TY - JOUR
T1 - Potentials of anaerobic membrane bioreactors to overcome treatment limitations induced by industrial wastewaters
AU - Dereli, Recep Kaan
AU - Ersahin, Mustafa Evren
AU - Ozgun, Hale
AU - Ozturk, Izzet
AU - Jeison, David
AU - van der Zee, Frank
AU - van Lier, Jules B.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their gratitude for the Ph.D. Fellowship awards provided by TINCEL Foundation to R. Kaan Dereli, by HUYGENS Scholarship Programme to M. Evren Ersahin, by the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) to Hale Ozgun. The authors would like to thank to Biothane Systems International for their support.
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - This review presents a comprehensive summary on applications of anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) technology for industrial wastewaters in view of different aspects including treatability and filterability. AnMBRs present an attractive option for the treatment of industrial wastewaters at extreme conditions, such as high salinity, high temperature, high suspended solids concentrations, and toxicity that hamper granulation and retention of biomass or reduce the biological activity. So far, most of the research has been conducted at laboratory scale; however, also a number of full-scale AnMBR systems is currently being operated worldwide. Membrane fouling, a multivariable process, is still a research quest that requires further investigation. In fact, membrane fouling and flux decline present the most important reasons that hamper the wide-spread application of full-scale reactors. This paper addresses a detailed assessment and discussion on treatability and filterability of industrial wastewaters in both lab- and full-scale AnMBR applications, the encountered problems and future opportunities.
AB - This review presents a comprehensive summary on applications of anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) technology for industrial wastewaters in view of different aspects including treatability and filterability. AnMBRs present an attractive option for the treatment of industrial wastewaters at extreme conditions, such as high salinity, high temperature, high suspended solids concentrations, and toxicity that hamper granulation and retention of biomass or reduce the biological activity. So far, most of the research has been conducted at laboratory scale; however, also a number of full-scale AnMBR systems is currently being operated worldwide. Membrane fouling, a multivariable process, is still a research quest that requires further investigation. In fact, membrane fouling and flux decline present the most important reasons that hamper the wide-spread application of full-scale reactors. This paper addresses a detailed assessment and discussion on treatability and filterability of industrial wastewaters in both lab- and full-scale AnMBR applications, the encountered problems and future opportunities.
KW - Anaerobic membrane bioreactor
KW - Anaerobic treatment
KW - Fouling
KW - Granulation
KW - Industrial wastewaters
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.139
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.139
M3 - Article
C2 - 22749827
AN - SCOPUS:84866043199
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 122
SP - 160
EP - 170
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
ER -
