Contribution of assimilable organic carbon to biological fouling in seawater reverse osmosis membrane treatment

Water Research

Volumn 101, Issue , 2016, Pages 203-213

  Weinrich, Lauren ^a   LeChevallier, Mark ^a   Haas, Charles N ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

AOC; Biofouling; Desalination; Pretreatment; Reverse osmosis; Seawater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEAWATER;

ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; BENCH SCALE; BIOLOGICAL FOULING; CONDITION; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; MEMBRANE TREATMENTS; PRE-TREATMENTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; RO MEMBRANE; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; DISINFECTION; MEMBRANE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDE; PRESSURE FIELD; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOFOULING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BIOFOULING; CARBON; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84976389218     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.05.075     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Griebe T., Flemming H.-C. Biocide-free antifouling strategy to protect RO membranes from biofouling. Desalination 1998, 118:153-156. 10.1016/S0011-9164(98)00113-1.
2. Herzberg M., Kang S., Elimelech E. Role of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in biofouling of reverse osmosis membranes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43:4393-4398. 10.1021/es900087j.
3. Kumar M., Adham S.S., Pearce W.R. Investigation of seawater reverse osmosis fouling and its relationship to pretreatment type. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40(6):2037-2044.
4. Pang, Meng Chee, et al. Biofilm formation characteristics of bacterial isolates retrieved from a reverse osmosis membrane. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39(19):7541-7550.
5. Schneider O., Weinrich L., Giraldo E., Kennedy M., Salinas S. Investigation of Organic Matter Removal in Saline Waters by Pretreatment 2012, Water Research Foundation, Denver, CO, Water Research Foundation Project Number 4280.
6. Vrouwenvelder J.S., van der Kooij D. Diagnosis, prediction and prevention of biofouling of NF and RO membranes. Desalination 2001, 139:65-71. 10.1016/S0011-9164(01)00295-8.
7. Vrouwenvelder J.S., Manolarakis S.A., Veenendaal H.R., Van der Kooij D. Biofouling potential of chemicals used for scale control in RO and NF membranes. Desalination 2000, 132(1):1-10. 10.1016/S0011-9164(00)00129-6.
8. Weinrich L.A., LeChevallier M.W., Haas C.N. Application of the Bioluminescent Saltwater Assimilable Organic Carbon Test as a Tool for Identifying and Reducing Reverse Osmosis Membrane Fouling in Desalination 2015, WateReuse Research Foundation, Alexandria, VA, WateReuse Research Foundation Project Number: 11-07. ISBN: 978-1-941242-29-2.
9. Weinrich L.A., Schneider O.D., LeChevallier M.W. Bioluminescence-based method for measuring assimilable organic carbon in pretreatment water for reverse osmosis membrane desalination. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2011, 77(3):1148-1150.