PMID- 27324179
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20171113
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1095-8630 (Electronic)
IS  - 0301-4797 (Linking)
VI  - 203
IP  - Pt 2
DP  - 2017 Dec 1
TI  - Comparison of EDCs removal in full and pilot scale membrane bioreactor plants: 
      Effect of flux rate on EDCs removal in short SRT.
PG  - 847-852
LID - S0301-4797(16)30343-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.06.004 [doi]
AB  - Currently, it is estimated that over 1 billion people are short of adequate 
      portable water and this is expected to increase to 2.5 billion in the year 2025. 
      Membrane Bioreactors (MBR) are now accepted as important tools to extend the 
      availability of water by facilitating the reuse of wastewaters. Sludge Retention 
      Time (SRT) and liquid flux rate are the two most important parameters for 
      controlling the MBR process. In this study, the removal of selected endocrine 
      disrupter compounds (EDCs), diltiazem, progesterone, estrone (E(1)), 
      carbamazepine (Cbz) and acetaminophen (Acet), by one full scale (VRM) and one 
      pilot scale (clear-box) MBR plants was investigated. During the study, sludge age 
      was set at 10 days and the sludge concentration was fixed at about 5.0 g/L. The 
      transmembrane pressure (TMP) got higher with either increasing flux or sludge 
      concentration in the membrane chamber. Therefore, changing the flux from 13 to 
      30 L/m(2)-h in both plants caused enhancement in TMP from -25 to -300 mbar in the 
      clear-box and from -160 to over -350 in the full scale MBRs. It was understood 
      that flux had very little effect on the removal of EDCs at very low 
      concentrations. Moreover, diltiazem was completely removed in the full scale 
      whereas no removal was achieved in the pilot scale. Estrone and progesterone were 
      completely removed by biodegradation in both plants. Acetaminophen was completely 
      removed in the full scale plant whereas over 95% removal was achieved in the 
      pilot scale MBR.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Komesli, O T
AU  - Komesli OT
AD  - Ataturk University, Department of Environmental Engineering, 25250 Erzurum, 
      Turkey. Electronic address: okan.komesli@gmail.com.
FAU - Muz, M
AU  - Muz M
AD  - Department Effect-Directed Analysis Helmholtz-ZentrumfurUmweltforschung GmbH, UFZ 
      Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 
      Leipzig, Germany.
FAU - Ak, M S
AU  - Ak MS
AD  - Middle East Technical University, Department of Environmental Engineering, 06100 
      Ankara, Turkey.
FAU - Bakirdere, S
AU  - Bakirdere S
AD  - Yildiz Technical University, Department of Chemistry, 34349 Istanbul, Turkey.
FAU - Gokcay, C F
AU  - Gokcay CF
AD  - Middle East Technical University, Department of Environmental Engineering, 06100 
      Ankara, Turkey.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160617
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Manage
JT  - Journal of environmental management
JID - 0401664
RN  - 0 (Membranes, Artificial)
RN  - 0 (Sewage)
RN  - 0 (Waste Water)
SB  - IM
MH  - Biodegradation, Environmental
MH  - *Bioreactors
MH  - Membranes, Artificial
MH  - Sewage
MH  - *Waste Disposal, Fluid
MH  - Wastewater
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Endocrine disrupter compounds
OT  - Flux
OT  - Membrane bioreactor
OT  - Suction time
OT  - Transmembrane pressure
EDAT- 2016/06/22 06:00
MHDA- 2017/11/14 06:00
CRDT- 2016/06/22 06:00
PHST- 2015/11/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/06/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/06/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/06/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/11/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/06/22 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0301-4797(16)30343-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.06.004 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Manage. 2017 Dec 1;203(Pt 2):847-852. doi: 
      10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.06.004. Epub 2016 Jun 17.