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Management of table olive processing wastewater by an osmotic membrane bioreactor process

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Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente - Departament d'Enginyeria Hidràulica i Medi Ambient
Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Nuclear - Departament d'Enginyeria Química i Nuclear
MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y EMPRESA
Lujan Facundo, Maria Jose
Mendoza Roca, José Antonio
Soler-Cabezas, J. L.
Bes-Piá, M.A.
Vincent Vela, Maria Cinta
Cuartas Uribe, Beatriz Elena
Pastor-Alcaniz, L.
Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente - Departament d'Enginyeria Hidràulica i Medi Ambient
Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Nuclear - Departament d'Enginyeria Química i Nuclear
MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y EMPRESA
Lujan Facundo, Maria Jose
Mendoza Roca, José Antonio
Soler-Cabezas, J. L.
Bes-Piá, M.A.
Vincent Vela, Maria Cinta
Cuartas Uribe, Beatriz Elena
Pastor-Alcaniz, L.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

[EN] The management of fermentation brines from the table olive processing is very complex due to its characteristics: high salinity and high organic matter concentration including phenolic compounds, which behave as slow degradable compounds when a biological process is performed. In this work, the management of these effluents by an osmotic membrane bioreactor has been assessed. This technique combines a biological reactor with forward osmosis membranes. For the study, a laboratory plant consisting of 1 L reactor and a forward osmosis module equipped with a membrane of 42 cm(2) of active surface has been used. Fermentation brine from table olive processing was fed to the system both as draw solution to set out the driving force for the membrane process and as a part of the feed to the reactor, mixing it with municipal wastewater. The experiments were carried out at a constant feed to microorganism ratio of 0.4 g COD.g SS-1.d(-1). Results indicated that the hypersaline effluent was able to produce the needed driving force by the process. Permeate fluxes ranged between 1 and 1.5 L.m(-2).h(-1) after the flux decay of the first operation days. Concerning the biological reaction, it has to be highlighted that phenols were eliminated after 24 days. Until that day, the biological process was jeopardized due to the quick increase of the conductivity in the reactor (ranging between 30 and 35 mS.cm(-1)), which was caused not only by the salinity of the influent but also by the reverse salt flux phenomenon. Soluble microbial products and extracted extracellular polymeric substances also increased in the reactor during the start-up.

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Database :
OAIster
Notes :
TEXT, English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1308861702
Document Type :
Electronic Resource