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Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.    2017, Vol. 11 Issue (2) : 11    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-017-0919-5
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Comparative experiment on treating digested piggery wastewater with a biofilm MBR and conventional MBR: simultaneous removal of nitrogen and antibiotics
Xiaoyan Song1,Rui Liu1(),Lujun Chen1,2(),Tomoki Kawagishi3
1. Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Science and Technology, Department of Environment in Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University-Zhejiang, Jiaxing 314006, China
2. School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
3. Aqua Development Center, Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd., Toyohashi 4408601, Japan
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Abstract

The BF-MBR displayed higher removal rates of nitrogen, phosphorous and antibiotics.

The BF-MBR saved alkali consumption.

The removal of antibiotics was influenced significantly by HRT.

Membrane filtration greatly contributed to antibiotics removal.

A biofilm membrane bioreactor (BF-MBR) and a conventional membrane bioreactor (MBR) were parallelly operated for treating digested piggery wastewater. The removal performance of COD, TN, NH4+-N, TP as well as antibiotics were simultaneously studied when the hydraulic retention time (HRT) was gradually shortened from 9 d to 1 d and when the ratio of influent COD to TN was changed. The results showed that the effluent quality in both reactors was poor and unstable at an influent COD/TN ratio of 1.0±0.2. The effluent quality was significantly improved as the influent COD/TN ratio was increased to 2.3±0.5. The averaged removal rates of COD, NH4+-N, TN and TP were 92.1%, 97.1%, 35.6% and 54.2%, respectively, in the BF-MBR, significantly higher than the corresponding values of 91.7%, 90.9%, 17.4% and 31.9% in the MBR. Analysis of 11 typical veterinary antibiotics (from the tetracycline, sulfonamide, quinolone, and macrolide families) revealed that the BF-MBR removed more antibiotics than the MBR. Although the antibiotics removal decreased with a shortened HRT, high antibiotics removals of 86.8%, 80.2% and 45.3% were observed in the BF-MBR at HRT of 5–4 d, 3–2 d and 1 d, respectively, while the corresponding values were only 83.8%, 57.0% and 25.5% in the MBR. Moreover, the BF-MBR showed a 15% higher retention rate of antibiotics and consumed 40% less alkalinity than the MBR. Results above suggest that the BF-MBR was more suitable for digested piggery wastewater treatment.
Keywords Alkalinity      Antibiotics      Biofilm      Digested piggery wastewater (DPW)      Membrane bioreactor     
Corresponding Author(s): Rui Liu,Lujun Chen   
Issue Date: 07 April 2017
