Current status and future prospects of membrane bioreactors (MBRs) and fouling phenomena: a systematic review

H Hamedi, M Ehteshami, SA Mirbagheri… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have been widely used for municipal and industrial
wastewater treatment around the world due to their advantages, which include higher …

Membrane fouling potentials and cellular properties of bacteria isolated from fouled membranes in a MBR treating municipal wastewater

S Ishizaki, T Fukushima, S Ishii, S Okabe - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling remains a major challenge for wider application of membrane bioreactors
(MBRs) to wastewater treatment. Membrane fouling is mainly caused by microorganisms …

Under-loaded operation of an anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic system in dry and wet weather dynamics to prevent overflow pollution: Impacts on process performance and …

LM Jiang, Z Zhang, Y Li, J Xu, K Wang, X Ding… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of low hydraulic loading rate (HLR) in dry weather and high HLR in wet
weather on pollutant removal, microbial community, and sludge properties of a full-scale …

Performance enhancement and fouling mitigation by organic flocculant addition in membrane bioreactor at high salt shock

H Zhang, Z Gao, L Zhang, L Song - Bioresource technology, 2014 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of an organic flocculant
(MPE50) addition on reducing membrane fouling and enhancing performance in membrane …

Nutrients' behavior and removal in an activated sludge system receiving Olive Mill Wastewater

TE Elmansour, L Mandi, A Hejjaj, N Ouazzani - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work aims to monitor inorganic nutrients (phosphorus and ammonium) behavior during
the injection of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMWW) in an activated sludge process. The system …

Dynamic changes of dissolved organic matter in membrane bioreactors at different organic loading rates: Evidence from spectroscopic and chromatographic methods

T Maqbool, J Cho, J Hur - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Excitation emission matrix-parallel factor analysis (EEM-PARAFAC) and size exclusion
chromatography (SEC) were utilized to explore the dynamics in extracellular polymeric …

Effect of sludge characteristics on membrane fouling during start-up of a tertiary submerged membrane bioreactor

O Díaz, L Vera, E González, E García… - … Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
In membrane bioreactors applied to wastewater treatment, fouling is typically a complex
function of sludge characteristics. A pilot-scale tertiary submerged membrane bioreactor …

The effect of solids retention times on the characterization of extracellular polymeric substances and soluble microbial products in a submerged membrane bioreactor

L Duan, Y Song, H Yu, S Xia, SW Hermanowicz - Bioresource technology, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of solids retention times (SRTs) on extracellular polymeric substances
(EPS) and soluble microbial products (SMPs) were investigated in a membrane bioreactor …

How high salt shock affects performance and membrane fouling characteristics of a halophilic membrane bioreactor used for treating hypersaline wastewater

S Shokri, B Bonakdarpour, EA Sharghi - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
In the present study, the effect of short-term salt shocks (13% and 20%) on the performance
of a halophilic MBR bioreactor used to treat a hypersaline (5% salt) synthetic wastewater …

Importance of nutrient availability for soluble microbial products formation during a famine period of activated sludge: Evidence from multiple analyses

T Maqbool, J Cho, J Hur - Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Much remains unknown about compositional variations in soluble microbial products (SMP)
with the shift of the substrate condition from a feast to a famine phase in biological treatment …