Submerged membrane adsorption bioreactor as a pretreatment in seawater desalination for biofouling control

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 141, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-64

  Jeong, Sanghyun ^a   Naidu, Gayathri ^a   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Biofouling potential; Membrane bio reactor; Powder activated carbon; Seawater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIOFOULING; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; DESALINATION; WATER FILTRATION;

BIOFOULING CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL PRE-TREATMENT; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; POWDER ACTIVATED CARBON; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

SEAWATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOPOLYMER; ORGANIC MATTER; POWDER ACTIVATED CARBON; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEAWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOREACTOR; DEGRADATION; DESALINATION; FOULING CONTROL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE ADSORPTION BIOREACTOR;

EID: 84878940672     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Ahmad, R.T., Nguyen, T.V., Vigneswaran, S., Khorshed, C., 2010. Influence of powder activated carbon on the operation of a submerged microfiltration system with sea water. In: Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering, CESE-2010, 26 September to 1 October, Cairns, Australia.
2. Al-Juboori R.A., Yusaf T. Biofouling in RO system: mechanisms, monitoring and controlling. Desalination 2012, 302:1-23.
3. American Public Health Association/American Water Works Association/Water Environment Federation (APHA/AWWA/WEF), 1995. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 19th ed. American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation, USA.
4. Chen J., Zhang M., Wang A., Lin H., Hong H., Lu X. Osmotic pressure effect on membrane fouling in a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor and its experimental verification. Bioresour. Technol. 2012, 125:97-101.
5. Chien C.C., Kao C.M., Dong C.D., Chen T.Y., Chen J.Y. Effectiveness of AOC removal by advanced water treatment systems: a case study. Desalination 2007, 202(1-3):318-325.
6. Chinu K., Johir A.H., Vigneswaran S., Shon H.K., Kandasamy J. Assessment of pretreatment to microfiltration for desalination in terms of fouling index and molecular weight distribution. Desalination 2010, 250:644-647.
7. Flemming H.C., Schaule G., Griebe T., Schmitt J., Tamachkiarowa A. Biofouling-the Achilles heel of membrane processes. Desalination 1997, 113:215.
8. Guo W., Vigneswaran S., Ngo H.-H., Xing W., Goteti P. Comparison of the performance of submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) and submerged membrane adsorption bioreactor (SMABR). Bioresour. Technol. 2008, 99(5):1012-1017.
9. Hambsch B., Werner P. The removal of regrowth enhancing organic matter by slow sand filtration. Advances in Slow Sand and Alternative Biological Filtration 1996, 21-27. John Wiley and Sons.
10. Hammes F., Salhi E., Koster O., Kaiser H.-P., Egli T., von Gunten U. Mechanistic and kinetic evaluation of organic disinfection by-product and assimilable organic carbon (AOC) formation during the ozonation of drinking water. Water Res. 2006, 40(12):2275-2286.
11. Han S.S., Bae T.H., Jang G.G., Tak T.M. Influence of sludge retention time on membrane fouling and bioactivies in membrane bioreactor system. Process Biochem. 2005, 40:2393-2400.
12. Heran M., Aryal R., Shon H.K., Vigneswaran S., Elmaleh S., Grasmick A. How to optimize hollow-fiber submerged membrane bioreactors. Water Environ. Res. 2012, 84(2):115-119.
13. Huber S.A., Balz A., Abert M., Pronk W. Characterisation of aquatic humic and non-humic matter with size-exclusion chromatography-organic carbon detection-organic nitrogen detection (LC-OCD-OND). Water Res. 2011, 45:879-885.
14. Jeong, S., Nguyen, T.V., Vigneswaran, S., 2011. Pretreatment of seawater for organic removal using powder activated carbon. In: IDA World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse, 5-9 September, Perth, Australia.
15. Jeong S., Kim L., Kim S.-J., Nguyen T.V., Vigneswaran S., Kim I.S. Biofouling potential reductions using a membrane hybrid system as a pre-treatment to seawater reverse osmosis. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 2012, 67(6):1716-1727.
16. Johir M.A.H., Aryal R., Vigneswaran S., Kandasamy J., Grasmick A. Influence of supporting media in suspension on membrane fouling reduction in submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR). J. Membr. Sci. 2011, 374(1):121-128.
17. Kang G.D., Gao C.J., Chen W.D., Jie X.M., Cao Y.M., Yuan Q. Study on hypochlorite degradation of aromatic polyamide reverse osmosis membrane. J. Membr. Sci. 2007, 300:165-171.
18. Lay W.C.L., Liu Y., Fane A.G. Impacts of salinity on the performance of high retention membrane bioreactors for water reclamation: a review. Water Res. 2010, 44:21-40.
19. Lefebvre O., Moletta R. Treatment of organic pollution in industrial saline wastewater: a literature review. Water Res. 2006, 40(20):3671-3682.
20. Matin A., Khan Z., Zaidi S.M.J., Boyce M.C. Biofouling in reverse osmosis membranes for seawater desalination: phenomena and prevention. Desalination 2011, 281:1-16.
21. Meyer J.L., Edwards R.T., Risley R. Bacterial growth on dissolved organic carbon from a blackwater river. Microbiol. Ecol. 1987, 13:13-29.
22. Naidu G., Jeong S., Vigneswaran S., Rice S.A. Microbial activity in biofilter used as a pretreatment for seawater desalination. Desalination 2013, 309:254-260.
23. Orem, Y. et al., 2011. Evaluation and Comparison of Seawater and Brackish Water Pre-treatment. Chap 2 in Membrane Based Desalination an Integrated Approach. Enrico Diroli, IWA Publishing, London 2011. ISBN 9781843393214.
24. Shannon M.A., Bohn P.W., Elimelech M., Georgiadis J.G., Marinas B.J., Mayes A.M. Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades. Nature 2008, 452:301-310.
25. Tian Y., Chen L., Zhang S., Cao C., Zhang S. Correlating membrane fouling with sludge characteristics in membrane bioreactors: an especial interest in EPS and sludge morphology analysis. Bioresour. Technol. 2011, 102(19):8820-8827.
26. Van der Kooij D., Veenendaal H.R. Biofilm development on surfaces in drinking water distribution systems. Water Supply 1994, 12(12). SS 1-1-SS 1-7.
27. Velten S., Hammes F., Boller M., Egli T. Rapid and direct estimation of active biomass on granular activated carbon through adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP) determination. Water Res. 2007, 41(9):1973-1983.
28. Visvanathan C., Boonthanon N., Sathasivan A., Jegatheesan V. Pretreatment of seawater for biodegradable organic content removal using membrane bioreactor. Desalination 2002, 153:133-140.
29. Yogalakshmi K.N., Joseph K. Effect of transient sodium chloride shock loads on the performance of submerged membrane bioreactor. Bioresour. Technol. 2010, 101:7054-7061.