《Evaluation of sponge tray-membrane bioreactor (ST-MBR) for primary treated》.pdf

Bioresource Technology 113 (2012) 143–147 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Bioresource Technology journal homepage: www.elsevi /locate/biortech Evaluation of sponge tray-membrane bioreactor (ST-MBR) for primary treated sewage effluent treatment Tien Thanh Nguyen a, Huu Hao Ngo a,⇑, Wenshan Guo a, Andrei Listowski b, Jian Xin Li c a School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia b Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 2127, Australia c Laboratory for Membrane Materials and Separation Technology, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, PR China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The membrane bioreactor system (MBR) with pre-treatment of sponge tray bioreactor (STB) was evalu- Received 16 October 2011 ated at different operating conditions for treating primary treated sewage (PTS). The result indicated the Received in revised form 28 November 2011 successful removal of DOC with the efficiency of higher than 95%. The highest nutrient removal efficiency Accepted 29 November 2011 of 83.6% (NH -N) and 75.5% (PO -P) was observed at sludge concentration of 330 mg/L. Specific oxygen 4 4 Available online 8 December 2011 uptake rate (SOUR) of activated sludge in MBR kept increasing up to 6 mg O2/g VSS h during stage IV.