› Combat Poverty & improve Social Cohesion in Third World Countries with Membranes - Keynote lecture :Franz FRECHEN, University of Kassel (Germany)
14:00-14:30 (30min)
› Retention and integrity of drinking water production membranes towards nanoparticles and viruses - N. JACQUET (eau de Paris), Y. WYART, G. DARRACQ, S. WURTZER, L.MOULIN, P. MOULIN (Aix--Marseille university) (France)
14:30-14:50 (20min)
› 30 years of evolution in ultrafiltration systems and processes for drinking water treatment - P. SAUVADE (Suez Water- Aquasource), F. COEHLO, J. LECLERC, D. BOURDIOL, A-C. VALENTIN (France)
14:50-15:10 (20min)
› Drinking water treatment solution using low pressure NF on colored surface waters - P. SAUVIGNET (Veolia ), A. GAID, J. GOIRAND (OTV), H. HENRIK (VWT) (France, Sweden)
15:10-15:30 (20min)
› Beneficial impacts of natural biopolymers during surface water purification by membrane nanofiltration - Z. SU (Chinese Academy of science), W. YU, X. LI (Beijing univ of Tech), N. GRAHAM (Imperial College London) (China, UK)
15:30-15:50 (20min)
› A pilot study of coagulation-UF-NF for Tai Lake water treatment - T. LI (Tongji Univ.), B. GUI, B. DONG, C. STAAKS (Inge) (China, Germany)
15:50-16:10 (20min)
› Optical coherence tomography for MF fouling investigation under different pretreatment scenarios - B.J. DEKA, (Univ. Hong Kong ), J. GUO, S. JEONG (Sungkyunkwan univ.), A. K.J. AN (China)
16:10-16:30 (20min)
14:00 - 16:30 (2h30)
Domestic wastewater treatment
Guillaumet 1
› Research opportunities for maturing membrane technologies in the water and wastewater industry - Keynote lecture :Pierre LE-CLECH, UNSW (Australia)
14:00-14:30 (30min)
› Energetic refurbishment of an existing large-scale MBR - C. BREPOLS (Erftverband), K. DRENSLA, A. JANOT, H. SCHAFER (Germany)
14:30-14:50 (20min)
› Energy and resource efficient biosorption and low energy step-feed membrane bioreactor system - G. TAO (PUB, Singapore National Water Agency), AH, K.E. OOI, H. SEAH (Singapore)
14:50-15:10 (20min)
› Membrane fouling reduction in biofilm MBR applying polymeric and monomeric inorganic coagulants - Z. MALETSKYI (Norwegian Univ. of Life Sciences), H. RATNAWEERA, O. KULESHA (Norway)
15:10-15:30 (20min)
› Direct wastewater treatment by membrane technology - P. SANCHIS-PERUCHO (univ. Valencia,), A. ROBLES (univ. Polytechnica Valencia), J. GODIFREDO, R. BARAT, D. AGUADO, A. SECO, J. FERRER, A. BOUZAS (Spain)
15:30-15:50 (20min)
› Novel membrane bioreactor configuration for self-cultivating aerobic granular sludge - B. TANG (Guandong Univ. of Tech.), L. BIN, S. HUANG, P. LI, F. FU, C. CHEN, L. WU, G. CHEN, Z. YANG (China)
15:50-16:10 (20min)
› High-flux operation of an MBR equipped with ceramic flat-sheet membranes - Y. NIMOMIYA (Hokkaido Univ.), A. KAKUDA, K. KIMURA (Japan)
16:10-16:30 (20min)
14:00 - 16:30 (2h30)
Industrial waters
Guillaumet 2
› Membrane Technologies: State of the Art and Areas of Future Innovation - Val FRENKEL, Greeley & Hansen (USA)
14:00-14:30 (30min)
› Reverse osmosis membrane performance at extreme pH conditions - K. ZEDDA (Lanxess), I. HEGOBURU (Univ NOVA Lisboa) (Germany, Portugal))
14:30-14:50 (20min)
› Forward osmosis treatment of wastewaters from a semiconductor manufacturer - A. HAUPT (Technische Universität Dresden), F. WINKLER, A. LERCH (Germany)
14:50-15:10 (20min)
› Treatment of table olive processing wastewater by an osmotic membrane bioreactor - S. DONATE-HERNANDEZ (Depuración de Aguas del Mediterráneo), L. PASTOR-ALCANIZ, M.J. LUJAN-FACUNDO (Univ Polytechnica Valencia)J.L. SOLER-CABEZAS, M.C. VINCENT-VELA, A. BES-PIA, J. A. MENDOZA-ROCA (Spain)
15:10-15:30 (20min)
› Application of diffusion dialysis in separation of sulfuric acid and copper from pickling wastewater - A. RUIZ-AGUIRRE (Univ. Palermo), J. LOPEZ (UPC Barcelona), R. GUECCI, S. RANDAZZO, A. CIPOLLONA, J. LUIS CORTINA, G. MICALE (Italy, Spain)
15:30-15:50 (20min)
› New membrane technology for NaCl reuse in industrial water softening - Y. ORESTOV (Ecosoft SPC), T. MITCHENKO (National Tech Univ. Ukraine) (Ukraine)
15:50-16:10 (20min)
› Diffusive and Convective Transport of Organics in Ion-Exchange Membranes - L. MA (Ghent University), L. GUTIERREZ, M. WAQAS, A. VERLIEFDE (Belgium)
16:10-16:30 (20min)
14:00 - 16:30 (2h30)
Desalination
Cassiopée
› Survey of Practice and Experience of Membrane Pre-treatment to Control Bio-fouling for Seawater Desalination - Graeme PEARCE, Membrane Consultancy Associates (UK)
14:00-14:30 (30min)
› Effect of Saline Water Quality on Ion Transport Behavior in Membrane Desalination - W. CHENG (Harbin Institute of Tech.), X. LU, R. EPSZTEIN (Yale univ., J. MA ,M. ELIMELECH (China, USA)
14:30-14:50 (20min)
› Low Pressure BWRO Development with Aquaporin Inside Technology - Y. ZHAO (Aquaporin Asia), B. HOLMEBERG (Aquaporin Denmark), A. AZMAN, W.H. HO, F.S. LEE (Singapore, Denmark)
14:50-15:10 (20min)
› Gypsum Scaling in Capacitive Deionization and Membrane Capacitive Deionization - E. LIU (National Univ. Singapore, Semcorp-NUS), L.Y. LEE, S.L. ONG, H.Y. NG (Singapore)
15:10-15:30 (20min)
› Relationship between efficiency and chemical composition of different antiscalants. - E. M. MAYA (Institut of material science, Madrid), R. SANDIN (Univ Inter Menendez Pelayo) (Spain)
15:30-15:50 (20min)
› High recovery in pulse flow regime operation - B. LIBERMAN, IDE Technologies (Israel)
15:50-16:10 (20min)
› Economic feasibility of osmotic desalination in off-grid locations - P. PAZOUKI (Griffith Univ.), R.A. STEWART, E. BERTONE, F. HELFER (Australia)
16:10-16:30 (20min)
14:00 - 16:30 (2h30)
Fouling characterization
Spot
› Biofouling of membrane systems: diagnosis, prediction and prevention - Keynote lecture : J.S VROUWENVELDER, KAUST (Saudi Arabia)
