Novel high retention membrane bioreactors for sustainable water reuse: Process performance and optimization

保护公众健康不受新出现的令人关切的化学品的影响是最重要的优先事项。本研究旨在为高截留率膜生物反应器中水回用系统的开发建立一个设计框架。这些系统性能的基本方面，包括新关注的化学品的去除效率、盐度积累的影响、膜污染和膜的稳定性，将被系统地阐明。这项研究将产生新的处理工艺，在去除新出现的令人担忧的化学品方面具有更好的性能，并在运营和资本成本方面节省大量经济成本。

The protection of public health from chemicals of emerging concern is of paramount priority. This research aims to establish a design framework for the development of high retention membrane bioreactor systems for water reuse applications. Fundamental aspects underlying the performance of such systems including removal efficiencies of chemicals of emerging concern, effects of salinity build-up, membrane fouling and membrane stability will be systematically elucidated. The research will result in novel treatment processes with enhanced performance in the removal of chemicals of emerging concern and substantial economic savings in both operating and capital costs.