Modelling and simulation of short and long term membrane filtration experiments

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 8, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 37-47

  Janus, Tomasz ^a   Paul, Parneet ^a   Ulanicki, Bogumil ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cake; Filtration; Fouling; MBR; Membrane; Modelling; Simulation; SMP; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954209010     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.688     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. G. Tchobanoglous, F.L. Burton and H.D. Stensel, Wastewater Engineering, Treatment and Reuse, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003, ISBN 0070418780, 9780070418783.
2. S. Liang, L. Song, G. Tao, K.A. Kekre and H. Seah, A modelling study of fouling development in membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment, Water Environ. Res., 78(8) (2006) 857-863.
3. I.S. Chang, P. Le Clech, B. Jefferson and S. Judd, Membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment, J. Environ. Eng., 128(11) (2002) 1018-1029.
4. C. Wisniewski and A. Grasmick, Floc size distribution in a membrane bioreactor and consequences for membrane fouling, Colloids Surf. A Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 138 (1998) 403-411.
5. F. Meng and F. Yang, Fouling mechanisms of deflocculated sludge, normal sludge, and bulking sludge in membrane bioreactor, J. Membr. Sci., 305 (2007) 48-56.
6. H. Choi, K. Zhang, D.D. Dionysiou, D.B. Oerther and G.A. Sorial, Effect of permeate flux and tangential flow on membrane fouling for wastewater treatment, Sep. Purif. Technol., 45 (2005) 68-78.
7. P.H. Nielsen and A. Jahn, in: J. Wingender, T.R. Neu, H.C. Flemming (Eds.), Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances, Springer, Berlin, 1999, pp. 49-72.
8. C. Nuenghamnong, J.H. Kweon, J. Cho, C. Polprasert and K.H. Anh, Membrane fouling caused by extracellular polymeric substances during microfiltration processes, Desalination, 179 (2005) 117-124.
9. P.H. Nielsen, A. Jahn and R. Palmgren, Conceptual model for production and composition of exopolymers in biofilms, Wat. Sci. Tech. 36 (1997) 11-19.
10. K.M. Hsieh, G.A. Murgel, L.W. Lion and M.L. Shuler, Interactions of microbial biofilms with toxic trace metals: 1. Observation and modeling of cell growth, attachment, and production of extracellular polymer., Biotech. Bioeng. 44 (1994) 219-231.
11. A. Broeckmann, J. Busch, T. Wintgens and W. Marquardt, Modeling of pore blocking and cake layer formation in membrane filtration for wastewater treatment, Desalination, 189 (2006) 97-109.
12. P. Grelier, S. Rosenberger and A. Tazi-Pain, Influence of sludge retention time on membrane bioreactor hydraulic performance, Desalination, 192(1-3) (2006) 10-17.
13. P.T. Hoa, L. Nair and C. Visvanathan, The effect of nutrients on extracellular polymeric substance production and its influence on sludge properties, Water SA, 29(Part 4) (2003) 437-442.
14. C. Psoch and S. Schiewer, Resistance analysis for enhanced wastewater membrane filtration, J. Membr. Sci., 280 (2006) 284-297.
15. H. Flemming, Biofouling bei Membranprozessen, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1995, ISBN 3-540-58596-6.
16. D. Lee and C. Wang, Review paper: theories of cake filtration and consolidation and implications to sludge dewatering, Water Res., 34(1) (2000) 1-20.
17. K. Parameshwaran, A. Fane, B. Cho and K. Kim, Analysis of microfiltration performance with constant flux processing of secondary effluent, Water Res., 35(18) (2001) 4349-4358.
18. Y. Ye, V. Chen and A.G. Fane, Modeling long-term subcritical filtration of model EPS solutions, Desalination, 191 (2006) 318-327.
19. X.Y. Li and Y. Yuan, Collision frequencies of microbial aggregates with small particles by differential sedimentation, Environ. Sci. Technol., 36 (2002) 387-393.
20. H. Nagaoka, S. Yamanishi and A. Miya, Modelling of biofouling by extracellular polymers in a membrane separation activated sludge system, Water Sci. Technol., 38(4-5) (1998) 497-504.
21. C. Ho and A.L. Zydney, Overview of fouling phenomena and modelling approaches for membrane bioreactors, Sep. Sci. Technol., 41 (2006) 1231-1251.
22. K. Shimizu, S. Takada, T. Takahashi and Y. Kawase, Phenomenological simulation model for gas hold-ups and volumetric mass transfer coefficients in external-loop airlift reactors, Chem. Eng. J., 84 (2001) 599-603.
23. K. Krauth and K.F. Staab, Pressurized bioreactor with membrane filtration for waste-water treatment, Water Res., 27 (1993) 405-411.
24. G. Gehlert, M. Abdulkadir, J. Fuhrmann and J. Hapke, Dynamic modeling of an ultrafiltration module for use in a membrane bioreactor, J. Membr. Sci., 248 (2005) 63-71.