Optimizing Air Scouring Energy for Sustainable Membrane Bioreactor Operation by Characterizing the Combination of Factors Leading to Threshold Limiting Conditions
Key operating variables to predict the necessary scour air flowrate in full-scale Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) systems are identified, aiming to optimize energy consumption while avoiding the limiting condition (i.e., rapid increasing total resistance). The resulting metric, referred to here as the K v...
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| description | Key operating variables to predict the necessary scour air flowrate in full-scale Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) systems are identified, aiming to optimize energy consumption while avoiding the limiting condition (i.e., rapid increasing total resistance). The resulting metric, referred to here as the K value, was derived by balancing hydrodynamic conditions between the particle deposit rate imposed by permeate flux normalized by fouling condition and its removal by shear stress induced from air scouring. The metric includes air scouring flow, permeate flow, Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids (MLSS) concentration, Mixed Liquor (ML) viscosity, membrane packing density, and total resistance. Long-term (year-long) data from two full-scale MBR plants were analyzed. The value of K corresponding to limiting operational operation and referred to as the limiting K value, K<sub>Lim</sub>, is estimated by detecting the occurrence of threshold limiting flux from the data stream and calculating the resulting value for K. Then, using K<sub>Lim</sub>, the minimum required specific air demand per permeate (SAD<sub>p,Crit</sub>) is calculated, indicating a potential reduction of over half the air scouring energy in typical operational conditions. The results from this data driven analysis suggest the feasibility of employing K<sub>Lim</sub> to predict the adequate scour air flowrate in terms of dynamically varying operational conditions. This approach will lead to the development of energy-efficient algorithms, significantly reducing scour air energy consumption in the full-scale MBR system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e2c75350d2346ec8b975f788b7f40312024-03-27T13:54:00ZengMDPI AGMembranes2077-03752024-02-011435810.3390/membranes14030058Optimizing Air Scouring Energy for Sustainable Membrane Bioreactor Operation by Characterizing the Combination of Factors Leading to Threshold Limiting ConditionsChangyoon Jun0Kimia Aghasadeghi1Glen T. Daigger2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAFibracast Ltd., Hannon, ON L0R 1P0, CanadaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAKey operating variables to predict the necessary scour air flowrate in full-scale Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) systems are identified, aiming to optimize energy consumption while avoiding the limiting condition (i.e., rapid increasing total resistance). The resulting metric, referred to here as the K value, was derived by balancing hydrodynamic conditions between the particle deposit rate imposed by permeate flux normalized by fouling condition and its removal by shear stress induced from air scouring. The metric includes air scouring flow, permeate flow, Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids (MLSS) concentration, Mixed Liquor (ML) viscosity, membrane packing density, and total resistance. Long-term (year-long) data from two full-scale MBR plants were analyzed. The value of K corresponding to limiting operational operation and referred to as the limiting K value, K<sub>Lim</sub>, is estimated by detecting the occurrence of threshold limiting flux from the data stream and calculating the resulting value for K. Then, using K<sub>Lim</sub>, the minimum required specific air demand per permeate (SAD<sub>p,Crit</sub>) is calculated, indicating a potential reduction of over half the air scouring energy in typical operational conditions. The results from this data driven analysis suggest the feasibility of employing K<sub>Lim</sub> to predict the adequate scour air flowrate in terms of dynamically varying operational conditions. This approach will lead to the development of energy-efficient algorithms, significantly reducing scour air energy consumption in the full-scale MBR system.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/14/3/58membrane bioreactorcritical fluxthreshold fluxair energy savingcritical air flow |
| spellingShingle | Changyoon Jun Kimia Aghasadeghi Glen T. Daigger Optimizing Air Scouring Energy for Sustainable Membrane Bioreactor Operation by Characterizing the Combination of Factors Leading to Threshold Limiting Conditions Membranes membrane bioreactor critical flux threshold flux air energy saving critical air flow |
| title | Optimizing Air Scouring Energy for Sustainable Membrane Bioreactor Operation by Characterizing the Combination of Factors Leading to Threshold Limiting Conditions |
| title_full | Optimizing Air Scouring Energy for Sustainable Membrane Bioreactor Operation by Characterizing the Combination of Factors Leading to Threshold Limiting Conditions |
| title_fullStr | Optimizing Air Scouring Energy for Sustainable Membrane Bioreactor Operation by Characterizing the Combination of Factors Leading to Threshold Limiting Conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimizing Air Scouring Energy for Sustainable Membrane Bioreactor Operation by Characterizing the Combination of Factors Leading to Threshold Limiting Conditions |
| title_short | Optimizing Air Scouring Energy for Sustainable Membrane Bioreactor Operation by Characterizing the Combination of Factors Leading to Threshold Limiting Conditions |
| title_sort | optimizing air scouring energy for sustainable membrane bioreactor operation by characterizing the combination of factors leading to threshold limiting conditions |
| topic | membrane bioreactor critical flux threshold flux air energy saving critical air flow |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/14/3/58 |
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