Wastewater Treatment and Membrane Fouling Control Using an Algae-Sludge Membrane Bioreactor (AS-MBR)

Mary Vermi Aizza Corpuz; Vincenzo Senatore; Fabiano Castrogiovanni; Antonio Buonerba; Laura Borea; Tiziano Zarra; Vincenzo Belgiorno; Kwang Ho Choo; Shadi W. Hasan; Florencio C. Ballesteros; Vincenzo Naddeo

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Wastewater Treatment and Membrane Fouling Control Using an Algae-Sludge Membrane Bioreactor (AS-MBR)

Mary Vermi Aizza Corpuz, Vincenzo Senatore, Fabiano Castrogiovanni, Antonio Buonerba, Laura Borea, Tiziano Zarra, Vincenzo Belgiorno, Kwang Ho Choo, Shadi W. Hasan, Florencio C. Ballesteros, Vincenzo Naddeo

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The study has investigated the use of an Algae-Sludge Membrane Bioreactor (AS-MBR) for wastewater treatment. Its performance, in terms of pollutant removal and membrane fouling mitigation, was compared to that of a previously reported conventional MBR. Results showed that it has a COD removal efficiency that is only slightly higher than that in the conventional Membrane Bioreactor (MBR). The effect of the combined microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) and activated sludge biomass resulted in more efficient nutrient removals in the AS-MBR than in the conventional MBR. Higher removals of NH₄⁺-N and PO₄³⁻-P by 43.89 and 6.4% were observed in the AS-MBR. However, detection of NO₃⁻-N at the effluent revealed that denitrification was not a dominant nitrogen removal pathway in the system. Membrane fouling mitigation in the AS-MBR was observed through the lower membrane fouling rate and lower concentrations of Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) and Soluble Microbial Products (SMP). The decrease in membrane fouling rate and increase in Transparent Exopolymer Particles (TEP) concentrations in the mixed liquor of the AS-MBR compared to the conventional MBR also showed that these are not the dominant fouling substances in the system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	357-359
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00808-5_82
State	Published - 2022

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Name	Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation
ISSN (Print)	2522-8714
ISSN (Electronic)	2522-8722

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Fouling mitigation
Membrane bioreactor
Microalgae
Nutrients removal

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Corpuz, M. V. A., Senatore, V., Castrogiovanni, F., Buonerba, A., Borea, L., Zarra, T., Belgiorno, V., Choo, K. H., Hasan, S. W., Ballesteros, F. C., & Naddeo, V. (2022). Wastewater Treatment and Membrane Fouling Control Using an Algae-Sludge Membrane Bioreactor (AS-MBR). In Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation (pp. 357-359). (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00808-5_82

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Corpuz, MVA, Senatore, V, Castrogiovanni, F, Buonerba, A, Borea, L, Zarra, T, Belgiorno, V, Choo, KH, Hasan, SW, Ballesteros, FC & Naddeo, V 2022, Wastewater Treatment and Membrane Fouling Control Using an Algae-Sludge Membrane Bioreactor (AS-MBR). in Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation. Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation, Springer Nature, pp. 357-359. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00808-5_82

Wastewater Treatment and Membrane Fouling Control Using an Algae-Sludge Membrane Bioreactor (AS-MBR). / Corpuz, Mary Vermi Aizza; Senatore, Vincenzo; Castrogiovanni, Fabiano et al.
Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation. Springer Nature, 2022. p. 357-359 (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation).

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