title: Non-woven fabric filter separation activated sludge reactor for domestic wastewater reclamation.
abstract: A non-woven fabric filter was experimentally evaluated for solid-liquid separation in an activated sludge reactor as an alternative membrane. A polypropylene fabric filter (70, 50 and 35 g/m2) was used for the experiment. The pilot system was operated in A/O (Anaerobic/Oxic) type in which the filter module was submerged into the oxic compartment. The filtration module consists of 10 plate type rectangular filter elements with effective filtration area, 2 m2. Gravity filtration was carried out for solid-liquid separation by changing the water head 0.05-0.5 m without backwashing during the system operation. Initial permeate flux was set at 0.4 m/d. C/N ratio of raw wastewater was controlled at 4.5 in terms of BOD/T-N. The fabric filter system showed a good performance enough for domestic wastewater treatment. Effluent solid concentration was 3.2 mg/L (93.5% removal). COD removal efficiency was 91.6% producing an effluent concentration around 13 mg/L. 66% of total nitrogen removal could be obtained at the adjusted C/N ratio of influent wastewater. However phosphorus removal was very low at 23%. It was found that the initial flux of 0.4 m/d should be maintained for stable performance of the system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Changwon National University, Sarim-dong 9, Changwon, Kyungnam 641-773, Korea.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D005374:Filtration; D006112:Gravitation; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D011126:Polypropylenes; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014872:Water Movements; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes