Advances in Membrane Fouling and Cleaning
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2021) | Viewed by 4246
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water development; filtration; membrane; wastewater treatment; biofuel technology
Interests: membrane bioreactor processes for wastewater treatment; hybrid membrane technologies for NOM removal; ozonation and advanced oxidation processes; agricultural waste management; manure anaerobic digestion; wastewater reuse; water disinfection
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fouling is a ubiquitous challenge in membrane systems. On the one hand, fouling is a clear indicator that the membrane system is functioning well, as the phenomenon is intrinsically linked to the removal of undesirable pollutants or contaminants in raw water from the permeate of the membrane system. The assessment of the fouling mechanism (hydraulically vs. chemically reversible, irreversible, particular, adsorptive, biological, etc.) is key for recovering the membrane permeability. While polymeric membranes currently dominate the market, there is also an increasing interest in ceramic membranes, which provides an opportunity to explore both systems and assess their differing capacities with respected to fouling and cleaning. As such, it is necessary that researchers have the capacity to develop novel methodologies for assessing membrane fouling and subsequent cleaning regimes in order to ensure the successful integration of membrane systems into the growing challenges of water treatment.
Dr. Onita Basu
Prof. Dr. Hongde Zhou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- membrane fouling
- fouling indices
- novel cleaning
- chemically enhanced backwash
- nanomaterial modifications
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