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http://dx.doi.org/10.11001/jksww.2016.30.5.605

Evaluating membrane fouling and its field applicability under different physical cleaning conditions in MBRs  

Park, Jeonghoon (Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Water Resources)
Kim, Hyungsoo (Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Water Resources)
Park, Kitae (Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Water Resources)
Park, Jungwoo (Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Water Resources)
Park, Sekeun (Jeong Woo ENT Inc.)
Kang, Heeseok (Jeong Woo ENT Inc.)
Kim, Jihoon (Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Water Resources)
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Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater / v.30, no.5, 2016 , pp. 605-612 More about this Journal
Abstract
Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) employ a process of biological treatment that is based on a membrane that has the advantages of producing high-quality treated water and possessing a compact footprint. However, despite these advantages, the occurrence of "fouling" during the operation of these reactors causes the difficulty of maintenance. Hence, in this study, three physical cleaning methods, namely, backwashing, air scrubbing, and mechanical cleaning ball was performed to identify optimum operating conditions through laboratory scale experiments, and apply them in a pilot plant. Further, the existing MBR process was compared with these methods, and the field applicability of a combination of these physical cleaning methods was investigated. Consequently, MCB, direct control of cake fouling on the membrane surface was found to be the most effective. Moreover, as a result of operating with combination of the physical cleaning process in a pilot plant, the TMP increasing rate was found to be - 0.00007 MPa/day, which was 185% higher than that obtained using the existing MBR process. Therefore, assuming fouling only by cake filtration, about one year of operation without chemical cleaning is considered to be feasible through the optimization of the physical cleaning methods.
Keywords
Physical cleaning; Fouling; Cake filtration; MBRs;
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