scholarly journals Two-step treatment of harmful industrial wastewater: an analysis of microbial reactor with integrated membrane retention for benzene and toluene removal

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Trusek-Holownia ◽  
Andrzej Noworyta

Abstract Standards for highly toxic and carcinogenic pollutants impose strict guidelines, requiring values close to zero, regarding the degradation of such pollutants in industrial streams. In many cases, classic bioremoval processes fail. Therefore, we proposed a stream leaving the microbial membrane bioreactor (MBR) that is directed to an additional membrane separation mode (NF/RO). Under certain conditions, the integrated process not only benefits the environment but may also increase the profitability of the bioreactor operation. An appropriate model was developed and tested in which the bioremoval of benzene and toluene by Pseudomonas fluorescens was used as an example. This paper presents equations for selecting the operation parameters of the integrated system to achieve the expected degree of industrial wastewater purification.

2013 ◽  
Vol 641-642 ◽  
pp. 87-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Hua Duan ◽  
Liu Ming Pan ◽  
Hua Wang ◽  
Ning Tao Li

To improve the efficiency of oily wastewater purification, a laboratory-scale anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic (A2O) membrane bioreactor was designed to treat the oily wastewater based on the conventional A2O activated sludge process and membrane separation technology, and the variation of bacterial community structure in the activated sludge of key reactors were investigated by PCR-DGGE (denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis). The result of Shannon diversity index comparing indicated that MBR seemed to be more constant than the A/0 system. Four sensitive dominant bacteria were verified in the treatment of oily wastewater. They were Uncultured Comamonadaceae bacterium, Hydrogenophaga sp., uncultured beta proteobacterium, and uncultured Thiobacillus sp. It suggested that PCR-DGGE can be used as an effective supplementary method for verifying cultural dominant microorganisms in activated sludge of oily wastewater.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Fei Ma ◽  
Min Ren ◽  
Fangqin Yang

AbstractAnoxic–oxic process is also called anaerobic aerobic process and used widely with the membrane bioreactor (MBR) for wastewater treatment, particularly in China, thanks for their high efficiency, good-quality permeate and easy operation. However, because the content of the feed wastewater fluctuates in a large range and the operation condition of the system needs to be controlled accurately, it is very important to find an efficient way to constantly monitor the nodes of the system, and adjust the operation parameters, including the quantities used in the chemical treatment. Therefore, it is necessary to use Internet of things technology (IOT) sensing and control equipment to realize the dynamic monitoring of sewage treatment process parameters, so as to serve the drug delivery and equipment online control. This study introduces an application case based on IOT sensor control and supporting maintenance business. Through the practical application of this technology in an environmental protection sewage treatment enterprise in Wuxi, this study introduces a method of bringing the IOT into the MBR system of industrial wastewater treatment which can continuously and accurately monitoring the nodes of the system. Based on this study, an analysis and decision-making system based on real-time monitoring data can be realized to adjust operation parameters in time. In this method, the IOT is introduced into the MBR system of industrial wastewater treatment. The results show that with the support of IOT, the sewage treatment system runs stably and the treatment efficiency is significantly improved.


2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (10) ◽  
pp. 75-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.L. Chen ◽  
F. Li ◽  
Y. Qiao ◽  
H.G. Yang ◽  
F.X. Ding

An integrated airlift bioreactor system was developed, which mainly consists of a multi-stage loop reactor and a gas-liquid-solid separation baffle and possesses dual functions as bioreactor and settler. This integrated system was used for on-site treatment of industrial glycol wastewater in lab-scale. The strategy of gradually increasing practical wastewater concentration while maintaining the co-substrate glucose wastewater concentration helped to accelerate the microbial acclimation process. Investigation of microbial acclimation, operation parameters evaluation and microbial observation has demonstrated the economical and technical feasibility of this integrated airlift bioreactor system for on-site small industrial wastewater treatment.


2006 ◽  
Vol 61 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 553-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgenia Vasileva-Tonkova ◽  
Danka Galabova ◽  
Emilia Stoimenova ◽  
Zdravko Lalchev

The newly isolated from industrial wastewater Pseudomonas fluorescens strain HW-6 produced glycolipid biosurfactants at high concentrations (1.4-2.0 g l-1) when grown on hexadecane as a sole carbon source. Biosurfactants decreased the surface tension of the air/ water interface by 35 mN m-1 and possessed a low critical micelle concentration value of 20 mg l-1, which indicated high surface activity. They efficiently emulsified aromatic hydrocarbons, kerosene, n-paraffins and mineral oils. Biosurfactant production contributed to a significant increase in cell hydrophobicity correlated with an increased growth of the strain on hexadecane. The results suggested that the newly isolated strain of Ps. fluorescens and produced glycolipid biosurfactants with effective surface and emulsifying properties are very promising and could find application for bioremediation of hydrocarbon-polluted sites.


2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Glen T. Daigger ◽  
Andrew Hodgkinson ◽  
David Evans

2021 ◽  
Vol 232 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caner Vural ◽  
Tuğba Topbaş ◽  
S. Tuğçe Dağlıoğlu ◽  
Özlem Dağlı ◽  
Rahime Oral ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.K. Chen ◽  
C.H. Ni ◽  
J.N. Chen ◽  
J. Lin

The membrane bioreactor (MBR) system has become more and more attractive in the field of wastewater treatment. It is particularly attractive in situations where long solids retention times are required, such as nitrifying bacteria, and physical retention critical to achieving more efficiency for biological degradation of pollutant. Although it is a new technology, the MBR process has been applied for industrial wastewater treatment for only the past decade. The opto-electronic industry, developed very fast over the past decade in the world, is high technology manufacturing. The treatment of the opto-electronic industrial wastewater containing a significant quantity of organic nitrogen compounds with a ratio over 95% in organic nitrogen (Org-N) to total nitrogen (T-N) is very difficult to meet the discharge limits. This research is mainly to discuss the treatment capacity of high-strength organic nitrogen wastewater, and to investigate the capabilities of the MBR process. A 5 m3/day capacity of MBR pilot plant consisted of anoxic, aerobic and membrane bioreactor was installed for evaluation. The operation was continued for 150 days. Over the whole experimental period, a satisfactory organic removal performance was achieved. The COD could be removed with an average of over 94.5%. For TOC and BOD5 items, the average removal efficiencies were 96.3 and 97.6%, respectively. The nitrification and denitrification was also successfully achieved. Furthermore, the effluent did not contain any suspended solids. Only a small concentration of ammonia nitrogen was found in the effluent. The stable effluent quality and satisfactory removal performance mentioned above were ensured by the efficient interception performance of the membrane device incorporated within the biological reactor. The MBR system shows promise as a means of treating very high organic nitrogen wastewater without dilution. The effluent of TKN, NOx-N and COD can fall below 20 mg/L, 30 mg/L and 50 mg/L.


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