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Yanar N, Park S, Yang E, Choi H. Surface Fouling Characterization Methods for Polymeric Membranes Using a Short Experimental Study. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:2124. [PMID: 39125150 PMCID: PMC11314550 DOI: 10.3390/polym16152124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2024] [Revised: 07/12/2024] [Accepted: 07/23/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
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Membrane surface fouling has always been a critical issue for the long-term operation of polymeric membranes. Therefore, it is crucial to develop new approaches to prevent fouling. While developing new approaches, characterization methods are greatly important for understanding the distribution of fouling on the membrane surface. In this work, a cellulose acetate membrane was fouled by the filtration of artificial wastewater based on alginate. The surfaces of fouled membranes were characterized through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and white light interferometry (WLI). The results were then compared in terms of the resolution, accuracy, feasibility, and cost-efficiency.
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- Numan Yanar
- R&D Center, NAiEEL Technology, 6-2 Yuseongdaero 1205, Daejeon 34104, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA;
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 261 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea;
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 261 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea;
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Wei M, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Liu X, Li X, Zheng X. Employing Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) for Microscale Investigation of Interfaces and Interactions in Membrane Fouling Processes: New Perspectives and Prospects. MEMBRANES 2024; 14:35. [PMID: 38392662 PMCID: PMC10890076 DOI: 10.3390/membranes14020035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Membrane fouling presents a significant challenge in the treatment of wastewater. Several detection methods have been used to interpret membrane fouling processes. Compared with other analysis and detection methods, atomic force microscopy (AFM) is widely used because of its advantages in liquid-phase in situ 3D imaging, ability to measure interactive forces, and mild testing conditions. Although AFM has been widely used in the study of membrane fouling, the current literature has not fully explored its potential. This review aims to uncover and provide a new perspective on the application of AFM technology in future studies on membrane fouling. Initially, a rigorous review was conducted on the morphology, roughness, and interaction forces of AFM in situ characterization of membranes and foulants. Then, the application of AFM in the process of changing membrane fouling factors was reviewed based on its in situ measurement capability, and it was found that changes in ionic conditions, pH, voltage, and even time can cause changes in membrane fouling morphology and forces. Existing membrane fouling models are then discussed, and the role of AFM in predicting and testing these models is presented. Finally, the potential of the improved AFM techniques to be applied in the field of membrane fouling has been underestimated. In this paper, we have fully elucidated the potentials of the improved AFM techniques to be applied in the process of membrane fouling, and we have presented the current challenges and the directions for the future development in an attempt to provide new insights into this field.
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- Mohan Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulics in North West Arid Region, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulics in North West Arid Region, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulics in North West Arid Region, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulics in North West Arid Region, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
- Yulin Coal Chemical Waste Resource Utilization and Low Carbon Environmental Protection Engineering Technology Research Center, Yulin High-tech Zone Yuheng No. 1 Industrial Sewage Treatment Co., Ltd., Yulin 719000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulics in North West Arid Region, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulics in North West Arid Region, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
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Covaliu-Mierlă CI, Păunescu O, Iovu H. Recent Advances in Membranes Used for Nanofiltration to Remove Heavy Metals from Wastewater: A Review. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:643. [PMID: 37505009 PMCID: PMC10385156 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13070643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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The presence of heavy metal ions in polluted wastewater represents a serious threat to human health, making proper disposal extremely important. The utilization of nanofiltration (NF) membranes has emerged as one of the most effective methods of heavy metal ion removal from wastewater due to their efficient operation, adaptable design, and affordability. NF membranes created from advanced materials are becoming increasingly popular due to their ability to depollute wastewater in a variety of circumstances. Tailoring the NF membrane's properties to efficiently remove heavy metal ions from wastewater, interfacial polymerization, and grafting techniques, along with the addition of nano-fillers, have proven to be the most effective modification methods. This paper presents a review of the modification processes and NF membrane performances for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater, as well as the application of these membranes for heavy metal ion wastewater treatment. Very high treatment efficiencies, such as 99.90%, have been achieved using membranes composed of polyvinyl amine (PVAM) and glutaraldehyde (GA) for Cr3+ removal from wastewater. However, nanofiltration membranes have certain drawbacks, such as fouling of the NF membrane. Repeated cleaning of the membrane influences its lifetime.
