<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper evaluates the results of data obtained from two years of observing an actual domestic wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) with an immersed membrane module. The domestic MBR (membrane bioreactor) WWTP was linked to a dwelling with four residents. Two different commercial flat sheet membrane modules were investigated. The membrane modules, as well as the whole WWTP, were tested with different fluxes as well as the response of the membrane and activated sludge to different conditions, such as actual peak wastewater flows, extremes temperatures (a winter below 5 °C), and high pH values.</p></abstract>

The paper evaluates the results of data obtained from two years of observing an actual domestic wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) with an immersed membrane module. The domestic MBR (membrane bioreactor) WWTP was linked to a dwelling with four residents. Two different commercial flat sheet membrane modules were investigated. The membrane modules, as well as the whole WWTP, were tested with different fluxes as well as the response of the membrane and activated sludge to different conditions, such as actual peak wastewater flows, extremes temperatures (a winter below 5 °C), and high pH values.

Two years of the operation of a domestic MBR wastewater treatment plant

Department of Sanitary & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 11, 81368 Bratislava

Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering

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The paper evaluates the results of data obtained from two years of observing an actual domestic wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) with an immersed membrane...

Two years of the operation of a domestic MBR wastewater treatment plant

Published Online: Jul 19, 2012

Page range: 28 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10189-012-0011-x

Keywords
Domestic WWTP, Wastewater, Membrane module, Membrane flux, Membrane fouling

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Two years of the operation of a domestic MBR wastewater treatment plant

Published Online: Jul 19, 2012

Page range: 28 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10189-012-0011-x

KeywordsDomestic WWTP, Wastewater, Membrane module, Membrane flux, Membrane fouling

This content is open access.

Keywords
Domestic WWTP, Wastewater, Membrane module, Membrane flux, Membrane fouling