Regulation of extracellular polymers based on quorum sensing in wastewater biological treatment from mechanisms to applications: a critical review

L Lv, Z Wei, W Li, J Chen, Y Tian, W Gao, P Wang… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) regulated by quorum sensing (QS) could directly
mediate adhesion between microorganisms and form tight microbial aggregates. Besides …

Current advances and opportunities in the development of nanofiltration (NF) membranes in the area of wastewater treatment, water desalination, biotechnological …

D Yadav, S Karki, PG Ingole - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, nanofiltration (NF) membranes are playing a vital role in various applications.
However, several challenges remain in their applications such as difficulty in controlling …

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 …

Membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors—Characterisation, contradictions, cause and cures

A Drews - Journal of membrane science, 2010 - Elsevier
Despite more than a decade of worldwide research on membrane fouling in membrane
bioreactors (MBRs), many questions still remain unanswered. In the light of the complexity of …

Influence of wastewater sludge treatment using combined peroxyacetic acid oxidation and inorganic coagulants re-flocculation on characteristics of extracellular …

W Zhang, B Cao, D Wang, T Ma, H Xia, D Yu - Water Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are highly hydrated biopolymers and play
important roles in bioflocculation, floc stability, and solid-water separation processes …

The treatment of brewery wastewater for reuse: State of the art

GS Simate, J Cluett, SE Iyuke, ET Musapatika… - Desalination, 2011 - Elsevier
The beer brewing process often generates large amounts of wastewater effluent and solid
wastes that must be disposed off or treated in the least costly and safest way so as to meet …

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 …

Enhancement of waste activated sludge dewaterability using calcium peroxide pre-oxidation and chemical re-flocculation

Z Chen, W Zhang, D Wang, T Ma, R Bai, D Yu - Water Research, 2016 - Elsevier
The effects of combined calcium peroxide (CaO 2) oxidation with chemical re-flocculation on
dewatering performance and physicochemical properties of waste activated sludge was …

Biosorption of nanoparticles to heterotrophic wastewater biomass

MA Kiser, H Ryu, H Jang, K Hristovski, P Westerhoff - Water research, 2010 - Elsevier
Sorption to activated sludge is a major removal mechanism for pollutants, including
manufactured nanoparticles (NPs), in conventional activated sludge wastewater treatment …

Advances in polymeric nanofiltration membrane: A review

S Tul Muntha, A Kausar, M Siddiq - Polymer-Plastics Technology …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The nanofiltration membrane was first introduced during late 1980s possessing properties
between reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration membrane. Nanofiltration membranes have …