Long term performance of MBR for biological nitrogen removal from synthetic municipal wastewater
Long term performance of MBR for biological nitrogen removal from synthetic municipal wastewater
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DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.06.026
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
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影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Yanful, Ernest K.
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作者:
Holakoo, Ladan;Nakhla, George;Yanful, Ernest K.
This study monitors the long term performance of membrane bioreactor (MBR) for the treatment of synthetic municipal wastewater at solid retention time (SRT) of 40 and 20 d with particular emphasis on simultaneous nitrification-denitrification (SND). SND was greatly influenced by the operating dissolved oxygen (DO). It was found that at an SRT of 20 d, nitrogen removal through assimilation into biomass increases as a result of higher biomass yield. The profile of soluble microbial products (SMP) conformed to a cyclical pattern in the MBR with respect to SRT. Decrease in SRT from 40 to 20 d resulted in doubling of accumulated SMP concentration (to 56 mg l(-1)) in the MBR. This however, was accompanied by a simultaneous drop in percentage of SMP with MW > 100 kD, from 42.4% to 33%. Also, the sludge filterability decreased by 24-folds despite a decrease in the biomass concentration, following the above reduction in SRT. It was found that the volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient (K(1)a) was a function of biomass concentration in MBR with the ratio of the oxygen transfer coefficient in mixed liquor to that of clean water (alpha) to be 0.2-0.5. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.