14:00-14:30 (30min)
› Fouling of colloidal suspensions probed by microPIV and SAXS - N. HENGL (Grenoble univ.), C. REY, S. BAUP, A. DUFRESNE, H. DJERIDI, R. DATTANI (european Synchrotron), F. PIGNON (France)
14:30-14:50 (20min)
› At-line sensor for membrane biofouling detection using fluorogen-substrate cleavage - L. FORTUNATO (KAUST), B. KHAN, T. LEIKNES (Saudi Arabia)
14:50-15:10 (20min)
› In-situ visualization of concentration polarization during crossflow ultrafiltration using micro-laser induced fluorescence - X-Y. LI (The University of Hong Kong), B-Y. MENG (China)
15:10-15:30 (20min)
› Characterization of Fluorescence Foulants on Ultrafiltration Membrane using Front-Face Excitation-emission Matrix (FF-EEM) Spectroscopy - H. YU (Guangzhou University), Z. WU (Harbin Institute of Tech), X. ZHANG (Kyungpook Nat univ.), F. QU, J. HE, H. RONG, H. LIANG (China, Korea))
15:30-15:50 (20min)
› ATR Spectroscopy of Membrane Fouling: Deconvolution of ATR Spectra of the Substrate and Fouling Films and Interpretation of Their Properties - G.V. KORSHIN (Univ. Washington), H. GUO (Sichuan univ., X. TANG (USA, China)
15:50-16:10 (20min)
› Characterization and chemical cleaning of irreversible membrane fouling by in-situ SPF-EEM - K. OCHIAI (Chuo University), Q. DING, H. YAMAMURA, Y. WATANABE (Japan)
16:10-16:30 (20min)
› Confronting challenges and future directions in QQ-MBR - Keynote lecture : Prof Emeritus Chung-Hak LEE (South Korea)
08:10-08:40 (30min)
› Joint effect of QQ bacteria on microbial community structure in MBR - B. YAVUZTURK GUL (Istanbul Technical University), I. KOYUNCU (Turkey)
08:40-09:00 (20min)
› Implications of facultative isolated quorum quenching consortium for biofilm control - B. XU (National University of Singapore), T.C. NG, S. HUANG, X. SHI, H.Y. NG (Singapore)
09:00-09:20 (20min)
› Active quorum quenching bacteria diversity in biofilm and sludge of full-scale membrane bioreactors - S. TABRAIZ (Newcastle University), P. SALLIS (USA)
09:20-09:40 (20min)
› Mechanism of fouling mitigation by vanillin in MBR revealed by size vs. polarity profiling of EPS - R. HONDA (Kanazawa Univ.), P.-N. HONG, T. TOBINO, N. MATSUURA, R. YAMAMOTO-IKEMOTO (Japon)
09:40-10:00 (20min)
› Adhesion of bacteria on modified membrane surfaces - C. COESTIER (LGC, Univ. Toulouse), S. BIKHAIT, V. BOUVIER, S. DESCLAUX, S. BEAUFORT, E. GIRBAL-NEUHAUSER (LBAE), J.F. LAHITTE, C. CAUSSERAND, J.-C REMIGY (France)
10:00-10:20 (20min)
8:30 - 10:20 (1h50)
Drinking water treatment
› Raising synergy effects in hybrid membrane processes - Keynote lecture : S. PANGLISH, University Duisburg-Essen (Germany)
08:30-09:00 (30min)
› Membrane fouling in integrated adsorption-UF system: Effects of NOM and adsorbent properties - K. LI (Xi'an University), S. LI, T. HUANG, G. LI (Harbin Institute of Tech.), H. LIANG (China)
09:00-09:20 (20min)
› Increased NOM removal with less coagulant combining ion exchange and ultrafiltration - I.S. BODLUND (Stockholm Water), L.E HAGGLUND, A. SCHWEIGER (Inge), P. BUCHTA, U. ERIKSSON (Sweden)
09:20-09:40 (20min)
› Application of submerged membrane adsorption hybrid system to remove arsenic for drinking water production - M. USMAN (Tech. Univ. Hamburg), J. RODRIGUES, S. TASAWAR, M. ERNST (Germany)
10:00-10:20 (20min)
8:30 - 10:20 (1h50)
Domestic wastewater treatment
› Recovery of organic matter from municipal wastewater by direct membrane filtration (DMF): toward net energy-positive municipal wastewater treatment - Keynote lecture : K. KIMURA, Hokkaido University (Japan)
08:30-09:00 (30min)
› Characterization of organic foulants of treated wastewater and their polyamide membranes' fouling propensity - N. STEIN (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), N. SIEBDRATH, B. SKIBINSKI, A. LERCH, M. HERZBERG, R. BERSNTEIN (Israel, Germany))
09:00-09:20 (20min)
› Fluorescence characterization of organic matter in MBR: chemical contents, hydrophobicity, molecular weight, and relation to membrane fouling - X. KANG (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences), B. HAN, J. YU, Y. SHEN, X. HUANG (China)
09:20-09:40 (20min)
› Self-Degradation of Membrane Biofoulants by Extending SRT in a DMBR - L. GUOQIANG, Jinan University (China)
09:40-10:00 (20min)
› Fouling potential of lipopolysaccharides released under low temperature in MBRs - T. KAKUDA (Hokkaido University), K. KIMURA (Japan)
10:00-10:20 (20min)
8:30 - 10:20 (1h50)
Industrial waters
› Membranes in the Oil & Gas industry: Present and Future - Keynote lecture : Matthieu JACOB, TOTAL SA (France)
08:30-09:00 (30min)
› SiC ceramic membrane grafted with carbon nanotubes for oil-in-water emulsion separation - A. POLI (Poitiers university), C. BATIOT DUPEYRAT, A. FERREIRA-SANTOS, M. JACOB, P. BALDONI-ANDREY, B. TEYCHENE (France)
09:00-09:20 (20min)
› Asset Management Using Modelling and Experiments for Membrane Selection in Produced Water Treatment - E. FREDERIC (INSA Toulouse, Université de Toulouse), A. KRIFI, C. GUIGUI; P. SCHMITZ, P. BALDONI-ANDREY, M. JACOB, C. MACHINAL, Y. DELEUZE, E. BARBIER (Veolia) (France)
09:20-09:40 (20min)
› Water and Polymer flooding Produced Water reuse by Ceramic Membranes - M. HENDOU (Veolia Oil &Gas), E. SINGLANDE-MAUVERNAY (France)
09:40-10:00 (20min)
› Understanding wetting phenomenon by produced water in membrane distillation - LE HAN (Chongqing Univ.), J.W. CHEW (Nanyang Tech Univ.) (China, Singapore)
10:00-10:20 (20min)
› Construction of superhydrophobic membrane with improved stability for membrane distillation - C. WU (Tianjin Polytechnic univ.) , H. GUO, W. TANG, R. ZHENG, X. LU (China)
09:00-09:20 (20min)
› Utilizing ceramic membranes in Membrane Distillation processes for desalination applications - J. SCHNITTGER (IKTS), M. WEYD, A. LERCH (TU Dresden) (Germany)
