Affiliations 

  • 1 Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology, Universiti of Tunku Abdul Rahman, 31900 Kampar, Perak, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tamkang University, Taiwan
  • 3 Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology, Universiti of Tunku Abdul Rahman, 31900 Kampar, Perak, Malaysia. Electronic address: ngca@utar.edu.my
Bioresour Technol, 2017 Dec;245(Pt A):916-924.
PMID: 28931208 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.202

Abstract

It was found that the operational temperature and the incorporation of microbial fuel cell (MFC) into anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) have significant effect on AnMBRs' filtration performance. This paper addresses two issues (i) effect of temperature on AnMBR; and (ii) effect of MFC on AnMBRs' performance. The highest COD removal efficiency was observed in mesophilic condition (45°C). It was observed that the bioreactors operated at 45°C had the highest filtration resistance compared to others, albeit the excellent performance in removing the organic pollutant. Next, MFC was combined with AnMBR where the MFC acted as a pre-treatment unit prior to AnMBR and it was fed directly with palm oil mill effluent (POME). The supernatant from MFC was further treated by AnMBR. Noticeable improvement in filtration performance was observed in the combined system. Decrease in polysaccharide amount was observed in combined system which in turn suggested that the better filtration performance.

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