Real-time monitoring of membrane fouling development during early stages of activated sludge membrane bioreactor operation

Fortunato, L; Pathak, N; Ur Rehman, Z; Shon, H; Leiknes, TO

Real-time monitoring of membrane fouling development during early stages of activated sludge membrane bioreactor operation

Fortunato, L Pathak, N Ur Rehman, Z Shon, H

Leiknes, TO

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Citation:: Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2018, 120 pp. 313 - 320
Issue Date:: 2018-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Fortunato, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Pathak, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ur Rehman, Z	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Shon, H https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3777-7169	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Leiknes, TO https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4046-5622	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2018, 120 pp. 313 - 320	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0957-5820	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/131966
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 Institution of Chemical Engineers Non-invasive analysis and a final destructive analysis were employed to study the fouling formation during the initial days of AS-MBR operation. The fouling layer development was quantified in-situ non-invasively with Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). The increase in biomass thickness was related to the transmembrane pressure (TMP) and to the increase in concentration of soluble microbial products (SMP) in the reactor The OCT non-destructive analysis allowed normalizing the final autopsy values for the amount of biomass deposited on the membrane. After 8 days of operation, the cake layer presented a biomass activity of 400 pg/mm3 of intra-ATP and EPS concentration of 9.8 mg/ mm3. The microbial community analysis of sludge and biofouling on the membrane surface revealed the abundance of Proteobacteria.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Process Safety and Environmental Protection	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.psep.2018.09.022	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	en_US
dc.title	Real-time monitoring of membrane fouling development during early stages of activated sludge membrane bioreactor operation	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	120	en_US
utslib.for	0502 Environmental Science and Management	en_US
utslib.for	0904 Chemical Engineering	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CTWW - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
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pubs.volume	120	en_US

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© 2018 Institution of Chemical Engineers Non-invasive analysis and a final destructive analysis were employed to study the fouling formation during the initial days of AS-MBR operation. The fouling layer development was quantified in-situ non-invasively with Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). The increase in biomass thickness was related to the transmembrane pressure (TMP) and to the increase in concentration of soluble microbial products (SMP) in the reactor The OCT non-destructive analysis allowed normalizing the final autopsy values for the amount of biomass deposited on the membrane. After 8 days of operation, the cake layer presented a biomass activity of 400 pg/mm3 of intra-ATP and EPS concentration of 9.8 mg/ mm3. The microbial community analysis of sludge and biofouling on the membrane surface revealed the abundance of Proteobacteria.

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