09:20-09:40 (20min)
› Contact angle investigation of hydrophobic membranes for greywater distillation - M. RAMEZANIANPOUR (Ara Institute of Canterbury) M. SIVAKUMAR, Y. ZHANG, N. OSBORNE (New Zealand, Australia))
09:40-10:00 (20min)
› Membrane fouling and wetting according to operating conditions of a membrane distillation process - J. LIM (Yonsei University), K.P. SON, H. LEE, J. PARK, P-K PARK (Korea)
10:00-10:20 (20min)
8:30 - 10:20 (1h50)
Desalination
› IEMB - Donnan Dialysis study of oxyanion removal – effect of membrane and contacting mode - Keynote lecture : Jack GILRON, Ben Gurion univ. (Israel)
08:30-09:00 (30min)
› Effect of UV/PMS pre-oxidation against algal bloom in seawater desalination - H. LEE (Korea University), J. LIM, M. ZHAN; S. HONG (Korea)
09:00-09:20 (20min)
› Electrical Membrane Separation: Mechanism, Material and Reactor - C. HU (Chinese Academy of Sciences), J. SUN, Z. LIU, X. TAN, H. LIU, J. QU (China)
09:20-09:40 (20min)
› Numerical modeling of decline in performance of roto-dynamic RO system - A. UPPPU ( IIT Madras), A. CHAUDHURI, S. PRASAD DAS (India)
09:40-10:00 (20min)
› A new experimental approach to “visualize” scaling mechanism in RO modules using “fluorescent” antiscalant - A. PERVOV (Moscow State Univ. of Civil Engineering), K. POPOV, M. OSHEPKOV (Russian Federation)
10:00-10:20 (20min)
› Developing Biofiltration Pre-Treatment to Reduce Membrane Fouling - Keynote lecture : Peter HUCK, univ. Waterloo (Canada)
10:40-11:10 (30min)
› Analysis of fouling mechanisms in capillary ultrafiltration membranes during filtration of algal species in intact and lysed conditions - S. LAKSONO (University of Duisburg-Essen) I.M. ELSHERBINY, C. STAAKS, S. PANGLISH (Germany)
11:10-11:30 (20min)
› Fouling Analysis of UF Membrane Treating Algae Laden Water - E. CASTILLA-RODRIGUEZ (Guelf university), H. ZHOU (Canada)
11:30-11:50 (20min)
10:40 - 12:30 (1h50)
Domestic wastewater treatment
› Resource Recovery from Water/Wastewaters - Keynote lecture : Ismail KOYUNCU, Istanbul Technical Univ. (Turkey)
10:40-11:10 (30min)
› Impact of Support Material Type on Dynamic MBR Performance - O. ISIK (Istanbul Tech. Univ.), R. HUDAYARIZKA, A.M. ABDELRAHMAN, M. E. ERSAHIN, H. OZGUN, I. DEMIR, I. KOYUNCU (Turkey),
11:10-11:30 (20min)
› Membrane fouling mechanism of an anammox MBR with fixed composite carriers - X. SIQING, (Tongji university) N. ZHIHAO, X. JINGYI, D. JUN (China)
11:30-11:50 (20min)
› Contribution of single cell bacteria on MBR fouling - M.K. JORGENSEN (Aalborg University), S.H. HANSEN, M. NIERYCHLO, M.L. CHRISTENSEN, P.H. NIELSEN (Denmark)
11:50-12:10 (20min)
› Necessity in contingency: Bacterial assembly in the bio-cake of MBRs - F. MENG (Sun Yat-Sen Univ.), Xu Ronghua, Yu Zhong, Zhou Zhongbo, Zhao Shanshan (China)
12:10-12:30 (20min)
10:40 - 12:30 (1h50)
Industrial waters
› Struvite recovery from dairy manure by forward osmosis membrane - B.K. PRAMANIK ( LaTrobe Univ., F.I. HAI (univ. Wollongong) (Australia)
10:40-11:10 (30min)
› Ultrafiltration to produce disinfected water in shellfish farms - C. CORDIER (Aix-Marseille univ.), C. STAVRAKAKIS (IFREMER), L. CHARPIN, M. PAPIN, K. GUYOMARD, P. SAUVADE (Suez-Aquasource), F. COELHO, P. MOULIN (France)
11:10-11:30 (20min)
› Removal of antibiotic resistance genes by a sequencing batch membrane bioreactor treating swine wastewater - Q. SUI (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Y. WEI, H. ZHONG (Chine)
11:30-11:50 (20min)
› Effect of Ferric Hydroxide on Membrane Fouling Treating with Pharmaceutical Wastewater - S. HUANG, X. SHI, B. XU, H-Y NG (National Univ. Singapore) (Singapore)
11:50-12:10 (20min)
› Concentration of hospital wastewater using Aquaporin Inside® Hollow Fiber forward osmosis membranes - M.S. CAMILLERI-RUMBAU (Aquaporin A/S), V. SANAHUJA-EMBUENA, S. BRAEKEVELT, M.H. MOLLER, B.M. PEDERSEN, U. NIELSEN, J. VOGEL (Denmark)
12:10-12:30 (20min)
10:40 - 12:30 (1h50)
Fouling: QQ
› Biofouling Control in Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Process by Quorum Quenching - Keynote lecture: Hyun-Suk OH, Seoul National University of Science & Technology (Korea)
10:40-11:10 (30min)
› Quorum Quenching in MBR: Mass transfer and hydrodynamic characterization - C. GUIGUI (LISBP, Toulouse univ.), M. LARZAG, N. DIETRICH, C. LAFFORGUE (France)
11:10-11:30 (20min)
› Application of Cell Entrapping Beads for Quorum Quenching Technique in Submerged MBR - S. AHMED (Forman Christian College Lahore), N. SOHAIL, S. CHUNG, I. QAZI (Pakistan)
11:30-11:50 (20min)
› Biofouling reduction effects of QSI immobilized on membrane - J.H. KIM (Konkuk Univ.), S.H. PARK, W.J. SONG, J.H. LEE, J.H. KWEON (Korea)
11:50-12:10 (20min)
› Effect on Water Flux and Backwashing on Quorum Sensing in Biocake layer in Membrane Bioreactors (MBRs) - H. LEE (Yonsei univ.), S.H. LEE (univ. Minnesota), C.H. NAHM, J. LIM, S. MIN, D. CHAE, C-H LEE (SNU) P-K PARK (China, USA, Korea)
12:10-12:30 (20min)
10:40 - 12:30 (1h50)
New membranes for water
› Antibiofouling Membranes for Water and Wastewater Treatment: Antimicrobial Mechanisms and Fabrication Strategies - Keynote lecture : Zhiwei WANG, Tongji University (China)
10:40-11:10 (30min)
› Superhydrophilic and oleophobic membrane functionalized with nanosheets for antifouling - S. ZHANG (Beijing Forestry Univ.), Z.B. MA, S. LIANG, X. HUANG (Tsinghua univ.) (China)
11:10-11:30 (20min)
› Electro-enhanced organic fouling mitigation applying novel duplex-coated gold-polymer-UF membrane - T. MANTEL (Technical Univ. Hamburg), P. BENNE, M. ERNST (Germany)
11:30-11:50 (20min)
