{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Jimenez-Robles R"],"funding":["Universitat de Valencia","Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades","Conselleria de Innovación, Universidades, Ciencia y Sociedad Digital, Generalitat Valenciana"],"pagination":["29164-29179"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9995407"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["30(11)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Characterisation of the fouling attached to PVDF membranes treating an anaerobic effluent for dissolved CH<sub>4</sub> recovery was carried out. A commercial flat-sheet PVDF membrane and a PVDF functionalised by grafting of organofluorosilanes (mPVDF) that increased its hydrophobicity were subjected to a continuous flux of an anaerobic reactor effluent in long-term operation tests (> 800 h). The fouling cakes were studied by the membrane autopsy after these tests, combining a staining technique, FTIR, and FESEM-EDX, and the fouling extraction with water and NaOH solutions. Both organic and inorganic fouling were observed, and the main foulants were proteins, polysaccharides, and different calcium and phosphate salts. Also, a significant amount of live cells was detected on the fouling cake"],"journal":["Environmental science and pollution research international"],"pubmed_title":["Fouling characterisation in PVDF membrane contactors for dissolved methane recovery from anaerobic effluents: effect of surface organofluorosilanisation."],"pmcid":["PMC9995407"],"funding_grant_id":["Project GV/2019/149","FPU19/02478"],"pubmed_authors":["Jimenez-Robles R","Izquierdo M","Martinez-Soria V"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Fouling characterisation in PVDF membrane contactors for dissolved methane recovery from anaerobic effluents: effect of surface organofluorosilanisation.","description":"Characterisation of the fouling attached to PVDF membranes treating an anaerobic effluent for dissolved CH<sub>4</sub> recovery was carried out. A commercial flat-sheet PVDF membrane and a PVDF functionalised by grafting of organofluorosilanes (mPVDF) that increased its hydrophobicity were subjected to a continuous flux of an anaerobic reactor effluent in long-term operation tests (> 800 h). The fouling cakes were studied by the membrane autopsy after these tests, combining a staining technique, FTIR, and FESEM-EDX, and the fouling extraction with water and NaOH solutions. Both organic and inorganic fouling were observed, and the main foulants were proteins, polysaccharides, and different calcium and phosphate salts. Also, a significant amount of live cells was detected on the fouling cake","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Mar","modification":"2025-04-22T04:01:59.313Z","creation":"2025-04-05T20:53:31.909Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9995407","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36409410"],"doi":["10.1007/s11356-022-24019-z"]}}