TY - PAT
T1 - Acoustically excited encapsulated microbubbles and mitigation of biofouling
AU - Qamar, Adnan
AU - Fortunato, Luca
AU - Leiknes, TorOve
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2019-02-13
PY - 2017/8/31
Y1 - 2017/8/31
N2 - Provided herein is a universally applicable biofouling mitigation technology using acoustically excited encapsulated microbubbles that disrupt biofilm or biofilm formation. For example, a method of reducing biofilm formation or removing biofilm in a membrane filtration system is provided in which a feed solution comprising encapsulated microbubbles is provided to the membrane under conditions that allow the encapsulated microbubbles to embed in a biofilm. Sonication of the embedded, encapsulated microbubbles disrupts the biofilm. Thus, provided herein is a membrane filtration system for performing the methods and encapsulated microbubbles specifically selected for binding to extracellular polymeric substances (EFS) in a biofilm.
AB - Provided herein is a universally applicable biofouling mitigation technology using acoustically excited encapsulated microbubbles that disrupt biofilm or biofilm formation. For example, a method of reducing biofilm formation or removing biofilm in a membrane filtration system is provided in which a feed solution comprising encapsulated microbubbles is provided to the membrane under conditions that allow the encapsulated microbubbles to embed in a biofilm. Sonication of the embedded, encapsulated microbubbles disrupts the biofilm. Thus, provided herein is a membrane filtration system for performing the methods and encapsulated microbubbles specifically selected for binding to extracellular polymeric substances (EFS) in a biofilm.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/625544
UR - http://www.google.com/patents/WO2017145118A1
UR - http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=WO&NR=2017145118A1&KC=A1&FT=D
M3 - Patent
M1 - WO 2017145118 A1
ER -