› Application of MnO2-Co3O4 coated ceramic UF membrane for fouling mitigation and contaminant removal - S. ZHANG (Curtin Univ.), F. QI (Beijing Forestry univ.), L. GUTIERREZ (Univ. Catolica Santiago de Guayaquil), J-P CROUE (Australia, China, Ecuador))
12:10-12:30 (20min)
10:40 - 12:30 (1h50)
Decentralization and remote areas
› Biofilm impact on integrity of passive membrane systems - Keynote lecture : Pierre BERUBE, University of British Columbia (Canada)
10:40-11:10 (30min)
› In-situ membrane and adsorbent regeneration developed for self-sufficient decentralized water treatment - A. BENEDIKT (RWTH Aachen University) S. YUCE, M. WESSLING (Germany)
11:10-11:30 (20min)
› Drinking Water Supply Using Nanofiltration for CKDu Prevailing Rural Areas of Sri Lanka: from laboratory to practice - T. COORAY (Chinese academy of sciences, uva Wellassa univ.), Y. WEI, L. ZHENG, H. ZHONG (Sri Lanka, China)
11:30-11:50 (20min)
› Repeated pressurization deteriorates virus removal by RO membrane for household water treatment - S. TORII (The University of Tokyo), T. HASHIMOTO, A.T. DO (Thuy loi univ.), H. FURUMAI, H. KATAYAMA (Japan)
11:50-12:10 (20min)
› A low energy gravity-driven membrane bioreactor system for decentralized grey water treatment: permeability and removal performance of organics - A. DING (Harbin Institute of Tech.), H. LIANG, W. PRONK (EEWAG) (China, Switzerland)
12:10-12:30 (20min)
› Predicted environmental concentrations and occurrence of anti-cancer drugs in the aquatic environment: are membrane filtration and advanced oxidation processes a solution to this problem? - V. PEREIRA (iBET), B. CRISTOVAO, J. TORREJAIS, R. JANSSENS (UCL), P. LUIS, B.V. der BRUGGEN (KU Leuven), K. DUBEY (Univ. Haryana), M. MANDAL, M. BRONZE, J. CRESPO (Portugal, Belgium, India)
13:30-14:00 (30min)
› Description of Polar Mobile Organic Chemicals (PMOC) removal by reverse osmosis and nanofiltration using decision tree methodology. - B. TEYCHENE (Poitiers univ.), F. CHI, J. CHOKKI, G. DARRACQ, J. BARON, M. JOYEUX (Eau de Paris), H. GALLARD (France)
14:20-14:40 (20min)
› Nanofiltration membranes for selective separation of organic micropollutants and divalent cations - Y.L. LIU (Tsinghua univ.), X.M. WANG, Y. F. XIE, X. HUANG, B. VAN DER BRUGGEN (UKTL) (China, Belgium)
14:40-15:00 (20min)
› Tetracycline degradation in water by enzymes immobilized on silica monoliths - S. AHMAD (IEM, Université de Montpellier), W. SEBAI, J. SANCHEZ-MARCANO, M-P BELLEVILLE, A. GALARNEAU, N. BRUN (France)
15:00-15:20 (20min)
13:30 - 15:20 (1h50)
Domestic wastewater treatment
› Two-in-one electrochemical membrane system for advanced wastewater treatment - Keynote lecture : Kwang-Ho CHOO, Kyungpook National Univ. (Korea)
13:30-14:00 (30min)
› A new electro-conductive membrane (PES/PANI/rGO) for electrochemical MBR - E. SUBTIL (Federal Univ. ABC), J. GONCALVES, H. GAJARDONI, E.C. VENANCIO, W.A. ALVES, J.C. MIERZWA (univ. Sao Paulo), P. LE-CLECH (UNSW)( (Brazil, Australia)
14:00-14:20 (20min)
› Evolution of Cation Exchange Membranes properties in a Bioelectrochemical System. - M.I. SAN MARTIN (univ. León), R.M. ALONSO, P. PRADANOS (univ. Valladolid), A. ESCAPA, A. MORAN (Spain)
14:20-14:40 (20min)
› Ammonium recovery from process water of digested sludge dewatering by membrane contactors - L. RICHTER (Münster Univ.of Applied Sciences), M. WICHERN (univ. Bochum), M. GROMPING (Aachen univ.), U. ROBECKE (City of Munster), J. HABERKAMP (Germany)
14:40-15:00 (20min)
› Improving the cleaning procedure of a full scale MBR by characterizing the sodium hypochlorite oxidative stress - A. FENU (Aquafin), S. DERESE (Ghent univ.), M. WEEMAES (Belgium)
15:00-15:20 (20min)
13:30 - 15:20 (1h50)
Membrane distillation
› Strategic membrane distillation applications beyond drinking water production - Keynote lecture : Long NGHIEM, Univ. Tech Sydney (Australia)
13:30-14:00 (30min)
› Novel VMD configuration for water vapor flux enhancement - N. GHAFFOUR (KAUST), A. ALSAADI, A. ALPATOVA, J.-G LEE, L. FRANCIS (Saudi Arabia)
14:00-14:20 (20min)
› Influence of salinity on wetting and wettability in membrane distillation - S. LABORIE (INSA, Toulouse Univ. ), T. ZHANG, P. JACOB, C. CABASSUD (France)
14:20-14:40 (20min)
› Long-term performance and fouling characteristics of MD in continuously FGD wastewater treatment - L. ZHENG (Chinese Academy of sciences), C. ZHANG (Beijing univ. of chem. Tech.), H. ZHONG, Y. WEI (China)
14:40-15:00 (20min)
› Membrane distillation biofouling: Effects at increasing feed temperature - A. BOGLER (Ben Gurion Univ.), E. BAR-ZEEV (Israel)
15:00-15:20 (20min)
13:30 - 15:20 (1h50)
Cleaning
› Membrane autopsy deciphering core-microbiota stubborn against online chemical cleaning in a full-scale MBR - Keynote lecture : Xia HUANG, Tsinghua University (China)
13:30-14:00 (30min)
› Novel Application of Ionic Liquids As Cleaning Agents against Irreversible Membrane Fouling - S.J. CHOI (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Tech.), S.S. KIM (Pohang univ. ), D.S. HWANG , S. KANG (Korea)
14:00-14:20 (20min)
› Application of cis-2-Decenoic acid for MBR biofouling reduction - W.J. SONG (KonKuk univ.), J.H. KIM, J.H KWEON (Korea)
14:20-14:40 (20min)
› Citric vs Oxalic Acid for Membrane Cleaning in MBR - K. WESTLING (Swedish Environmental Research Institute) S.L. ANDERSSON, S. ANDERSSON (Sweden)
14:40-15:00 (20min)
› Effect of supersaturated CO2 backwash on membrane fouling mitigation - A. ALPATOVA (KAUST), A. QUMAR, M. ALGHAMDI, N. GHAFFOUR (Saudi Arabia)
15:00-15:20 (20min)
13:30 - 15:20 (1h50)
New membranes for water
› Solvent permeation behavior of laser induced graphene on ceramic membranes - Keynote lecture : Maria FIDALGO, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia (USA)
13:30-14:00 (30min)
