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ArticleMembranes2021

Treatment of Wastewater from a Food and Beverage Industry Using Conventional Wastewater Treatment Integrated with Membrane Bioreactor System: A Pilot-Scale Case Study.

Sabrina Ng Muhamad Ng, Syazwani Idrus, Amimul Ahsan, Tuan Nurfarhana Tuan Mohd Marzuki, Siti Baizura Mahat

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Article in Membranes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Sabrina Ng Muhamad NgDepartment of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia.
Syazwani IdrusDepartment of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-1318-4040
Amimul AhsanDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Gazipur 1704, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-0015-6123
Tuan Nurfarhana Tuan Mohd MarzukiDepartment of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia.
Siti Baizura MahatDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-6190-1513

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Cheme Advance Services Sdn. Bhd, Tenaga Nasional Berhad Research Sdn. Bhd and Universiti Putra Malaysia. 6380035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study compares the performance of the Hollow Fiber (HF) and Flat Sheet (FS) types of membrane bioreactors (MBRs) for the treatment of food and beverage (F&B) industry wastewater in a pilot-scale study of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). HF and FS membrane configurations were evaluated at two different Mixed Liquor Suspended Solid (MLSS) levels: 6000 mg/L and 12,000 mg/L. The performance of each configuration was evaluated in terms of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and Total Suspended Solid (TSS) removals for effluent quality measurement. The transmembrane pressure (TMP), flux rate, and silt density index (SDI) were monitored and calculated for membrane fouling assessment. The results show that the rejection rates of COD and TSS for HF and FS membrane types were more than 84% for the two different MLSS levels. During the study, the HF membrane recorded 0.3 bar transmembrane pressure, which complies with the recommended range (i.e., two to three times of chemical cleaning). On the other hand, the FS membrane operates without chemical cleaning, and the TMP value was below the recommended range at 0.2 bar. It was found that the flux values recorded for both the HF and FS systems were within the recommended range of 40 L/m

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flat sheetfood and beverage wastewaterhollow fibermembrane bioreactormixed liquor suspended solid and dissolved air floatationwastewater treatment plant

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PMID34205504
PMCPMC8235490

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