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 …

Algal fouling of microfiltration and ultrafiltration membranes and control strategies: A review

Y Zhang, Q Fu - Separation and Purification Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Microalgae are ubiquitous in aquatic systems and are a highly diversified group of uni-and
multicellular microorganisms. In low pressure-driven membrane systems, these cells and …

Mechanistic insights into alginate fouling caused by calcium ions based on terahertz time-domain spectra analyses and DFT calculations

M Zhang, H Hong, H Lin, L Shen, H Yu, G Ma, J Chen… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Fouling mechanisms underlying the filtration behaviors of alginate solution caused by
calcium addition were investigated by Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) and …

Ultrafiltration membrane fouling by extracellular organic matters (EOM) of Microcystis aeruginosa in stationary phase: influences of interfacial characteristics of foulants …

F Qu, H Liang, Z Wang, H Wang, H Yu, G Li - Water research, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper focused on the membrane fouling caused by extracellular organic matters (EOM)
which was extracted from lab-cultured Microcystis aeruginosa in stationary phase. The …

Cellulose nanocrystal-blended polyethersulfone membranes for enhanced removal of natural organic matter and alleviation of membrane fouling

L Bai, H Wu, J Ding, A Ding, X Zhang, N Ren… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
To prevent membrane fouling caused by natural organic matter (NOM), cellulose
nanocrystals (CNCs) were blended with inherently hydrophobic polyethersulfones (PES) by …

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 …

Fouling of high pressure-driven NF and RO membranes in desalination processes: Mechanisms and implications on salt rejection

OT Mahlangu, LN Nthunya, MM Motsa, E Morifi… - … Research and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are widely used in seawater and brackish water
desalination. Although RO membranes achieve high salt removal> 99%, their application is …

Rejection of pharmaceutically active compounds and endocrine disrupting compounds by clean and fouled nanofiltration membranes

V Yangali-Quintanilla, A Sadmani, M McConville… - Water Research, 2009 - Elsevier
Rejections of 9 pharmaceuticals and 5 endocrine disruptors by clean and fouled
nanofiltration membranes were investigated in this study. Waters containing a cocktail of …

Fouling mechanism and resistance analyses of systems containing sodium alginate, calcium, alum and their combination in dead-end fouling of nanofiltration …

K Listiarini, W Chun, DD Sun, JO Leckie - Journal of Membrane Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Fouling of sodium alginate, calcium and alum coagulant in dead-end nanofiltration
membranes was systematically investigated in this study. Alginate was used as a model …

Ultrafiltration of polysaccharide–protein mixtures: elucidation of fouling mechanisms and fouling control by membrane surface modification

H Susanto, H Arafat, EML Janssen… - Separation and Purification …, 2008 - Elsevier
This work describes the fouling behavior of polysaccharide–protein mixture solutions by
investigation of adsorptive and ultrafiltration fouling. Alginate, dextran, myoglobin and …