High loaded moving bed biofilm reactors treating pulp & paper industry wastewater: Effect of hydraulic retention time, filling degree and nutrients availability on performance, biomass fractions and nutrients utilization

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 104944
Author(s):  
Maurício C. Matheus ◽  
Maria Ekenberg ◽  
João P. Bassin ◽  
Márcia W.C. Dezotti ◽  
Maria Piculell
Keyword(s):  
Retention Time ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Filling Degree ◽  
Biofilm Reactors ◽  
Pulp Paper ◽  
Nutrients Availability ◽  
Industry Wastewater

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.

scholarly journals Nitrifying and heterotrophic population dynamics in biofilm reactors: effects of hydraulic retention time and the presence of organic carbon

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 469-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina Nogueira ◽  
Luı́s F Melo ◽  
Ulrike Purkhold ◽  
Stefan Wuertz ◽  
Michael Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Biofilm Reactors

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.

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