Extracellular

Membrane fouling mitigation in a membrane bioreactor (MBR) performance has been the main focus of research in recent times and researchers have proposed many mechanisms based on biological, hydrodynamic and physicochemical approaches. From this perspective, this paper has been divided into two main

Sludge from five full-scale flat-sheet submerged membrane bioreactors has been analysed with reference to the key biochemical fouling characteristics of soluble microbial product (SMP) and extracted extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Correlations have been produced between these parameters, a