Wastewater membrane bioreactor technology

Melin T., Jefferson B., Bixio D., Thoeye C., De Wilde W., De Koning J., van der Graaf J., Wintgens T. 2006. Membrane bioreactor technology for wastewater treatment and reuse. Desalination 187 271-282. 

Mutamim, N. S. A., Noor, Z. Z., Hassan, M. A. A., Olsson, G. (2012). Application of membrane bioreactor technology in treating high strength industrial wastewater a performance review. Desalination, 305, 1 — 11. 

Jan Hoinkis (membrane technologies membrane bioreactor technology water and wastewater treatment water reuse sensor and control systems in water treatment). Institute of Applied Research, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (HsKA), Karlsruhe... 

Bolzonella, D., Fatone, F., Di Fabio, S. Cecchi, F. (2010) Application of membrane bioreactor technology for wastewater treatment and reuse in the Mediterranean region focusing on removal efficiency of non-conventional pollutants. Journal of Environmental Management, 91,2424-2431. 

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. 

Chiemchaisri, C., K. Yamamoto, and S. Vigneswaran (1993). Household membrane bioreactor in domestic wastewater treatment. Water Science and Technology 27 171-178. 

Nagano, A., E. Arikawa, and H. Kobayashi (1992). The treatment of liquor wastewater containing high-strength suspended solids by membrane bioreactor system. Water Science and Technology 26 887-895. 

Kimura, K., Yamato, N., Yamamura, H. and Watanabe, Y. (2005) Membrane fouling in pilot-scale membrane bioreactors (MBRs) treating municipal wastewater. Environmental Science e[ Technology, 39, 6293-6299. 

Given the history and development of environmental engineering, with wastewater treatment in particular, as it is understood today, the membrane bioreactor is quite a recent invention. Commercialization and implementation of the technology has only been going on in the last couple of decades, and so, not surprisingly, MBR technology is still in a period of intense development [33]. The current M B R business... 

The major market for membrane bioreactors is represented by wastewater treatment with the use of submerged modules configuration. These are considered among the best available technologies by the European Directives on Environment. Membrane bioreactors are also applied in food, red and white biotechnology. In these cases, the external loop configuration is used. 

Membrane technology may become essential if zero-discharge mills become a requirement or legislation on water use becomes very restrictive. The type of membrane fractionation required varies according to the use that is to be made of the treated water. This issue is addressed in Chapter 35, which describes the apphcation of membrane processes in the pulp and paper industry for treatment of the effluent generated. Chapter 36 focuses on the apphcation of membrane bioreactors in wastewater treatment. Chapter 37 describes the apphcations of hollow fiber contactors in membrane-assisted solvent extraction for the recovery of metallic pollutants. The apphcations of membrane contactors in the treatment of gaseous waste streams are presented in Chapter 38. Chapter 39 deals with an important development in the strip dispersion technique for actinide recovery/metal separation. Chapter 40 focuses on electrically enhanced membrane separation and catalysis. Chapter 41 contains important case studies on the treatment of effluent in the leather industry. The case studies cover the work carried out at pilot plant level with membrane bioreactors and reverse osmosis. Development in nanofiltration and a case study on the recovery of impurity-free sodium thiocyanate in the acrylic industry are described in Chapter 42. 

The chapter focuses on membrane bioreactors where a UF or MF membrane is employed for biomass retention and filtration. However, membrane bioreactors where the membrane provides a support for biofilms are an alternative form of membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment application. Two processes, in particular, the membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) and the extractive membrane bioreactor (EMB), have seen significant interest in recent years. Figure 36.4 shows these two technologies schematically. The application of biofilms reactors for wastewater treatment systems is advantageous in view of... 

Gnirss R, I-esjean B, Adam C, and Buisson H. Cost effective and advanced phosphorus removal in membrane bioreactors for a decentrabsed wastewater technology. Water Sci Technol. 2003 47(12) 133-139. 

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,... 

Clara, M., Strenn, B., Ausserleitner, M., Kreuzinger, N., Comparison of the behaviour of selected micropollutants in a membrane bioreactor and a conventional wastewater treatment plant. Water Science and Technology 2004, 50, 29-36. 

Reemtsma, T., Zywicki, B., Stueber, M., Kloepfer, A., Jekel, M., Removal of sulfur-organic polar micropollutants in a membrane bioreactor treating industrial wastewater. Environmental Science and Technology 2002, 36,1102-1106. 

L. Van Dijk, G.C.G. Roncken, Membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment The state of the art and new developments, Water Science and Technology 1997, 35, 35-41. 

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