Performances of anaerobic and aerobic membrane bioreactors for the treatment of synthetic textile wastewater

YURTSEVER A., Sahinkaya E., Aktaş Ö., Uçar D., ÇINAR Ö., Wang Z.

BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, cilt.192, ss.564-573, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 192
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.06.024
  • Dergi Adı: BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.564-573
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Anaerobic membrane bioreactor, Color removal, Fouling, Membrane bioreactor, Textile industry wastewater
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This study aims at comparatively evaluating anaerobic and aerobic MBRs for the treatment of azo-dye containing synthetic wastewater. Also, the filtration performances of AnMBR and AeMBR were compared under similar operating conditions. In both MBRs, high COD removal efficiencies were observed. Although almost complete color removal was observed in AnMBR, only partial (30-50%) color removal was achieved in AeMBR. AnMBR was successfully operated up to 9L/(m2h) (LMH) and no chemical cleaning was required at 4.5LMH for around 50days. AeMBR was operated successfully up to 20LMH. The filtration resistance of AnMBR was generally higher compared to AeMBR although reversible fouling rates were comparable. In both MBRs, offline chemical cleaning with NaOCl and sulfuric acid almost completely removed irreversible fouling and the resistances of chemically cleaned membranes were close to those of new membranes.