› Grafted ceramic membranes with drastically reduced fouling tendency - A. BUEKENHOUDT (VITO), M. GHULAM, K. WYNS, V. MEYNEN (univ. Antwerp), R. VLEESCHOUWERS (Belgium)
14:00-14:20 (20min)
› Pollens-inspired Modification of Microfiltration Membranes for Biofouling Mitigation - X. ZHANG (Tongji univ.), Z. WANG (China)
14:20-14:40 (20min)
› New ultrafiltration membrane made with new polymer material for long lasting and rejections performances - O. LORAIN (Polymem SA), S. MARCELLINO, I. DUCHEMIN, M. ZEVACO, J-M ESPENAN (France)
14:40-15:00 (20min)
› Enhanced antifouling resistance of PVDF membranes by grafting zwitterionic via branch-liked SMA-HEA linker - Y-C LIN (Chung Shan Med. univ.), K-M LIU, D-K WANG (UTS), H-H TSENG (Taiwan, Australia)
15:00-15:20 (20min)
13:30 - 15:20 (1h50)
Brine/concentrate disposal
› Creating value from seawater desalination brine: an integrated membrane-based approach - Keynote lecture : Efrem CURCIO, Univ. of Calabria (Italy)
13:30-14:00 (30min)
› Modelling the Electrodialysis Reversal Process for Zero Liquid Discharge of Industrial Reverse Osmosis Concentrate - V.V. WAGHOLIKAR (National Univ. Singapore, Semcorp-NUS), L.Y. LEE, S.L. ONG, H.Y. NG (Singapore)
14:00-14:20 (20min)
› Concentrate transportability from RO membrane applications - E. FILLOUX (Suez-CIRSEE), D. RATTE (Suez treatment solution), D. STEINMANN, J. KUNTZ, L. GUEY, A. BREHANT (France)
14:20-14:40 (20min)
› Performance of Fractional-Submerged Membrane Distillation-Crystallizer for Brine Treatment - S. VIGNESWARAN (Univ. Tech. Sydney), Y. CHOI, G. NAIDU, S. LEE (Kookmin univ.) ( Australia, Korea)
14:40-15:00 (20min)
› Forward osmosis with high concentration draw solution recovery system - C. PATRUT (BLUE-tec), L. VAN DIJK, C. KAZNER (univ. Basel), R. WUNSCH, M. PASTUR (Clariant), J. PALACIN, J. KOCHAN, F. ZORN, S. VILA (Dow chemical), C. NIEWERSCH, J. KOPPE (MOL Katalysatortetechnik Gmbh) (Netherlands and a european consortium)
15:00-15:20 (20min)
› Membrane distillation combined with persulfate oxidation for emerging organic micropollutant removal - FI HAI (Univ. Wollongong), MB. ASIF, WE. PRICE (Australia)
15:40-16:00 (20min)
› Reactive electrochemical membrane for the removal of micropollutants from water - C. TRELLU (LGC, Toulouse univ.), C. COETSIER, J6C ROUCH, S. RAFFY, M.A. OTURAN (univ. Paris-Est), M. CRETIN (IEM, univ. Montpellier), C. CAUSSERAND (France)
16:20-16:40 (20min)
› Decentralised greywater reuse: applicability of MBR for micropollutant removal - E. MENDOZA (ICRA Girona), I. RODRIGUEZ-RODA, G. BUTTIGLIERI (Spain)
16:40-17:00 (20min)
15:40 - 17:00 (1h20)
Algae and algal reactors
› Assessment of fouling control strategies in an algae membrane photobioreactor - L. FORTUNATO (KAUST), A. LAMPREA, T. LEIKNES (Saudi Arabia)
15:40-16:00 (20min)
› Algae-bacteria co-immobilized beads on wastewater treatment and lessening membrane fouling - S. CAO (Tsinghua univ.), C. ZHU, Q.L. ZHANG, Y. TAO (China)
16:00-16:20 (20min)
› Nitrogen removal and microbial population dynamics in a bacterial-algal membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (BA-MABR) - R. WANG (Tongji Univ.), X. CHENG, Y. REN, C. MA, X. ZENG (China)
16:20-16:40 (20min)
› Interaction between dissolved silica and alginate in reverse osmosis fouling - S. WANG (Tsinghua Univ.), X. HUANG, M. ELIMELECH (Yale univ) (China, USA)
16:40-17:00 (20min)
15:40 - 17:00 (1h20)
Membrane distillation
› Optimization of a forward osmosis and membrane distillation hybrid system - Y. KIM (KAUST), H.S. SON, H. GHAFFOUR (Saudi Arabia)
15:40-16:00 (20min)
› Enhanced ammonia recovery from wastewater using a Nafion membrane and its mechanism in membrane distillation - A. K. AN (Univ. Hong Kong), J. GUO, J.G. LEE (KAUST), T. TAN, J. YEO, K.J. KIM, N. GHAFFOURA (China, Saudi Arabia)
16:00-16:20 (20min)
› Improving the energy efficiency of direct contact membrane distillation using the thermoelectric element - S-H KIM (Kyungnam univ.), H-K LIME, T-M LEE (Korea)
16:40-17:00 (20min)
15:40 - 17:00 (1h20)
Cleaning
› Monochloramine use for biological stability and biofouling control in RO membranes treating an MBR wastewater effluent - N.M. FARHAT (KAUST), E. LOUBINEAUD (Delft univ of Tech.), E.I.E.C. PREST, J. EL-CHAKHTOURA (Evides Industriewater), C. SALLES, S. BUCS, J. TRAMPE, W.B.P. VAN DER BROEK, J.M.C. VAN AGTMAAL, M.C.M VAN LOOSDRECHT, J.C. KRUITHOF (Wetsus), J.S. VROUWENVELDER (Saudi Arabia, The Netherlands)
15:40-16:00 (20min)
› Influence of different surfactants on original nanofiltration membrane cleaning: performances and properties - Z. GU (Tongji univ.), S. YU (China)
16:00-16:20 (20min)
› Enhanced biofilm solubilization by urea in reverse osmosis membrane systems - H. SANAWAR (KAUST), I. PINEL (Delft Tech Univ), N.M. FAHRAT, S. BUCS, J. ZLOPASA, J. C. KRUITHOF (Wetsus), G.J. WITKAMP, M.C.M. VAN LOOSDRECHT, J.S. VROUWENVELDER (Saudi Arabia, Netherlands)
16:20-16:40 (20min)
› Enzymatic cleanings for ceramic and polymeric membranes in pretreatment of brackish surface water desalination - J. M VINAS (Aqualia), J. AREVALO, M. BURGOS, D. AMADOR, F. ROGALLA, V.M. MONSALVO Viñas (Spain)
16:40-17:00 (20min)
15:40 - 17:20 (1h40)
New membranes for water
› Coating of Ultrafiltration Membranes with Coagulant – Effects on Operation and Costs - A. SCHWEIGER (Inge Gmbh), D. VIAL, P. BUCHTA, R. WINKLER, P. BERG (Germany)
15:40-16:00 (20min)
› Studies on the morphology and control of porosity of mixed matrix membranes - C. N. MURTHY (Univ. of Baroda), P. MISTRY, K. NIKITA (India)
16:00-16:20 (20min)
› Fouling behavior of new polyphenylenesulfone hollow-fiber ultrafiltration membranes modified with multi-block copolymer additives - A. KOUCHAKI SHALMANI (Univ. Duisburg-Essen), I.M.A. ELSHERBINY, I. STRATMANN, O. GRONWALD (BASF), M. WEBER, L. GRUNIG, U.A. HANGDE, M. HEIJNEN (Inge), M. KRUG, M. KOTI, M. ULBRICHT, S. PANGLISH (Germany)
