The application of nitric oxide to control biofouling of membrane bioreactors

• Main Authors: Rice, Scott A., Luo, Jinxue, Zhang, Jinsong, Barnes, Robert J., Tan, Xiaohui, McDougald, Diane, Fane, Anthony G., Zhuang, Guoqiang, Kjelleberg, Staffan, Cohen, Yehuda
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Microbial ecology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107038; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25297
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A novel strategy to control membrane bioreactor (MBR) biofouling using the nitric oxide (NO) donor compound PROLI NONOate was examined. When the biofilm was pre-established on membranes at transmembrane pressure (TMP) of 88–90 kPa, backwashing of the membrane module with 80 μM PROLI NONOate for 45 m...