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Xiaoyan Song,Rui Liu,Lujun Chen, et al. Comparative experiment on treating digested piggery wastewater with a biofilm MBR and conventional MBR: simultaneous removal of nitrogen and antibiotics[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2017, 11(2): 11.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fese/EN/Y2017/V11/I2/11
Fig.1  Schematic diagram of the experimental equipments: (a) BF-MBR, (b) MBR
runs days HRT
/d		 COD/
TN		 NLRa)
/(kg NH4+-N·m−3·d−1)		 NLR
/(kg TN·m−3·d−1)		 OLRb)
/(kg COD·m−3·d−1)
run 1 29–70 9–5 1.0±0.2 0.15±0.03 0.29±0.04 0.26±0.07
run 2 71–106 5–4 2.3±0.5 0.12±0.05 0.25±0.05 0.77±0.06
run 3 107–160 3–2 2.3±0.5 0.33±0.09 0.68±0.10 1.60±0.20
run 4 161–191 1 1.0±0.2 0.41±0.11 0.93±0.09 1.16±0.17
Tab.1  Running conditions and operating parameters
Fig.2  Removals of COD, NH4+-N, TN and TP
runs pH effluent NH4+-N
/(mg·L−1)		 ammoniated TON
/(mg·L−1)		 NaHCO3 dosage
/(g·L−1)
influent BF-MBR MBR BF-MBR MBR BF-MBR MBR BF-MBR MBR
B zone M zone
run 1 8.4±0.1 8.3±0.7 7.1±0.8 7.1±1.0 109.6±53.3 71.6±72.4 429±233 387±193 2.0±0.1 2.5±0.3
run 2 8.2±0.2 8.4±0.6 7.9±1.1 6.2±0.6 17.9±24.2 101.5±74.9 716±277 671±323 2.0±0.0 2.0±0.1
run 3 8.0±0.2 8.4±0.3 8.6±0.4 7.3±0.9 4.6±1.1 8.6±11.0 680±300 635±221 1.0±0.4 1.5±0.2
run 4 7.7±0.1 7.4±0.6 5.9±0.9 6.0±0.7 47.2±28.2 28.8±16.4 577±131 546±160 2.5±0.9 3.7±0.7
Tab.2  Alkalinity consumption and pH change and in runs 1–4 in the BF-MBR and MBR
antibiotics 106 d (run 2) 145 d (run 3) 189 d (run 4)
influent
/(mg·L−1)		 effluent
/(mg·L−1)		 removal
/%		 influent
/(mg·L−1)		 effluent /(mg·L−1) removal
/%		 influent
/(mg·L−1)		 effluent /(mg·L−1) removal
/%
BF-MBR MBR BF-MBR MBR BF-MBR MBR BF-MBR MBR BF-MBR MBR BF-MBR MBR
DC 11.36 1.26 1.57 88.9 86.2 2.76 0.60 0.91 78.4 67.0 2.37 0.51 0.89 78.5 62.2
TC 3.83 0.70 0.76 81.7 80.2 1.69 0.44 0.43 74.0 74.6 1.01 0.36 0.59 64.5 41.8
OTC 0.67 0.08 0.1 88.1 85.1 1.32 0.41 0.57 68.9 57.0 2.32 1.47 2.17 36.9 6.4
CTC 0.35 0.1 0.19 71.4 45.7 2.07 0.73 1.47 64.8 29.3 3.00 2.43 2.83 19.2 5.7
SMD 5.86 0.3 0.65 94.9 88.9 5.49 0.12 0.22 97.8 96.0 8.21 0.1 0.58 98.8 92.9
SMX 0.41 0.31 0.14 24.4 65.9 0.23 0.19 0.22 16.1 4.4 0.19 0.05 0.18 73.7 3.0
ENR 4.52 0.23 0.36 94.9 92.0 0.14 0.63 0.6 44.7 47.4 1 0.73 0.49 27.2 51.6
CIP 2.21 0.08 0.14 96.4 93.9 1.79 0.30 0.37 83.2 79.1 2.91 0.51 1.59 82.5 45.2
NOR 1.13 0.50 0.99 55.8 12.4 1.91 1.43 1.83 25.1 4.2 4.25 1.35 1.88 68.2 55.8
TYL 0.07 0.04 0.06 42.9 14.3 0.15 0.07 0.09 54.6 41.5 0.07 0.04 0.07 40.0 -1.5
RTM n.d. n.d. n.d. / / n.d. n.d. n.d. / / n.d. n.d. n.d. / /
TCs 16.21 2.14 2.62 86.8 83.8 7.84 2.18 3.37 72.2 57.0 8.70 4.76 6.49 45.3 25.5
SAs 6.27 0.61 0.79 90.3 87.4 5.72 0.31 0.44 94.5 92.3 8.40 0.15 0.76 98.2 90.9
QNs 7.86 0.81 1.49 89.7 81.1 4.84 2.36 2.80 51.2 42.1 8.16 2.54 3.96 68.9 51.5
MCs 0.07 0.04 0.06 42.9 14.3 0.15 0.07 0.09 54.6 41.5 0.07 0.03 0.05 53.9 23.1
TAs 30.41 3.60 4.96 88.2 83.7 18.55 4.92 6.71 73.5 63.9 25.32 7.48 11.26 70.5 55.5
Tab.3  Antibiotics concentration and removal efficiency (%) in the BF-MBR and the MBR in runs 2–4
Fig.3  Membrane interception to antibiotics in the BF-MBR and MBR
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