Membrane bioreactor technology exists for a couple of decades, but has not yet overwhelmed the market due to some serious drawbacks of which operational cost due to fouling is the major contributor. Knowledge buildup and optimisation for such complex systems can heavily benefit from mathematical modelling. In this paper, the vast literature on hydrodynamic and integrated MBR modelling is critic...

Membrane distillation (MD) has unique advantages in the treatment of high-salt wastewater because it can make full use low-grade heat sources. The high salinity mine water western mining areas China is rich Ca2+, Mg2+, SO42? and HCO3?. In MD process, inorganic substances feed will cause membrane fouling. At same time, low surface tension organic which could be introduced process irreversible we...

High-pressure membrane process is one of the cost-effective technologies for the treatment of groundwater containing excessive dissolved solids. This paper reports a pilot study in treating a typical groundwater in Huaibei Plain containing excessive sodium, sulfate and fluoride ions. Three membrane systems were set up and two brands of reverse osmosis (RO), four low-pressure RO (LPRO) and one t...

Abstract Anti-fouling properties and chlorine resistance nature are highly desirable features for membranes used in nanofiltration (NF). Conventional polymeric NF often suffer from fouling issues poor stability under based chemicals. Therefore, this work, a thin film composite (TFC) membrane was modified by coating binding agent polydopamine (PDA) graphene oxide (GO) using simple scalable inkje...

The effect of membrane molecular weight cut off (MWCO) at three levels (10, 20 & 50 kD) on dynamic behavior of permeate flux (JP), hydraulic resistances (total hydraulic resistance, RT; reversible fouling resistance, Rrf; irreversible fouling resistance, Rif and membrane hydraulic resistance, Rm) and milk solutes rejection (protein, R<s...

The widespread adoption of submerged hollow fibre ultrafiltration (UF) for drinking water treatment is currently hindered by the complexity and cost of these membrane systems, especially in small/remote communities. Most of the complexity is associated with auxiliary fouling control measures, which include backwashing, air sparging and chemical cleaning. Recent studies have demonstrated that su...

We present a novel ‘proof-of-concept’ electrochemically based membrane filtration process for the recovery of nitrogen and phosphorus from livestock wastewater following an anaerobic digestion step. Reactive electrically conducting membranes are shown to precipitate separate struvite, eco-friendly fertilizer synthetic wastewater, resulting in production solid high-quality water stream, fit irri...

Reverse osmosis (RO) is being increasingly utilized throughout the world for desalination due to the latest improvements in RO membrane performance and its reduced cost compared to thermal desalination. In this paper, Different media and chemicals have been used for Iron removal to prevent membrane fouling of groundwater reverse osmosis plant located in Shupramant-Giza. The objective is to pres...

This paper is a preliminary study that deals with time-optimal control of a batch membrane diafiltration processes where fouling of the equipped membrane is pronounced. We account for the membrane fouling by its dynamic model where the pore blocking mechanism applies. It is assumed that due to the deposit of foulants, the radius of membrane pores decreases and the part of membrane surface becom...

introductioncurrently, treated industrial wastewater is discharged to the environment in most industrial towns in iran. it is, however, a potential water resource for produce industrial process water. for reach this reuse application, further treatment would be needed. nowadays membrane separation processes are becoming quite popular in wastewater treatment and reclamation, since they combine p...