The effect of bilge water on a Biofilm-MBR process in an integrated shipboard wastewater treatment system

Cheng Sun; Tor Ove Leiknes; Jan Weitzenböck; Bernt Thorstensen

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2007.10.051

The effect of bilge water on a Biofilm-MBR process in an integrated shipboard wastewater treatment system

Cheng Sun^*, Tor Ove Leiknes, Jan Weitzenböck, Bernt Thorstensen

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Abstract

Bilge water is a complex mixture of various compounds from mechanical parts of ships. The effect of bilge water on a Biofilm-MBR process was investigated in this paper. When bilge water was included in the feed, the removal of total organic carbon in the biofilm reactor was not only depended on the biodegrading process but also gravity separation of oil emulsions. The removal of soluble organic compounds decreased with the increasing SDBS concentration. When bilge water was introduced to the Biofilm-MBR process, particle size distribution analysis of biomass was not enough to investigate membrane fouling and SDBS was the keystone of membrane performance and fouling. The membrane fouling rate increased with increasing SDBS concentration.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	56-64
Number of pages	9
Journal	Desalination
Volume	236
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2007.10.051
State	Published - Jan 31 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Anionic surfactant
Bilge water
Biofilm-MBR
Organic load
SDBS

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering
General Materials Science
Water Science and Technology
Mechanical Engineering

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