| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S06981/01 |
| Title: |
Faraday Fast Track Proposal - Contaminated Water Treatment by Membrane Bioreactors |
| Principal Investigator: |
Kalin, Professor B |
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| Department: |
Sch Planning Architecture and Civil Eng |
| Organisation: |
Queen's University of Belfast |
| Scheme: |
Faraday (PreFEC) |
| Starts: |
20 October 2003 |
Ends: |
19 October 2006 |
Value (£): |
47,289
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| Assess/Remediate Contamination |
Waste Management |
| Water Engineering |
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This project will appraise the technical and economic viability of MBRs for the treatment of landfill leachate and other highly-contaminated waters, with respect to the relationship between:a) feedwater and biomass characteristics, and in particular the identity and levels of the organic foulants produced through microbiological processes, b) the membrane:solution interfacial flow characteristics, in particular the effect of slug flow on mass transfer, on both permeate flux and foulant adsorption onto the membrane, andc) hydraulic and organic loading on overall performance, with reference to a highly loaded ex-situ MBR process compared to a low-loaded, fixed film insitu process.These inter-relationships have not been previously comprehensively explored for real matrices. Upstream and downstream treatment requirements will be identified, as appropriate, and a comprehensive cost benefit analysis carried out to establish the exact criteria for economic viabiliy of a slug-flow airlift MBR for this duty as compared with an in-situ MBR, in which the membrane is used ostensibly for polishing the biologically-treated effluent. This will be achieved primarily through characterisation of all matrices (i.e. feedwaters and biomass), characterisaton of the system hydrodynamics (with reference to slug flow) and membrane diagnosis.
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http://www.qub.ac.uk |