A review of emerging trends in membrane science and technology for sustainable water treatment

A Yusuf, A Sodiq, A Giwa, J Eke, O Pikuda… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Access to clean or potable water will continue to be a global challenge in as much as
sustainable solutions are far-fetched. It has become imperative to improve the efficiency of …

Membrane cleaning in membrane bioreactors: A review

Z Wang, J Ma, CY Tang, K Kimura, Q Wang… - Journal of membrane …, 2014 - Elsevier
Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have been widely used in wastewater treatment and
reclamation. Membrane cleaning is an essential part during the operation of MBRs since …

Spectroscopic fingerprints profiling the polysaccharide/protein/humic architecture of stratified extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in activated sludge

J Yu, K Xiao, H Xu, Y Li, Q Xue, W Xue, A Zhang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), with a stratified structure including tightly-bound
EPS (TB-EPS), loosely-bound EPS (LB-EPS), and soluble EPS (S-EPS) surrounding the …

How to coordinate the trade-off between water permeability and salt rejection in nanofiltration?

R Zhang, J Tian, S Gao… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The specific separation properties of nanofiltration (NF) membranes lead to their application
in water treatment, resource recovery, food processing, and chemical and pharmaceutical …

Retention of natural organic matter by ultrafiltration and the mitigation of membrane fouling through pre-treatment, membrane enhancement, and cleaning-A review

CD Peters, T Rantissi, V Gitis, NP Hankins - Journal of Water Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural organic matter (NOM) is a common occurrence in all raw waters (eg, surface waters,
groundwater, and wastewater) that are used for freshwater production. NOM is a leading …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membrane fouling by natural organic matter: Mechanisms and mitigation by pre-ozonation and pH

W Yu, T Liu, J Crawshaw, T Liu, N Graham - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
The fouling of ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes during the treatment of
surface waters continues to be of concern and the particular role of natural organic matter …

Three-dimensional excitation and emission matrix fluorescence (3DEEM) for quick and pseudo-quantitative determination of protein-and humic-like substances in full …

C Jacquin, G Lesage, J Traber, W Pronk, M Heran - Water Research, 2017 - Elsevier
The goal of this study is to help filling the research gaps linked to the on-line application of
fluorescence spectroscopy in wastewater treatment and data processing tools suitable for …

The behavior of suspensions and macromolecular solutions in crossflow microfiltration: An update

JW Chew, J Kilduff, G Belfort - Journal of Membrane Science, 2020 - Elsevier
More than two decades after the highly-cited review on microfiltration of suspensions and
macromolecular solutions, it is time to revisit and update the fundamentals and applications …

Insights into the properties of surface waters and their associated nanofiltration membrane fouling: The importance of biopolymers and high molecular weight humics

L Tian, P Zhou, Z Su, T Liu, N Graham, T Bond… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration (NF) membrane fouling by surface waters is still an unclear and unpredictable
topic due to the heterogeneity and variability of natural organic matter (NOM) in waters. The …

The roles of particles in enhancing membrane filtration: A review

J Wang, A Cahyadi, B Wu, W Pee, AG Fane… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Particles suspended within feed flow or added into membrane-filtration systems may behave
as foulant or fouling mitigation agent. The fine boundary between these two roles warrant …