Journal of Northeastern University Natural Science ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (10): 1482-1486.DOI: 10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2014.10.026

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Membrane Filtration Characteristics in ElectroCoagulation Membrane Bioreactor

LI Liang, ZHANG Xueyu, QIAN Guangsheng, HU Xiaomin   

  1. School of Resources & Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China.
  • Received:2013-06-09 Revised:2013-06-09 Online:2014-10-15 Published:2014-05-19
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Abstract: As simulated dyeing and printing wastewater was taken as the research object, the membrane fouling and sludge mixed liquor properties in ECMBR and conventional MBR pilot systems were investigated. The results showed embrane filtration resistance were dominated by cake resistance, the cake resistance makes up 99% and 9334% of total resistance in MBR and ECMBR, respectively. However, the total resistance in ECMBR is 1/4 in MBR, which means electrocoagulation can effectively reduce cake resistance. Bigger particle size diameter(PSD), smaller absolute value of Zeta potential, lower concentration of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and soluble microbial products (SMP) and higher relative hydrophobic (RH) of sludge are found in ECMBR than those in MBR by comparing the difference of sludge mixed liquor properties. The electrocoagulation is effective to improve the filtration performance of membrane bioreactor, increase membrane flux and decrease the membrane resistance by changing the sludge mixed liquor properties.

Key words: membrane bioreactor (MBR), electrocoagulation, membrane fouling, filtration characteristics, Zeta potential

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