Bisphenol A removal from synthetic municipal wastewater by a bioreactor coupled with either a forward osmotic membrane or a microfiltration membrane unit

doi:10.1007/s11783-013-0486-3

Front Envir Sci Eng

2013, Vol. 7

Issue (2) : 294-300 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-013-0486-3

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Bisphenol A removal from synthetic municipal wastewater by a bioreactor coupled with either a forward osmotic membrane or a microfiltration membrane unit

Hongtao ZHU¹(

), Wenna LI^1,2

1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; 2. Tianjin Guangyao Dongfang Property & Investment Co. Ltd., Tianjin 300450, China

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Abstract

Forward osmotic membrane bioreactor is an emerging technology that combines the advantages of forward osmosis and conventional membrane bioreactor. In this paper, bisphenol A removal by using a forward osmotic membrane bioreactor and a conventional membrane bioreactor that shared one biologic reactor was studied. The total removal rate of bisphenol A by the conventional membrane bioreactor and forward osmotic membrane bioreactor was as high as 93.9% and 98%, respectively. Biodegradation plays a dominant role in the total removal of bisphenol A in both processes. In comparison of membrane rejection, the forward osmosis membrane can remove approximately 70% bisphenol A from the feed, much higher than that of the microfiltration membrane (below 10%). Forward osmosis membrane bioreactor should be operated with its BPA loading rate under 0.08 mg·g^-1·d^-1 to guarantee the effluent bisphenol A concentration less than10 μg·L^-1.

Keywords forward osmosis membrane bioreactor bisphenol A microfiltration

Corresponding Author(s): ZHU Hongtao,Email:zhuhongtao@bjfu.edu.cn

Issue Date: 01 April 2013

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Hongtao ZHU,Wenna LI. Bisphenol A removal from synthetic municipal wastewater by a bioreactor coupled with either a forward osmotic membrane or a microfiltration membrane unit[J]. Front Envir Sci Eng, 2013, 7(2): 294-300.

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Fig.1 Setup of FO-MBR and MF-MBR that share one bio-reactor

Fig.2 Biodegradation efficiency of BPA (sludge supernatant vs. influent) under different HRTs. The average degradation rate value (with the first two days of data abandoned in each HRT test) of HRT of 4, 8, and 12 h is 63.94%, 84.61%, and 91.91%, respectively.

Fig.3 The variations of (a) MLSS and (b) BPA sludge loading with the operation time

Fig.4 Variation of BPA concentration with time in permeates of the microfiltration membrane in MBR. Removal efficiency of BPA was also calculated based on the BPA concentrations in the sludge supernatant and the membrane permeate

Fig.5 Transformation of the “convection and adsorption” mode (a) to the “solubility-diffusion” mode (b) when membrane fouling occurs

Fig.6 Variation of BPA concentration with time in the permeates of FO membrane in OMBR. The removal efficiency of BPA was also calculated based on the BPA concentrations in the sludge supernatant and the membrane permeate

Fig.7 The flux variation of forward osmosis membrane with time

Fig.8 Salt accumulation in the reactor over the 30-day operation. The salt concentration is expressed as the equivalent NaCl concentration calculated from the conductivity

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