1. Unsteady state municipal wastewater treatment: MBR response to organic and hydraulic shock-loads.
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Karamnia, Behnam, Pourasgharian Roudsari, Fatemeh, and Mehrnia, Mohammad Reza
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WASTEWATER treatment ,EFFLUENT quality ,SEWAGE disposal plants - Abstract
Ensuring the effluent quality despite fluctuations in influent flow rate and organic load to municipal wastewater treatment plants is critical. This study investigated the performance of a membrane bioreactor (MBR) in handling hydraulic and organic loading shocks during wastewater treatment. The ability of the MBR to remove COD, BOD
5 , and turbidity from synthetic wastewater was evaluated at steady-state and after applying five levels of organic shock loads (1.5×-4×) and four levels of hydraulic shocks (1.2×-4.7×). Due to the short-term shock-loadings no discernible effect was observed on the mixed liquor suspended solids implying biological stability. The average COD removal in MBR exposed to organic and hydraulic shock loads was 93.8% and 94%, respectively, similar to average BOD5 removals of 94.4% and 93.6%. The membrane retained suspended particles well throughout the process. However, it became quickly fouled only by applying a strong hydraulic shock. The MBR guaranteed the quality of the effluent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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