Publications

  1. Zhang H, Wang Z, Zhang L, Song L, Impact of sludge cation distribution pattern on its filterability in membrane bioreactor, Bioresource Technology 171 (2014) 16-21
  2. Zhang H, Gao Z, Zhang L, Song L, Performance enhancement and fouling mitigation by organic flocculant addition in membrane bioreactor at high salt shock, Bioresource Technology 164 (2014) 34-40.
  3. Schuetze B., K. Rainwater, L. Song, Closed concentrate circulation for high recovery and energy efficiency in small-scale brackish reverse osmosis, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 140 (2014) 04014012.
  4. Liu, C., Morse, A., Rainwater, K., Song, L. Modeling of concentration polarization in a reverse osmosis channel with parabolic crossflow. Water Environment Research, 86 (2014) , 56-62.
  5. Vercellino T, A Morse, P Tran, A Hamood, T Reid, L Song, T Moseley, The use of covalently attached organo-selenium to inhibit S. aureus and E. coli biofilms on RO membranes and feed spacers, Desalination, 317 (2013) 142-151.
  6. Vercellino T, A Morse, P Tran, L Song, A Hamood, T Reid, T Moseley, Attachment of organo-selenium to polyamide composite reverse osmosis membranes to inhibit biofilm formation of S. aureus and E. coli, 309 ( 2013) 291–295.
  7. Crawley, J., Jackson, A., Anderson, T., Song, L., Morse, A.. Evaluating RO performance with biological pretreatment of graywater. Journal of Water, Reuse, and Desalination, 2 (2012) 109-120.
  8. Song L, Liu C., A total salt balance model for concentration polarization in crossflow reverse osmosis channels with shear flow, Journal of Membrane Science 401– 402 (2012) 313– 322.
  9. Liu, C., Rainwater, K., Song, L. Calculation of energy consumption for crossflow RO desalination processes. Desalination and Water Treatment 42 (2012) 295–303.
  10. Liang, S., Zhao, T., Zhang, J., Sun, F., C., Song, L. Determination of fouling-related critical flux in self-forming dynamic membrane bioreactors: Interference of membrane compressibility. Journal of Membrane Science, 390-391 (2011) 113-120.
  11. Liu, C., Song, L., Rainwater, K. Energy analysis and efficiency assessment of reverse osmosis desalination process. Desalination, 276 (2011) 352-258.
  12. Low, D., Hamood, A., Reid, T., Mosely, T., Tram, P., Song, L., Morse, A. Attachment of Selenium to a Reverse Osmosis Membrane to Inhibit Biofilm Formation of S. aureus. Journal of Membrane Science, 378 (2011) 171-178.
  13. F Meng, B Liao, S Liang, F Yang, H Zhang, L Song, Morphological visualization, componential characterization and microbiological identification of membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors (MBRs), Journal of Membrane Science 361 (2010) 1–14
  14. Zhao Y, L Song, SL Ong, Fouling of RO membranes by effluent organic matter (EfOM): Relating major components of EfOM to their characteristic fouling behaviors, Journal of Membrane Science 349 (2010) 75–82.
  15. Zhao Y, L Song, SL Ong, Fouling behavior and foulant characteristics of reverse osmosis membranes for treated secondary effluent reclamation, Journal of Membrane Science 349 (2010) 65–74.
  16. Song L, Concentration polarization in a narrow reverse osmosis membrane channel, AIChE Journal, 56 (2010) 143-149.
  17. Liang S., C. Liu, and L. Song, “Two-step optimization of pressure and recovery of cross flow reverse osmosis desalination process”, Environmental Science & Technology 43 (9) (2009) 3272-3277.
  18. Maung HO and L Song, "Effect of pH and ionic strength on boron removal by RO membranes", Desalination 246 (2009) 605-612.
  19. Liang and Song, "Effect of solution chemistry on the fouling potential of dissolved organic matter in membrane bioreactor systems", Journal of Membrane Science 310 (2008) 503–511.
  20. Singh G. and L Song, "Impact of Feed Water Acidification with Weak and Strong Acids on Colloidal Silica Fouling in Ultrafiltration Membrane Processes", Water Research 42(3) (2008) 707-713.
  21. Liu H. and L Song, “Titanium-based photocatalysis as the pretreatment for ultrafiltration of secondary municipal effluent with low concentration of organic matters”, Water Resources Management 103( 2007) 411 -420.
  22. Singh G. and L Song, "Experimental correlations of pH and ionic strength effects on the colloidal fouling potential of silica nanoparticles in crossflow ultrafiltration", Journal of Membrane Science 303 (2007) 112-118.
