Recovery of biomethane from a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating domestic wastewater blended with semi-solid organic wastes discharged from residential establishments

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Gautam, Rajneesh Kumar ORCID: 0000-0003-4337-3539, Valente, Robert, Abbas, Haitham, Bui, Anh, More, Nandkishor, Gray, Stephen ORCID: 0000-0002-8748-2748, Muthukumaran, Shobha ORCID: 0000-0002-2660-8060 and Navaratna, Dimuth ORCID: 0000-0002-7093-1092 (2022) Recovery of biomethane from a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating domestic wastewater blended with semi-solid organic wastes discharged from residential establishments. Environmental Technology and Innovation, 27. ISSN 2352-1864

Abstract

Recent research studies on the innovative concept of submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAnMBR) technology have demonstrated superior treatment and operational performance for treating a broad range of waste streams discharged from various industries. This study aimed to investigate the treatment and recovery of biomethane (bio-CH4) performance of ceramic ultrafiltration (UF) coupled with ”co-digestion based SAnMBR”, which was not previously studied by others, for treating an organic fraction of food waste (OFFW) blended with domestic wastewater (DWW) at surge organic loading rates (OLRs) disposed at modern high-rise establishments and similar residential clusters. The SAnMBR was operated in five phases (Phase 1–5), with different organic loading rates (OLRs) varying from 0.49 to 22.57 kg-COD/m3/d. All bio-CH4, mixed liquor sludge, and treated permeate samples were analyzed using standard methods. The key parameters representing the cumulative bio-CH4 yield during each phase were estimated using sigmoidal models, and the simulated results were validated using ANOVA. It was found that the SAnMBR produced high-quality, low-turbid reclaimed water showing an increasing trend in yield of bio-CH4 with an increase of OLR. It was also observed that the SAnMBR demonstrated stable and superior treatment performance at shock-loads of organics. The maximum bio-CH4 yield recorded during the study was 73.06 ± 6.48%. The findings of this study confirmed the suitability of applying this novel concept of ”co-digestion-based SAnMBR” towards sustainable and efficient waste management in modern-high rise establishments.

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Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/46196
DOI 10.1016/j.eti.2022.102763
Official URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
Subjects Current > FOR (2020) Classification > 4004 Chemical engineering
Current > Division/Research > College of Science and Engineering
Current > Division/Research > Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities
Keywords residential establishments, high-energy consumption, domestic wastewater, semi-solid slurry, inoculum
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