Effect of Salinity Variation on the Autotrophic Kinetics of the Start-up of Membrane Bioreactor and Hybrid Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor-Membrane Bioreactor at Low Hydraulic Retention Time

2017 ◽  
pp. 523-529
Author(s):  
J. C. Leyva-Díaz ◽  
A. Rodríguez-Sánchez ◽  
J. González-López ◽  
J. M. Poyatos
Keyword(s):  
Retention Time ◽  
Membrane Bioreactor ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Salinity Variation ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Kinetics Of

Effect of salinity variation on the autotrophic kinetics of the start-up of a membrane bioreactor and hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor-membrane bioreactor at low hydraulic retention time

2017 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 714-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Leyva-Díaz ◽  
A. Rodríguez-Sánchez ◽  
J. González-López ◽  
J. M. Poyatos
Keyword(s):  
Retention Time ◽  
Membrane Bioreactor ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Total Biomass ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Start Up

Abstract A membrane bioreactor (MBR) and a hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor-membrane bioreactor (hybrid MBBR-MBR) for municipal wastewater treatment were studied to determine the effect of salinity on nitrogen removal and autotrophic kinetics. The biological systems were analyzed during the start-up phase with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 6 h, total biomass concentration of 2,500 mg L−1 in the steady state, and electric conductivities of 1.05 mS cm−1 for MBR and hybrid MBBR-MBR working under regular salinity and conductivity variations of 1.2–6.5 mS cm−1 for MBR and hybrid MBBR-MBR operating at variable salinity. The variable salinity affected the autotrophic biomass, which caused a reduction of the nitrogen degradation rate, an increase of time to remove ammonium from municipal wastewater and longer duration of the start-up phase for the MBR and hybrid MBBR-MBR.

scholarly journals Effect of Hydraulic Retention Time on the Performance of a Compact Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor for Effluent Polishing of Treated Sewage

Water ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Jamal Ali Kawan ◽  
Fatihah Suja’ ◽  
Sagor Kumar Pramanik ◽  
Arij Yusof ◽  
Rakmi Abdul Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resource ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Treated Effluent ◽  
Treated Sewage ◽  
Working Volume

Treated effluent from a wastewater treatment plant can be further reused as a water resource for a water supply treatment plant. In this case, the treated sewage gathered in the study of the Class V National Water Quality Standard (NWQS) of Malaysia would be treated for use as a water resource for a water treatment plant. In a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) with a 500-L working volume, organic pollutants, undesirable nutrients, and bacteria were removed without disinfectant. At 24-h hydraulic retention time (HRT), the maximum removal efficiency of 5-day biological oxygen demand, ammonia–nitrogen (NH3-N), and total phosphorus were 71%, 48%, and 12%, respectively. The biofilm thickness, which was captured using scanning electron microscopy, increased from 102.6 μm (24-h HRT) to 297.1 μm (2-h HRT). A metagenomic analysis using 16S rRNA showed an abundance of anaerobic bacteria, especially from the Proteobacteria phylum, which made up almost 53% of the total microbes. MBBR operated at 24-h HRT could improve effluent quality, as its characteristics fell into Class IIA of the NWQS of Malaysia, with the exception of the NH3-N content, which indicated that the effluent needed conventional treatment prior to being reused as potable water.

Start-up of moving bed biofilm reactors for deammonification: the role of hydraulic retention time, alkalinity and oxygen supply

2005 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 127-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Gaul ◽  
S. Märker ◽  
S. Kunst
Keyword(s):  
Retention Time ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Ph Control ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Ammonium Oxidation ◽  
Surface Loading ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Biofilm Reactors ◽  
N Removal ◽  
Start Up

Aerobic and anaerobic ammonium oxidation can be combined in a completely mixed moving bed biofilm reactor, allowing for single-stage ammonium removal from wastewater with low COD/N ratio unsuitable for conventional nitrification/denitrification processes (‘deammonification’). Mandatory preconditions are: (a) a low hydraulic retention time to wash out suspended cells competing with mass transfer limited biofilm cells for alkalinity as limiting substrate; and (b) an oxygen flux adapted to the surface loading rate to prevent complete nitrification to nitrate. pH control or ‘NH3 inhibition’ of nitrite oxidation are neither useful nor necessary. By this strategy, oxygen limited biofilms with simultaneous presence of NH4-N and NO2-N were enriched, which allowed for growth of anaerobic ammonium oxidizers. It could be demonstrated that a deammonifying reactor can be purposefully started up within a reasonable span of time and without prior inoculation, if this explicitly described strategy is applied. Depending on surface loading and air flow rate, N removal rates of 4–5 g N/m2 d could be achieved at DO concentrations between 1.0 and 4.0 mg/l.

