TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of activated sludge flocs in membrane bioreactor
T2 - stable and unstable flocs
AU - Sang, Yifei
AU - Wang, Shengli
AU - Song, Lianfa
AU - Guo, Jingbo
AU - Zhang, Lanhe
AU - Zhang, Haifeng
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank the National Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51478093 and 51678119) and the Jilin Province Scientific and Technological Planning Project of China (No. 20170519013JH).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - In this study, the properties of unstable and stable flocs were investigated under the steady operation of a membrane bioreactor (MBR). The extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) composition, surface charge, and hydrophobicity of unstable and stable flocs were examined and compared. Interfacial interactions of the membrane with unstable flocs, unstable flocs themselves, and unstable and stable flocs were assessed using the extended Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek (XDLVO) models. Cake layer resistance was found to contribute more than 80% of total resistance under steady operating conditions. Compared with stable flocs, unstable flocs possessed a higher level of EPS, more diverse protein, more negative charge, weaker hydrophobicity, and higher fouling potential. Thermodynamic analyses showed that unstable flocs had a higher adhesive strength (− 63.4 mJ/m2) with the membrane, lower self-cohesive strength (− 18.3 mJ/m2), and higher cohesive strength (− 54.3 mJ/m2) with stable flocs. Therefore, some unstable flocs remained on the membrane surface to form the cake layer due to their poor cohesion strength.
AB - In this study, the properties of unstable and stable flocs were investigated under the steady operation of a membrane bioreactor (MBR). The extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) composition, surface charge, and hydrophobicity of unstable and stable flocs were examined and compared. Interfacial interactions of the membrane with unstable flocs, unstable flocs themselves, and unstable and stable flocs were assessed using the extended Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek (XDLVO) models. Cake layer resistance was found to contribute more than 80% of total resistance under steady operating conditions. Compared with stable flocs, unstable flocs possessed a higher level of EPS, more diverse protein, more negative charge, weaker hydrophobicity, and higher fouling potential. Thermodynamic analyses showed that unstable flocs had a higher adhesive strength (− 63.4 mJ/m2) with the membrane, lower self-cohesive strength (− 18.3 mJ/m2), and higher cohesive strength (− 54.3 mJ/m2) with stable flocs. Therefore, some unstable flocs remained on the membrane surface to form the cake layer due to their poor cohesion strength.
KW - Extracellular polymeric substances
KW - Interaction energy
KW - Membrane bioreactor
KW - Membrane fouling potential
KW - Sludge flocs
KW - Stability
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U2 - 10.1007/s11356-019-06364-8
DO - 10.1007/s11356-019-06364-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 31485946
AN - SCOPUS:85072223080
SN - 0944-1344
VL - 26
SP - 31786
EP - 31792
JO - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
JF - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
IS - 31
ER -