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- Cristina Ileana Covaliu-Mierlă
- Faculty of Biotechnical Systems Engineering, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
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- Faculty of Biotechnical Systems Engineering, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
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- Advanced Polymer Materials Group, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 132 Calea Grivitei, 010737 Bucharest, Romania
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Chongliang T, Fangyuan M, Tingyu W, Di Z, Ye W, Mingjiao L, Xiangwei L, Xinyue L. Study on surface physical and chemical mechanism of nanobubble enhanced flotation of fine graphite. J IND ENG CHEM 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2023.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Zheng P, He H, Gao Y, Tang P, Wang H, Peng J, Wang L, Su C, Ding S. Speeding up the Topography Imaging of Atomic Force Microscopy by Convolutional Neural Network. Anal Chem 2022; 94:5041-5047. [PMID: 35294191 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Atomic force microscopy (AFM) provides unprecedented insight into surface topography research with ultrahigh spatial resolution at the subnanometer level. However, a slow scanning rate has to be employed to ensure the image quality, which will largely increase the accumulated sample drift, thereby, resulting in the low fidelity of the AFM image. In this paper, we propose a fast imaging method which performs a complete fast Raster scanning and a slow μ-path subsampling together with a deep learning algorithm to rapidly produce an AFM image with high quality and small drift. A supervised convolutional neural network (CNN) model is trained with the slow μ-path subsampled data and its counterpart acquired with fast Raster scan. The fast speed acquired AFM image is then inputted to the well-trained CNN model to output the high quality one. We validate the reliability of this method using a silicon grids sample and further apply it to the fast imaging of a vanadium dioxide thin film. The results demonstrate that this method can largely improve the imaging speed up to 10.3 times with state-of-the-art imaging quality, and reduce the sample drift by 8.9 times in the multiframe AFM imaging of the same area. Furthermore, we prove that this method is also applicable to other scanning imaging techniques such as scanning electrochemical microscopy.
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- Peng Zheng
- School of Aerospace Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Ningxia 750021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Ningxia 750021, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Sadeghzadeh A, Bazgir S, Shirazi MMA. Fabrication and characterization of a novel hydrophobic polystyrene membrane using electroblowing technique for desalination by direct contact membrane distillation. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.116498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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do Nascimento FC, de Aguiar LCV, Costa LAT, Fernandes MT, Marassi RJ, Gomes ADS, de Castro JA. Formulation and characterization of crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) membranes: effects of the crosslinking agents. Polym Bull (Berl) 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-020-03142-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Maria, Muhammad Y, Farooq MU, Subhan S, Subhan F. Synthesis, characterization and applications of metallic nanoparticles/rGO blended poly methyl methacrylate membranes for the efficient removal of Cd2+ from model and real wastewater. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj02590a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Herein we report the fabrication of polymer blended hybrid membranes from poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA) as a matrix, and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and Fe2O3, ZnO, CuO and AgO nanoparticles (NPs) as primary and secondary fillers, respectively.
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- Maria
- Institute of Chemical Sciences
- University of Peshawar
- Pakistan
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences
- University of Peshawar
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology
- Topi
- Swabi
- Pakistan
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences
- University of Peshawar
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Abdul Wali Khan University
- Mardan
- Pakistan
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Towards a Sustainable Water Supply: Humic Acid Removal Employing Coagulation and Tangential Cross Flow Microfiltration. WATER 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/w11102093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Synthetic solutions assimilating irrigated groundwater containing varying concentrations of humic acid (10 mg/L), saline (10–35 g/L) and metal agents (5–10 mg/L), were processed through a ceramic microfiltration membrane (Sterilox Ltd., 0.5 μm). This was done with enrichment schemes using polymeric coagulants (PDADMAC) applied to enhance the removal of the above-mentioned pollutants. The study was conducted with the scope of investigating the feasibility of sequential and hybrid coagulation and microfiltration as a method of choice for drinking water treatment. Membrane microfiltration is easily scalable into various arrangements, allowing versatility in operation and enrichment schemes, with a relatively lower cost which other treatment practices do not allow. The highest humic acid removal, 91.11% was achieved with hybrid coagulation.
