生化废水综合治理中的膜技术及其应用

工业生物技术蓬勃发展的同时其相关酿造、制药等工业已成为耗水和废水排放大户。该类生化废水属于典型高浓度、重污染有机废水,目前主要通过末端处理以达标排放为目标。随着水资源短缺的日益严重以及水环境压力的与日俱增,以资源回收利用和清洁生产为目标的生化废水综合治理工作迫在眉睫。膜分离技术因其具有高效、绿色的特点已成为生化废水综合治理过程中极具吸引力的一种选择。本文在在综述适合生化废水综合治理过程的单元膜技术、集成膜技术和膜生物反应器技术的种类、特点及应用情况的基础上．重点介绍了工业规模膜生物反应器技术在啤酒、味精及制药废水处理中的应用实例。     

厌氧膜生物反应器及其应用研究实例

厌氧膜生物反应器(anaerobic membrane bioreactor,AnMBR)是一种耦合了厌氧发酵和膜工艺的新型废水生物处理技术。其优点包括出水水质优良、有机负荷高、污泥产率低以及生物甲烷回收等。归纳了厌氧发酵的原理,常见厌氧膜生物反应器的结构和种类,以及厌氧膜生物反应器的发展历程及其应用。详细介绍了笔者的最新研究成果:厌氧膜生物反应器在高浓度厨余垃圾处理中的应用,及其在城市污水处理中的研究进展。最后总结了该工艺的应用及发展现状,指出其在高浓度有机废水处理中拥有广阔的应用前景。     

厌氧反应器中颗粒污泥的培育及应用研究进展*

厌氧生物处理技术因其具有有机负荷高、污泥产量低、能耗低等优点被广泛应用于各种废水处理中。厌氧颗粒污泥具有沉降性能好、微生物浓度高、有机负荷高等优点,极大地提高了废水处理效率。尤其在处理含高氨氮废水中,厌氧颗粒污泥的形成对反应器的高效生物脱氮至关重要。但到目前为止,厌氧反应器中的颗粒污泥形成及废水处理效果还缺乏系统的认识。鉴于此,总结了厌氧反应器中颗粒污泥的形成机制,分析了影响厌氧反应器中颗粒污泥形成的因素,论述了厌氧反应器中厌氧颗粒污泥生长的模拟,最后介绍了厌氧颗粒污泥在国内外的主流应用。厌氧反应器中颗粒污泥的形成是综合因素影响的结果,对影响厌氧颗粒污泥形成的每个因素都需要认真对待,可为在厌氧反应器中颗粒污泥的培育和应用提供理论指导和技术支撑。     

厌氧E-MBR反应器在焦化废水处理中的微生物特性研究

【目的】将厌氧的膜生物反应器(MBR)与微生物燃料电池(MFC)耦合的厌氧电辅助膜生物反应器(E-MBR)应用于实际工业焦化废水处理。【方法】通过正交实验优化了反应器进水的培养条件为PO_4~(3–)14.3 mg/L、Fe~(2+)0.2 mg/L、Fe~(3+)0.1 mg/L、Co~(2+)0.1 mg/L和Mn~(2+)0.2 mg/L。在此条件下考察了该反应器对系统中有机污染物的去除效率及厌氧污泥的污泥特性、产电性能、胞外聚合物(EPS)、微生物群落结构及膜污染的影响。【结果】结果表明,与未优化的培养条件相比,工业焦化废水COD的去除率提高了23%;污泥浓度(MLSS)、比重、沉降速度增加,污泥体积指数(SVI)降低,表明污泥颗粒化及沉降性能提高;污泥中溶解性EPS (SMP)、松散态EPS (LB-EPS)及紧密结合态EPS (TB-EPS)这3种组分中的蛋白质与多糖的比例(P/C)分别降低0.12、0.25和0.16,表明污泥更易于被降解;厌氧污泥的产电性能增强;高通量分子测序结果表明,反应器中污泥的群落结构发生了明显的变化,优势菌群突出;经扫描电镜(SEM)对比结果表明,反应器阴极膜的污染情况也得到了一定的减缓。【结论】优化进水培养条件可以达到使反应器污水处理效率提高、清理周期缩短和运行更稳定等效果,对于工业废水处理技术的节能环保方面提供一定的理论依据。     

