Integration of Membrane Bioreactors with Reverse Osmosis and Membrane Distillation Units for Wastewater Treatment: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives

Criscuoli, A.; Bamaga, Omar; Wang, Qian; Cui, Zhaoliang; Nahri, Akram; Albeirutty, Mohammed; Jin, Wanqin; Drioli, Enrico

doi:10.1080/15422119.2022.2119867

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“…MDBR is a hybrid system that combines a bioreactor and MD, and can be used to effectively remove trace organic contaminants (TrOCs), such as carbamazepine, oxybenzone, and steroid hormones, and produce volatile materials, such as distillate water and ethanol [ 174 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198 ]. Wijekoon et al [ 197 ] evaluated the removal of TrOCs by an MDBR system.…”

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“…The authors concluded that the biogas production varied between 0.3 and 0.5 L/g COD added (about 65% methane) and that the conductivity of the distillate water was low. Nguyen et al [ 196 ] confirmed that a hybrid system of attached growth biofilm and MDBR could reduce membrane fouling, remove nutrients, and produce drinkable water. However, the flux of the coupled system is not high.…”

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Review of Hybrid Membrane Distillation Systems

Zhang,

Xian

2024

Membranes

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Membrane distillation (MD) is an attractive separation process that can work with heat sources with low temperature differences and is less sensitive to concentration polarization and membrane fouling than other pressure-driven membrane separation processes, thus allowing it to use low-grade thermal energy, which is helpful to decrease the consumption of energy, treat concentrated solutions, and improve water recovery rate. This paper provides a review of the integration of MD with waste heat and renewable energy, such as solar radiation, salt-gradient solar ponds, and geothermal energy, for desalination. In addition, MD hybrids with pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO), multi-effect distillation (MED), reverse osmosis (RO), crystallization, forward osmosis (FO), and bioreactors to dispose of concentrated solutions are also comprehensively summarized. A critical analysis of the hybrid MD systems will be helpful for the research and development of MD technology and will promote its application. Eventually, a possible research direction for MD is suggested.

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