A comparative study on UASB MF-OMBR and AnMF-OMBR treating slaughterhouse wastewater: Process performance, struvite precipitation, and economic evaluation

Hasanoğlu S., Yalçın Güney İ., Vergili İ., Yılmaz G., Kaya Y., Aydiner C., ...More

Chemical Engineering Journal, vol.497, 2024 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 497
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.154884
  • Journal Name: Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Aqualine, BIOSIS, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Compendex, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, INSPEC, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Keywords: AnMF-OMBR, Economic evaluation, Membrane fouling, Slaughterhouse wastewater, Struvite precipitation, UASB MF-OMBR
  • Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket microfiltration osmotic membrane bioreactor (UASB MF-OMBR) is a cutting-edge technology derived from the anaerobic osmotic membrane bioreactor (AnOMBR). This study investigated long-term performance of an UASB MF-OMBR and an anaerobic microfiltration osmotic membrane bioreactor (AnMF-OMBR) comparatively focusing on process performance, membrane fouling, microbial community shift, struvite precipitation, and economic evaluation for the treatment of synthetic and real slaughterhouse wastewater (SSW and RSW). The UASB MF-OMBR achieved higher process performance regarding chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal (70 ± 1 %), methane yield (0.24 ± 0.03 L CH4 g−1 CODremoved) and NH4+-N rejection (85 ± 3 %). On the other hand, high COD and PO43−-P rejections were observed in both systems (>92 % and ∼98 %, respectively). The impact of the salinity build-up in the UASB MF-OMBR was the lower due to the bioreactor configuration. In addition, compared to the AnMF-OMBR, the better water fluxes were obtained in the UASB MF-OMBR, which can be attributed to the less membrane fouling. The results of precipitation modelling and Mg2+ measurement in the sludge of both bioreactors demonstrated that the struvite precipitation occurred during the forward osmosis (FO) operation was more often and in higher amounts in the AnMF-OMBR. The economic evaluation indicated that the specific produced permeate cost (SPC) with revenue was slightly lower for the UASB MF-OMBR than that of the AnMF-OMBR.