废水厌氧处理系统

<正> 与活性污泥或生物过滤法相比,厌氧系统处理废水的系统的操作费用较低。奥地利安德茨公司近年来研制了一个不通风的废水处理系统,称为"Ruthner"系统,主要是由一个上流式的连续的Ruthner生物反应器和一个通风过滤系统组成,其它的一些附属设备有污泥分     

膜生物反应器中的生物学特征

由于在膜生物反应器内膜的截留作用 ,使膜生物反应器内的一些生物学特征与传统的活性污泥过程有所不同。本文系统地阐述了膜生物反应器内的微生物群落、活性污泥及微生物产物的生理生化特征。     

序批式反应器不同活性污泥特性的比较研究

研究了以厌-好氧交替运行方式序批式反应器(SBR)中接种普通活性污泥(CAS)、膜生物反应器(MBR)污泥、好氧颗粒污泥(AGS)的特性,研究结果表明,三种类型的污泥表现出不同的特性.     

膜技术在生物技术中应用

合成膜和其相关过程是一种新颖分离技术,由于它可以在维持原生物体系环境下实现分离,以及膜反应器可以使生物转化和产品分离结合起来等特点,近年已被广泛应用生物技术的产品分离和开发高效反应器中,展现了广阔的应用前景。     

EMBR技术处理工业园区综合废水试验研究

国内工业园区排放的综合废水中会产生复合污染且污染物具有多样性,致使目前常用的废水处理工艺难以达到国家废水处理的标准。本研究在膜生物反应器的基础上构建了电场-膜生物反应器,研究了电流密度和冲击负荷对COD_(cr)、氨氮和TN的影响。发现了电流密度对电场-膜生物反应器去除COD_(cr)效率没影响,而对TN去除率有很大的影响,冲击负荷对氨氮的去除效率没有影响。经过63 d连续运行,中试试验结果显示:电场-膜生物反应器的耦合对解决工业园区综合废水处理的难题有明显的效果,出水水质基本达到《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》(GB18918-2002)的一级B标准。     

微生物技术在医疗废水处理中的应用

医院污水含有多种病菌、病毒及寄生虫,其直接危害和潜在危害都是显而易见的,因此,进行医疗废水治理,已成为当务之急。微生物处理主要是通过采用活性污泥法、生物接触氧化法、膜生物反应器、曝气生物滤池法等对污水进行处理,从而有效去除水中的有机物,破坏病原微生物赖以生存的物质基础和保障消毒效果。不同的处理工艺各有优缺,适合于不同规模的医院。     

Experimental Study of Mass Transfer Phenomena in a Cross Flow Membrane Bioreactor: Aeration and Membrane Separation

Experimental work carried out on wastewater from a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) showed that in a cross flow membrane bioreactor the gas/liquid transfer is highly dependent on the biomass concentration. In new biological wastewater membrane treatment processes (mostly using deep end membranes), the biomass concentration is usually about 15 g/L, which entails a decrease in the bioreactor aeration capacity by a factor of approximately four compared with clean water. The gas/liquid transfer may therefore become a limiting step in this type of process. To prevent the operating costs of the biological treatment from increasing, it is imperative that the oxygen transfer be optimized. Membrane experiments showed that the permeate flux is highly dependent on the biomass concentration and the tangential velocity in the membrane module.     

Biomass Characteristics,Aeration and Oxygen Transfer in Membrane Bioreactors: Their Interrelations Explained by a Review of Aerobic Biological Processes

Membrane bioreactor (MBR) is a promising alternative to conventional wastewater treatment methods. However this process is still under-used due to its high running costs. Its main power requirement comes from aeration, which is used to supply dissolved oxygen to the micro-organisms and to maintain the solids in suspension. In addition, in submerged MBRs, aeration is used for membrane cleaning. A complex matrix links the biomass characteristics, the aeration and the oxygen transfer. These parameters can impact on each other and/or delete one another effect. In order to understand the phenomena occurring in MBRs, similar aerobic biological processes, such as fermentation, mineral industry and slurry, were investigated. This review discusses the interrelations of the biomass characteristics (solids concentration, particle size and viscosity), the aeration intensity and the oxygen transfer in MBRs.     

