Microbial Responses to Various Types of Chemical Regents during On-Line Cleaning of UF Membranes
Ultrafiltration is widely used to treat various environmental waters, and on-line membrane cleaning with various chemical reagents is frequently employed to sustain the filtration flux. However, the residue of cleaning agents in the ultrafiltration system is unavoidable, which may affect microbiolog...
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| author | Zeyuan Gao Qiuying Chen Xiaolan Song Jingwei Wang Weiwei Cai |
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| description | Ultrafiltration is widely used to treat various environmental waters, and on-line membrane cleaning with various chemical reagents is frequently employed to sustain the filtration flux. However, the residue of cleaning agents in the ultrafiltration system is unavoidable, which may affect microbiological properties and biofilm formation during the next-round filtration. By investigating the changes in microbial characteristics, and their biofouling behaviors after exposure to HCl, NaOH, NaClO, citric acid (CA), and sodium dodecyl sulfonate (SDS), this study fills a knowledge gap in microbial responses to various types of chemical cleaning agents in an ultrafiltration system. The result shows that HCl, NaOH, and NaClO affect the bacterial properties and subsequent attachment on the membrane surface, while CA and SDS have no obvious influence on microorganisms. Specifically, HCl, NaOH, and NaClO reduce the hydrophobicity and mean size of suspended microorganisms, increase the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) release, and trigger intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, resulting in the death of a large quantity of microorganisms. Due to the self-protecting strategy, plenty of living cells aggregate on the membrane surface and form a cake layer with a stratified structure, causing more severe membrane biofouling. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eca7bc1c8f154ceeb017702327ac90fd2023-11-24T01:12:42ZengMDPI AGMembranes2077-03752022-09-01121092010.3390/membranes12100920Microbial Responses to Various Types of Chemical Regents during On-Line Cleaning of UF MembranesZeyuan Gao0Qiuying Chen1Xiaolan Song2Jingwei Wang3Weiwei Cai4School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, ChinaSchool of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, ChinaUltrafiltration is widely used to treat various environmental waters, and on-line membrane cleaning with various chemical reagents is frequently employed to sustain the filtration flux. However, the residue of cleaning agents in the ultrafiltration system is unavoidable, which may affect microbiological properties and biofilm formation during the next-round filtration. By investigating the changes in microbial characteristics, and their biofouling behaviors after exposure to HCl, NaOH, NaClO, citric acid (CA), and sodium dodecyl sulfonate (SDS), this study fills a knowledge gap in microbial responses to various types of chemical cleaning agents in an ultrafiltration system. The result shows that HCl, NaOH, and NaClO affect the bacterial properties and subsequent attachment on the membrane surface, while CA and SDS have no obvious influence on microorganisms. Specifically, HCl, NaOH, and NaClO reduce the hydrophobicity and mean size of suspended microorganisms, increase the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) release, and trigger intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, resulting in the death of a large quantity of microorganisms. Due to the self-protecting strategy, plenty of living cells aggregate on the membrane surface and form a cake layer with a stratified structure, causing more severe membrane biofouling.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/12/10/920on-line membrane cleaningmicroorganismsultrafiltrationmembrane biofoulingbiofilm |
| spellingShingle | Zeyuan Gao Qiuying Chen Xiaolan Song Jingwei Wang Weiwei Cai Microbial Responses to Various Types of Chemical Regents during On-Line Cleaning of UF Membranes Membranes on-line membrane cleaning microorganisms ultrafiltration membrane biofouling biofilm |
| title | Microbial Responses to Various Types of Chemical Regents during On-Line Cleaning of UF Membranes |
| title_full | Microbial Responses to Various Types of Chemical Regents during On-Line Cleaning of UF Membranes |
| title_fullStr | Microbial Responses to Various Types of Chemical Regents during On-Line Cleaning of UF Membranes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microbial Responses to Various Types of Chemical Regents during On-Line Cleaning of UF Membranes |
| title_short | Microbial Responses to Various Types of Chemical Regents during On-Line Cleaning of UF Membranes |
| title_sort | microbial responses to various types of chemical regents during on line cleaning of uf membranes |
| topic | on-line membrane cleaning microorganisms ultrafiltration membrane biofouling biofilm |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/12/10/920 |
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