Treatment of high strength industrial wastewater using extended aeration-immersed microfiltration (EAM) process

Fully submerged laboratory scale hollow fiber microfiltration module was used to treat a food industry wastewater in Malaysia. Permeate extraction was carried out continuously under a suction pressure not exceeding 0.9 bar. The module is aerated from beneath the microfiltration module to provide the...

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Main Authors: Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari, Nagaoka, Hiroshi, Aya, Hidenori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2002
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116024/
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author Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari
Nagaoka, Hiroshi
Aya, Hidenori
author_facet Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari
Nagaoka, Hiroshi
Aya, Hidenori
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description Fully submerged laboratory scale hollow fiber microfiltration module was used to treat a food industry wastewater in Malaysia. Permeate extraction was carried out continuously under a suction pressure not exceeding 0.9 bar. The module is aerated from beneath the microfiltration module to provide the crossflow effect and the oxygen requirement for the biological process. Active sludge from activated sludge plant at the factory was used in the start-up with a food/microorganisms (F/M) ratio of about 0.6, which later reduced further with time to 0.13 subject to the increase in the mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) and the permeate extraction rate. Primary effluent with chemical oxygen demand (COD) ranged between 1500 and 3000 mg/l was used in the study. MLSS of over 5500 mg/l were reached after nearly three month of filtration run. Permeate COD and turbidity reduction of over 97% and 99% respectively, were achieved. Dark streaks that formed on the inner side of the membrane surface are responsible for the declining permeate turbidity in the second month of operation since the membrane nominal size remains relatively unchanged.
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spelling upm-1160242025-03-19T01:18:42Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116024/ Treatment of high strength industrial wastewater using extended aeration-immersed microfiltration (EAM) process Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari Nagaoka, Hiroshi Aya, Hidenori Fully submerged laboratory scale hollow fiber microfiltration module was used to treat a food industry wastewater in Malaysia. Permeate extraction was carried out continuously under a suction pressure not exceeding 0.9 bar. The module is aerated from beneath the microfiltration module to provide the crossflow effect and the oxygen requirement for the biological process. Active sludge from activated sludge plant at the factory was used in the start-up with a food/microorganisms (F/M) ratio of about 0.6, which later reduced further with time to 0.13 subject to the increase in the mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) and the permeate extraction rate. Primary effluent with chemical oxygen demand (COD) ranged between 1500 and 3000 mg/l was used in the study. MLSS of over 5500 mg/l were reached after nearly three month of filtration run. Permeate COD and turbidity reduction of over 97% and 99% respectively, were achieved. Dark streaks that formed on the inner side of the membrane surface are responsible for the declining permeate turbidity in the second month of operation since the membrane nominal size remains relatively unchanged. 2002 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116024/1/116024.pdf Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari and Nagaoka, Hiroshi and Aya, Hidenori (2002) Treatment of high strength industrial wastewater using extended aeration-immersed microfiltration (EAM) process. Desalination, 149 (1-3). pp. 179-183. ISSN 0011-9164; eISSN: 0011-9164 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0011916402007531 10.1016/S0011-9164(02)00753-1
spellingShingle Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari
Nagaoka, Hiroshi
Aya, Hidenori
Treatment of high strength industrial wastewater using extended aeration-immersed microfiltration (EAM) process
title Treatment of high strength industrial wastewater using extended aeration-immersed microfiltration (EAM) process
title_full Treatment of high strength industrial wastewater using extended aeration-immersed microfiltration (EAM) process
title_fullStr Treatment of high strength industrial wastewater using extended aeration-immersed microfiltration (EAM) process
title_full_unstemmed Treatment of high strength industrial wastewater using extended aeration-immersed microfiltration (EAM) process
title_short Treatment of high strength industrial wastewater using extended aeration-immersed microfiltration (EAM) process
title_sort treatment of high strength industrial wastewater using extended aeration-immersed microfiltration (eam) process
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116024/1/116024.pdf