scholarly journals Effect of Powdered Activated Carbon to Reduce Fouling in Membrane Bioreactors: A Sustainable Solution. Case Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1501-1509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Torretta ◽  
Giordano Urbini ◽  
Massimo Raboni ◽  
Sabrina Copelli ◽  
Paolo Viotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Membrane Bioreactors ◽  
Powdered Activated Carbon

Removal of PAHs from Wastewater Using Powdered Activated Carbon: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 204-218
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Mechanical Strength ◽  
Mass Transfer Rate ◽  
Bacterial Consortium ◽  
Powdered Activated Carbon ◽  
Degradation Rates ◽  
Optimum Proportion ◽  
Transfer Properties

The aim of this study was to develop immobilized microorganism carrier for effectively degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons (PAHs), especially pyrene. Powdered activated carbon (PAC) was used to immobilize the bacterial consortium (Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) with binder CaCl2 and sodium alginate (SA) for improving mass transfer rate of the pyrene pollutants. Mass transfer properties, embedding ratio, and mechanical strength were inspected for the immobilization particles. Mechanical strength of SA beads was more influenced by proportion of SA and CaCl2 than by proportion of PAC. The optimum proportion of SA, CaCl2 and PAC were 2.5%, 2% and 0.5% for immobilization SA beads. The degradation of bacterial consortium (Pa+Kp) had the best degradation rates at 48.2% on 14 days. SA embedding immobilization by adding PAC can obviously enhanced effect of pyrene degradation because of bacterial absorption ability and nutrient permeability being improved.

Effect of low dosages of powdered activated carbon on membrane bioreactor performance

2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 954-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxime Remy ◽  
Hardy Temmink ◽  
Wim Rulkens
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Membrane Bioreactor ◽  
Membrane Bioreactors ◽  
Powdered Activated Carbon ◽  
Filtration Time ◽  
Sludge Flocs ◽  
Operational Costs ◽  
Long Term Effect

Previous research has demonstrated that powdered activated carbon (PAC), when applied at very low dosages and long SRTs, reduces membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors (MBRs). This effect was related to the formation of stronger sludge flocs, which are less sensitive to shear. In this contribution the long-term effect of PAC addition was studied by running two parallel MBRs on sewage. To one of these, PAC was dosed and a lower fouling tendency of the sludge was verified, with a 70% longer sustainable filtration time. Low PAC dosages showed additional advantages with regard to oxygen transfer and dewaterability, which may provide savings on operational costs.

Optimization of membrane bioreactors by the addition of powdered activated carbon

2013 ◽  
Vol 138 ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Choon Aun Ng ◽  
Darren Sun ◽  
Mohammed J.K. Bashir ◽  
Soon Han Wai ◽  
Ling Yong Wong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Membrane Bioreactors ◽  
Powdered Activated Carbon

Use of submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAMBR) containing powdered activated carbon (PAC) for the treatment of textile effluents

2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 1540-1547 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. L. Baêta ◽  
R. L. Ramos ◽  
D. R. S. Lima ◽  
S. F. Aquino
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Membrane Bioreactor ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Textile Wastewater ◽  
Membrane Bioreactors ◽  
Powdered Activated Carbon ◽  
Excellent Performance ◽  
Reactor Stability ◽  
Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors

This work investigated the use of submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactors (SAMBRs) in the presence and absence of powdered activated carbon (PAC) for the treatment of genuine textile wastewater. The reactors were operated at 35 °C with an HRT of 24 h and the textile effluent was diluted (1:10) with nutrient solution containing yeast extract as the source of the redox mediation riboflavin. The results showed that although both SAMBRs exhibited an excellent performance, the presence of PAC inside SAMBR-1 enhanced reactor stability and removal efficiency of chemical oxygen demand (COD), volatile fatty acids (VFA), turbidity and color. The median removal efficiencies of COD and color in SAMBR-1 were, 90 and 94% respectively; whereas for SAMBR-2 (without PAC) these values were 79 and 86%, In addition, the median values of turbidity and VFA were 8 NTU and 8 mg/L for SAMBR-1 and 14 NTU and 26 mg/L for SAMBR-2, indicating that the presence of PAC inside SAMBR-1 led to the production of an anaerobic effluent of high quality regarding such parameters.

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