  23. Liang, S and L Song, "Characteristics and fouling behaviors of dissolved organic matter in submerged membrane bioreactor systems". Environmental Engineering Science 24(5) (2007) 652-662.
  24. Tay, KG and L Song, "Differential pressure in membrane channel caused by foulant capture onto spacers".  Water Environment Research 7 (2007) 788-794.
  25. Liang, S, C Liu and L Song, "Soluble microbial products in membrane bioreactor operation: behaviors, characteristics, and fouling potential".  Water Research 41 (2007) 95-101.
  26. Song, L, S Liang and L Y Yuan, "Retarded transport and accumulation of soluble microbial products in a membrane bioreactor".  Journal of Environmental Engineering 133 (2007) 36-43.
  27. Song, L., Tay, K.G. and Singh, G. “Critical design considerations for harnessing reverse osmosis processes in water/wastewater treatment”, Water Science & Technology: Water Supply 6(6) (2006) 61-70.
  28. Song, L and G Singh, "Cake compressibility of silica colloids in membrane filtration processes". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 45 (2006) 7633-7638.
  29. Song, L and KG Tay, "Performance prediction of a long crossflow reverse osmosis membrane channel", Journal of Membrane Science 281(1-2) (2006) 163-169.
  30. Song, L and SW Ma, "Numerical study on permeate flux enhancement by spacers in a crossflow reverse osmosis channel", Journal of Membrane Science 284 (2006) 102-109.
  31. Singh, G and L Song, "Influence of sodium dodecyl sulfate on colloidal fouling potential during ultrafiltration", Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 281(1-3) (2006) 138-146.
  32. Liang, S, L Song, GH Tao, KA Kekre and H Seah, “A modeling study of fouling development in membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment”, Water Environment Research 78(8) (2006) 857-863.
  33. Zhou, WW, L Song and KG Tay, “Estimation of concentration polarization on performance of spiral wound membrane modules”, Journal of Membrane Science 27 (2006) 38-46.
  34. Wang YH, Zhu JL, Zhang JC, Song LF, Hu JY, Ong SL, Ng WJ, “Selective oxidation of CO in hydrogen-rich mixtures and kinetics investigation on platinum-gold supported on zinc oxide catalyst,” Journal of Power Sources 155 (2) (2006) 440-446. 
  35. Tay, KG, L Song, SL Ong and WJ Ng, “Nonlinear relationship between permeate flux and transmembrane pressure in full-scale RO process”, Journal of Environmental Engineering-ASCE 131(11) (2005) 1481-1487.
  36. Song, L and SW Ma, “Numerical studies of the impact of spacer geometry on concentration polarization in spiral wound membrane modules”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 44(20) (2005) 7638-7645.
  37. Song, L and G Singh, “Influence of various monovalent cations and calcium ion on the colloidal fouling potential”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 289(2) (2005) 479- 487.
  38. Lew CH, Hu JY, Song L, Lee LY, Ong SL, Ng WJ, Seah H, “Development of an integrated membrane process for water reclamation”, Water Science And Technology 51(6-7) (2005) 455-463.
  39. Zhou, WW and L Song, “Experimental study of water and salt fluxes through reverse osmosis membranes”, Environmental Science & Technology 39(9) (2005) 3382-3387
  40. Wang YH, Zhang JC, Song L, Hu JY, Ong SL, Ng WJ, “Adsorption removal of phenol in water and simultaneous regeneration by catalytic oxidation”, Environmental Engineering Science 22(5) (2005) 608-614.
  41. Singh, G, and L Song, “Quantifying the effect of ionic strength on colloidal fouling potential in membrane filtration”, Journal of Colloids and Interface Science 284(2) (2005) 630-638.
  42. Zhang, JC, YH Wang, L Song, J Y Hu, S L Ong, W J Ng and L Y Lee, Feasibility investigation of refinery wastewater treatment by combination of PACs and coagulant with ultrafiltration. Desalination 174(3) (2005) 247-256.
  43. Tay, KG and L Song, “Characterization of membrane fouling in full-scale reverse osmosis process”, Desalination 177 (2005) 95-107.
  44. Zhang, JC; L Song, JY Hu, SL Ong, WJ Ng, LY Lee, YH Wang, JG Zhao, RY Ma, “Investigation on gasoline deep desulphurization for fuel cell applications”, Energy Conversion And Management 46(1) (2005) 1-9.
  45. Hu JY, Song LF, Ong SL, Phua ET, Ng WJ, “Biofiltration pretreatment for reverse osmosis (RO) membrane in a water reclamation system,” Hemosphere 59(1) (2005) 127- 133.
