U.S.-Turkey Cooperative Research: Application of Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AMBR) for Wastewater Treatment

美国-土耳其合作研究：厌氧膜生物反应器（AMBR）在废水处理中的应用

• 批准号: 0422898
• 负责人: Shihwu Sung
• 金额: $ 3.27万
• 依托单位: Iowa State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-01 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0422898&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; Turkey; Cooperative; Research; Application

0422898 SungDescription: This project supports a cooperative project by Dr. Shih-Wu Sung, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU), Ames, Iowa and Dr. Aysenur Ugurlu, Department of Environmental Engineering, Hacettepe University (HU), Ankara, Turkey. They plan to study the use of anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AMBR) in wastewater treatment. The goals are to develop an AMBR system for efficient treatment of low to medium strength wastewater, and to investigate the fouling mechanism and microbial community under a long solids retention time. Anaerobic process for wastewater treatment has several benefits. However, high biomass concentration, and long hydraulic and solids retention times are required for efficient anaerobic treatment due to the low biomass growth. Besides, the effluent quality of the anaerobic effluent is poorer than that of the aerobic treatment. These barriers have limited the wide applications of anaerobic process for the treatment of low strength wastewater. In this respect, membrane separation is an attractive option. However, membrane technology is highly energy intensive process, and the membrane fouling associated with anaerobic process is another issue yet to be resolved. Most importantly, the economy of membrane process is governed by cost of the membrane per se. In this study, the PIs will use non-woven fabric material, a waste material from a fabric industry, to optimize the operational parameters. The AMBR at ISU will be operated using non-woven filter materials while HU will test several commercial membrane modules including tubular and flat type microfiltration. Identical lab-scale AMBRs will be developed at both institutes. The PIs will evaluate optimal operating condition, especially for fouling control in the two studies. The results will be compared and an economic evaluation will be carried out. The project encompasses the skills and experience of respective nation's leading researchers in the areas of anaerobic process. These broader horizons and cross-linkage between ISU and HU researchers represent a synergistic approach to complement the holistic efforts in developing and advancing AMBR process that aims to contribute a new knowledge in environmental engineering. Scope and broader impact: The project will help to establish a new research area at ISU, which can be used for training undergraduate students for their final year projects. Additionally, summer high school interns will be encouraged to work closely with the graduate student in the AMBR project. A website will be developed within the university portal to disseminate the AMBR research to the students and the public. Through workshops and seminars, the outcomes of this research work will be disseminated to the U.S. environmental engineering communities. The results will benefit both the US and Turkey in developing a long-term research partnership and technology transfer. In the long term, the AMBR research will improve the environmental quality of nation's water bodies.

0422898 Sung描述：该项目支持位于爱荷华州艾姆斯的爱荷华州州立大学（ISU）土木与建筑工程系Shih-Wu Sung博士和土耳其安卡拉Hacettepe大学（HU）环境工程系Aysenur Ugurlu博士的合作项目。 他们计划研究厌氧膜生物反应器（AMBR）在废水处理中的应用。 目的是开发一种高效处理中低浓度废水的AMBR系统，并研究长固体停留时间下AMBR的结垢机理和微生物群落。 废水处理的厌氧过程有几个好处。然而，由于低生物量生长，高效厌氧处理需要高生物量浓度和长的水力和固体停留时间。此外，厌氧出水的出水水质比好氧处理的出水水质差。 这些障碍限制了厌氧处理低浓度废水的广泛应用。 在这方面，膜分离是一个有吸引力的选择。 然而，膜技术是一个高能耗的过程，与厌氧过程相关的膜污染是另一个有待解决的问题。最重要的是，膜工艺的经济性取决于膜本身的成本。 在这项研究中，PI将使用无纺布材料，一种来自织物行业的废料，以优化操作参数。 ISU的AMBR将使用非织造过滤材料运行，而HU将测试几种商业膜组件，包括管式和平板式微滤。 两个研究所将开发相同的实验室规模的AMBR。PI将评估最佳操作条件，特别是两项研究中的污垢控制。将对结果进行比较，并进行经济评价。 该项目包括各自国家在厌氧过程领域的领先研究人员的技能和经验。这些更广阔的视野和ISU和HU研究人员之间的交叉联系代表了一种协同方法，以补充开发和推进AMBR过程的整体努力，旨在为环境工程提供新的知识。 范围和更广泛的影响：该项目将有助于在ISU建立一个新的研究领域，可用于培训本科生完成最后一年的项目。此外，暑期高中实习生将被鼓励与AMBR项目的研究生密切合作。 将在大学门户网站内开发一个网站，向学生和公众传播AMBR研究。通过讲习班和研讨会，这项研究工作的成果将传播到美国环境工程界。 研究结果将有利于美国和土耳其发展长期研究合作伙伴关系和技术转让。 从长远来看，AMBR的研究将改善我国水体的环境质量。