim, J Kim, S Hong, AS Al-Amoudi… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a major barrier to the stable and efficient operation of
seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants. Although the intensity varies …

[HTML][HTML] Biofouling potential indicators to assess pretreatment and mitigate biofouling in SWRO membranes: A short review

A Abushaban, SG Salinas-Rodriguez, M Philibert… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Many desalination plants still struggle to control biological fouling in seawater reverse
osmosis (SWRO) systems as there are no standard methods to monitor this type of fouling …

Effects of dissolved organic matters (DOMs) on membrane fouling in anaerobic ceramic membrane bioreactors (AnCMBRs) treating domestic wastewater

X Yue, YKK Koh, HY Ng - Water Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) have been regarded as a potential solution to
achieve energy neutrality in the future wastewater treatment plants. Coupling ceramic …

Fouling investigation of a full-scale seawater reverse osmosis desalination (SWRO) plant on the Red Sea: membrane autopsy and pretreatment efficiency

L Fortunato, AH Alshahri, ASF Farinha, I Zakzouk… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the membrane autopsy was performed on a full-scale seawater reverse
osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant located on the Red Sea. Several techniques were …

Applying permanganate/bisulfite (PM/BS) pre-oxidation enhanced coagulation to control fouling of ultrafiltration membrane in drinking waterworks

X Liu, Q Zhou, K Li, P Chen, M Ye, L Wang - Journal of Water Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coagulation is an effective pre-treatment step for ultrafiltration (UF) drinking water treatment
but is limited by the inability to regulate membrane fouling, particularly organic and …

[HTML][HTML] Fouling and scaling in reverse osmosis desalination plants: A critical review of membrane autopsies, feedwater quality guidelines and assessment methods

M Philibert, LO Villacorte, Y Ekowati, A Abushaban… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) desalination currently plays a vital role in addressing the critical and
growing issue of water scarcity through desalination of brackish waters (BWRO) and …

In-depth analyses of organic matters in a full-scale seawater desalination plant and an autopsy of reverse osmosis membrane

S Jeong, G Naidu, R Vollprecht, TO Leiknes… - Separation and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to facilitate the global performance of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) systems, it
is important to improve the feed water quality before it enters the RO. Currently, many …

Alkali-assisted membrane cleaning for fouling control of anaerobic ceramic membrane bioreactor

X Mei, PJ Quek, Z Wang, HY Ng - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, a chemically enhanced backflush (CEB) cleaning method using NaOH solution
was proposed for fouling mitigation in anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs). Ex-situ …

Role of dissolved air flotation (DAF) and liquid ferrate on mitigation of algal organic matter (AOM) during algal bloom events in RO desalination

AH Alshahri, L Fortunato, N Zaouri, N Ghaffour… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are considered a major contributor to membrane
biofouling in Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants. The presence of …

Membrane fouling mitigation by NaClO-assisted backwash in anaerobic ceramic membrane bioreactors for the treatment of domestic wastewater

X Yue, YKK Koh, HY Ng - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, the NaClO-assisted backwash was used to mitigate membrane fouling in
anaerobic ceramic membrane bioreactors (AnCMBRs) treating domestic wastewater. Four …