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Application of biofilm-membrane bioreactor in municipal wastewater treatment

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences 2023 4 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 35 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Qi Li, Yue Qian, Yuhang Shi, Yuyin Miao, Min Luo

Summary

Researchers designed and tested a biofilm-membrane bioreactor system for municipal wastewater treatment, using a Fourier series algorithm to model performance against COD and ammonium nitrogen removal metrics. The system achieved stable COD removal of approximately 83% and NH4+-N removal of 85-90%, demonstrating its feasibility for municipal wastewater treatment applications.

Study Type Environmental

Abstract To verify the feasibility of biofilm-membrane bioreactor in municipal wastewater treatment. In this paper, based on the Fourier series algorithm, the basic configuration of biofilm-membrane bioreactor, the design of membrane bioreactor test index and method, the proposed urban wastewater treatment system based on biofilm-membrane bioreactor, and the creation of experiments to verify the biofilm-membrane bioreactor with the example of urban wastewater in the sewer of residential buildings in the district on the two COD Cr and NH 4 + -N in urban wastewater in municipal wastewater. The results showed that the removal rate of COD Cr in municipal wastewater by the biofilm-membrane bioreactor system increased with time, and the removal rate was stable at about 83%. The NH 4 + -N removal rate increased with time and was stable between 85 and 90%. It can be shown that biofilm-membrane bioreactor can sufficiently reduce the concentration of COD Cr and NH 4 + -N in municipal wastewater, thus promoting municipal wastewater treatment. It also presents a new solution for urban wastewater treatment.

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