Treatment of urban wastewater in a membrane bioreactor at high organic loading rates.

Membrane bioreactors can replace the activated sludge process and the final clarification step in municipal wastewater treatment. The combination of bioreactor and crossflow microfiltration allows for a high chemical oxygen demand (COD) reduction of synthetic wastewater. From biomass, grown at high production rates in the aerobic bioreactor, energy rich biogas can be obtained in a subsequent anaerobic bioreactor. In this paper, experimental data from a laboratory scale membrane bioreactor are presented. The degradation of synthetic wastewater at short hydraulic retention times down to 1.5 h has been studied. The organic loading rate (OLR) has been varied in the range of 6-13 kg m(-3) per day. At steady state a high quality filtrate could be obtained at different operating conditions. At biomass concentrations of 10-22 g l(-1), COD reduction was above 95%.     

Novel application of oxygen-transferring membranes to improve anaerobic wastewater treatment

Anaerobic biological wastewater treatment has numerous advantages over conventional aerobic processes; anaerobic biotechnologies, however, still have a reputation for low-quality effluents and operational instabilities. In this study, anaerobic bioreactors were augmented with an oxygen-transferring membrane to improve treatment performance. Two anaerobic bioreactors were fed a synthetic high-strength wastewater (chemical oxygen demand, or COD, of 11,000 mg l(-1)) and concurrently operated until biomass concentrations and effluent quality stabilized. Membrane aeration was then initiated in one of these bioreactors, leading to substantially improved COD removal efficiency (> 95%) compared to the unaerated control bioreactor (approximately 65%). The membrane-augmented anaerobic bioreactor required substantially less base addition to maintain circumneutral pH and exhibited 75% lower volatile fatty acid concentrations compared to the unaerated control bioreactor. The membrane-aerated bioreactor, however, failed to improve nitrogenous removal efficiency and produced 80% less biogas than the control bioreactor. A third membrane-augmented anaerobic bioreactor was operated to investigate the impact of start-up procedure on nitrogenous pollutant removal. In this bioreactor, excellent COD (>90%) and nitrogenous (>95%) pollutant removal efficiencies were observed at an intermediate COD concentration (5,500 mg l(-1)). Once the organic content of the influent wastewater was increased to full strength (COD = 11,000 mg l(-1)), however, nitrogenous pollutant removal stopped. This research demonstrates that partial aeration of anaerobic bioreactors using oxygen-transferring membranes is a novel approach to improve treatment performance. Additional research, however, is needed to optimize membrane surface area versus the organic loading rate to achieve the desired effluent quality.     

An innovative membrane bioreactor (MBR) system for simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal

Membrane filtration was integrated with a post-denitrification process to form an innovative membrane bioreactor (MBR) system for effective organic degradation and nutrient (N and P) removal. The system comprised of an aerobic tank, an anoxic tank, an intermediate sedimentation tank, and a membrane filtration tank. The sedimentation tank functioned not only as a rough settler for sludge–water separation before membrane filtration but also as an anaerobic chamber for P release. While half of the influent flowed into the aerobic tank, the other half was fed into the anoxic tank to favor the proliferation of phosphorus accumulating organisms (PAOs). The experiment was conducted continuously for about 430 days. With a short overall treatment time of less than 10 h for municipal wastewater, the MBR-based process could achieve the total organic carbon, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus removals of around 94%, 85%, and 87%, respectively. The growth and activity of PAOs in the MBR system were evidenced by the significant P release in the anaerobic chamber followed by the luxury P uptake in the membrane tank. With the DAPI and PAO_mix probe staining, the increases of PAOs and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) in sludge during the experiment were well observed under the fluorescent microscope.     

Current research trends on microplastic pollution from wastewater systems: a critical review

Microplastics have been widely considered as contaminants for the environment and biota. Till now, most previous studies have focused on the identification and characterization of microplastics in freshwater, sea water, and the terrestrial environment. Although microplastics have been extensively detected in the wastewater, research in this area is still lacking and not thoroughly understood. To fill this knowledge gap, the current review article covers the analytical methods of microplastics originating from wastewater streams and describes their sources and occurrences in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Studies indicated that microplastic pollution caused by domestic washing of synthetic fibers could be detected in the effluent; however, most microplastics from personal care and cosmetic products (PCCPs) can be efficiently removed during wastewater treatment. Moreover, various techniques for sampling and analyzing microplastics from wastewater systems are reviewed; while, the implementation of standardized protocols for microplastics is required. Finally, the fate of microplastics during wastewater treatments and the environmental contamination of effluent to environment are presented. Previous studies reported that the advanced wastewater treatment (e.g., membrane bioreactor) is needed for improving the removal efficiency of small-sized microplastics (<?100 µm). Although the role of microplastics as transport vectors for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is still under debate, they have demonstrated abilities to absorb harmful agents like pharmaceuticals.

