Membrane Biofouling Mitigation: From Fundamental Concepts to Applicative Solutions
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2022) | Viewed by 6158
Special Issue Editor
Interests: (i) Bacterial biofilms and biofouling of pressure-driven membranes (RO, NF, and UF): The physico-chemical interactions between the membrane, as well as other abiotic surfaces, and the fouling layers are critical to explaining the mechanisms underlying a decrease in the unit performance. Fouling layers' physical, chemical, and mechanical (viscoelasticity) parameters are currently the main focus of Professor Herzberg’s research; (ii) Novel methods for both monitoring and cleaning fouling layers in pressure-driven membranes and linking fouling layers’ properties with their removal and membrane cleaning (the mode of action of agents); (iii) Mechanisms underlying the inhibition of biofilm formation and organic fouling layers’ adhesion on "anti-fouling" modified-surface membranes (the mode of action of surface modification)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The editorial board of Membranes cordially invites you to submit an article to a Special Issue on "Membrane Biofouling Mitigation: From Fundamental Concepts to Applicative Solutions". Bacteria seldom live and grow as single cells; rather, they usually live in biofilms—self-produced matrices of extracellular polymeric substances, comprising mainly polysaccharides, proteins, and DNA. In water and wastewater treatment processes, bacterial biofilms dramatically reduce the performance of the various treatment units in a process termed "biofouling". This Special Issue of the Membranes journal will focus on the development of microbial biofilms on membranes and on their effects on membrane performance. Articles for this interdisciplinary Special Issue should focus on either the fundamental or the applicative aspects of membrane biofouling, including, most prominently, the interactions between the various components of the biofouling layers and the membrane, the mechanisms underlying membrane biofouling, and biofouling control strategies. Articles may include (but are not limited to) studies of the physical-chemical and mechanical (viscoelasticity) characteristics of biofilms, the physiology of the biofouling layers, issues related to microbial ecology, the development and characterization of novel membranes with anti-biofouling properties, the prevention of biofouling by various strategies (such as feed water pre-treatment), and methods for monitoring biofilms on and cleaning biofilms from membranes. We especially encourage studies that discuss the inter-relationships between these issues and membrane performance.
Prof. Dr. Moshe Herzberg
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biofilms
- membranes
- biofouling
- wastewater treatment
- desalination
- membrane cleaning
- microbial communities
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