Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor treating high strength municipal wastewater

Studying the influence of the operating parameters on membrane fouling is important in fouling control. This paper presents the interaction effects of the sludge retention time (SRT), organic loading rate (OLR) and feed temperature (Tf) on membrane fouling. A submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR)...

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Main Authors:	Birima, Ahmed Hussien, Mohamed, Thamer Ahmed, Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Idris, Azni, Nagaoka, Hiroshi, Ahmed, J., Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Liew
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Desalination Publications 2009
Subjects:	TD201 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/6186/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6186/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6186/1/DrAhmad719Sept09.pdf

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spelling	iium-61862011-11-21T20:33:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6186/ Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor treating high strength municipal wastewater Birima, Ahmed Hussien Mohamed, Thamer Ahmed Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu Idris, Azni Nagaoka, Hiroshi Ahmed, J. Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Liew TD201 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes Studying the influence of the operating parameters on membrane fouling is important in fouling control. This paper presents the interaction effects of the sludge retention time (SRT), organic loading rate (OLR) and feed temperature (Tf) on membrane fouling. A submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) was operated under a constant flux (11.1 l/m2 h), with different SRT, Tf and OLR. A synthetic wastewater representative of high strength municipal wastewater was fed to the bioreactor. Three different levels (low, medium and high) of SRT, Tf and OLR were studied. These were 25, 30 and 35 days for SRT, 20, 30 and 40°C for Tf and OLR of 1.73, 4.03 6.82 kg COD/m3.d. The sustainable time (tsus) was defined as the time at which the rate of suction pressure started to increase rapidly. tsus was found to increase with low SRT and high Tf. A higher OLR resulted in higher mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS), however it did not cause a faster membrane fouling. Applying higher aeration rate enabled a longer sustainable time to be obtained. Sustainable time tsus was found to be well correlated with MLVSS/MLSS with an r2 of 0.995. The range of MLVSS/MLSS tested varied from 74.3 to 82.3% at which tsus decreased 2.9-fold (from 175 to 60.5 h). Desalination Publications 2009-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6186/1/DrAhmad719Sept09.pdf Birima, Ahmed Hussien and Mohamed, Thamer Ahmed and Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari and Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu and Idris, Azni and Nagaoka, Hiroshi and Ahmed, J. and Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Liew (2009) Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor treating high strength municipal wastewater. Desalination and Water Treatment, 7. pp. 267-274. ISSN 1944-3994 (O), 1944-3986 (P) http://www.deswater.com/abstracts/a_720.pdf
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spellingShingle	TD201 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes Birima, Ahmed Hussien Mohamed, Thamer Ahmed Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu Idris, Azni Nagaoka, Hiroshi Ahmed, J. Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Liew Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor treating high strength municipal wastewater
description	Studying the influence of the operating parameters on membrane fouling is important in fouling control. This paper presents the interaction effects of the sludge retention time (SRT), organic loading rate (OLR) and feed temperature (Tf) on membrane fouling. A submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) was operated under a constant flux (11.1 l/m2 h), with different SRT, Tf and OLR. A synthetic wastewater representative of high strength municipal wastewater was fed to the bioreactor. Three different levels (low, medium and high) of SRT, Tf and OLR were studied. These were 25, 30 and 35 days for SRT, 20, 30 and 40°C for Tf and OLR of 1.73, 4.03 6.82 kg COD/m3.d. The sustainable time (tsus) was defined as the time at which the rate of suction pressure started to increase rapidly. tsus was found to increase with low SRT and high Tf. A higher OLR resulted in higher mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS), however it did not cause a faster membrane fouling. Applying higher aeration rate enabled a longer sustainable time to be obtained. Sustainable time tsus was found to be well correlated with MLVSS/MLSS with an r2 of 0.995. The range of MLVSS/MLSS tested varied from 74.3 to 82.3% at which tsus decreased 2.9-fold (from 175 to 60.5 h).
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author	Birima, Ahmed Hussien Mohamed, Thamer Ahmed Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu Idris, Azni Nagaoka, Hiroshi Ahmed, J. Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Liew
author_facet	Birima, Ahmed Hussien Mohamed, Thamer Ahmed Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu Idris, Azni Nagaoka, Hiroshi Ahmed, J. Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Liew
author_sort	Birima, Ahmed Hussien
title	Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor treating high strength municipal wastewater
title_short	Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor treating high strength municipal wastewater
title_full	Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor treating high strength municipal wastewater
title_fullStr	Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor treating high strength municipal wastewater
title_full_unstemmed	Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor treating high strength municipal wastewater
title_sort	membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor treating high strength municipal wastewater
publisher	Desalination Publications
publishDate	2009
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/6186/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6186/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6186/1/DrAhmad719Sept09.pdf
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Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor treating high strength municipal wastewater

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