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- Asima Naz
- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Department of Chemistry, Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST), Mirpur, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Lahore, Sargodha, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Johnson D, Hilal N. Polymer membranes – Fractal characteristics and determination of roughness scaling exponents. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Marbelia L, Hernalsteens MA, Ilyas S, Öztürk B, Szymczyk A, Springael D, Vankelecom I. Biofouling in membrane bioreactors: nexus between polyacrylonitrile surface charge and community composition. BIOFOULING 2018; 34:237-251. [PMID: 29448813 DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2018.1428311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The influence of membrane surface charge on biofouling community composition during activated sludge filtration in a membrane bioreactor was investigated in this study using polyacrylonitrile-based membranes. Membranes with different surface properties were synthesized by phase inversion followed by a layer-by-layer modification. Various characterization results showed that the membranes differed only in their surface chemical composition and charge, ie two of them were negative, one neutral and one positive. Membrane fouling experiments were performed for 40 days and the biofouling communities were analyzed. PCR-DGGE fingerprinting indicated selective enrichment of bacterial populations from the sludge suspension within the biofilms at any time point. The biofilm community composition seemed to change with time. However, no difference was observed between the biofilm community of differently charged membranes at specific time points. It could be concluded that membrane charges do not play a decisive role in the long-term selection of the key bacterial foulants.
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- Lisendra Marbelia
- a Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering , KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium
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- a Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering , KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium
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- a Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering , KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium
- d Urban Sector Planning & Management Services Unit. (Pvt.) Ltd. (The Urban Unit) , Lahore , Pakistan
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- b Laboratory of Soil and Water Management, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering , KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium
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- c ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes) , Univ Rennes, CNRS , Rennes , France
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- b Laboratory of Soil and Water Management, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering , KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium
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- a Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering , KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium
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James SA, Hilal N, Wright CJ. Atomic force microscopy studies of bioprocess engineering surfaces - imaging, interactions and mechanical properties mediating bacterial adhesion. Biotechnol J 2017; 12. [PMID: 28488793 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201600698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Revised: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The detrimental effect of bacterial biofilms on process engineering surfaces is well documented. Thus, interest in the early stages of bacterial biofilm formation; in particular bacterial adhesion and the production of anti-fouling coatings has grown exponentially as a field. During this time, Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a critical tool for the evaluation of bacterial adhesion. Due to its versatility AFM offers not only insight into the topographical landscape and mechanical properties of the engineering surfaces, but elucidates, through direct quantification the topographical and biomechnical properties of the foulants The aim of this review is to collate the current research on bacterial adhesion, both theoretical and practical, and outline how AFM as a technique is uniquely equipped to provide further insight into the nanoscale world at the bioprocess engineering surface.
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- Sean A James
- Biomaterials, Biofouling and Biofilms Engineering Laboratory (B3EL, System and Process Engineering Center, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Fabian Way, Swansea, SA1 8EN, UK
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- Centre for Water Advanced Technologies and Environmental Research (CWATER), College of Engineering, Swansea University, Fabian Way, Swansea, SA1 8EN, UK
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- Biomaterials, Biofouling and Biofilms Engineering Laboratory (B3EL, System and Process Engineering Center, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Fabian Way, Swansea, SA1 8EN, UK
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Friha I, Bradai M, Johnson D, Hilal N, Loukil S, Ben Amor F, Feki F, Han J, Isoda H, Sayadi S. Treatment of textile wastewater by submerged membrane bioreactor: In vitro bioassays for the assessment of stress response elicited by raw and reclaimed wastewater. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2015; 160:184-92. [PMID: 26108634 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The performance of a pilot-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) system for the treatment of textile wastewater was investigated. The MBR was continuously operated for 7 months. Very high treatment efficiencies were achieved (color, 100%; chemical oxygen demand (COD), 98%; biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), 96%; suspended solids (SS), 100%). Furthermore, the MBR treatment efficiency was analyzed from a toxicological-risk assessment point of view, via different In vitro bioassays using Caco-2 cells, a widely used cell model in toxicological studies. Results showed that MBR treatment significantly reduced the raw textile wastewater (RTWW) cytotoxicity on Caco-2 cells by 53% for a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 2 days. Additionally, the RTWW-induced disruption in the barrier function (BF) of the Caco-2 cell monolayer was also significantly reduced after MBR treatment under a HRT of 2 days (no disruption of BF was observed). Moreover, the effect of RTWW and treated wastewater on stress response was investigated using different stress genes: AHSA1, HSPD1, HSPA1A, HSPA5 and HSPA8. The cell exposure to RTWW significantly increased the expression of all used stress genes; interestingly, the treated wastewater (HRT 2 days) did not show any significant modulation of the stress genes.
