Reduced membrane fouling in a novel bio-entrapped membrane reactor for treatment of food and beverage processing wastewater

A novel Bio-Entrapped Membrane Reactor (BEMR) packed with bio-ball carriers was constructed and investigated for organics removal and membrane fouling by soluble microbial products (SMP). An objective was to evaluate the stability of the filtration process in membrane bioreactors through backwashing...

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Published in:Water research (Oxford) 2011-08, Vol.45 (14), p.4269-4278
Main Authors: Ng, Kok-Kwang, Lin, Cheng-Fang, Panchangam, Sri Chandana, Andy Hong, Pui-Kwan, Yang, Ping-Yi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Beverages
Bio-entrapped membrane reactor
Biomass
biomass production
Bioreactors
Bioreactors - microbiology
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates - analysis
cleaning
Conventional membrane bioreactor
Exact sciences and technology
filtration
Food Industry
food processing
Fouling
Hydraulic retention time
Industrial Waste
Membrane fouling
Membranes
Microorganisms
Pollution
Proteins - analysis
Reactors
Sewage - chemistry
sludge
Sludge retention time
Soluble microbial products
Waste Disposal, Fluid - methods
Waste water
wastewater
Water treatment and pollution
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Summary:A novel Bio-Entrapped Membrane Reactor (BEMR) packed with bio-ball carriers was constructed and investigated for organics removal and membrane fouling by soluble microbial products (SMP). An objective was to evaluate the stability of the filtration process in membrane bioreactors through backwashing and chemical cleaning. The novel BEMR was compared to a conventional membrane bioreactor (CMBR) on performance, with both treating identical wastewater from a food and beverage processing plant. The new reactor has a longer sludge retention time (SRT) and lower mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) content than does the conventional. Three different hydraulic retention times (HRTs) of 6, 9, and 12 h were studied. The results show faster rise of the transmembrane pressure (TMP) with decreasing hydraulic retention time (HRT) in both reactors, where most significant membrane fouling was associated with high SMP (consisting of carbohydrate and protein) contents that were prevalent at the shortest HRT of 6 h. Membrane fouling was improved in the new reactor, which led to a longer membrane service period with the new reactor. Rapid membrane fouling was attributed to increased production of biomass and SMP, as in the conventional reactor. SMP of 10–100 kDa from both MBRs were predominant with more than 70% of the SMP
ISSN:0043-1354
1879-2448
DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2011.05.031