Fouling and wetting in membrane distillation (MD) and MD-bioreactor (MDBR) for wastewater reclamation

• Main Authors: Goh, Shuwen, Zhang, Jinsong, Liu, Yu, Fane, Anthony Gordon
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96925; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11661
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The membrane distillation (MD) process is seldom employed in wastewater reclamation since the high organic and nutrient in wastewater promote wetting. The MD bioreactor (MDBR) can remediate this by biologically removing retentate carbohydrates and proteins. However, the inclusion of biomass in the M...