Gravity Driven Membrane (GDM) Filtration: Fundamentals to Application
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2021) | Viewed by 1005
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
Interests: fouling control of membrane systems and cooling towers; sensors and tools for biofouling/biofilm monitoring and rapid sensitive microbial water quality monitoring; numerical modelling of fouling and water treatment system performance
Interests: biofilm engineering; membrane process engineering; biofilm-membrane hybrid systems; wastewater reuse; industrial wastewater treatment; produced water treatment and reuse; in situ biofilm structure-chemical-mechanical analysis; water quality analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Gravity-driven membrane (GDM) filtration has emerged in the past decade as novel unit operation for water and wastewater treatment/reuse. Valorizing instead of preventing biofilm growth on the surface of ultrafiltration membranes enables stable permeate flux production and improvements in biological stability of the treated permeate. GDM technology is now applied in a variety of different applications, such as reverse osmosis (RO) pre-treatment of seawater, decentralized graywater recycling, and treatment of surface water for potable use. GDM research has elucidated fundamental insights into the structure and function of membrane-based biofilms, which have created translational relevance for best practice approaches to manage biofilms in conventional membrane and water engineering systems (e.g., cooling towers, water distribution networks).
The purpose of this Special Issue on “Gravity-Driven Membrane Filtration: Fundamentals to Application” is to highlight the continued relevance of GDM filtration for basic research and their ubiquitous application. The Special Issue welcomes both original contributions and reviews related to the design, operation, and engineering of biofilms in GDM systems applied to water, wastewater. and graywater treatment/reuse for both centralized and decentralized application. We warmly welcome your submission.
Prof. Dr. Johannes Vrouwenvelder
Dr. Peter Desmond
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- low pressure filtration
- ultrafiltration
- biofilm engineering
- membrane filtration
- water treatment
- wastewater treatment
- greywater treatment
- water reuse
- water quality
- biological stability
