Roles of polyurethane foam in aerobic moving and fixed bed bioreactors

Guo, W; Ngo, HH; Dharmawan, F; Palmer, CG

Roles of polyurethane foam in aerobic moving and fixed bed bioreactors

Guo, W

Ngo, HH

Dharmawan, F Palmer, CG

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Bioresource Technology, 2010, 101 (5), pp. 1435 - 1439
Issue Date:: 2010-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Guo, W https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5542-2858	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ngo, HH https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0296-2866	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dharmawan, F	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Palmer, CG https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7349-1304	en_US
dc.date.available	2009-05-27	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Bioresource Technology, 2010, 101 (5), pp. 1435 - 1439	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0960-8524	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/13676
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this study was to investigate the performance of sponge as an active mobile carrier for attachedgrowth biomass in three typical types of aerobic bioreactors to treat a high strength synthetic wastewater. The results show that sponge thickness deteriorated the organic and nutrient removal and 1 cm is the optimumthickness for fixed-bed sponge biofilter (SBF). The sponge volume had significant impact on phosphorus removal rather than organic or nitrogen removal, and 20% volume of sponge could achieve 100% T-P removal within 3 h in a sponge batch reactor (SBR). When sponge coupled with submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR), the single system show outstanding ammonium (100% at filtration flux of 10 and 15 L/m2 h) and phosphorus (>91% at all fluxes range) removal with optimum pH range of 6-7. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Bioresource Technology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.biortech.2009.05.062	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Biotechnology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Oxygen	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Organic Chemicals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Polyurethanes	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Filtration	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Bioreactors	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Aerobiosis	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Hydrogen-Ion Concentration	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Solubility	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Porosity	en_US
dc.title	Roles of polyurethane foam in aerobic moving and fixed bed bioreactors	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	5	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	101	en_US
utslib.for	0904 Chemical Engineering	en_US
dc.location.activity	Townsville, AUSTRALIA
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
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/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CTWW - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	5	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	101	en_US

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to investigate the performance of sponge as an active mobile carrier for attachedgrowth biomass in three typical types of aerobic bioreactors to treat a high strength synthetic wastewater. The results show that sponge thickness deteriorated the organic and nutrient removal and 1 cm is the optimumthickness for fixed-bed sponge biofilter (SBF). The sponge volume had significant impact on phosphorus removal rather than organic or nitrogen removal, and 20% volume of sponge could achieve 100% T-P removal within 3 h in a sponge batch reactor (SBR). When sponge coupled with submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR), the single system show outstanding ammonium (100% at filtration flux of 10 and 15 L/m2 h) and phosphorus (>91% at all fluxes range) removal with optimum pH range of 6-7. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd.

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