Assessment of anti-fouling strategies for membrane coupled with upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (MUASB) process.
Environ Technol
; 34(1-4): 521-8, 2013.
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In this novel process, domestic wastewater was filtered by a hollow-fibre membrane coupled with an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (MUASB) bioreactor. To improve the process sustainability and decrease energy costs, the membranes were operated under low fluxes with little, or no, shear. The efficiency of anti-fouling strategies, including relaxation, backwashing and supply of low aeration and stir rates, was assessed through detailed characterization of the fouling layers. Results indicated that backwashing was more efficient than relaxation, even when the systems were operated under the same flux productivity. In terms of shear supply, stir provided a better fouling limitation strategy compared to aeration, at similar shear stress values. Physical and chemical cleaning methods were applied to recover three fouling fractions (i.e. cake, residual and irreversible) for better characterization of the fouling layers. Under the sustainable operating conditions used in this study, most of the fouling was easily reversible by simple rinsing. In addition, permanent and irreversible fouling, resulting in the need for frequent chemical cleanings and potential membrane degradation, is limited once small shear stresses are applied. These outcomes are expected to form the basis for the future assessment of trade-off between operation, maintenance and replacement costs of membrane filtration processes used in wastewater treatment.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Aguas del Alcantarillado
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Incrustaciones Biológicas
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Membranas Artificiales
Tipo de estudio:
Evaluation_studies
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En
Revista:
Environ Technol
Asunto de la revista:
SAUDE AMBIENTAL
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TOXICOLOGIA
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido