A critical review of extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) in membrane bioreactors: characteristics, roles in membrane fouling and control strategies

H Lin, M Zhang, F Wang, F Meng, BQ Liao… - Journal of Membrane …, 2014 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) are key biological substances, which largely
determine properties of sludge flocs, including hydrophobicity, adhesion, flocculation …

Principle and applications of microbubble and nanobubble technology for water treatment

A Agarwal, WJ Ng, Y Liu - Chemosphere, 2011 - Elsevier
In recent years, microbubble and nanobubble technologies have drawn great attention due
to their wide applications in many fields of science and technology, such as water treatment …

Synergistic fouling behaviors and mechanisms of calcium ions and polyaluminum chloride associated with alginate solution in coagulation-ultrafiltration (UF) process

Y Long, G Yu, L Dong, Y Xu, H Lin, Y Deng, X You… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of calcium ions and polyaluminum chloride (PACl) on membrane fouling in
coagulation-ultrafiltration (UF) process were investigated in this study. Filtration tests …

Thermodynamic mechanisms of membrane fouling during filtration of alginate solution in coagulation-ultrafiltration (UF) process in presence of different ionic strength …

X You, J Zhang, L Shen, R Li, Y Xu, M Zhang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of iron (III) ion level and ionic strength on membrane fouling in coagulation-
ultrafiltration (UF) process were explored in this study. Two interesting filtration phenomena …

Membrane bioreactors and electrochemical processes for treatment of wastewaters containing heavy metal ions, organics, micropollutants and dyes: recent …

A Giwa, A Dindi, J Kujawa - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Research and development activities on standalone systems of membrane bioreactors and
electrochemical reactors for wastewater treatment have been intensified recently. However …

Effects of micro-/nanobubble on membrane antifouling performance and the mechanism insights

K Fan, Z Huang, H Lin, L Shen, C Gao, G Zhou… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling problem has become a painful point of the membrane industry by causing
huge energy consumption, material wastage and high cost. Micro-/nanobubbles (MNBs) as …

Activated sludge model (ASM) based modelling of membrane bioreactor (MBR) processes: A critical review with special regard to MBR specificities

A Fenu, G Guglielmi, J Jimenez, M Spèrandio, D Saroj… - Water research, 2010 - Elsevier
Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have been increasingly employed for municipal and
industrial wastewater treatment in the last decade. The efforts for modelling of such …

[HTML][HTML] Biological processes modelling for MBR systems: A review of the state-of-the-art focusing on SMP and EPS

G Mannina, BJ Ni, J Makinia, J Harmand, M Alliet… - Water research, 2023 - Elsevier
A mathematical correlation between biomass kinetic and membrane fouling can improve the
understanding and spread of Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) technology, especially in solving …

New insights into membrane fouling by alginate: Impacts of ionic strength in presence of calcium ions

X You, J Teng, Y Chen, Y Long, G Yu, L Shen, H Lin - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
While water chemistry (eg, ionic strength, calcium concentration and organic foulants) is the
primary property of surface water, its effects on membrane fouling in process of membrane …

Membrane fouling by alginate in polyaluminum chloride (PACl) coagulation/microfiltration process: Molecular insights

J Teng, Y Chen, G Ma, H Hong, T Sun, BQ Liao… - Separation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
While polyaluminum chloride (PACl) coagulation-microfiltration (MF) process is one of the
most popular methods for surface water treatment, the fouling mechanism underlying this …