title: [Combined MBR-RO process treating high strength wastewater].
abstract: The performances of A/O-MBR/RO system for the removal of nitrogen and COD were investigated. Result indicated that most organic was removed in the A/O-MBR and the average removal efficiency was 95.6%. The water quality of RO effluent which in terms of TOC < 0.9 mg x L(-1), TN < 12.65 mg x L(-1), total rigidity < 0.038 mol x L(-1), total alkalinity < 14.6 mg x L(-1) could meet the water quality requirements for the town wastewater reuse. The average removal efficiency of organic was almost unaffected by COD/N, but the process of TN removal was affected by COD/N. TN removal was primarily based on simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND) process occurred in the aerobic zone and the average removal efficiency of TN was 89.4% with average COD/N of 10.2. Both aerobic SND and conventional biological nitrification/denitrification contributed to nitrogen removal, the average removal efficiency of TN was 72%, 74% with average COD/N of 7.1 and 5.6. The fouling cake layer formed on the RO membrane surface was observed by scanning electric microscopy. The membrane fouling was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy technique which showed that the major components of the foulants were soluble microbe products.
authors: Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental and Biological Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China. feifeijoying1984@yahoo.com.cn
authors: Fei-Fei
authors: FF
authors: Zhou
authors: Han-Min
authors: HM
authors: Zhang
authors: Zhi-Min
authors: ZM
authors: Fu
authors: Feng-Lin
authors: FL
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology*; D002244:Carbon / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D002244:Carbon; D009584:Nitrogen