Fouling control in a gravity-driven membrane (GDM) bioreactor treating primary wastewater by using relaxation and/or air scouring
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ArticleKAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionEnvironmental Science and Engineering Program
Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center (WDRC)
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2020-05-21Online Publication Date
2020-05-21Print Publication Date
2020-09Submitted Date
2020-01-04Permanent link to this record
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Gravity-driven membrane bioreactors (GD-MBR) have been proposed as a sustainable water treatment due to the low energy requirements in terms of operation. The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of different physical cleaning strategies on the membrane performance in a gravity-driven membrane bioreactor treating primary wastewater. The Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) allowed evaluating the impact of the physical cleaning on the biomass developed on the membrane surface. Applying relaxation did not enhance the membrane performance, however, it led to an increase in thickness and a decrease in the biomass specific hydraulic resistance. Using air scouring under continuous filtration increased the biomass specific hydraulic resistance by compressing the biomass (~50% decrease in thickness). When air scouring was applied at the end of a relaxation cycle, a higher biomass removal and a significant increase in flux (250%) were observed. Biopolymers were found to constitute 55% of the fouling layer. This study highlighted the suitability of an in-situ monitoring approach as a key tool to evaluate the impact of different physical cleaning strategies on the biomass removal in membrane filtration process.Citation
Fortunato, L., Ranieri, L., Naddeo, V., & Leiknes, T. (2020). Fouling control in a gravity-driven membrane (GDM) bioreactor treating primary wastewater by using relaxation and/or air scouring. Journal of Membrane Science, 610, 118261. doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118261Sponsors
The research reported in this publication was supported by funding from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Journal of Membrane ScienceAdditional Links
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0376738820308395ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118261