     

Characterization of membrane foulants in a pilot-scale powdered activated carbon–membrane bioreactor for drinking water treatment

The external and internal foulants of a pilot-scale powdered activated carbon–membrane bioreactor (PAC–MBR) used for drinking water treatment were systematically examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), three-dimensional excitation emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and energy diffusive X-ray (EDX) analysis. The results showed that external fouling, which comprised 31.68% of the total fouling, was caused by the deposition of a large amount of biological PAC on the membrane surface. Bacteria and organic matter comprised only a small fraction of the external foulants. Biologically derived proteins and polysaccharides were the major constituents of the internal foulants. EDX analysis indicated that the external and internal foulants also included inorganic elements such as Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Mn and Fe. During the operation of PAC–MBR, low flux and effective physical cleaning protocols should be adopted; proteins, polysaccharides and inorganic elements in the bioreactor should also be controlled.     

污水处理和回用技术的应用：中水回用在沈阳的发展前景和存在的问题

为了解决水资源供应严重短缺,缓解污水排放对环境造成的破坏,沈阳市在今后5～10年内将建成中水回用系统,使城市中水回用率达到50％.文中回顾了污水处理和回用技术的发展现状,总结了中水回用的常规技术和新工艺(包括土壤渗滤法、膜生物反应器工艺法、周期循环延时曝气工艺法),并指出土壤渗滤法(SAT)和膜生物反应器(MBR)因其独特的技术优势,在中水回用领域的光明前景.通过列举一些污水回用项目的实际例子,分析了中水回用技术应用所带来的经济和生态效应,并探讨了沈阳市中水回用存在的问题和解决方法.     

Performance Of A Membrane Bioreactor For Enzymatic Transesterification: Characterization And Comparison With A Batch Stirred Tank Reactor

A membrane bioreactor containing cutinase microencapsulated in reversed micelles of AOT/isooctane was used to perform the alcoholysis of butyl acetate with hexanol. The membrane used was a tubular ceramic membrane with a cut-off of 15, 000 Da. Membrane characterization involved two parts: structure definition and operational properties. The former included membrane imaging to define the average membrane pore size. With the values obtained, characterization proceeded through the prediction of permeability and number of pores. The separation properties of the membrane were evaluated with the determination of rejection coefficients, based on transmission experiments, for all system components, including the substrates, products and the biocatalyst. The performance of the membrane bioreactor (MBR) was compared with the results obtained in a batch stirred tank reactor (BSTR) using the normalized residence time concept. The MBR operated as a differential reactor as theoretical treatment of experimental data demonstrated.     

EPS and SMP dynamics at different heights of a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAMBR)

Membrane bioreactors (MBR) technology for wastewater offers many advantages over conventional technologies such as high effluent quality, less footprint and others. The main disadvantage of membrane bioreactors (MBR) is related to membrane fouling, which is mainly caused by extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) and soluble microbial products (SMP). This research studied EPS and SMP dynamics at different heights of a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAMBR). The SAMBR was operated under two organic loading rates (OLR) (0.79 and 1.56 kg/m³ d) and was fed with synthetic wastewater with glucose as the carbon source. The results showed percentages of chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal above 95% and the highest COD removal rates were observed at the bottom of the reactor (>83%) for both OLR. The EPS showed a stratification with highest quantities in the supernatant. For the SMP the highest concentration was in the bottom of SAMBR where utilization predominated associated products whereas in the SAMBR supernatant predominated biomass associated products. The OLR change led to a significant increase in SMP accumulation but not in EPS. These facts showed that EPS and SMP dynamic in the SAMBR seemed to be mainly influenced by biological activity, total suspended solids concentration and substrate composition.