The advancement in membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology toward sustainable industrial wastewater management

TU Rahman, H Roy, MR Islam, M Tahmid, A Fariha… - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The advancement in water treatment technology has revolutionized the progress of
membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology in the modern era. The large space requirement …

Membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology for wastewater treatment and reclamation: membrane fouling

OT Iorhemen, RA Hamza, JH Tay - Membranes, 2016 - mdpi.com
The membrane bioreactor (MBR) has emerged as an efficient compact technology for
municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. The major drawback impeding wider …

Membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors—Characterisation, contradictions, cause and cures

A Drews - Journal of membrane science, 2010 - Elsevier
Despite more than a decade of worldwide research on membrane fouling in membrane
bioreactors (MBRs), many questions still remain unanswered. In the light of the complexity of …

Membrane technology in microalgae cultivation and harvesting: a review

MR Bilad, HA Arafat, IFJ Vankelecom - Biotechnology advances, 2014 - Elsevier
Membrane processes have long been applied in different stages of microalgae cultivation
and processing. These processes include microfiltration, ultrafiltration, dialysis, forward …

Harvesting microalgal biomass using submerged microfiltration membranes

MR Bilad, D Vandamme, I Foubert, K Muylaert… - Bioresource …, 2012 - Elsevier
This study was performed to investigate the applicability of submerged microfiltration as a
first step of up-concentration for harvesting both a freshwater green algae species Chlorella …

Membrane fouling for produced water treatment: A review study from a process control perspective

KL Jepsen, MV Bram, S Pedersen, Z Yang - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
The offshore oil and gas industry is experiencing increasing water cuts as the reservoirs
mature. The increase in produced water stresses the currently deployed deoiling …

Harvesting microalgal biomass using a magnetically induced membrane vibration (MMV) system: filtration performance and energy consumption

MR Bilad, V Discart, D Vandamme, I Foubert… - Bioresource …, 2013 - Elsevier
This study was performed to investigate the effectiveness of submerged microfiltration to
harvest both a marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum and a Chlorella vulgaris in a …

Influence of membrane properties on fouling in submerged membrane bioreactors

P van der Marel, A Zwijnenburg, A Kemperman… - Journal of membrane …, 2010 - Elsevier
Polymeric flat-sheet membranes with different properties were used in filtration experiments
with activated sludge from a pilot-scale MBR to investigate the influence of membrane pore …

A combination of membrane relaxation and shear stress significantly improve the flux of gravity-driven membrane system

D Shi, Y Liu, W Fu, J Li, Z Fang, S Shao - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Gravity-driven membrane (GDM) filtration system is a promising process for decentralized
drinking water treatment. During the operation, membrane relaxation and shear stress could …

Distinction between polymeric and ceramic membrane in AnMBR treating municipal wastewater: In terms of irremovable fouling

Z Liu, X Zhu, P Liang, X Zhang, K Kimura… - Journal of membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polymeric flat-sheet membrane (FS) and ceramic flat-tubular membrane (CM) are the most
widely-used membranes in anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR). However, fouling …