Membrane processes enhanced by various forms of physical energy: A systematic review on mechanisms, implementation, application and energy efficiency

Y Shen, Y Zhang, Y Jiang, H Cheng, B Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane technologies in water and wastewater treatment have been eagerly pursued
over the past decades, yet membrane fouling remains the major bottleneck to overcome …

Nano-confined catalysis with Co nanoparticles-encapsulated carbon nanotubes for enhanced peroxymonosulfate oxidation in secondary effluent treatment: Water …

P Li, D Xu, Y Gao, P Liu, Z Liu, J Ding, J Zhu, H Liang - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite widespread deployment and investigation of ultrafiltration (UF) for secondary
effluent purification, the challenge of membrane fouling due to effluent organic matter (EfOM) …

Comparative study of UV/chlorine and VUV/chlorine as ultrafiltration membrane pretreatment techniques: Performance, mechanisms and DBPs formation

S Chen, Z Zhao, F Cui, B Liu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling, primarily resulting from natural organic matter (NOM) widely existing in
water sources, has always been a chief hindrance for the prevalent application of …

Co-activation of peroxymonosulfate activation with sunlight and tailored catalytic MnFe2O4/MWCNTs membrane to mitigate membrane fouling caused by NOM and …

Y Ma, C Zhang, D Wang, K Cheng, Y Lu, C Dai… - Journal of Membrane …, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling has been a major factor hindering the development of ultrafiltration
membranes. Herein, a novel in situ oxidation system was constructed via introducing MnFe …

Comparison of chlorine and peroxymonosulfate in enhancing vacuum ultraviolet for treating secondary effluent to mitigate ultrafiltration membrane fouling

R Ma, X Cheng, X Luo, T Yang, D Wu… - Separation and Purification …, 2025 - Elsevier
Herein, sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) and peroxomonosulfate (PMS) were systematically
compared in enhancing vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) oxidation for alleviating ultrafiltration …

Insights into Co3O4 nano-rod/peroxymonosulfate catalytic oxidation system for chemical cleaning ultrafiltration membrane: Performance, mechanisms, and effects on …

M Gao, J Zhang, L Zhao, C Geng, F Zhao… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, Co 3 O 4 nano-rod (Co 3 O 4-NR) with (1 1 0) crystal plane predominant
exposure is prepared by a hydrothermal method, and peroxymonosulfate (PMS) was …

Mn-Fe bimetallic oxide catalytic oxidation combined with ultrafiltration for treating secondary effluent: EfOM molecular transformation and membrane fouling control …

P Li, D Xu, X Cheng, J Ding, J Wang, H Liang - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite extensive application and research of membrane technology in secondary effluent
treatment, fouling induced by effluent organic matter (EfOM) remains a challenge. Herein, a …

A membrane fouling control strategy based on a combination of pre-treatment mitigation and in-situ membrane surface regulation using a composite coagulant

K Guo, H Liu, B Gao, Z Chang, M Feng, B Liu, Q Yue… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Ultrafiltration technology (UF) is efficient in surface water treatment, but its development and
widespread application are limited by membrane fouling. Herein, an efficient and stable …

Pressure-induced piezoelectric response for mitigating membrane fouling in surface water treatment: Insights from continuous operation and biofouling …

Y Zhang, D Yan, Y Zhao, J Li, J Wang, Y Wang, J Wang… - Water Research, 2025 - Elsevier
Organic fouling and biofouling represents a critical challenge encountered by the membrane-
based water treatment process. Herein, a piezoelectric PVDF membrane (PEM), capable of …

Abatement of algal extracellular organic matter by vacuum ultraviolet: Effect of dissolved oxygen and role of in-situ formed reactive oxygen species

J Du, M Sun, W Yu, Z Wu, G Chen, W Shen… - Journal of Water Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
Algal extracellular organic matter (EOM) in water produced during the outbreak of algal
blooms is difficult to be effectively removed by conventional water treatment processes …