Wastewater treatment using membranes: the North American experience

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 209-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Côté ◽  
D. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Process Development ◽  
Membrane Separation ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Commercial Development ◽  
American Experience ◽  
The North ◽  
Small Flow ◽  
Development Applications

Key features of the process consisting in coupling biological treatment with membrane separation are described for wastewater treatment. The process development started in the early 1970s with small flow rate applications for on-site commercial development applications and industrial wastewater treatment. The introduction of immersed membrane in the early 1990s allowed the process to be used for municipal wastewater treatment. The results from the 1st year of operation of a 3,800 m3/d plant are presented.

Application of immersed-type membrane separation activated sludge process to municipal wastewater treatment

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 295-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Murakami ◽  
J. Usui ◽  
K. Takamura ◽  
T. Yoshikawa
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Phosphorus Removal ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Membrane Separation ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Production Ratio ◽  
Significant Difference

Pilot plant studies were carried out using actual wastewater to investigate the applicability of a membrane separation activated sludge (MSAS) process to municipal wastewater treatment. A small-scale pilot plant (6.7 m3/day) with immersed flat sheet membrane was operated at the flux of 0.4 m3/m2/day. Continuous operation for 140 days without chemical cleaning was possible. Average Sludge production ratio was about 0.6. No significant difference was observed in the dewaterability between membrane separation activated sludge and conventional activated sludge at the CST test. Large-scale pilot plants (30–70 m3/day) with five types of membrane were also operated. In these plants nitrogen removal by nitrification and denitrification, and phosphorus removal by coagulant addition were carried out. Stable operation with HRT of six hours, flux of 0.4–0.8 m3/m2/day was possible, the average nitrogen and phosphorus removal efficiency being more than 80 and 95%, respectively.

The Fate of Heavy Metals in Wastewater Treatment Plants

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 413-419
Author(s):  
A. V. Ghirardini ◽  
F. Avezzù ◽  
P. Cescon
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
North East ◽  
The North

In a previous paper the A.A. used a mathematical model to describe the complex mechanisms affecting heavy metals distribution between liquid and solid phases in order to predict the quality of effluents of an activated sludge biological treatment system. In the present work the mathematical model is employed to depict the behaviour of particulate and soluble zinc in large municipal wastewater treatment plants for which operating data were available in the existing literature. The results obtained by this model, compared with experimental data, describe zinc behaviour in activated sludge systems satisfactorily. The behaviour of some other metals (zinc, nickel, copper, chromium), studied in solid and liquid3 flows of a municipal wastewater treatment plant in the north-east of Italy (5000 m3/day), is satisfactorily simulated.

STUDIES REGARDING THE PERFORMANCES OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-692
Author(s):  
Elisabeta Chirila ◽  
Ionela Carazeanu Popovici ◽  
Techin Ibadula ◽  
Alice Iordache
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Treatment Processes

Membrane Bioreactors for Municipal Wastewater Treatment

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (0) ◽  
pp. 9781780402925-9781780402925
Author(s):  
H. van der Roest ◽  
D. Lawrence ◽  
A. van Bentem
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Membrane Bioreactors ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment

A study about the use of chemicals in conventional tertiary treatment. Performances comparison of three municipal wastewater treatment plants and pilot plant experiences

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Iborra-Clar ◽  
J.A. Mendoza-Roca ◽  
A. Bes-Pií ◽  
J.J. Morenilla-Martínez ◽  
I. Bernácer-Bonora ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Secondary Effluent ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Reclamation ◽  
Valencian Region ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants

Rainfall diminution in the last years has entailed water scarcity in plenty of European regions, especially in Mediterranean areas. As a consequence, regional water authorities have enhanced wastewater reclamation and reuse. Thus, the implementation of tertiary treatments has become of paramount importance in the municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) of Valencian Region (Spain). Conventional tertiary treatments consist of a physico-chemical treatment of the secondary effluent followed by sand filtration and UV radiation. However, the addition of coagulants and flocculants sometimes does not contribute significantly in the final water quality. In this work, results of 20-months operation of three WWTP in Valencian Region with different tertiary treatments (two without chemicals addition and another with chemicals addition) are discussed. Besides, experiments with a 2 m3/h pilot plant located in the WWTP Quart-Benager in Valencia were performed in order to evaluate with the same secondary effluent the effect of the chemicals addition on the final water quality. Results showed that the addition of chemicals did not improve the final water quality significantly. These results were observed both comparing the three full scale plants and in the pilot plant operation.

Nanofiltration of endocrine disrupting compounds

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 321-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Gallenkemper ◽  
T. Wintgens ◽  
T. Melin
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Endocrine Disrupting Compounds ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Water And Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Endocrine Disrupting ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Set Up

Endocrine disrupting compounds can affect the hormone system in organisms. A wide range of endocrine disrupters were found in sewage and effluents of municipal wastewater treatment plants. Toxicological evaluations indicate that conventional wastewater treatment plants are not able to remove these substances sufficiently before disposing effluent into the environment. Membrane technology, which is proving to be an effective barrier to these substances, is the subject of this research. Nanofiltration provides high quality permeates in water and wastewater treatment. Eleven different nanofiltration membranes were tested in the laboratory set-up. The observed retention for nonylphenol (NP) and bisphenol A (BPA) ranged between 70% and 100%. The contact angle is an indicator for the hydrophobicity of a membrane, whose influence on the permeability and retention of NP was evident. The retention of BPA was found to be inversely proportional to the membrane permeability.

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