| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S06974/01 |
| Title: |
Faraday Fast Track Proposal - Contaminated Water Treatment by Membrane Bioreactors |
| Principal Investigator: |
Cui, Professor ZF |
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| Department: |
Engineering Science |
| Organisation: |
University of Oxford |
| Scheme: |
Faraday (PreFEC) |
| Starts: |
12 February 2003 |
Ends: |
11 February 2006 |
Value (£): |
58,191
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Assess/Remediate Contamination |
Waste Management |
| Water Engineering |
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This project will comprehensively appraise the technical and economic viability of MBRs for the treatment of landfill leachate and other highly contaminated waters, with specific respect to the relationship between:a) feedwater and biomass characteristics, and in particular the identity and levels of the organic foulants produced through microbiological processes, b)the membrane: solution interfacial flow characteristics, in particular the effect of slug flow on mass transfer, on both permeate flux and foulant adsoption onto the membrane,andc)hydraulic and organic loading on overall performance, with reference to a highly loaded ex-situ MBR process compared to a low-loaded in-situ process.Upstream and downstream treatment requirements will be indentified, as appropriate, and a comprehensive cost benefit carried out to establish the exact criteria for economic viability of a slug-flow air-lift MBR for this duty. This will be achieved primarily through characterisation of all matrices, characterisation of the system hydrodynamics (with reference to slug flow), and membrane diagnosis. The project extends to conditions of very low loading, both hydraulic and organic, encountered in an in-situ MBR process.
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http://www.ox.ac.uk |