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Advanced Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment 2nd Edition
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Advanced Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment 2nd Edition

A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Engineering and Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 January 2024) | Viewed by 2322

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Dr. Amine Charfi

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Department of chemical engineering, IUT GON, France UR ABTE (Aliments Bioprocédés Toxicologie Environnements) EcoTEA, University of Caen Normandy, Caen, France
Interests: membrane separation; membrane bioreactors; anaerobic digestion; modelling; wastewater treatment
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Dr. Geoffroy Lesage

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European Institute of Membranes, IEM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34090 Montpellier, France
Interests: high-level removal of micropollutants and resource recovery for wastewater reuse application; energy production from anaerobic digestion of organic content of domestic wastewaters; insights into the complexity of dissolved and colloidal organic matter origin; fate and behavior in biological processes (aerobic and anaerobic) combined to membrane separation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

An MBR is an efficient technology for industrial and domestic wastewater treatment, combining a membrane filtration system and activated sludge biological treatment. MBR technology seems to be a good choice as most of the solids including bacteria will be completely eliminated through membrane separation, which enables the final effluent to be directly discharged to the surface water or more easily post-treated for wastewater-reuse applications. Major limitations for the widespread application of membrane bioreactors (MBR) include membrane fouling and energy consumption. Membrane fouling reduces plant productivity, shortens membrane lifetime, and increases energy consumption and the need for chemical cleaning.

This Special Issue on “Advanced Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment 2nd Edition” of the journal Membranes seeks contributions to assess the state of the art and future developments in the field of advanced membrane bioreactors. Topics include but are not limited to fouling characterization; new fouling mitigation strategies (quorum quenching, mechanical cleaning processes, etc.); anaerobic MBR; biofilm MBR; new membrane materials for MBR; gravity-driven MBR; hybrid MBR; micro-pollutants issues; and the theory, modeling, design, management, and applications of advanced membrane bioreactors. Authors are invited to submit their latest results; both original papers and reviews are welcome.

Dr. Amine Charfi
Dr. Geoffroy Lesage
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Membranes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • membrane bioreactors
  • low-energy wastewater treatment
  • wastewater reuse
  • fouling
  • ultrafiltration

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Coupling a Simple and Generic Membrane Fouling Model with Biological Dynamics: Application to the Modeling of an Anaerobic Membrane BioReactor (AnMBR)
by Boumediene Benyahia, Amine Charfi, Geoffroy Lesage, Marc Heran, Brahim Cherki and Jérôme Harmand
Membranes 2024, 14(3), 69; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/membranes14030069 - 20 Mar 2024
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A simple model is developed for membrane fouling, taking into account two main fouling phenomena: cake formation, due to attached solids on the membrane surface, and pore clogging, due to retained compounds inside the pores. The model is coupled with a simple anaerobic [...] Read more.
A simple model is developed for membrane fouling, taking into account two main fouling phenomena: cake formation, due to attached solids on the membrane surface, and pore clogging, due to retained compounds inside the pores. The model is coupled with a simple anaerobic digestion model for describing the dynamics of an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR). In simulations, we investigate its qualitative behavior: it is shown that the model exhibits satisfying properties in terms of a flux decrease due to membrane fouling. Comparing simulation and experimental data, the model is shown to predict quite well the dynamics of an AnMBR. The simulated flux best fits the experimental flux with a correlation coefficient r2=0.968 for the calibration data set and r2=0.938 for the validation data set. General discussions are given on possible control strategies to limit fouling and optimize the flux production. We show in simulations that these strategies allow one to increase the mean production flux to 33 L/(h·m2),whereas without control, it was 18 L/(h·m2). Full article
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Identification of Membrane Fouling with Greywater Filtration by Porous Membranes: Combined Effect of Membrane Pore Size and Applied Pressure
by Hoseok Jang, Sinu Kang and Jeonghwan Kim
Membranes 2024, 14(2), 46; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/membranes14020046 - 07 Feb 2024
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Membrane fouling caused by complex greywater synthesized by personal care products and detergents commercially available for household applications was investigated using dead-end microfiltration (MF) and analyzed systematically by a multistage Hermia blocking model as a first attempt. The highest flux decline was associated [...] Read more.
Membrane fouling caused by complex greywater synthesized by personal care products and detergents commercially available for household applications was investigated using dead-end microfiltration (MF) and analyzed systematically by a multistage Hermia blocking model as a first attempt. The highest flux decline was associated with the smallest pore size of the membrane (0.03 μm). This effectiveness was more pronounced at higher applied pressures to the membrane. A cake layer was formed on the membrane consisting mainly of silica particles present as ingredients in greywater. Although organic rejection was low by the porous MF membrane, the organic compound contributed to membrane fouling in the filtration stage. With a 0.03 μm pore size of the membrane, dominant fouling mechanisms were classified into three stages as applied pressure increased, such as complete pore blocking, intermediate pore blocking, and cake layer formation. Specifically, during the early stage of membrane filtration at 1.5 bar, membrane fouling was determined by complete pore blocking in the 0.10 μm pore size of the membrane. However, the later stage of membrane fouling was controlled mainly by intermediate pore blocking. Regardless of the applied pressure, pore constriction or standard blocking played an important role in the fouling rate with a 0.45 μm pore size of the membrane. Our results also support that complex formation can occur due to the concentration of organic and inorganic species present in simulated greywater. Thus, strategic approaches such as periodic, chemically enhanced backwashing need to be developed and tailored to remove both organic and inorganic fouling from MF membranes treating greywater. Full article
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