  46. Ma, SW, L Song                                                , “A, S2L-DOnSgtr,eWamJ lNinge Upwind Petrov/Galerkin Finite
  47. Element Model for Concentration Polarization in Spiral Wound Reverse Osmosis Modules”, Journal of Membrane Science 244(1-2) (2004) 129–139.
  48. GJ Zhang, ZZ Liu, L Song, JY Hu, SL Ong, WJ Ng, “Post-treatment of banknote printing works wastewater ultrafiltration concentrate”, Water Research 38(16) (2004) 3587-3595.
  49. Song, L, KL Chen, SL Ong, and WJ Ng, “A new normalization method for determination of colloidal fouling”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 271 (2004) 426–433.
  50. Chen, KL, L Song, SL Ong and WJ Ng, “Prediction of membrane fouling in full-scale RO process”, Journal of Membrane Science 232 (2004) 63–72.
  51. Zhang, GJ; ZZ Liu, L Song, JY Hu, SL Ong, WJ Ng, “One-step cleaning method for flux recovery of an ultrafiltration membrane fouled by banknote printing works wastewater”, Desalination 170(3) (2004) 271-280
  52. Hu JY, Ong SL, L Song, YY Feng, WT Liu, TW Tan, LY Lee, WJ Ng, “Removal of MS2 bacteriophage using membrane technologies”, Water Sci Technol 47(12) (2003) 163-168.   
  53. Song, L and Ong SL, “Emerging Research Needs for Membrane Processes”, Water Environment Research 75(4) (2003) 99-100.
  54. Feng, YY, ZM He, L Song, SL Ong, JY Hu, ZG Zhang, WJ Ng, “Kinetics of beta- mannanase fermentation by bacillus licheniformis”, Biotechnol Lett 25(14) (2003) 1143- 1146.
  55. Song, L, JY Hu, SL Ong, WJ Ng, M Elimelech, M Wilf, “Emergence of thermodynamic restriction and its implications for full-scale reverse osmosis processes”, Desalination 155(3) (2003) 213-228.
  56. Hu, JY, T Yuan, SL Ong, L Song, WJ Ng, “Identification and quantification of bisphenol A by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry in a lab-scale dual membrane system”, Journal of Environmental Monitoring 5(1) (2003) 141-144.
  57. Feng, YY, SL Ong, JY Hu, L Song, XL Tan, WJ Ng, “Effect of particles on the recovery of Cryptosporidium oocysts from source water samples of various turbidities”, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69(4) (2003) 1898-1903.
  58. Song, L, JY Hu, SL Ong, WJ Ng, M Elimelech, M Wilf, “Performance limitation of the full-scale reverse osmosis process”, Journal of Membrane Science 214(2) (2003) 239- 244.
  59. Ong, SL, WW Zhou, L Song, WJ Ng, " Evaluation of feed concentration effects on salt/ion transport through RO/NF membranes with the Nernst-Planck-Donnan model ", Environmental Engineering Science 19(6) (2002) 429-439.
  60. Ong, SL, JY Hu, LY Lee, WJ Ng, L Song, “Packed bed columns for high rate nitrogen and carbon removals”, Water Science and Technology 46(11-12) (2002) 57-62.
  61. Ng, WJ, SL Ong, KY Tan, JY Hu, LY Lee, L Song, " Toxicity assays to determine the start-up strategy for an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (anSBR)", Water Science and Technology 46(11-12) (2002) 343-348.
  62. Song, L, S Hong, JY Hu, SL Ong, WJ Ng, “Simulations of full-scale reverse osmosis membrane process”, Journal of Environmental Engineering-ASCE 128(10) (2002) 960-966.
  63. Liu, WT, CL Huang, JY Hu, L Song, SL Ong, WJ Ng, “Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis polymorphism for rapid 16S rDNA clone screening and microbial diversity study” Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 93(1) (2002) 101-103.
  64. Zhang, M, and L Song, “Mechanisms and parameters affecting flux decline in cross-flow microfiltration and ultrafiltration of colloids”, Environmental Science & Technology 34 (2000) 3767-3773.
  65. Zhang, M, and L Song, “Pressure-dependent permeate flux in ultra- and microfiltration”,Journal of Environmental Engineering-ASCE 126(7) (2000) 667-674.
  66. Song, L. “Thermodynamic modeling of solute transport through reverse osmosis membrane”, Chemical Engineering Communications 180 (2000) 145-167.
  67. Song, L. “Permeate flux in crossflow ultrafiltration under intermediate pressures”, J. Colloid and Interface Sci, 214(2) (1999) 251-263.
  68. Wang, L, and Song L. “Flux decline in crossflow microfiltration and ultrafiltration: experimental verification of fouling dynamics”, Journal of Membrane Science 160(1) (1999) 45-54.
