Alginate

Sodium alginate extracted from the brown algae Laminaria digitata was used to prepare metal sorbing beads. Their metal binding properties were investigated with respect to copper and cadmium ions in single and binary metal solutions. Their behaviour in batch kinetic experiments and in a flow through

Using alginate as a model extracellular polymeric substance, a two-stage TMP profile, with a slow rise followed by a rapid rise, similar to that typically observed with membrane bioreactor effluents was observed during long term filtration. The alginate transmission profile supported the concept of

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are viewed as major fouling components during filtration of biological feeds in industry. However, very few studies investigated the fouling mechanisms of polysaccharides, one major group of macromolecules in EPS. In this work, dead end unstirred filtration o