16:20-16:40 (20min)
› Fouling caused by carboxyl or hydroxyl containing polysaccharides on PVDF and GO/PVDF membranes - Y. WANG (Xi'an Univ. of Tech.), Y. ZHANG, X. ZHENG (China)
16:40-17:00 (20min)
› Atomic layer deposition-based membrane modification for fouling control - Y. TIAN (Harbin Institute of Tech.), N. LI (China)
17:00-17:20 (20min)
15:40 - 17:00 (1h20)
Brine/concentrate disposal
› SAPHIRA TSAR: a novel high water recovery membrane-based solution - I. LEMAITRE (Veolia), B. RIVIERE, C. BREDA, C. DAINES, E. BARBIER, M. HENDOU, B. LEE (France)
15:40-16:00 (20min)
› Osmotically assisted RO for brine concentration - B. ABUSHARKH (Hyrec Co), E. ERBIL, E. BOZKURT, G. MENDI (Turkey)
16:00-16:20 (20min)
› Using microalgae to treat RO concentrate for safe disposal and resource recovery - A. MOHSENI (RMIT univ.) , L. FAN, F. RODDICK (Australia)
16:20-16:40 (20min)
› Improved Recovery of Desalination by Energy-Efficient Reverse Osmosis (EERO) Process - T.H. CHONG (Nanyang Tech. univ.), S.K. LEE , S.R. SUWARNO, S. GOH (Singapore)
16:40-17:00 (20min)
› The Application of Membrane Bioreactors in Potable Water Reuse - Keynote lecture: Stephen KATZ, SUEZ Water Technologies and Solutions (Canada)
08:10-08:40 (30min)
› Reclamation of Biological Secondary Effluent from the Municipal Wastewater Plant - C.H. NI (Eco-digital Tech. Inc.), Y.C. LIN (Eigengreen Int.), J.C.T. LIU (Feng Chia univ.) (Taiwan)
08:40-09:00 (20min)
› Highly selective and antifouling reverse osmosis membrane for domestic-wastewater reclamation - N.K. KHANZADA (City univ.Hong Kong), M.U. FARID, A.K. AN (Hong-Kong)
09:00-09:20 (20min)
› New RO Membrane with Improved Fouling Resistant and Low Energy Consumption for Wastewater Reclamation - S. HUANG (Toray), Y. YANG, K. NAKATSUJI, H. TAKABATAKE, J. OKABE, M. KIMURA, L. ZHU (China, Japan)
09:20-09:40 (20min)
› The new Chapultepec wastewater treatment plant project, a succes cas or reuse in mexico city - C.L. HERNANDEZ MARTINEZ (National Water Commission, Mexico), S. RAMOS TAPIA, F. MUNIZ ARCILA, S. GONZALEZ RAMIREZ, D.C. AGUILLON ZAVALA, J.E. VELAZQUEZ SUAREZ (Mexico)
09:40-10:00 (20min)
› Tuas WRP and The Tuas Nexus, Singapore - G. OTOOLE (Jacobs Engineering), C. NEWBERY (Singapore)
10:00-10:20 (20min)
8:20 - 10:20 (2h)
Oxidation/ozonation
› Microwave-enhanced Reactive Membrane Filtration Systems - W. ZHANG (New Jersey Institute of Tech.), W. FU (USA)
08:20-08:40 (20min)
› Novel Ceramic Membrane Coated by Nanoparticles for a hybrid ozonation-membrane filtration: Fabrication and Performance - F. QI (Beijing Forestry Univ.), Z. SONG, Y. GUO (China)
08:40-09:00 (20min)
› Membrane filtration coupled with wet air oxidation for intensified treatment of refractory effluents - M. MONNOT (Aix Marseille Univ.), C. PINCHAI, S. LEFEVRE, O. BOUTIN (A3i), P. MOULIN (France)
09:00-09:20 (20min)
› Bubble-less ozonation with non-porous membranes: Experiments and CFD modelling - G. ZOUMPOULI (Univ. of Bath), S.S.X. HO, Y.M. J. CHEW, J. WENK (UK)
09:20-09:40 (20min)
› Membrane-dispersion Advanced Oxidation Processes (MAOPs) Treatment on Pulp Wastewater Concentrate from Crystallization Process - R. LI (Nanjing Tech univ.), Z. LI, Q. JIANG, M. ZHOU, W. XING (China)
09:40-10:00 (20min)
› Wastewater re-use with ozone and ceramic membrane: an alternative strategy - R. FLORIS (PWNT Water Tech.), S. GABRIEL, B. MARTIJN (Netherlands)
10:00-10:20 (20min)
8:30 - 10:20 (1h50)
Resource recovery
› Rubidium Extraction From Seawater Brine By An Integrated Membrane Distillation-Selective Sorption System - Keynote lecture : S. VIGNESWARAN, Univ. Techn. Sydney (Australia)
08:30-09:00 (30min)
› Lithium recovery from salt lake brine using integrated nano-filtration and membrane distillation processes - B.K. PRAMANIK (La TRobe univ.), M.B. ASIF (univ. Wollongong), F.I. HAI (Australia)
09:00-09:20 (20min)
› Toward Resource Recovery from Wastewater: Rare Earth Element Potentials and Membrane Technology for the Separation - A. YUKSEDAG (Istanbul Tech univ.) B. KOSE-MUTLU, M.R. WIESNER (Duke univ.), İ. KOYUNCU (Turkey, USA)
09:20-09:40 (20min)
› Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage with Membrane Distillation: Water Reuse and Resource Recovery - G. NAIDU (Univ. Tech. Sydney°, E.H.C. CASTILLO, D.L. NGHIEM, S. VIGNESWARAN (Australia)
09:40-10:00 (20min)
› A membrane bioreactor with iron dosing and acidogenic co-fermentation for enhanced phosphorus removal and recovery in wastewater treatment - X-Y LI (Univ. Hong Kong), R-H LI (China)
10:00-10:20 (20min)
8:30 - 10:20 (1h50)
Renewable energies
› Directly-coupled solar powered membrane systems: experience with fluctuating energy in Tanzania - Keynote lecture : A.I. SCHAFER, Karlsruhe Institute Tech. (Germany)
08:30-09:00 (30min)
› Solar energy fluctuations impact on osmotic backwash in renewable energy-powered brackish water nanofiltration/reverse osmosis desalination system - Y. CAI (Karlsruhe Institute of Tech.), A.I. SCHAFER (Germany)
09:00-09:20 (20min)
› Combined solar driven pervaporation with graphene oxide membrane - B. LIAN (Univ. New South Wales), Q. LI, R.A. TAYLOR, G. LESLIE (Australia)
09:20-09:40 (20min)
› Performance of stand-alone desalination plant equipped with pressure buffer - C. ANTONELLI (IEM, Montpellier univ.), M.A. KAMMOUN, S. GASSARA, A. DERATANI, T. GAREL (Mascara), M. HAUDEBOURG, M. VERGNET (France)
09:40-10:00 (20min)
› Pre-treatment by solar-UV irradiation for biofouling control in desalination processes with thin film composite membranes - B. SKIBINSKI (Tech. Univ. Munich), N. SIEBDRATH, E. BODNER, Q. YANG, K. ZOSCHKE, P. HUA, S. TREDTE, A. LERCH (Germany)
