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Unique characteristics of algal dissolved organic matter and their association with membrane fouling behavior: a review

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Over the last several decades, the frequent occurrence of algal bloom in drinking water supplies, driven by increasing anthropogenic input and climate change, has posed serious problems for membrane filtration processes, resulting in reduced membrane permeability and increased energy consumption. It is essential to comprehensively understand the characteristics of algal dissolved organic matter (DOM) and the subsequent effects on the filtration processes for better insight into membrane fouling mitigation. Many studies have revealed that algal DOM has displayed unique characteristics distinguished from other sources of DOM with respect to the chemical composition, the structures, and the molecular weight distributions. Algal DOM is considered to be a major obstacle in understanding membrane fouling due to its complicated interactions among dissimilar algal DOM constituents as well as between algal DOM and membrane material matrices. The present review article summarizes (1) recent characterizing methods for algal DOM, (2) environmental factors affecting the characteristics of algal DOM, (3) the discrepancies between algal DOM and other sources of aquatic DOM, particularly terrestrial sources, and (4) potential fouling effects of algal DOM on membrane filtration processes and their associations with algal DOM characteristics. A broad understanding of algal DOM-driven membrane fouling can lead to breakthroughs in efficient membrane filtration processes to treat algal bloom water sources.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIP) (no. 2014R1A2A2A09049496). Additional support was provided by Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (no. 2014001800002).

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Ly, Q.V., Maqbool, T. & Hur, J. Unique characteristics of algal dissolved organic matter and their association with membrane fouling behavior: a review. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 11192–11205 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-8683-4

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