title: Feasibility study to upgrade a textile wastewater treatment plant by a hollow fibre membrane bioreactor for effluent reuse.
abstract: A pilot plant membrane bioreactor has been tested in parallel with a full-scale activated sludge wastewater treatment plant fed on the wastewater from a textile factory. The possibility to upgrade the final effluent for internal reuse was investigated. The pilot and full-scale plants are located in a textile factory (Boselli & C., Olgiate Comasco, North Italy) which manufactures and finishes polyester fabric. The activated sludge wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is an extended aeration system. The MBR pilot plant is a ZW-10 bench hollow fibre module (membrane surface area: 0.93 m2) submerged in a 200 L tank. Performance and operation of the membrane bioreactor (MBR) were evaluated in terms of permeate characteristics and variability (COD, colour, total N and P, microbiological counts), of membrane specific flux (l m(-2) h(-1) bar(-1)) and other operational parameters (sludge growth and yield).
authors.affiliation: Hydraulic, Environmental & Survey Engineering Dept., Environmental Section, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 2013399 Milan, Italy. francesca.malpei@polimi.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Malpei
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonomo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rozzi
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010100:Oxygen; D011091:Polyesters; D013783:Textile Industry; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011091:Polyesters; D010100:Oxygen