State of the art of osmotic membrane bioreactors for water reclamation

In the last few years, extensive research has been dedicated to development of a novel osmotic membrane bioreactor (OMBR), which combines high-retention osmotic separation and biological reactions in a single vessel. Although promising results have been reported in the literature, some challenges as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fane, Anthony Gordon, Liu, Yu, Zhang, Jinsong, Lay, Winson Chee Loong, Cao, Bin, Yap, Wei Jie
Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98928
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12745
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Summary:In the last few years, extensive research has been dedicated to development of a novel osmotic membrane bioreactor (OMBR), which combines high-retention osmotic separation and biological reactions in a single vessel. Although promising results have been reported in the literature, some challenges associated with applications of OMBR remain unresolved at the present stage of development, including lack of a high performance forward osmosis (FO) membrane, identification of an ideal draw solute and effect of salt accumulation on biological activity. Therefore, this paper attempts to provide a comprehensive review of state of the art of OMBR for water and wastewater reclamation.