Developing Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have been extensively researched, developed and engineered for applications in both municipal and industrial wastewater treatment and reuse worldwide as innovative hybrid models of biological degradation and solid–liquid membrane separation. To date, conventional MBRs (aerobic activated sludge + polymeric micro/ultra-filtration membrane) have been regarded as a mature technology, but their application is limited due to membrane fouling (especially biofouling) and associated energy/cost issue. New MBRs, either with a different biological process (e.g., granular sludge, biofilm, anaerobic digestion, and anammox) or a different separation membrane (e.g., ceramic/composite/conductive MF/UF, NF, forward osmosis, and distillation), have emerged as an alternative to enhance permeate quality, mitigate membrane fouling, and expand new functions.

This Special Issue on ‘Developing Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse’ of the journal Membranes aims to cover recent developments on all aspects of membrane bioreactors, including, but not limited to, conventional MBRs, new MBRs, pollutants removal performance and mechanism, membrane fouling mechanism and control, novel membrane or membrane modification, process optimization, and municipal and industrial wastewater treatment.

Authors are invited to submit both latest original papers and reviews.

Prof. Dr. Chunhai Wei
Dr. Moustapha Harb
Dr. Shuo Zhang
Guest Editors

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