The use of staged scouring aeration to reduce energy for membrane fouling was studied using one pilot-scale submerged membrane bioreactor to treat municipal wastewater. The experiments were conducted by varying each of permeate fluxes, scouring air scouring intensities and sequence during both permeation and relaxation periods while keeping other factors same. The critical and recoverable fluxes were measured by the stepwise flux method. Mixed liquor, permeate and filtrate was characterized by analysing COD, cTOC, SMP contents, etc. The recorded transmembrane pressure data were used to calculate the fouling resistance after relaxation and fouling rate of each cycle.
The results showed that when operated at relatively high permeate flux rate, membrane fouling could be effectively controlled by using relatively lower air scouring intensity and/or less infrequent aeration sequence during the permeation combined subsequently with more vigorous and frequent air scouring during the relaxation. At lower permeate flux rate with good permeability sludge, membrane fouling was effectively controlled by relatively low air scouring intensity and/or relatively infrequent aeration sequence during both permeation and relaxation periods. For each sludge condition, an optimal combination of cyclic air scouring intensity and sequence existed which could minimize the aeration energy consumption while maintaining effective fouling control. The frequency of aeration sequence plays a more dominant role than the air scouring intensity during the permeation in aeration optimization. / GE Water & Process Technologies
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OGU.10214/3609 |
| Date | 30 April 2012 |
| Creators | Jingjin, Bao |
| Contributors | Hongde, Zhou |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ |
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