  69. Song, L and Yu S. “Concentration polarization in crossflow reverse osmosis”, AIChE Journal 45(5) (1999) 921-928.
  70. Song, L, “A new model for the calculation of the limiting flux in ultrafiltration”, Journal of Membrane Science 144 (1998) 173-185.
  71. Song, L, “Flux decline in crossflow microfiltration and ultrafiltration: mechanisms and modeling of membrane fouling”, Journal of Membrane Science 139(2) (1998) 183-200.
  72. Song, L, and M Elimelech, “Theory of concentration polarization in crossflow filtration”,Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 91 (1995) 3389-3398.
  73. Song, L and M Elimelech, “Particle deposition onto a permeable surface in laminar flow”Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 173 (1995) 165-180.
  74. Song, L and M Elimelech, "Transient deposition of colloidal particles in heterogeneous porous media", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 167 (1994) 222-234.
  75. Song, L, PR Johnson, and M Elimelech, "Kinetics of colloid deposition onto heterogeneously charged surfaces in porous media", Environmental Science & Technology 28(6) (1994) 1164-1171.
  76. Song, L and M Elimelech, "Calculation of particle deposition rate under unfavorable particle-surface interactions", Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 89 (1993) 3443-3452.
  77. Song, L and M Elimelech, "Dynamics of colloid deposition in porous media: modeling the role of retained particles", Colloids and Surfaces A 73 (1993) 49-63.
  78. Song, L and M Elimelech, "Deposition of Brownian particles in porous media: modified boundary conditions for the sphere-in-cell model", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 153 (1992) 294-297.

Other Journal Publications

  1. Rainwater, K, P Nash, L Song, and J Schroeder, The Seminole project: renewable energy for municipal water desalination, Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 151 (2013) 50-60.
  2. Zhou, WW, L Song, SL Ong and WJ Ng, “A method for predicting salt rejection through RO membranes”, Advances in Asian Environmental Engineering 3(1) (2003) 12-21.
  3. Hu, JY, SL Ong, WJ Ng, JH Shan and L Song, “An Investigation on Biostability of Reclaimed water”, Advances in Asian Environmental Engineering 2(1) (2002) 37-43.
  4. Ng, WJ, SL Ong, JY Hu, YJ Sun, LY Lee, L Song and WL Wong, “Membrane cleaning in the MSBR”, Advances in Asian Environmental Engineering 2 (2) (2002) 43-50.

Book Chapters

  1. Song, L., Liu, C., Liang, S. Reverse Osmosis. Encyclopedia of Membrane Science andTechnology. Wiley, In press.
  2. Song L and KG Tay, “Advanced Membrane Fouling Characterization in Full-Scale Reverse Osmosis Processes”, In: Membrane and Desalination Technologies, Wang L.K.,N.K. Shammas and Y.T. Hung, The Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, NJ, 2008, pages 101- 133.
  3. Song, L., and Elimelech, M., "Dynamics of Colloid Deposition in Porous Media: Modeling the Role of Retained Particles”, In: Colloids in the Aquatic Environment , Tadros, Th. F. and Gregory, J. Editors, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1993, pages 49-63.
  4. Elimelech, M., and Song L., "Deposition of Colloids in Porous Media: Theory and Numerical Solution", In: Transport and Remediation of Subsurface Environments:Colloidal, Interfacial, and Surfactant Phenomena, Sabatini, D. A. and Knox, R. C. Editors, ACS Symposium Series 491, 1992, pages 26-39.

Papers in Conference Proceedings

  1. Liu, C., Rainwater, K., Song, L., "Energy spending patterns analysis in RO desalination processes," 246th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, September 11, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
  2. Song, L., "Well imposed boundary conditions for modeling ion transport across membranes," 246th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, September 11, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
  3. Liu C, K Rainwater, L Song, “High-recovery, energy efficient reverse osmosis (ro) system for small-scale brackish applications”, Qingdao International Conference 2011 on Desalination and Water Reuse, June 20-23, 2011, Qingdao, China.
  4. Schuetze B, K Rainwater, L Song, “Accurate quantification of energy consumption in crossflow ro desalination processes” North America Membrane Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting, June 4-8, 2011, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
  5. Song L, “Energy analysis and cost minimization of RO desalination processes”, SCMA 2010 Annual Conference and Membership Meeting, September 27-29, 2010, South Padre, Texas
  6. Song L, “Energy analysis and cost minimization of RO desalination processes”, the ECI Conference on Advances in Science and Engineering for Brackish Water and Seawater Desalination, May 8-12, 2010, Cetraro,  Italy.
  7. Song L. “Mass transfer and concentration polarization in a narrow reverse osmosis channel”, 5th Sino-US Chemical Engineering Conference, October 13-16, 2009, Beijing, China.
