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Membrane bioreactor: Applications and limitations in treating high strength industrial wastewater

Mutamim, Noor Sabrina Ahmad ; Noor, Zainura Zainon ; Abu Hassan, Mohd Ariffin ; Yuniarto, Adhi and Olsson, Gustaf LU (2013) In Chemical Engineering Journal 225. p.109-119
Abstract
This paper reviewed the application of membrane bioreactor in treating high strength industrial wastewater by analysing operational parameters, limitations and mitigations of MBR for industrial wastewater. High strength industrial wastewater is difficult to classify but by its characteristics can be predicted using biodegradability criteria (BOD5/COD). Several factors need to be taken into consideration to find suitable operating parameters such as hydraulic retention time (HRT), solid retention time (SRT), mix liquor suspended solid (MLSS), food to microorganism (F/M), transmembrane pressure (TMP) and Flux (J) to obtain good quality effluent and reduce the fouling effect. Fouling factors by membrane, biomass and MBR operation need to be... (More)
This paper reviewed the application of membrane bioreactor in treating high strength industrial wastewater by analysing operational parameters, limitations and mitigations of MBR for industrial wastewater. High strength industrial wastewater is difficult to classify but by its characteristics can be predicted using biodegradability criteria (BOD5/COD). Several factors need to be taken into consideration to find suitable operating parameters such as hydraulic retention time (HRT), solid retention time (SRT), mix liquor suspended solid (MLSS), food to microorganism (F/M), transmembrane pressure (TMP) and Flux (J) to obtain good quality effluent and reduce the fouling effect. Fouling factors by membrane, biomass and MBR operation need to be taken seriously because they are the major problems affecting the performance of the MBR and quality of the effluent. There are specific methods to reduce and clean the clogging membrane depending on the level of severity of the fouling. The mitigation covers physical cleaning such as membrane relaxing, backwashing, a combination of both and chemical cleaning which is used for irreversible fouling. In some cases, modification of MBR is needed to improve the performance and to achieve high quality of effluent. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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Industrial wastewater, Membrane bioreactor, Biodegradability, Fouling
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Chemical Engineering Journal
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109 - 119
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Elsevier
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1385-8947
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10.1016/j.cej.2013.02.131
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  author       = {{Mutamim, Noor Sabrina Ahmad and Noor, Zainura Zainon and Abu Hassan, Mohd Ariffin and Yuniarto, Adhi and Olsson, Gustaf}},
  issn         = {{1385-8947}},
  keywords     = {{Industrial wastewater; Membrane bioreactor; Biodegradability; Fouling}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{109--119}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Chemical Engineering Journal}},
  title        = {{Membrane bioreactor: Applications and limitations in treating high strength industrial wastewater}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2013.02.131}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.cej.2013.02.131}},
  volume       = {{225}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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