Dissolved organic nitrogen in wastewater treatment processes: Transformation, biosynthesis and ecological impacts

F Zheng, J Wang, R Xiao, W Chai, D Xing, H Lu - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
With the upgrade of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to meet more stringent discharge
limits for nutrients, dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) is present at an increasing percentage …

Biofouling and control approaches in membrane bioreactors

L Deng, W Guo, HH Ngo, H Zhang, J Wang, J Li… - Bioresource …, 2016 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling (especially biofouling) as a critical issue during membrane reactor (MBR)
operation has attracted much attention in recent years. Although previous review papers …

Extracellular polymeric substances trigger microbial immigration from partial denitrification (PD) to anammox biofilms in a long-term operated PD/anammox process in …

L Yu, Q Zhang, R Li, B Qiao, Z Wang, L Zheng, D Peng - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The immigration of microbial communities in a synergistic partial denitrification/anammox
(SPDA) system was investigated in a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) inoculated with …

Synergistic oxidation-filtration process analysis of catalytic CuFe2O4-Tailored ceramic membrane filtration via peroxymonosulfate activation for humic acid treatment

Y Zhao, D Lu, C Xu, J Zhong, M Chen, S Xu, Y Cao… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
This work synthesized catalytic CuFe 2 O 4 tailored ceramic membrane (CuFeCM), and
systematically investigated the intercorrelated oxidation-filtration mechanism of …

Ultrafiltration membrane fouling caused by extracellular organic matter (EOM) from Microcystis aeruginosa: effects of membrane pore size and surface hydrophobicity

F Qu, H Liang, J Zhou, J Nan, S Shao, J Zhang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study focused on the effects of membrane pore size and surface hydrophobicity on
ultrafiltration (UF) membrane fouling caused by extracellular organic matter (EOM) from …

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 …

Effects of molecular weight distribution of soluble microbial products (SMPs) on membrane fouling in a membrane bioreactor (MBR): Novel mechanistic insights

J Teng, L Shen, Y Xu, Y Chen, XL Wu, Y He, J Chen… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
While molecular weight distribution (MWD) is one of the most important properties of soluble
microbial products (SMPs), mechanisms underlying effects of MWD of SMPs on membrane …

Characterization of soluble microbial products (SMP) under stressful conditions

ZP Wang, T Zhang - Water Research, 2010 - Elsevier
Soluble microbial products (SMP) in the wastewater treatment process not only cause
fouling to the membrane, but also generate disinfection by-products (DBP) in the effluent …

Effect of sulfate radical-based oxidation pretreatments for mitigating ceramic UF membrane fouling caused by algal extracellular organic matter

X Cheng, D Wu, H Liang, X Zhu, X Tang, Z Gan, J Xing… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Algal extracellular organic matter (EOM) released from Microcystis aeruginosa can cause
severe membrane fouling during algae-laden water treatment. To solve this problem, three …

Analytical methods for soluble microbial products (SMP) and extracellular polymers (ECP) in wastewater treatment systems: a review

C Kunacheva, DC Stuckey - Water Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Effluents from biological processes contain a wide range of complex organic compounds,
including soluble microbial products (SMP) and extracellular polymers (ECP), released …