10:00-10:20 (20min)
8:30 - 10:20 (1h50)
Membrane aging and life cycle
› Impact of chemical cleaning by oxidative agents on properties and lifetime of polymeric membranes - Keynote lecture : C. CAUSSERAND, LGC -Toulouse univ.(France)
08:30-09:00 (30min)
› Membrane replacement: is changing membrane technology a big issue? - Y. POUSSADE (Veolia), D. DECERLE, L. LE-GRAND, A. LE-PERSON (France)
09:00-09:20 (20min)
› Natural Viruses for Monitoring the integrity of Reverse Osmosis - E. CORNELISSEN (Ghent Univ., Nanyang Tech Univ.), T.R. DA SILVA (Nova univ. Lisbon), B. BLANKERT, L. HEIJNEN, E.F. BEERENDONK, L.M. HORNSTRA, G.J. MEDEMA (DTU) (Netherlands, Singapore, Belgium, Portugal)
09:20-09:40 (20min)
› Impact of mechanical properties of hollow fiber membranes on backwash efficiency - T. VROMAN (LGC, univ. Toulouse), F. BEAUME (Arkema), J.C. REMIGY (France)
09:40-10:00 (20min)
› Upcycling of previously used reverse-osmosis membranes by the binding of copper nanoparticles with the aid of polyethyleneimine - K. INOUE (Chuo Univ.), M. KUROIWA, H. YAMAMURA, A. YONEZU, Y. WATANABE (Japan)
10:00-10:20 (20min)
› Importance of fluidized media for anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor: Fouling control, microbial distribution and system performance - Keynote lecture : Jeonghwan KIM, INHA univ. (Korea)
10:40-11:10 (30min)
› Size-Dependent Microbial Diversity of Sub-Visible Particles in a Submerged Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (SAnMBR): Implications for Membrane Fouling - Z. ZHOU (Sun Yat-sen univ., Nanyang Tech. univ)), Y. TAO (Imperial college London), Y. XIAO, F. MENG, D. STUCKEY (China, Singapore, UK)
11:10-11:30 (20min)
› Performance Evaluation of Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor for Domestic Wastewater Treatment - S.J. KHAN (Nat. univ. Sciences & Tech.), A. ASLAM (Pakistan)
11:30-11:50 (20min)
› Effect of ultrafiltration membrane material on fouling dynamics in submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating domestic wastewater - A.D. GROSSMAN (Ben Gurion univ.), Y. YANG, D. CALERO CAMARENA, G. ORON, R. BERNSTEIN (Israel)
11:50-12:10 (20min)
› Development and Optimization of Electrospun Nanofiber Membranes for Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors - S. GEE (Univ. Southern California), A.L. SMITH (USA)
12:10-12:30 (20min)
10:40 - 12:30 (1h50)
Special session on MBR modelling
› Frontiers and new perspectives in MBR modelling and control - Keynote lecture: Giorgio MANNINA, Palermo Univ. (Italy)
10:40-11:10 (30min)
› Statistical modelling of a semi-industrial scale membrane bioreactor using fuzzy inference methods - M. ALLIET (LGC, univ. Toulouse), E. SUARD (IRSTEA), Y. FAYOLLE, S. GUERIN ( SIAAP), H. JONES (Montpellier SupAgro), S. GUILLAUME, V. ROCHER, C. ALBASI; S. GUILLOT (France)
11:10-11:30 (20min)
› Fuzzy logic control for energy saving in submerged membranes - H. MONCLUS (Univ. Girona), A. GALIZIA, G. BLANDIN, O. LORAIN (Polymem), M. VERDAGUER, M. POCH, I. RODRIGUEZ-RODA (ICRA), J. COMAS (Spain, France)
11:30-11:50 (20min)
› CFD simulation of aeration process and baffle influence in a full-scale commercial flat sheet module - Y. CAO (Tech. Univ. Darmstadt), B. GU, A. SONNENBURG (IWW Zentrum Wasser), W. URBAN (Germany)
11:50-12:10 (20min)
› CFD modelling of a novel aeration system in full-scale FS sMBR to reduce the uneven shear stress distribution - M. LIU (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Y. WEI, M. CHEN, D. YI, J. ZHENG, J. CHANG (Beijing drainage group) (China)
12:10-12:30 (20min)
10:40 - 12:30 (1h50)
Source separation
› MBR performances in wastewater source-separation scheme - C. JOANNIS-CASSAN (LGC, univ. Toulouse), N. GAMBIER, C. GUIGUI (LISBP, univ. Toulouse) (France)
10:40-11:10 (30min)
› Producing ammonia nitrate liquid fertilizer from urine using MBR - J. LI (Tsinghua univ.), X. Cui, Y. Li, K. Xu (Beijing forestry univ.), C. Wang (China)
11:10-11:30 (20min)
› Membrane bioreactor for urinary nitrogen stabilization: microbial acclimation and system performance - G. LESAGE (IEM, Montpellier univ.), C. JACQUIN (EAWAG), M. MONNOT, F. ZAVISKA, T. MERLE (EAWAG), G. LESAGE, M. HERAN (France, Switzerland)
11:30-11:50 (20min)
› Techno-economic feasibility of recovering phosphorous, nitrogen from urine via forward osmosis - F. VOLPIN (UTS), L. CHEKLI, M.A.H. JOHIR, S. PHUNTSHO, J. CHO, N. GHAFFOUR (KAUST), J.S. VROUWENVELDER, H-K. SHON (Australia, Korea, Saudi Arabia)
11:50-12:10 (20min)
10:40 - 12:30 (1h50)
MD solar
› Optimization of an integrated solar heating vacuum membrane distillation module for remote places: effect of heat recovery - C. CABASSUD (LISBP, univ. Toulouse) Q. MA, A. AHMADI (France)
10:40-11:10 (30min)
› Enhancing solar membrane distillation performance using core-shell nanofibers - R. XIN (Rice univ.), Y. CHEN (National univ. Taiwan), K. ZUO, K. TUNG, Q. LI (USA, Taiwan)
11:10-11:30 (20min)
› Vacuum-enhanced air-gap membrane distillation as a viable solution for solar desalination - G. ZARAGOZA (CIEMAT-PSA), J.A. ANDRES-MANAS, (univ. Almeria), F.G ACIEN, A. RUIZ-AGUIRRE (univ. Palermo) (Spain, Italy)
11:30-11:50 (20min)
› Insight on thermoplasmonic effects in photothermal membrane distillation - E. DONIA (Carthage univ.), S. JAZIRI, A. POLITANO (univ. Calabria) (Tunisia, Italy)
11:50-12:10 (20min)
› Solar-driven Membrane Distillation applied to Ammonia Removal and Recovery from Landfill Leachate - M.C. AMARAL (Federal Univ. of Minas Gerais), B.C. RICCI, B.G. REIS, M.M. ZICO (Brazil)
12:10-12:30 (20min)
10:40 - 12:30 (1h50)
Forward osmosis and PRO
› GreenPRO for osmotic pumping employing fertilizer draw solution - Keynote lecture : Ho Kyong SHON, University of Technology, Sydney (Australia)
