Kinetic evaluation of nitrification performance in an immobilized cell membrane bioreactor

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (12) ◽  
pp. 2904-2912 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Güven ◽  
E. Ubay Çokgör ◽  
S. Sözen ◽  
D. Orhon
Keyword(s):  
Residence Time ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Model Calibration ◽  
Membrane Bioreactor ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Membrane Bioreactors ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Immobilized Cell ◽  
Chemical Cleaning ◽  
Kinetic Evaluation

Abstract High rate membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems operated at extremely low sludge ages (superfast membrane bioreactors (SFMBRs)) are inefficient to achieve nitrogen removal, due to insufficient retention time for nitrifiers. Moreover, frequent chemical cleaning is required due to high biomass flux. This study aims to satisfy the nitrification in SFMBRs by using sponge as carriers, leading to the extension of the residence time of microorganisms. In order to test the limits of nitrification, bioreactor was run under 52, 5 and 2 days of carrier residence time (CRT), with a hydraulic retention time of 6 h. Different degrees of nitrification were obtained for different CRTs. Sponge immobilized SFMBR operation with short CRT resulted in partial nitrification indicating selective dominancy of ammonia oxidizers. At higher CRT, simultaneous nitrification–denitrification was achieved when accompanying with oxygen limitation. Process kinetics was determined through evaluation of the results by a modeling study. Nitrifier partition in the reactor was also identified by model calibration.

Study on Simultaneous Nitrification–Denitrification in Membrane Bioreactor

2011 ◽  
Vol 347-353 ◽  
pp. 1878-1882
Author(s):  
Lu Xin ◽  
Kai Sun
Keyword(s):  
Retention Time ◽  
Membrane Bioreactor ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Ammonia Nitrogen ◽  
Suspended Solid ◽  
Domestic Sewage ◽  
Membrane Bioreactors ◽  
Mixed Liquor Suspended Solid ◽  
Do Concentration

This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of membrane bioreactors (MBR) for organics and nitrogen removal. The membrane bioreactor was fed with domestic sewage and operated at different contents of dissolved oxygen (DO), different hydraulic retention time (HRT), and various mixed liquor suspended solid (MLSS) concentrations. The results showed that the distribution of DO level in MBR imposed a significant effect on simultaneous nitrification–denitrification (SND), and the optimal DO concentration should be controlled between 0.5 mg/L to1 mg/L. The denitrification was found to show the best performance for total nitrogen (TN) removal when the HRT reached 5 hours. Higher MLSS concentration led to the improvement in TN removal and the optimal MLSS concentration was 9000mg/L. In fact, more than 90% Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) were reduced when the MLSS concentration exceeded 3000mg/L.

Influence of hydraulic retention time on the nature of foulant organics in a high rate membrane bioreactor

Desalination ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 287 ◽  
pp. 116-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shan Hong ◽  
Rupak Aryal ◽  
S. Vigneswaran ◽  
M.A.H. Johir ◽  
J. Kandasamy
Keyword(s):  
Retention Time ◽  
Membrane Bioreactor ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
High Rate

Effect of 200 days' sludge retention time on performance of a pilot scale submerged membrane bioreactor for high strength industrial wastewater treatment

2006 ◽  
Vol 53 (11) ◽  
pp. 269-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.T. Hay ◽  
D.D. Sun ◽  
S.L. Khor ◽  
J.O. Leckie
Keyword(s):  
Retention Time ◽  
Industrial Wastewater ◽  
Membrane Bioreactor ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Submerged Membrane Bioreactor ◽  
Sludge Retention Time ◽  
Organic Removal ◽  
Sludge Concentration

A high strength industrial wastewater was treated using a pilot scale submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) at a sludge retention time (SRT) of 200 d. The MBR was operated at a high sludge concentration of 20 g/L and a low F/M ratio of 0.11 during 300 d of operation. It was found that the MBR could achieve COD and TOC overall removal efficiencies at more than 99 and 98% TN removal. The turbidity of the permeate was consistently in the range of 0.123 to 0.136 NTU and colour254 absorbance readings varied from 0.0912 to 0.0962 a.u. cm−1. The sludge concentration was inversely proportional to the hydraulic retention time (HRT), yielded excellent organic removal and extremely low sludge production (0.0016 kgVSS/day).

Strategies for chemical cleaning in large scale membrane bioreactors

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Brepols ◽  
K. Drensla ◽  
A. Janot ◽  
M. Trimborn ◽  
N. Engelhardt
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Membrane Bioreactor ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Membrane Bioreactors ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Chemical Cleaning ◽  
Membrane Cleaning ◽  
Cleaning Agents ◽  
Cleaning Procedures ◽  
Alkaline Cleaning

Systematically testing alternative cleaning agents and cleaning procedures on a large scale municipal membrane bioreactor, the Erftverband optimized the cleaning strategies and refined the original cleaning procedures for the hollow fiber membranes in use. A time-consuming, intensive ex-situ membrane cleaning twice a year was initially the regular routine. By introducing the effective means of cleaning in place in use today, which employs several acidic and oxidative/alkaline cleaning steps, intensive membrane cleaning could be delayed for years. An overview and an assessment of various cleaning strategies for large scale plants are given.

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