  8. Song L, “Performance and energy efficiency of full-scale reverse osmosis desalination”, IWA North American Membrane Research Conference, August 10-13, 2008, Amherst, MA
  9. Ma Shengwei and Lianfa Song, “Finite Element Simulation on Concentration Polarization and Permeate Flux in a Spacer-filled Reverse Osmosis Channel”, The 5th Chinese Environmental Scholars Workshop, 11-17 November, 2006, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
  10. Song L, “Critical design considerations for harnessing reverse osmosis processes in water/wastewater treatment”, Croucher Foundation Advanced Study Institute (ASI): Leading-edge Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Urban Water Management, September 16-20 2006, HKUST, Hong Kong
  11. Song, L, KG Tay and G Singh, "Performance modeling of full scale desalination processes with highly permeable RO membranes", International Conference on Decentralised Water and Wastewater Systems, July 10-12, 2006, Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Australia
  12. Zhao Y and L Song, "Characterization of foulants on RO membrane treating", North American Membrane Society Annual Meeting, May 12-17, 2006, Renaissance Chicago Hotel, Chicago, IL.
  13. Ma, SW and L Song*, "Spacer Configuration on Concentration Polarization and Permeate Flux in Spiral Wound Reverse Osmosis Modules", North American Membrane Society Annual Meeting, May 12-17, 2006, Renaissance Chicago Hotel, Chicago, IL.
  14. Song L, “New concepts and methods for fouling characterization and modeling in reverse osmosis membrane filtration processes”, invited speech, in Proceeding of International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes 2005, August 21-26, 2005, Seoul, Korea.
  15. Ma SW and L Song, “Numerical study of the impact of spacer filament geometry on concentration polarization in a reverse osmosis membrane channel”, in Proceeding of International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes 2005, August 21-26, 2005, Seoul, Korea.
  16. Zhou, W, L Song, SL Ong, and WJ Ng, “The role of electrostatic interaction in salt rejection during reverse osmosis process”, in Proceedings of Water Environment Membrane Technology, 273-280, June 7-10, 2004, Seoul, Korea
  17. Tay, KG, L Song, SL. Ong and WJ Ng, “A Simulation Study of Cleaning Efficiency in Full-Scale RO Processes”, in Proceedings of Water Environment Membrane Technology, 1353-1360, June 7-10, 2004, Seoul, Korea
  18. Fu, Y, L Song, and WJ Ng, “Protocol and Equipment for Measurement of Reverse Osmosis membrane Potential”, In the Proceedings of 13th KAIST-KU-NTU-NUS Symposium on Environmental Engineering, 188-200, 17-18 June 2004, Singapore
  19. Song, L, LY Yuan, SL Ong and WJ Ng, “Accumulation of Soluble Microbial Products in Membrane Bioreactor”, in Proceedings of Recent Advances in Environmental Bioscience and Biotechnology - First International Tokyo Tech Bio-Symposium, 29-30 January 2003, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
  20. Song, L, SL Ong, JY Hu, W Liu and WJ Ng, “A Novel Fouling Characterization Technique for Full-Scale RO Processes”, In Proceeding of Water Reuse and Desalination Conference, 25-26 February, 2003, Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore.
  21. Liu, WT, YH Kong, JY Hu, LF Song, SL Ong and WJ Ng, “Microbial Ecology of An Acetate-Fed Sequential Batch Membrane Bioreactor (Abstract)”, American Society for Microbiology, May 2002. (Paper presented at American Society for Microbiology annual meeting, 19-23 May 2002, Salt Lake City, UT.
  22. Wong, MT, L Song, WJ Ng and W Liu, “Effect of pH on the Microbial Population Structure of Submerged Membrane Bioreactors”, June 2002. In the Proceedings of 12th KAIST-KU-NTU-NUS Symposium on Environmental Engineering, 27-29 June 2002, Taipei, Taiwan
  23. Song, L, SL Ong, JY Hu, WT Liu and WJ Ng, “New Development of the study of salt transport through RO membranes”, In the Proceeding of One Day Seminar on Desalination: Conversion of Seawater to Freshwater, 30 August 2002, York Hotel, Singapore.
  24. Hu, JY, L Song, SL Ong, YY Feng, LY Lee and WJ Ng, “Comparison of membrane technologies on QB bacteriophage rejection”, In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Application of Membrane Technology, edited by the membrane industry association of China, September 2002, Beijing, China.
  25. Song, L, SL Ong, JY Hu, WT Liu and WJ Ng, Principles and design of full-scale RO process for water reclamation, In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Application of Membrane Technology, edited by the membrane industry association of China, Beijing, China, September 2002, 112-119.
