Membrane-based separation for oily wastewater: A practical perspective

HJ Tanudjaja, CA Hejase, VV Tarabara, AG Fane… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
The large volumes of oily wastewater generated by various industries, such as oil and gas,
food and beverage, and metal processing, need to be de-oiled prior to being discharged into …

Critical and sustainable fluxes: Theory, experiments and applications

P Bacchin, P Aimar, RW Field - Journal of membrane science, 2006 - Elsevier
Over the last 10 years, numerous membrane filtration data have been viewed through the
lens of the concept of critical flux. This concept, used in a number of different ways often …

Critical, sustainable and threshold fluxes for membrane filtration with water industry applications

RW Field, GK Pearce - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
Critical flux theory evolved as a description of the upper bound in the operating envelope for
controlled steady state environments such as cross-flow systems. However, in the …

The use of gas bubbling to enhance membrane processes

ZF Cui, S Chang, AG Fane - Journal of membrane science, 2003 - Elsevier
The introduction of gas/liquid two-phase flow has been shown to significantly enhance the
performance of some membrane process applications. This paper reviews the state-of-the …

The effect of organic loading on process performance and membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor treating municipal wastewater

RS Trussell, RP Merlo, SW Hermanowicz, D Jenkins - Water research, 2006 - Elsevier
The results of experiments on municipal wastewater primary effluent are presented for a pilot-
scale submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR). The SMBR pilot plant employed an …

Microfiltration of activated sludge wastewater—the effect of system operation parameters

R Bai, HF Leow - Separation and Purification Technology, 2002 - Elsevier
Membrane or hollow fiber microfiltration is increasingly used with the activated sludge
process in conventional wastewater treatment to produce a higher quality effluent. The major …

Non-invasive observation of synthetic membrane processes–a review of methods

V Chen, H Li, AG Fane - Journal of Membrane Science, 2004 - Elsevier
A review is given on the past and current developments for in situ observation of membrane
processes. Optical and non-optical probes for the membrane, fluid boundary layer, and bulk …

A review of biofouling and its control in membrane separation bioreactors

BQ Liao, DM Bagley, HE Kraemer… - Water environment …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane separation technology is increasingly becoming an important innovation in
biological wastewater treatment. Biofouling of the membrane is a major factor affecting the …

The effect of fibre diameter on filtration and flux distribution—relevance to submerged hollow fibre modules

S Chang, AG Fane - Journal of Membrane Science, 2001 - Elsevier
This paper examines the effect of fibre diameter on filtration and flux distribution with inter-
fibre two-phase flow for conditions relevant to submerged bioreactors (SMBR). Hollow fibres …

Modelling of a membrane bioreactor system for municipal wastewater treatment

T Wintgens, J Rosen, T Melin, C Brepols… - Journal of Membrane …, 2003 - Elsevier
Within the presented study a model to describe the filtration performance of submerged
capillary hollow fibre modules in membrane bioreactor applications for wastewater treatment …