Membrane Processes

Abstract

This review, for literature published in 2015, contains information related to membrane processes for municipal and industrial applications. This review is a subsection of the Treatment Systems section of the annual Water Environment Federation literature review and covers the following topics: pretreatment, membrane bioreactor (MBR) configuration, design, nutrient removal, operation, industrial treatment, anaerobic membrane systems, reuse, microconstituents removal, membrane technology advances, membrane fouling, and modeling. Other sub-sections of the Treatment Systems section that might relate to this literature review include: Biological Fixed-Film Systems, Activated Sludge and Other Aerobic Suspended Culture Processes, Anaerobic Processes, Water Reclamation and Reuse. The following sections might also have related information on membrane processes: Industrial Wastes, Hazardous Wastes, and Fate and Effects of Pollutants.

Latest Developments in Membrane (Bio)Reactors

“…Neoh and co-workers recently studied membrane fouling and the associated energy demand for wastewater treatment processes, where they found the key factors to be resolved for the full exploitation of integrated membrane solutions for wastewater treatment processes [120]. In the same year, the annual water environment federation literature review confirmed a similar point as well [121]. Tan and co-workers developed a map that compares different fouling mitigation techniques with respect to the salinity of the influent.…”

Enhancement of COD Removal from Oilfield Produced Wastewater by Combination of Advanced Oxidation, Adsorption and Ultrafiltration

“…It can be found that the wastewater also contains polymer, which has a strong binding force with the membrane surface and would cause the membrane flux decline. Since sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS) is a surfactant that can effectively remove granular fouling [30], it was tested in the cleaning process. It can be found from Figure 5 that with 0.1% NaOH and 0.1% SDBS cleaning, more than 90% flux recovery was achieved.…”