Design and operation of anaerobic membrane bioreactors: development of a filtration testing strategy

Beaubien, A.; Bâty, M.; Jeannot, F.; Francoeur, E.; Manem, J.

doi:10.1016/0376-7388(95)00199-9

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“…In our reactor, the solids concentrations ranged from 1,700 to 6,800 mg/L with corresponding permeate fluxes ranging from 50 to 38 L/m 2 Áh. In a study by Beaubien et al (1996), the stabilized permeate flux was 46 L/m 2 Áh at 2500 mg/L, and it decreased to 25 L/m 2 Áh at a solids concentration of 22,000 mg/L. Others have found that the membrane flux decreased rapidly between at solids concentrations of 20,000 and 80,000 mg/L of TSS with a slower decrease observed between 80,000 and 150,000 mg/L of TSS (Cicek et al, 1998).…”

Section: Physical Performance Of the Mbr Systemmentioning

confidence: 97%

Biological hydrogen production using a membrane bioreactor

Iyer

Bruns

et al. 2004

Biotech & Bioengineering

188

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A cross-flow membrane was coupled to a chemostat to create an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (MBR) for biological hydrogen production. The reactor was fed glucose (10,000 mg/L) and inoculated with a soil inoculum heat-treated to kill non-spore-forming methanogens. Hydrogen gas was consistently produced at a concentration of 57-60% in the headspace under all conditions. When operated in chemostat mode (no flow through the membrane) at a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 3.3 h, 90% of the glucose was removed, producing 2200 mg/L of cells and 500 mL/h of biogas. When operated in MBR mode, the solids retention time (SRT) was increased to SRT = 12 h producing a solids concentration in the reactor of 5800 mg/L. This SRT increased the overall glucose utilization (98%), the biogas production rate (640 mL/h), and the conversion efficiency of glucose-to-hydrogen from 22% (no MBR) to 25% (based on a maximum of 4 mol-H(2)/mol-glucose). When the SRT was increased from 5 h to 48 h, glucose utilization (99%) and biomass concentrations (8,800 +/- 600 mg/L) both increased. However, the biogas production decreased (310 +/- 40 mL/h) and the glucose-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency decreased from 37 +/- 4% to 18 +/- 3%. Sustained permeate flows through the membrane were in the range of 57 to 60 L/m(2) h for three different membrane pore sizes (0.3, 0.5, and 0.8 microm). Most (93.7% to 99.3%) of the membrane resistance was due to internal fouling and the reversible cake resistance, and not the membrane itself. Regular backpulsing was essential for maintaining permeate flux through the membrane. Analysis of DNA sequences using ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis indicated bacteria were most closely related to members of Clostridiaceae and Flexibacteraceae, including Clostridium acidisoli CAC237756 (97%), Linmingia china AF481148 (97%), and Cytophaga sp. MDA2507 AF238333 (99%). No PCR amplification of 16s rRNA genes was obtained when archaea-specific primers were used.

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Section: Physical Performance Of the Mbr Systemmentioning

confidence: 97%

Biological hydrogen production using a membrane bioreactor

Iyer

Bruns

et al. 2004

Biotech & Bioengineering

188

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“…These EPS imply an increase of the cake resistance, i.e., a flux reduction. The efficiency of COD elimination by a MBR is directly linked to the concentration of the solids in suspension in the reactor [37].…”

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Industrial wastewater treatment in a membrane bioreactor: A review

Marrot¹,

Barrios-Martinez²,

Moulin³

et al. 2004

Environ. Prog.

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“…For personal use only. membrane surfaces (Beaubien et al 1996;Choo and Lee 1998;Elmaleh and Abdelmouni 1997;Hu and Stuckey 2007). Although this method is effective, it requires much energy (Martin et al 2011).…”

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Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Membrane Bioreactors for the Treatment of Domestic Wastewater

McCarty¹,

Kim²,

Shin³

et al. 2015

Anaerobic Biotechnology

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The anaerobic fluidized bed membrane bioreactor (AFMBR) is a new energy-neutral methanogenic biological treatment system that combines an anaerobic fluidized bed reactor (AFBR) and internal membranes. It is unique in that the fluidized granular particles, while serving as a surface for active biofilm attachment, rub against membrane surfaces, resulting in a reduction in fouling with low energy expenditure. Fluidized particles denser than water permit good mass transfer, and allow for the maintenance of a large biological population, even at the short hydraulic retention time as required for dilute wastewater treatment. Membranes prevent the escape of volatile suspended solids so they can be biodegraded adequately and removed separately for subsequent disposal. The AFMBR can be used alone for wastewater treatment or as the second reactor in a staged treatment system. Laboratory and pilot studies with domestic wastewater with a staged AFBR-AFMBR system, both containing granular activated carbon particles and operated at total HRT near 6 h and temperatures down to 8 o C, have demonstrated high organic removal efficiency, low waste biosolids production (0.05 kg·kg-COD -1 ), microcontaminant removal efficiencies better than conventional aerobic activated sludge treatment, and a very small footprint. Further research on best approaches for dissolved methane capture and nutrient removal and recovery are ongoing.

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Design and operation of anaerobic membrane bioreactors: development of a filtration testing strategy

Cited by 55 publications

References 11 publications

Biological hydrogen production using a membrane bioreactor

Biological hydrogen production using a membrane bioreactor

Industrial wastewater treatment in a membrane bioreactor: A review

Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Membrane Bioreactors for the Treatment of Domestic Wastewater

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