Membrane bioreactors municipal wastewater treatment

Guglielmi, G., Chiarani, D., Judd, S.J. and Andreottola, G. (2007) Flux criticality and sustainability in a hollow fibre membrane bioreactor for municipal wastewater treatment. Journal of Membrane Science, 289, 241-248. 

Rosenberger, S., Laabs, C., Lesjean, B., Gnirss, R., Amy, G., Jekel, M. and Schrotter, J.-C. (2006) Impact of colloidal and soluble organic material on membrane performance in membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment. Water Research, 40(4), 710-720. 

Wastewater treatment—biomass sedimentation using membrane bioreactors (MBRs), tertiary treatment of municipal waste for reuse,... 

Chapman S, Leslie G, Law I, (2012), Membrane Bioreactors (MBR) for Municipal Wastewater Treatment - An Australian Perspective, http //www.ceic.unsw.edu. au/centers/membrane/staff/papers/gleslie/mbr for reuse awa.pdf. 

Kraemer, J.T., Menniti, A.L., Erdal, Z.K., Constantine, T.A., Johnson, B.R., Daigger, G.T. Crawford, G.V (2012) Crawford practitioner s perspective on the application and research needs of membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment. Bioresource Technology, 122, 2-10. 

Weiss, S. Reemtsma, T. (2008) Membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment - a viable option to reduce the amount of polar pollutants discharged into surface waters Water Research, 42,3563-4032. 

Membrane bioreactors are an option for municipal wastewater treatment when high effluent water quality is required, for example, bathing water quality, or when the receiving water body is very sensitive or when the water is to be treated for reuse. As mentioned before (see Section 9.2.5.1), the effluent quality is superior to that of secondary sedimentation. To attain a similar effluent quality by conventional treatment, effluent filtration and disinfection would be required in addition. This needs to be taken into account when comparing the cost of MBR and conventional activated sludge treatment. 

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of membrane reactors modelling of membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment... 

Key words membrane bioreactor (MBR), municipal wastewater treatment, CFD (computational fluid dynamics), hydrodynamics, MBR design. 

Leshe, G L (2001), Membrane bioreactors (MBR) for municipal wastewater treatment - an Austrahan prospective . International Survey of Membrane Bioreactors, Report Prepared for South Australian Water Corporation, Brief No. 21/01 August 2001. 

The purpose of this chapter is to review the critical factors contributing to MBR process performance and to report recent advancements in key areas. Coverage is directed toward membrane separation bioreactors, although recent developments in membrane biofilm reactors will be briefly discussed. Much of the current MBR research effort is directed toward municipal wastewater applications however, substantial commonalities exist with respect to industrial wastewater appheation and where possible, reference is made to the specific aspects of the technology when applied to the treatment of industrial wastewater. 

Witzig R, Manz W, Rosenberger S, Kruger U, Kraume M, and Szewzyk U. Microbiological aspects of a bioreactor with submerged membranes for aerobic treatment of municipal wastewater. Water Res. 2002 36 394-402. 

Klatt CG and LaPara TM. Aerobic biological treatment of synthetic municipal wastewater in membrane-coupled bioreactors. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2003 82 313-320. 

Tire Zee Weed submerged-membrane technology and equipment for the project was provided by GE Water. Process Technologies. GE s Zee Weed membrane bioreactor systems combine ultiafiltration technology w ith biological treatment for municipal, commercial and industrial wastewater treatment and water reuse applications,... 

Consequently, membrane bioreactors are an example of the combination of two unit operations in one step for example, membrane filtration with the chemical reaction. In a typical membrane bioreactor, as weU as acting as a support for the biocatalyst, the membrane can be a very effective separation system for undesirable reactions or products. The removal of a reaction product from the reaction environment can be easily achieved thanks to the membrane selective permeability, and this is of great advantage in thermodynamically unfavourable conditions, such as reversible reactions or product-inhibited enzyme reactions. A very interesting example of a membrane bioreactor is the combination of a membrane process, such as microfiltration or ultrafiltration (UF), with a suspended growth bioreactor. Such a set up is now widely used for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment, with some plants capable of treating waste from populations of up to 80 000 people (Judd, 2006). 

Kocadagistan, E., Topcu, N. (2007). Treatment investigation of the Erzurum City municipal wastewaters with anaerobic membrane bioreactors. Desalination, 216, 367—376. 

Lin, H., Chen, J., Wang, F., Ding, L., Hong, H. (2011). Peasibriity evaluation of submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor for municipal secondary wastewater treatment. Desalination, 280, 120—126. 

Dialynas, E. Diamadopoulos, E. (2009) Integration of a membrane bioreactor coupled with reverse osmosis for advanced treatment of municipal wastewater Desalination, 238, 302-311. 

An interesting recent example is the use of this method for the elimination of pharmaceutical compounds in municipal wastewater. For example, carbamazepine, clofibric acid, diazepam and diclofenac present in concentrations between 0.006 and 1.9 iig in the wastewater of the Aachen-Soers region (Germany) could be effectively removed by H2O2/UV or O3/UV treatment, while conventional biological treatments or membrane bioreactors are not effective. ... 

Membrane bioreactor technology has become mature and can be applied in both municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. The process may play a major role in future waste-water treatment and water reuse applications. 

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