Abstract: One of the most serious disadvantages of membrane applications in water treatment is the decreasing water permeation rate with time, which is often called fouling. This study investigates surface modification of polyethersulfone ...

Abstract: New polyethersulfone (PES) based membranes for ultrafiltration (UF) were developed by blending a surface-modifying macromolecule (SMM) in the casting solution, in an attempt to minimize the impact of fouling. Fouling was ...

Abstract: Membrane cleaning is critical to the operation of membrane processes. This paper studies the impact of using four different types of bench-scale membrane systems to assess the effectiveness of different cleaning steps after ...