  26. Ng, WJ, SL Ong, JY Hu, YJ Shan, LY Lee and L Song, “Membrane cleaning in the MSBR”, In The 11th Joint KAIST-KYOTO-NTU-NUS symposium in Environmental Engineering, edited by Isao Somiya, Kyoto University, June 2001, 312-323.
  27. Hu, JY, SL Ong, WJ Ng, JH Shan and L Song, “An investigation on biostability of reclaimed water”, In The 11th Joint KAIST-KYOTO-NTU-NUS symposium in Environmental Engineering, edited by Isao Somiya, Kyoto University, June 2001, 291- 301.
  28. Ong, SL, JY Hu, WJ Ng, L Song and LY Lee, “Nitrogen removal using modified SBR in sewage treatment”, In The 11th Joint KAIST-KYOTO-NTU-NUS symposium in Environmental Engineering, edited by Isao Somiya, Kyoto University, June 2001, 56-65.
  29. Song, L, JY Hu, LY Lee, SL Ong and WJ Ng, “Statistical evaluation of treatment works performance data. In The 11th Joint KAIST-KYOTO-NTU-NUS symposium in Environmental Engineering, edited by Isao Somiya, Kyoto University, June 2001, 128- 141.
  30. Ng, WJ, SL Ong, KY Tan, JY Hu, LY Lee and L Song, “Toxicity assays to determine the start-up strategy for an anSBR”, In the Proceedings of Asian Waterqual 2001 Asia- Pacific Regional Conference, 12-15 September 2001, Fukuoka, Japan.
  31. Song, L, SL Ong, JY Hu, KB Chia, LY Lee and WJ Ng, “Effects of residual COD on microbial growth kinetics in a nitrifying UCBR”, In the Proceedings of Asian Waterqual 2001 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, 12-15 September 2001, Fukuoka, Japan.
  32. Ong, SL, JY Hu, LY Lee, WJ Ng and L Song, “Packed bed columns for high rate nitrogen and carbon removals”, In the Proceedings of Asian Waterqual 2001 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, 12-15 September 2001, Fukuoka, Japan.
  33. Ong, SL, JY Hu, TW Tan, LY Lee, WJ Ng and L Song, “Reclamation of domestic sewage using ultrafiltration integrated ultra-compact biofilm reactor”, In the Proceedings of Asian Waterqual 2001 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, 12-15 September 2001, Fukuoka, Japan.
  34. Hu, JY, SL Ong, WJ Ng, NE Jette, LY Lee and L Song, “Cycle Behavior of AnSBR Treating Methanol Wastewater”, In the Proceedings of Asian Waterqual 2001 Asia- Pacific Regional Conference, 12-15 September 2001, Fukuoka, Japan
  35. Hu, JY, SL Ong, L Song, W J Ng and E T Phua, “Membrane biofouling-a biofilm grow at the wrong place?”, In the Proceedings of Special Seminar in RCEQC, Kyoto University, 19 December 2001, 1-7.
  36. Elimelech, M, D Liu, and L Song, "Role of Retained Particles in Particle Deposition: Measurements and Modeling", Proceedings of the National Meeting of the American Filtration Society, W.W.-F. Leung, Editor, Volume 7, May 1993, 39-40.
  37. Elimelech, M., and L Song, "A Model for the Dynamics of Particle Deposition in Packed Bed Filters", Proceedings of the National Meeting of the American Filtration Society, W.W.-F. Leung, Editor, Volume 7, May 1993, 208-211.

Seminar, Conference, and Symposium Presentations

  1. Liu C, Rainwater K, and Song L, Energy Consumption Analysis in Crossflow RO Desalination Processes, July 23, 2013, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
  2. Rainwater K, Nash, P, and Song L, Wind-powered Desalination of Brackish Groundwater for Municipal Supply, September 26, 2012, Wind Science and Engineering Seminar, Lubbock, TX.
  3. Rainwater K, Nash, P, and Song L,  Wind-powered Desalination of Brackish Groundwater for Municipal Supply, July 10, 2012, Managing Water, Energy, and Food in an Uncertain World, Santa Fe, NM.
  4. Rainwater K, Nash, P, Song L, and Schroeder J, Wind-powered Desalination of Brackish Groundwater for Municipal Supply, April 25, 2012, Storage and Power Electronics Team, Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratory, Lubbock, TX.
  5. Song L, “Dynamics of Colloidal Fouling in Crossflow Membrane Filtration”, October 7, 2011, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas.
