Journal
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
Volume 475, Issue -, Pages 47-56Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.09.038
Keywords
Aerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor; Bioaugmentation; Low temperature; Psychrotolerant bacteria; Membrane fouling
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51178255]
- Science and Technology Development Project of Shandong Province [2013GHY11511]
- Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong University [2014JC035]
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Wastewater treatment by biological processes was greatly hindered at low temperature. To improve the performance, screened deep-sea psychrotolerant strains were inoculated into an aerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor (ADMBR). The effect of bioaugmentation on reactor start-up, wastewater treatment performance, dynamic membrane formation, and membrane fouling under different temperature conditions was studied. Compared to the control reactor, the bioaugmented reactor showed a shorter start-up period, and better wastewater treatment performance at <= 15 degrees C for a sudden decrease, and <= 7 degrees C for a gradual decrease in temperature. Dehydrogenase activity in the bioaugmented reactor was enhanced at low temperature. Severe membrane fouling was not observed with bioaugmentation and the nonwoven fabric module we used was convenient to clean with tap water. Insoluble extracellular polymeric substances, especially insoluble protein were found to be responsible for membrane fouling. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis displayed the dominance of two inoculated strains at the low temperature of 5 degrees C. This study gave evidence that bioaugmentation with psychrotolerant strains was a feasible strategy to shorten the start-up time and to improve the wastewater treatment for ADMBR at low temperature. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved,
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