Carbon and nutrient biological removal in a University of Cape Town membrane bioreactor: Analysis of a pilot plant operated under two different C/N ratios

Moving bed membrane bioreactors for carbon and nutrient removal: The effect of C/N variation

“…In the last decades, biological nutrient removal (BNR) processes have been thoroughly explored, since they avoid the use of chemicals and consequently chemical sludge disposal issues [1][2][3].…”

“…The IFAS-MBR pilot plant was realized according to the UCT scheme [3,22]: it consisted of one anaerobic (volume 62 L), one anoxic (volume 102 L) and one aerobic (volume 211 L) in-series reactors. The schematic layout of the UCT-IFAS-MBR pilot plant is depicted in Fig.…”

Nitrous oxide emissions in a membrane bioreactor treating saline wastewater contaminated by hydrocarbons

“…Nitrification (g nit ), denitrification (g denit ) and nitrogen (g total ) removal efficiencies were evaluated according to the following expressions (Mannina et al, 2016e;Wagner et al, 2015): Q RAS ODR Fig. 1.…”

Bacterial community structure and removal performances in IFAS-MBRs: A pilot plant case study

“…A multi-parameter probe provided the dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration as well as pH value in each reactor. Referring to the COD removal, both the biological removal and the total removal (after membrane filtration) were assessed according to Mannina et al (2016a). Periodic tests on carrier samples were carried out, in order to evaluate the biofilm growth, in according to previously reported methods (Di Trapani et al, 2014).…”