  6. Song L, “Dynamics of Colloidal Fouling in Crossflow Membrane Filtration”, September 17, 2010, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
  7. Song L, “Analysis of energy consumption and cost minimization of RO desalination processes”, June 17, 2010, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  8. Song L, “Mass Transfer and Concentration Polarization in RO Membrane Channel”, June 16, 2010, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  9. Song L, “Reverse Osmosis Processes and Sustainable Water Supply”, June 15, 2010, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  10. Song L, “Experimental Investigation of Organic Fouling on Reverse Osmosis Membranes”, Engineering Faculty Public Lecture, 18 April 2007, EA auditorium, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore
  11. Song L, “Performance Prediction a Long Narrow Reverse Osmosis FiltrationChannel”, Workshop on Moving Interface Problems and Application in Biological Flows, 5-8 February, 2007, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  12. Song L, Kwee Guan Tay, and Gurdev Singh, “An Integrated Concept for Fouling Characterization and Modeling in Full-scale Membrane Filtration Processes”, NAMS 16th Annual Meeting, 11-15 June 2005, Providence, Rhode Island.
  13. Liang S and Song L, “Simulations of Fouling Development in a Submerged Membrane Bioreactor for Domestic Wastewater Treatment”, NAMS 16th Annual Meeting, 11-15 June 2005, Providence, Rhode Island.
  14. Song L, “Development of Electric Charge and Potential on Initially Neutral Membranes”, NAMS 16th Annual Meeting, NAMS 2005, 11-15 June 2005, Providence, Rhode Island.
  15. Song, L, “Optimal design of MF filters and distribution of the permeate flux along a hollow fiber”, presented at NAMS 15th Annual Meeting, June 26-30, 2004, Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  16. Song, L, WJ Ng, SL Ong, “New Features and Design Considerations of Full-scale RO Processes with Highly Permeable Membranes”, presented at NAMS 15th Annual Meeting, June 26-30, 2004, Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  17. Liang, S, L Song, SL Ong, and WJ Ng, “Characteristics and Fouling Property of Dissolved Organic Matter in Membrane Bioreactors”, presented at NAMS 15th Annual Meeting, June 26-30, 2004, Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii. 
  18. Ma, SW, L Song, SL Ong and WJ Ng, “Numerical Modeling the Effects of Spacers on Concentration Polarization in Spiral-wound Reverse Osmosis Modules”, presented
    19. at NAMS 14th Annual Meeting, 17-21 May 2003, Snow King Resort, Jackson Hole, WY.
  19. Song, L, WW Zhou, SL Ong and WJ Ng, “Study on Membrane Potential and Ion Transport through Reverse Osmosis Membranes”, presented at NAMS 14th Annual Meeting, 17-21 May 2003, Snow King Resort, Jackson Hole, WY.
  20. Song, L, LY Yuan, SL Ong and WJ Ng, “Retarded Transport of Soluble Microbial Products through the membrane in an MBR”, presented at NAMS 14th Annual Meeting, 17-21 May 2003, Snow King Resort, Jackson Hole, WY.
  21. Chen, KL, L Song, JY Hu, SL Ong and WJ Ng, “A New Normalization Method For Fouling Characterization Of Feed Waters In Membrane Processes, presented at NAMS 14th Annual Meeting, 17-21 May 2003, Snow King Resort, Jackson Hole, WY.
  22. Song, L, “Membrane Technology in Water Reclamation and Pollution Control”, presented at NUS Workshop on Sustainable Urban Infrastructure, 26-26 February 2002, NUS, Singapore.
  23. Hu, JY, SL Ong, TW Tan, YY Feng, LY Lee, WJ Ng, L Song and W Liu, “Removal of MS2 bacteriophage using membrane technologies”, presented at IWA 3rd world water congress, 7-12 April 2002, Melbourne, Australia. Australia.
  24. Hu, JY, SL Ong, YY Feng, L Song, WJ Ng and LY Lee, “Improvement of recovery efficiency for organics compounds in water by granular activated carbon”, presented at IWA 3rd Water Congress, 7-12 April 2002, Melbourne, Australia.
  25. Hu, JY, SL Ong, K Yin, YY Feng, L Song, WT Liu, LY Lee and WJ Ng, “Effects of UV disinfection on organic matters in reclaimed water”, presented at IWA 3rd Water Congress, 7-12 April 2002, Melbourne, Australia.
  26. Hu, JY, SL Ong, L Song, WJ Ng, ET Phua and LY Lee, “Biocide free control strategy of biofouling in a lab-scale reverse osmosis membrane system”, May 2002, presented
    27. at NAMS 13th Annual Meeting, 11-15 May 2002, Long Beach, CA.
  27. Song, L, JY Hu, WT Liu, SL Ong and WJ Ng, “Thermodynamic restriction on RO system and its implication to process design”, May 2002, presented at NAMS 13th annual meeting, 11-15 May 2002, Long Beach, CA.