Upgrading to nitrogen removal with the kmt moving bed biofilm process

1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 185-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjørn Rusten ◽  
Jon G. Siljudalen ◽  
Bjørnar Nordeidet
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Mechanical Treatment ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Biofilm Process ◽  
Full Scale Tests

A new moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) has been developed in Norway. The biomass is attached to carrier elements that move freely along with the water in the reactor. It has been demonstrated that existing, high loaded, activated sludge plants can easily be upgraded to nitrogen removing MBBR plants. With chemically enhanced mechanical treatment, full scale tests showed that 80-90% total nitrogen could be removed in a MBBR plant at a total empty bed hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 2.6 hours. The plant was operated in the post-denitrification mode, using methanol as an external carbon source.

Start-up of membrane bioreactor and hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor–membrane bioreactor: kinetic study

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 1948-1953 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Leyva-Díaz ◽  
J. M. Poyatos
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Kinetic Study ◽  
Membrane Bioreactor ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Activated Sludge Processes ◽  
Heterotrophic Biomass

A hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor–membrane bioreactor (hybrid MBBR-MBR) system was studied as an alternative solution to conventional activated sludge processes and membrane bioreactors. This paper shows the results obtained from three laboratory-scale wastewater treatment plants working in parallel in the start-up and steady states. The first wastewater treatment plant was a MBR, the second one was a hybrid MBBR-MBR system containing carriers both in anoxic and aerobic zones of the bioreactor (hybrid MBBR-MBRa), and the last one was a hybrid MBBR-MBR system which contained carriers only in the aerobic zone (hybrid MBBR-MBRb). The reactors operated with a hydraulic retention time of 30.40 h. A kinetic study for characterizing heterotrophic biomass was carried out and organic matter and nutrients removals were evaluated. The heterotrophic biomass of the hybrid MBBR-MBRb showed the best kinetic performance in the steady state, with yield coefficient for heterotrophic biomass = 0.30246 mg volatile suspended solids per mg chemical oxygen demand, maximum specific growth rate for heterotrophic biomass = 0.00308 h−1 and half-saturation coefficient for organic matter = 3.54908 mg O2 L−1. The removal of organic matter was supported by the kinetic study of heterotrophic biomass.

scholarly journals PENGHILANGAN AMONIAK DI DALAM AIR LIMBAH DOMESTIK DENGAN PROSES MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTOR (MBBR)

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nusa Idaman Said ◽  
Muhammad Rizki Syabani
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Treatment Process ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Aeration Tank ◽  
Activated Sludge Process ◽  
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Moving Bed

The treatment process of wastewater contains organic pollutant which used in Indonesia especially in Jakarta is generaly activated sludge process. The problem is its treated water quality which frequently does not yet fulfilled to effluent standard of wastewater. Some affecting factors  are hydraulic retention time (HRT) too short, the fluctuation of wastewater flow rate, unfavorable function of aeration process and also which do not less important is operational mistake caused by insufficient knowledge of operator. To overcome the mentioned problems it is needed technological innovation to increase efficiency of wastewater treatment process especially activated sludge process. Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) technology is one of the  effective alternative for treating wastewater containing organic pollutants. In principle, MBBR is a modification of the activated sludge process is enhanced by adding the media into the aeration tank.This paper describes the study of domestic waste water treatment  using MBBR process which is filled with bioball plastic media which has specific surface 210 m2/m3 as much as 20 % of the volume of the aeration tank for attaching microorganism to increase efficiency and  keep stability of process.Result of the study shows that within 12 hours, 8 hours, 6 hours and 4 hours of hydraulic retention time (HRT) in aeration tank and sludge circulation ratio 0f R = 1.0 Q, the removal efficiency of ammonia were 94.05 %, 93.42 %, 89 %, and 79.6 % respectively. In ammonia loading 0.106 – 0.302 kg/m3.day, the removal efficiency of ammonia were 95.54 – 83.01 %. The greater ammonia loading,  removal efficiency of  ammonia  is getting smaller. Optimal residence time is 6 hours with ammonia removal efficiency reached 89 %, and the average concentration of ammonia in the effluent of 8.3 mg per litre.  Keyword : Domestic wastewater, ammonia, bioball, MBBR.

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