A laboratory scale external anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor (AnDMBR) treating high strength wastewater was operated to assess the effect of gas sparging velocity and organic loading rate on removal efficiency and dynamic membrane (DM) filtration characteristics. An increase in gas sparging velocity (GSV) results in a decrease in DM filtration resistance. DM or cake formation was identifie...

Membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology is a new method for water and wastewater treatment due to its ability to produce better and high-quality effluent that meets water quality regulations. MBR also is an advanced way to displace the conventional activated sludge (CAS) process. Even this membrane gives better performances compared to CAS, it does have few drawbacks such as high maintenance cost ...

Whey is the major by-product of cheese industry which contains valuable organic materials. Further processes are needed before these materials can be used in food industry. Membrane filtration a convenient alternative to traditional processes. Low energy consumption, reduced processing costs and enhanced quality products main benefits membrane filtration. Due advantages techniques have affected...

The demand for molecular analysis of aquatic microbial communities in freshwater has highlighted the need for efficient methods of DNA extraction. The centrifugation method and filtration-membrane method are 2 widely used methods for extracting DNA. The objective of this study was to compare the extraction efficiency of 3 methods, including the centrifugation method, filtration-membrane method,...

A mesoporous titania (TiO2) membrane on an alumina support was successfully fabricated via the sol–gel processing method. The effects of combined ozonation and TiO2 membrane filtration on the permeate flux and permeate quality were investigated. Ozone injection into the feed water during the filtration resulted in an increase in the permeate flux within the first 0.5 h. Ozonation decreased the ...

The electrochemical method was used successfully to detect Escherichia coli cells retained on membrane filters. Preliminary results suggest that the combined technique could be used to predict the microbial loading of water samples.

We report a previously undescribed inflammatory lesion consisting of deposition of activated complement (C3d and C9neo) in association with major histocompatibility complex type II (MHC2)-positive activated microglia in choroid plexus villi exhibiting classical fibrous thickening of the pericapillary filtration membrane. The proportion of villi affected ranged from 5% to 90% in 56 adult subject...

Current techniques available for the characterization of membrane are destructive, including scanning electron microscopy, mercury intrusion porosimetry and size exclusion of particles. An alterative technique based on ultrasonic frequency domain reflectometry (UTDR) that allows easy, non-invasive and real-time analysis of membrane morphology would be of significant value to the membrane indust...

Zirconia ultrafiltration membranes are widely developed and used for past several years. But the conventional sol-gel methods of zirconia membrane preparation involve many steps. In the present study an attempt was made to develop defect free zirconia ultrafiltration (UF) membrane in single step coating of zirconia nanopowder suspension by slip casting method over multichannel ceramic support. ...

A membrane filtration technique with commercially available membrane filters (Millipore Corp.) was effective for the removal of Reiter treponemes from liquids such as fluorescent-antibody conjugates, to which the organisms are added for adsorption. Reiter treponemes from an 8-day culture were not microscopically detectable in filtrates through membranes with a pore diameter of 0.45 mum, but tre...