  28. Hu, JY, SL Ong, L Song, ET Phua and WJ Ng, “Biofilter-A suitable pretreatment for RO membrane system”, presented at Seminar at Tsinghua University, 27 September 2002, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
  29. Song, L, “Fouling Characterization & Modeling in RO Process for Water Reclamation”, presented at Innovative Technology: New Life to Water, 6-6 November 2002, NUS, Singapore
  30. Hu, JY, LY Lee, SL Ong, WJ Ng, L Song, SL Yuan and MJ Gomez, “Nitrification process in a high MLSS SBR”, presented at International Water Association Conference on Water & Wastewater Management for Developing Countries, 29-31 October 2001, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  31. Song, L, “A new model for membrane transport with coefficients completely independent of pressure and concentration”, presented at ICOM '99, 12-18 June 1999, Toronto, Canada.
  32. Song, L, “Fouling dynamics of colloids in crossflow ultra- and microfiltration”, presented at North American Membrane Society -10th Annual Meeting, 16-20 May 1998, Cleveland, OH.  
  33. Song, L, “Modeling of membrane fouling in crossflow ultra- and microfiltration”, presented at International Conference on Membrane Science and Technology, 9-13 July 1998, Beijing, China.
  34. Hong, S., Elimelech, M, and Song, L. “Crossflow Membrane Filtration of Colloidal Suspensions”, American Chemical Society 212th National Meeting, August 25-29, 1996, Orlando, FL.
  35. Hong, S., Song, L., and Elimelech, M. “Crossflow Membrane Filtration of Particle Suspensions: Theory and Experiments”, Annual Meeting of the North American Membrane Society, May 19-23, 1996.
  36. Song, L., and Elimelech, M. "Colloid Deposition onto Heterogeneously Charged Surfaces in Porous " presented at the American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, March 1994, San Diego, CA.
  37. Song, L., Hong, S., and Elimelech, M., "Particle Transport and Deposition in Porous Membrane Channels", presented at the ACS-68th Annual Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 12-15, 1994, Stanford, CA.
  38. Elimelech, M., and Song, L., "Transient Deposition of Colloidal Particles in Heterogeneous Porous Media", presented at the ACS-68th Annual Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 20-23, 1994, Stanford, CA.
  39. Elimelech, M., Liu, D., and Song, L., "Role of Retained Particles in Particle Deposition: Measurements and Modeling", presented at the 1993 National Meeting of the American Filtration Society, May 1993, Chicago, IL.
  40. Elimelech, M., and Song, L., "A Model for the Dynamics of Particle Deposition in Packed Bed Filters", presented at the 1993 National Meeting of the American Filtration Society, May 1993, Chicago, IL.
  41. Elimelech, M., Liu, D., and Song, L., "Role of Retained Particles in the Dynamics of Particle Deposition in Porous Media: Modeling and Measurements", presented at the ACS-67th Annual Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June, 1993, Toronto, Canada.
  42. Elimelech, M., and Song, L., "Role of Particle Size in the Kinetics of Particle Deposition under Attractive Electric Double Layer Interactions", presented at the ACS-67th Annual Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June, 1993, Toronto, Canada.
  43. Song, L., and Elimelech, M., "Deposition of Colloidal Particles from Flowing Suspensions onto Heterogeneous Solid Surfaces", presented at the ACS-67th Annual Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June, 1993, Toronto, Canada.
  44. Song, L., and Elimelech, M., "Deposition of Brownian Particles in Porous Media:
    45. Modified Boundary Conditions for the Sphere-in-Cell Model", presented at: ACS - 66th Annual Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 17-21, 1992, Morgantown, WV.

  45. Song, L., and Elimelech, M., "Dynamics of Particle Deposition in Porous Media: Role of Retained Particles", presented at: ACS - 66th Annual Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 17-21, 1992, Morgantown, WV.
  46. Elimelech, M., and Song L., "Dynamics of Colloid deposition in Porous Media", presented at: Colloids in the Aquatic Environment: An International symposium, September 7-9, 1992, London, United Kingdom.
  47. Elimelech, M., and Song L., "Capture of Colloids in Porous Media: Theory, Numerical Solution, and Implications to the Transport of Colloidal Contaminants in Groundwaters", presented at: ACS - 65th Annual Colloid and Surface Science Symposium;, in the session of: Colloid and Interfacial Aspects of Groundwater and Soil Cleanup, June 17-19, 1991, Norman, OK.
  48. Song, L., and Elimelech, M., "Modeling of Particle Deposition in Porous Media", presented at: American Geophysical Union 1991 Fall Meeting, December 9-13, 1991, San Francisco, CA.

 

Lianfa Song

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

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