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- Inès Friha
- Environmental Bioprocesses Laboratory, AUF Regional Excellence Pole (AUF-PER-LBP), Sfax Biotechnology Centre, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3038, Tunisia
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- Alliance for Research on North Africa (ARENA), Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Centre for Water Advanced Technologies and Environmental Research (CWATER), College of Engineering at Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Water Advanced Technologies and Environmental Research (CWATER), College of Engineering at Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, United Kingdom
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- Environmental Bioprocesses Laboratory, AUF Regional Excellence Pole (AUF-PER-LBP), Sfax Biotechnology Centre, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3038, Tunisia
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- Environmental Bioprocesses Laboratory, AUF Regional Excellence Pole (AUF-PER-LBP), Sfax Biotechnology Centre, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3038, Tunisia
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- Environmental Bioprocesses Laboratory, AUF Regional Excellence Pole (AUF-PER-LBP), Sfax Biotechnology Centre, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3038, Tunisia
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- Alliance for Research on North Africa (ARENA), Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Alliance for Research on North Africa (ARENA), Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Environmental Bioprocesses Laboratory, AUF Regional Excellence Pole (AUF-PER-LBP), Sfax Biotechnology Centre, P.O. Box 1177, Sfax 3038, Tunisia.
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Allen A, Semião AJ, Habimana O, Heffernan R, Safari A, Casey E. Nanofiltration and reverse osmosis surface topographical heterogeneities: Do they matter for initial bacterial adhesion? J Memb Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Adhesion forces between humic acid functionalized colloidal probes and polymer membranes to assess fouling potential. J Memb Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A step forward to a more efficient wastewater treatment by membrane surface modification via polymerizable bicontinuous microemulsion. J Memb Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mozia S, Szymański K, Michalkiewicz B, Tryba B, Toyoda M, Morawski AW. Effect of process parameters on fouling and stability of MF/UF TiO2 membranes in a photocatalytic membrane reactor. Sep Purif Technol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2014.12.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Increasing and enhancing the performance and antifouling characteristics of PES membranes using acrylic acid and microwave-modified chitosan. KOREAN J CHEM ENG 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11814-014-0212-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mozia S, Darowna D, Orecki A, Wróbel R, Wilpiszewska K, Morawski AW. Microscopic studies on TiO 2 fouling of MF/UF polyethersulfone membranes in a photocatalytic membrane reactor. J Memb Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.07.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Muthu S, Childress A, Brant J. Propagation-of-uncertainty from contact angle and streaming potential measurements to XDLVO model assessments of membrane–colloid interactions. J Colloid Interface Sci 2014; 428:191-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.04.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Kochkodan V, Johnson DJ, Hilal N. Polymeric membranes: surface modification for minimizing (bio)colloidal fouling. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2014; 206:116-40. [PMID: 23777923 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2013.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2013] [Revised: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This paper presents an overview on recent developments in surface modification of polymer membranes for reduction of their fouling with biocolloids and organic colloids in pressure driven membrane processes. First, colloidal interactions such as London-van der Waals, electrical, hydration, hydrophobic, steric forces and membrane surface properties such as hydrophilicity, charge and surface roughness, which affect membrane fouling, have been discussed and the main goals of the membrane surface modification for fouling reduction have been outlined. Thereafter the recent studies on reduction of (bio)colloidal of polymer membranes using ultraviolet/redox initiated surface grafting, physical coating/adsorption of a protective layer on the membrane surface, chemical reactions or surface modification of polymer membranes with nanoparticles as well as using of advanced atomic force microscopy to characterize (bio)colloidal fouling have been critically summarized.
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- Victor Kochkodan
- Centre for Water Advanced Technologies and Environmental Research (CWATER), College of Engineering, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Centre for Water Advanced Technologies and Environmental Research (CWATER), College of Engineering, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Centre for Water Advanced Technologies and Environmental Research (CWATER), College of Engineering, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK; Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Hashemifard S, Ismail A, Matsuura T, Hilal N. Predicting the structural parameters of integrally skinned porous membranes. J Memb Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.11.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Habimana O, Semião A, Casey E. The role of cell-surface interactions in bacterial initial adhesion and consequent biofilm formation on nanofiltration/reverse osmosis membranes. J Memb Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.11.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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