10:40-11:10 (30min)
› Forward osmosis for wastewater concentration: lab and pilot case studies - G. BLANDIN (Univ. Girona), E. ONISHCHENKO, F. FERRARI (ICRA), E. MENDOZA, G. BUTTIGLIERI, J. COMAS, I. RODRIGUEZ-RODA (Spain)
11:30-11:50 (20min)
› Quantitative Analysis on the Irreversible Membrane Fouling of Forward Osmosis for Wastewater Reclamation: Applicability of the Modified Fouling Index (MFI) - M. ZHAN (Korea Univ.), G. GWAK, S. HONG (Korea)
11:50-12:10 (20min)
› Removal of antibiotics in a forward osmosis membrane bioreactor for municipal wastewater treatment - G. QIU (South China Univ. Tech.), S. ZHANG (Nat. univ. Singapore), D.S.S. RAGHAVAN, S. DAS, Y-P. TING (China, Singapore)
12:10-12:30 (20min)
› Steady-state approach for ASM1 states variables calculation in MBR - Keynote lecture: Marc HERAN, IEM, univ. Montpellier (France)
13:30-14:00 (30min)
› pH-control for acclimation of sludge to high nitrogen content in a MBR: A modeling approach. - J.D. ARCE VELASQUEZ (Strasbourg univ.), J. LAURENT (France)
14:00-14:20 (20min)
› Position Paper - Progress towards standards in integrated (aerobic) MBR modelling - C. BREPOLS (IWA Task Group on MBR Modelling), Q. COMAS, J. HARMAND, M. HERAN, A. ROBLES, I. RODRIGUEZ-RODA, M.V. RUANO, I. SMETS, G. MANNINA
14:20-14:40 (20min)
› Data Selection using Analytic hierarchy process for optimization of energy consumption in wastewater treatment plant - R. OULEBSIR (Univ. Sciences et Tech. H. Boumedienne), A. LEFKIR, A. BERMAD, A. SAFRI, R. FERRAOUN , O. BENSALEM (Algeria)
14:40-15:00 (20min)
› CFD Modelling of a Bench Scale Vibratory MBR Module - R. KAYA (MEM-TEK, Istanbul Tech. univ.), V. TARABARA(Michigan state univ.), I. KOYUNCU (Turkey, USA)
15:00-15:20 (20min)
13:30 - 15:20 (1h50)
Anaeroby MBR
› Challenges and Improvements in AnMBR Operations - Keynote lecture : How Yong NG, National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore)
13:30-14:00 (30min)
› Characterization of AnMBR effluent: Towards post-treatment and reuse possibilities of municipal wastewater - N. ZAMANFAR (Univ. of Chem. & Tech. Pragua), P. DOLEJS, J. BARTACEK, J. HEJNIC, P. ZEDNICEK, M. VOJTISKOVA, E.A. GARMENDIA, M. PECENKA, J.R. AMBROZOVA, R. GRABIC (univ. South Bohemia) (Czech Republic)
14:18-14:20 (02min)
› Removal and biotransformation pathway of antibiotic Sulfamethoxazole in anaerobic membrane bioreactor - C.H. WEI (Guangzhou Univ. (China), C. SANCHEZ-HUERTA (KAUST), T. LEIKNES, H. RONG, Q. FANG (China, Saudi Arabia)
14:20-14:40 (20min)
› Quorum quenching in anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) for resilience to toxic shocks - Y. XIAO (Shantou University), Z. ZHOU, D. STUCKEY (China)
14:40-15:00 (20min)
› Performance of a high solid content forward osmotic membrane bioreactor for sludge anaerobic digestion - H. ZHU (Beijing Forestry Univ.), J. ZHAO (China)
15:00-15:20 (20min)
13:30 - 15:20 (1h50)
Photocatalysis
› Development of photocatalytic membranes and reactors for water and wastewater treatment - Keynote lecture : João CRESPO, NOVA University of Lisbon (Portugal)
13:30-14:00 (30min)
› PVDF-TiO2 photocatalytic membrane performances with pure water - A cost/efficiency study - J-P. MERICQ (Université de Montpellier - IEM), D-T TRAN, J. MENDRET, C. FAUR, S. BROSILLON (France)
14:00-14:20 (20min)
› Expanding the use of Ceramic Membranes - H. GRAY (Purifics Water Inc.), T. POWELL (Canada)
14:20-14:40 (20min)
› Photocatalysis for MBR Post-Treatment: Effect of membrane state on Effluent Organic Matter quenching - M. MAGHSOODI (Louisiana State univ.), C. JACQUIN (IEM, Univ. Montpellier), B. TEYCHENE (univ. Poitiers), G. LESAGE, M. HERAN, V. TARABARA (Michigan state univ.) , S.D. SNOW (USA, France)
14:40-15:00 (20min)
› Self-cleaning electrospun BiOBr/Ag photocatalyst membrane applied for textile wastewater treatment - J. GUO (Univ. Hong Kong), D.Y.S. YAN, F.L.-Y. LAM (Hong Kong univ. Sc. & Tech.) , B.J. DEKA, A. K.J. AN (China)
15:00-15:20 (20min)
13:30 - 15:20 (1h50)
Waste Water reuse
› Water reclamation and reuse for urban agriculture; pros and cons, opportunities or unsustainable? - Keynote lecture: T. LEIKNES, KAUST (Saudi Arabia)
13:30-14:00 (30min)
› Disruptive water reuse scheme based on Direct Ultrafiltration (DUF) of municipal wastewaters - Y. POUSSADE (Veolia Environnement), H. HUMBERT, I. SAUDRAIS, C. DAINES, F. BOISQUILLON, H. FAUJOUR (France, United Arab Emirates)
14:00-14:20 (20min)
› Capacitive-deionization-enhanced ultrafiltration for advanced wastewater reclamation - M. LI (Beijing Forestry Univ.), S. LIANG (China)
14:20-14:40 (20min)
› Development of an electrochemical dynamic membrane filtration system for simultaneous separation and disinfection - Q. LEI (Tongji university), Z. WANG ( China)
14:40-15:00 (20min)
› Low-energy desalination process by the membrane capacitive deionization process for domestic wastewater reuse - C.-H. HOU (National Taiwan Univ.), C.-S. FAN, Y. CHAO (Taiwan)
15:00-15:20 (20min)
13:30 - 15:20 (1h50)
Fouling prevention
› Novel Feed Spacers Design for Fouling Mitigating in Membrane Filtration - N. GHAFFOUR (KAUST), S. KERDI, A. QAMAR, H. VROUWENVELDER (Saudi Arabia)
13:30-14:00 (30min)
› Sacrificial coating development for biofouling control in RO membranes - M.F. NAVA-OCAMPO (KAUST), S.S. BUCS, A.S.F. FARINHA, M. SON, B. LOGAN (Pennsylvania state univ.), J. VROUWENVELDER (Saudi Arabia, USA)
14:20-14:40 (20min)
› MRI & NMR investigation of early fouling in spiral wound reverse osmosis membrane modules - N. BRISTOW (Univv. of Western Australia), J.S. VOGT, S.S. BUCS, J.S. VROUWENVELDER (DTU), M.L. JOHNS, E. FRIDJONSSON, (Australia, Netherlands))
14:40-15:00 (20min)
Auditorium Saint Exupéry
