Nutrient removal and disinfection by MBR

So Ryong Chae, Yongtae Ahn, Yuhoon Hwang, Duksoo Jang, Fangang Meng, Jeffrey Shi, Sang Hyup Lee, Hang Sik Shin

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Abstract

Over the past century, human activity has dramatically changed the global nutrient cycles (e.g., eutrophication due to the high nitrogen flux from municipal wastewater), ultimately having a detrimental effect on human health and the Earth’s system dynamics. On the other hand, the global depletion of fresh drinking water supplies has seen the introduction of a variety of wastewater recycling strategies. During the last two decades, membrane bioreactors (MBR) have been widely used in the recycling of municipal and industrial wastewaters. In this chapter, we reviewed recent progress towards the development of MBRs for the enhanced removal and recovery of nutrients from wastewaters, the microbial community for nutrient removal in MBRs, and the challenges associated with the disinfection of MBR effluents. MBRs are a promising strategic option for wastewater recycling and reuse but the elimination/recovery of nutrients and elimination of pathogenic virus in the MBR effluents requires careful consideration.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMembrane Biological Reactors
Subtitle of host publicationTheory, Modeling, Design, Management and Applications to Wastewater Reuse: Second Edition
PublisherIWA Publishing
Pages155-181
Number of pages27
ISBN (Electronic)9781780409177
ISBN (Print)9781780409160
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2019

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