JC (Jean-Christophe) Schrotter is a recognized international water expert with over 20-year experience in water treatment processes. As the Membrane R&D Director for Veolia Environnement Global Water Research Centre, he developed innovative processes for drinking, waste, industrial water and desalination applications. He led innovative research on hybrid processes, membrane pre-treatment and membrane concentrate management.
JC was also a Lecturer at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom in the Chemical Engineering Department. He is the Author of 6 world patents, 5 book chapters and has more than 100 publications and presentations related to membrane technology and applications to his name.
Patents
1) (WO/2005/047191) INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR THE PURIFICATION OF AN AQUEOUS EFFLUENT BY MEANS OF OXIDATION AND MEMBRANE FILTRATION
2) (WO/2007/066010) METHOD FOR REMOVING ORGANIC MATTER FROM WATER AND A DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD
3) (WO 2008/015142) MEMBRANE REACTOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF LIQUID EFFLUENTS, COMPRISING A MEMBRANE FOR DIFFUSION OF AN OXIDIZING GAS AND A SELECTIVE MEMBRANE, DEFINING A REACTION SPACE BETWEEN SAID MEMBRANES
4) (WO 2008/055827) MEMBRANE STATION WASTE TREATMENT PROCESS
5) (WO 2009/101157) PROCESS FOR TREATING WATER BY A NANOFILTRATION OR REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE SYSTEM PERMITTING HIGH CONVERSION RATES DUE TO THE ELIMINATION OF ORGANIC MATTER
6) (WO 2009/130324) IMPROVED MEMBRANE STATION WASTE TREATMENT PROCESS
Book contributions
1. Development of advanced treatment trains and decision support tools to meet future drinking water challenges, J.-C. Schrotter, C. Breda, F. Vince, M.-R. de Roubin, P. Roche and P. Breant, Techneau project, IWA Publishing, Chap. 5
2. Treatment of NF concentrates: organic micropollutant and NOM removal, B. Bozkaya-Schrotter, C. Daines-Martinez, J.-C. Schrotter and P. Breant, Techneau project, IWA Publishing, Chap. 8
3. Current and emerging developments in desalination with Reverse Osmosis membrane systems, Jean-Christophe Schrotter, Sophie Rapenne, Jerome Leparc, Pierre-Jean Remize, Stellio Casas,
Comprehensive Membrane Science and Engineering, Book 2: Membrane operations in molecular separations published by Elsevier (published July 2010)
4. Current and emerging membrane processes for water treatment, Jean-Christophe Schrotter, Bengu Bozkaya-Schrotter, Membrane Technology, Vol 4 by WILEY (published November 2010).
5. Membrane technologies for water applications. Research Technology and Development Needs, Jean-Christophe Schrotter, published by The European Water Platform, WssTP, March 2012
Selected publications and communications (Over 100 in total)
1. Designer water fits the brief, Jean-Christophe Schrotter, WME, Volume 23, number 4, May 2012
2. Virus removal challenge tests performed at lab scale and pilot scale during operation of membrane units, H. Humbert, C. Machinal, Ivan Labaye and J. C. Schrotter,Water Science & Technology Vol 63 No 2 pp 255–261 © IWA Publishing 2011
3. Permeability and chemical analysis of aromatic polyamide based membranes exposed to sodium hypochlorite, Axel Ettori, Emmanuelle Gaudichet-Maurin, Jean-Christophe Schrotter, Pierre Aimar, Christel Causserand, Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 375, 2011, Pages 220-230
4. Treatment of nanofiltration membrane concentrates : organic micropollutant and NOM removal, Bengu Bozkaya-Schrotter, Catherine Daines, Audrey Brunel, Jean-Christophe Schrotter, Philippe Bréant, Desalination and Water Treatment, Volume 9 (2009), p 36-42
5. A pilot-scale comparison between granular media filtration and low-pressure membrane filtration for seawater pre-treatment, P.-J. Remize, J.-F. Laroche, J. Leparc, J.-C. Schrotter, Desalination and Water Treatment 9 (2009), p 22-27
6. Reverse Osmosis. Improved Operation through Experience with SWRO plants, Paul Choules, Jean-Christophe Schrotter, Jerome Leparc, Kader Gaid and Daniel Lafon, Ultrapure Water, October 2008
7. Efficiency of MS2 phage and Qβ phage removal by membrane filtration in water treatment: applicability of real-time RT-PCR method, Jérémie Langlet, Leslie Ogorzaly, Jean-Christophe Schrotter, Claire Machinal, Fabien Gaboriaud, Jérôme F. L. Duval and Christophe Gantzer, Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 326, Iss. 1, 2009, Pages 111-116
8. In the search of alternative cleaning solutions for MBR plants, A. Grélot, C. Machinal, K. Drouet, A. Tazi-Pain, J.C. Schrotter, A. Grasmick, S. Grinwis,Water Science & Technology: Water Supply (2008) Vol 58 No 10 pp 2041–2049
9. Treatment of trace organics in membrane concentrates I: pesticide elimination, B. Bozkaya-Schrotter, C. Daines, A.-S. Lescourret, A. Bignon, P. Breant and J. C. Schrotter, Water Science & Technology: Water Supply (2008) Vol 8 No 2 pp 223–230
10. Expertise Centre of excellence “ARAMIS” dedicated to membrane plant design and operation, C. Machinal, S. Torres and J.-C. Schrotter, Desalination, volume 200, pp 757-760 (2006)
11. How to select a membrane for water application? The experience of Veolia Water, A. Tazi-Pain, J.-C. Schrotter and K Gaid, Desalination, volume 199, pp 310-312 (2006)
12. Towards a better characterisation and understanding of membrane fouling in water treatment, V. Jacquemet, G. Gaval, S. Rosenberger, B. Lesjean and J.-C. Schrotter, Desalination, 178, 13-20 (2005)
13. A novel membrane reactor for water and wastewater treatment, S. Heng, K.L. Yeung, M. Djafer and J.-C. Schrotter,Journal of membrane science, 289, Issues 1-2, Pages 67-75 (2007)
14. Impact of colloidal and soluble organic material on membrane performance in membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment”, S. Rosenberger, B. Lesjean, C. Laabs, R. Gnirss, G. Amy, M. Jekel, J.-C. Schrotter, Water Research 40 (2006), pp 710-720
15. Membrane aided biological wastewater treatment – an overview of applied systems, B. Lesjean, S. Rosenberger and J.-C. Schrotter, Membrane Technology, August 2004