Abstract—The paper aims at studying the effect of activated
carbon (AC) on pollutant removal and filtration performance
of Hybrid Membrane Bioreactor (HMBR) were operated at
hydraulic retention time of 24 h. under the textile wastewater
treated by anaerobic digestion. AC addition led to TMP
decrease for the rate of HMBR system to about twice the rate
of the MBR system. The irreversible fouling of HMBR was 2
times lower than MBR system, where the decrease was mainly
caused by the cake resistance reduction. In addition, foulant
found in HMBR system was 9.12% lower than MBR system
because AC can absorb foulant. The removal efficiencies of
HMBR were higher than MBR system. The TKN removal of
HMBR system is higher than MBR at 14.2%. This is due to the
biofilm on AC surface which allows anoxic condition inside
porous biofilm and enhances nitrite/nitrate removal efficiency.
Index Terms—Activated carbon, membrane bioreactor,
membrane fouling, filtration performance,
nitrification-Denitrification rate.
The authors are with School of Environmental Engineering, Institute of
Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima,
30000, Thailand (e-mail: bwimonmas@yahoo.com, boonchai@sut.ac.th).
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Cite:Wimonmas Boonyungyuen and Boonchai Wichitsathian, "Effect of Activated Carbon Addition with Enhance Performance on a Membrane Bioreactor (MBR)," Journal of Clean Energy Technologies vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 122-125, 2014.
