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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/mwt.2018.9.5.343

Membrane fouling in thermophilic membrane bioreactor with different sludge retention times  

Ince, Elif (Gebze Technical University, Department of Environmental Engineering)
Ince, Mahir (Gebze Technical University, Department of Environmental Engineering)
Topaloglu, Alikemal (Bulent Ecevit University, Department of Environmental Engineering)
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Membrane and Water Treatment / v.9, no.5, 2018 , pp. 343-351 More about this Journal
Abstract
As membrane fouling is based on various factors, it is a complex phenomenon that is hard to estimate. This study investigated membrane fouling in a thermophilic jet loop membrane bioreactor (JLMBR). With this purpose, four different empirical membrane fouling models with different sludge retention times were applied on the flow data obtained in the system. As a result of the model implementation, it was found for all sludge retention times that, standard blocking is effective in the first 1.5 hours of filtration, while cake filtration was dominant in the remaining duration. Additionally, it was observed that as the sludge retention time increases, membrane fouling rate decreases.
Keywords
EPS; fouling model; filtration; MBR; SMP; thermophilic;
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