title: Degradation of Reactive Black 5 dye using anaerobic/aerobic membrane bioreactor (MBR) and photochemical membrane reactor.
abstract: Three different types of advance treatment methods were evaluated for the degradation of Reactive Black 5 (RB5). The performance of two stage anaerobic SBR-aerobic MBR, anaerobic MBR with immobilized and suspended biocells and an integrated membrane photocatalytic reactor (MPR) using slurry UV/TiO(2) system were investigated. The results suggest that, nearly 99.9% color removal and 80-95% organic COD and TOC removal can be achieved using different reactor systems. Considering the Taiwan EPA effluent standard discharge criteria for COD/TOC, the degree of treatment achieved by combining the anaerobic-aerobic system was found to be acceptable. Anew, Bacilluscereus, high color removal bacterium was isolated from Anaerobic SBR. Furthermore, when this immobilized into PVA-calcium alginate pellets, and suspended in the anaerobic MBR was able to achieve high removal efficiencies, similar to the suspended biocells system. However, the immobilized cell Anaerobic MBR was found to be more advantageous, due to lower fouling rates in the membrane unit. Results from slurry type MPR system showed that this system was capable of mineralizing RB5 dyes with faster degradation rate as compared to other systems. The reactor was also able to separate the catalyst effectively and perform efficiently without much loss of catalyst activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioenvironmental Engineering and R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung Pei Road, Chungli 32023, Taiwan, ROC. sjyou@cycu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Sheng-Jie
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Rahul A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Damodar
authors.forename: Sheng-Chon
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology*; D018914:Cells, Immobilized / Q000378:metabolism; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D009282:Naphthalenesulfonates / Q000378:metabolism*; D055668:Photochemical Processes
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D009282:Naphthalenesulfonates; C063421:Remazol black B