Model assessment of the prevailing fouling mechanisms in a submerged membrane anaerobic reactor treating low-strength wastewater

Autor: Adalberto Noyola, J.M. Morgan-Sagastume, Nesrine Kalboussi, Jérôme Harmand, Alexandra Cerón-Vivas
Přispěvatelé: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB), Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement [Narbonne] (LBE), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Instituto de ingenieria, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Bioresource Technology
Bioresource Technology, Elsevier, 2018, 268, pp.460-469. ⟨10.1016/j.biortech.2018.08.017⟩
ISSN: 1873-2976
0960-8524
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.08.017⟩
Popis: International audience; Three models (blocking laws, combined and resistance-in-series) were applied to identify the prevailing fouling mechanisms in a submerged membrane in an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor treating municipal wastewater. Experimental runs were carried out at lab-scale with filtration periods of 4 and 10 min, followed by relaxation periods of one minute with and without nitrogen bubbling. In all conditions excepting one (IF4R), the blocking laws model showed a predominance of cake formation. With the combined model, cake formation coupled with intermediate, standard and complete fouling had the better fits in all conditions, excepting IF4 and IF4R. When sewage was fed, both models pointed at intermediate fouling in the absence of gas bubbling. The resistance-in-series model identified the positive effect of gas bubbling and a post-cake fouling behavior, not shown by the other two models. This modeling approach could be applied for achieving longer filtration runs in submerged UF membranes.
Databáze: OpenAIRE