Evaluation of an integrated sponge - Granular activated carbon fluidized bed bioreactor for treating primary treated sewage effluent

Xing, W; Ngo, HH; Guo, WS; Listowski, A; Cullum, P

Evaluation of an integrated sponge - Granular activated carbon fluidized bed bioreactor for treating primary treated sewage effluent

Xing, W Ngo, HH

Guo, WS

Listowski, A Cullum, P

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Bioresource Technology, 2011, 102 (9), pp. 5448 - 5453
Issue Date:: 2011-05-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Xing, W	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ngo, HH https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0296-2866	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Guo, WS https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5542-2858	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Listowski, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cullum, P	en_US
dc.date.available	2010-11-09	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-05-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Bioresource Technology, 2011, 102 (9), pp. 5448 - 5453	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0960-8524	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14973
dc.description.abstract	An integrated fluidized bed bioreactor (iFBBR) was designed to incorporate an aerobic sponge FBBR (ASB-FBBR) into an anoxic granular activated carbon FBBR (GAC-FBBR). This iFBBR was operated with and without adding a new starch based flocculant (NSBF) to treat synthetic primary treated sewage effluent (PTSE). The NSBF contains starch based cationic flocculants and trace nutrients. The results indicate that the iFBBR with NSBF addition could remove more than 93% dissolved organic carbon (DOC), 61% total nitrogen (T-N) and 60% total phosphorus (T-P) at just a very short hydraulic retention time of 50min. The optimum frequency of adding NSBF to the iFFBR is four times per day. As a pretreatment to microfiltration, the iFFBR could increase 5L/m2h of critical flux thus reducing the membrane fouling. In addition, better microbial activity was also observed with high DO consumption (>66%) and specific oxygen uptake rate (>35mg O2/gVSSh). © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Bioresource Technology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.biortech.2010.11.031	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Biotechnology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Animals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Porifera	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Bacteria	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Charcoal	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Oxygen	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Organic Chemicals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Starch	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Filtration	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Bioreactors	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Biomass	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Sewage	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Waste Disposal, Fluid	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Water Purification	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Flocculation	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Biodegradation, Environmental	en_US
dc.title	Evaluation of an integrated sponge - Granular activated carbon fluidized bed bioreactor for treating primary treated sewage effluent	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	9	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	102	en_US
utslib.for	0904 Chemical Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0907 Environmental Engineering	en_US
dc.location.activity	WOS:000290009300028	en_US
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 Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CTWW - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	9	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	102	en_US

Abstract:

An integrated fluidized bed bioreactor (iFBBR) was designed to incorporate an aerobic sponge FBBR (ASB-FBBR) into an anoxic granular activated carbon FBBR (GAC-FBBR). This iFBBR was operated with and without adding a new starch based flocculant (NSBF) to treat synthetic primary treated sewage effluent (PTSE). The NSBF contains starch based cationic flocculants and trace nutrients. The results indicate that the iFBBR with NSBF addition could remove more than 93% dissolved organic carbon (DOC), 61% total nitrogen (T-N) and 60% total phosphorus (T-P) at just a very short hydraulic retention time of 50min. The optimum frequency of adding NSBF to the iFFBR is four times per day. As a pretreatment to microfiltration, the iFFBR could increase 5L/m2h of critical flux thus reducing the membrane fouling. In addition, better microbial activity was also observed with high DO consumption (>66%) and specific oxygen uptake rate (>35mg O2/gVSSh). © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.

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