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http://dx.doi.org/10.4014/jmb.1605.05021

Effect of the Shape and Size of Quorum-Quenching Media on Biofouling Control in Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater TreatmentS  

Lee, Seonki (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University)
Lee, Sang Hyun (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University)
Lee, Kibaek (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University)
Kwon, Hyeokpil (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University)
Nahm, Chang Hyun (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University)
Lee, Chung-Hak (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University)
Park, Pyung-Kyu (Department of Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University)
Choo, Kwang-Ho (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Jung-Kee (Department of Biomedicinal Science and Biotechnology, Paichai University)
Oh, Hyun-Suk (Singapore Membrane Technology Center, Nanyang Technological University)
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology / v.26, no.10, 2016 , pp. 1746-1754 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, spherical beads entrapping quorum quenching (QQ) bacteria have been reported as effective moving QQ-media for biofouling control in MBRs for wastewater treatment owing to their combined effects of biological (i.e., quorum quenching) and physical washing. Taking into account both the mass transfer of signal molecules through the QQ-medium and collision efficiencies of the QQ-medium against the filtration membranes in a bioreactor, a cylindrical medium (QQ-cylinder) was developed as a new shape of moving QQ-medium. The QQ-cylinders were compared with previous QQ-beads in terms of the QQ activity and the physical washing effect under identical loading volumes of each medium in batch tests. It was found that the QQ activity of a QQ-medium was highly dependent on its specific surface area, regardless of the shape of the medium. In contrast, the physical washing effect of a QQ-medium was greatly affected by its geometric structure. The enhanced anti-biofouling property of the QQ-cylinders relative to QQ-beads was confirmed in a continuous laboratory-scale MBR with a flat-sheet membrane module.
Keywords
Membrane bioreactor; quorum sensing; quorum quenching; bead; cylinder;
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