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Design and Startup of a Membrane‐Biological‐Reactor System at a Ford‐Engine Plant for Treating Oily Wastewater
A wastewater‐treatment facility at Ford (Dearborn, Michigan) was recently upgraded from chemical de‐emulsification to ultrafiltration (UF) followed by a membrane‐biological reactor (MBR). This paper describes the design, startup, and initial operational performance of the facility. Primary findings are as follows: (1) the MBR proved resilient; (2) the MBR removed approximately 90% of chemical‐oxygen demand (COD) after primary UF; (3) the removal of total Kjeldahl nitrogen by MBR appeared to be more sensitive to operating conditions than COD removal; (4) nitrification and denitrification were established in one month; (5) the MBR removed oil and grease and phenolics to below detection levels consistently, in contrast to widely fluctuating concentrations in the past; (6) permeate fluxes of the primary and MBR UF were adversely affected by inadvertent use of a silicone‐based defoamer; and (7) zinc concentrations in the effluent increased, which might have been a result of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid used in membrane washing solutions and/or might have been within typical concentration ranges.
Design and Startup of a Membrane‐Biological‐Reactor System at a Ford‐Engine Plant for Treating Oily Wastewater
A wastewater‐treatment facility at Ford (Dearborn, Michigan) was recently upgraded from chemical de‐emulsification to ultrafiltration (UF) followed by a membrane‐biological reactor (MBR). This paper describes the design, startup, and initial operational performance of the facility. Primary findings are as follows: (1) the MBR proved resilient; (2) the MBR removed approximately 90% of chemical‐oxygen demand (COD) after primary UF; (3) the removal of total Kjeldahl nitrogen by MBR appeared to be more sensitive to operating conditions than COD removal; (4) nitrification and denitrification were established in one month; (5) the MBR removed oil and grease and phenolics to below detection levels consistently, in contrast to widely fluctuating concentrations in the past; (6) permeate fluxes of the primary and MBR UF were adversely affected by inadvertent use of a silicone‐based defoamer; and (7) zinc concentrations in the effluent increased, which might have been a result of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid used in membrane washing solutions and/or might have been within typical concentration ranges.
Design and Startup of a Membrane‐Biological‐Reactor System at a Ford‐Engine Plant for Treating Oily Wastewater
Kim, B. R. (author) / Anderson, J. E. (author) / Mueller, S. A. (author) / Gaines, W. A. (author) / Szafranski, M. J. (author) / Bremmer, A. L. (author) / Yarema, G. J. Jr (author) / Guciardo, C. D. (author) / Linden, S. (author) / Doherty, T. E. (author)
Water Environment Research ; 78 ; 362-371
2006-04-01
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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