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Anaerobic Dynamic Membrane Bioreactors (AnDMBRs): Are They an Efficient Way to Treat High-Strength Wastewater?

  • Mohammed Sameer Ghanim,
  • Gülfem Soydemir,
  • Fatih Yılmaz,
  • N. Altınay Perendeci,
  • Ahmet Karagündüz and
  • Motasem Y. D. Alazaiza
Water2025, 17(6), 787;https://doi.org/10.3390/w17060787

9 March 2025

This study assesses the impact of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the performance of an anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor (AnDMBR) system using a carbon fabric membrane for treating high-strength wastewater. The evaluation of AnDMBR performance...

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Impact of Coagulant and Flocculant Addition to an Anaerobic Dynamic Membrane Bioreactor (AnDMBR) Treating Waste-Activated Sludge

  • Guido Kooijman,
  • Wilton Lopes,
  • Zhongbo Zhou,
  • Hongxiao Guo,
  • Merle De Kreuk,
  • Henri Spanjers and
  • Jules Van Lier
Membranes2017, 7(2), 18;https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes7020018

23 March 2017

In this work, we investigated the effects of flocculation aid (FA) addition to an anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor (AnDMBR) (7 L, 35 °C) treating waste-activated sludge (WAS). The experiment consisted of three distinct periods. In period 1 (day...

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Effect of PAC on the Behavior of Dynamic Membrane Bioreactor Filtration Layer Based on the Analysis of Mixed Liquid Properties and Model Fitting

  • Chunyan Huang,
  • Hongju Liu,
  • Shujuan Meng and
  • Dawei Liang
Membranes2020, 10(12), 420;https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes10120420

14 December 2020

Recently, dynamic membrane bioreactor (DMBR) has gradually gained the interest of researchers for the development of membrane technology. In this paper, we set up parallel experiments to investigate the effect of powder activated carbon (PAC) on orga...

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Performance Enhancement of an Upflow Anaerobic Dynamic Membrane Bioreactor via Granular Activated Carbon Addition for Domestic Wastewater Treatment

  • Le Liu,
  • Yisong Hu,
  • Yi Qu,
  • Dongxing Cheng,
  • Yuan Yang,
  • Rong Chen and
  • Jiayuan Ji
Sustainability2023, 15(2), 1055;https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021055

6 January 2023

Developing low-carbon advanced processes for sustainable wastewater treatment is of great importance to increase bioenergy recovery and to reduce the greenhouse gas effect. In this study, the influence of adding 25 g/L of granular activated carbon (G...

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Potential of Using Dual-Media Biofilm Reactors as a Real Coffee Industrial Effluent Pre-Treatment

  • Hassimi Abu Hasan,
  • Dheenesh Sai Annanda Shanmugam,
  • Siti Rozaimah Sheikh Abdullah,
  • Mohd Hafizuddin Muhamad and
  • Setyo Budi Kurniawan
Water2022, 14(13), 2025;https://doi.org/10.3390/w14132025

24 June 2022

The coffee processing industry produces toxic and low biodegradable effluent, which can pollute water bodies. A pre-treatment study on coffee effluent using a dual-media biofilm reactor (DM-BR) containing sand and Hexafilter (HEX) was conducted along...

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Full-Scale Implementation of a Vertical Membrane Bioreactor for Simultaneous Removal of Organic Matter and Nutrients from Municipal Wastewater

  • So-Ryong Chae,
  • Jin-Ho Chung,
  • Yong-Rok Heo,
  • Seok-Tae Kang,
  • Sang-Min Lee and
  • Hang-Sik Shin
Water2015, 7(3), 1164-1172;https://doi.org/10.3390/w7031164

17 March 2015

In nutrient-sensitive estuaries, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are required to implement more advanced treatment methods in order to meet increasingly stringent effluent guidelines for organic matter and nutrients. To comply with current and an...

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Gravity-Driven Operation Mitigates Inorganic Fouling and Enables Low-Pressure Filtration in a Pilot-Scale Dynamic Membrane Bioreactor

  • Xuechun Liu,
  • Dezheng Lv,
  • Lugao Jiang and
  • Guoqiang Liu
Water2025, 17(19), 2799;https://doi.org/10.3390/w17192799

23 September 2025

The filtration behaviors of dynamic membrane (DM) under gravity-driven and pump-driven modes were investigated in a pilot-scale DM bioreactor (DMBR) for domestic wastewater treatment. After DM formation, both modes achieved effective solid–liqu...

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A Novel Anaerobic Gravity-Driven Dynamic Membrane Bioreactor (AnGDMBR): Performance and Fouling Characterization

  • Yingfei Pu,
  • Zihan Fu,
  • Tingting Li,
  • Yucheng Chen and
  • Zhongbo Zhou
Membranes2022, 12(7), 683;https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12070683

30 June 2022

Despite numerous studies undertaken to define the development and significance of the dynamic membrane (DM) formed on some coarse materials, the optimization of reactor configuration and the control of the membrane fouling of anaerobic dynamic membra...

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Performance of a Double-Filter-Medium Tandem Membrane Bioreactor with Low Operating Costs in Domestic Wastewater Treatment

  • Qiang Liu,
  • Chen Li,
  • Minglei Zhao,
  • Ying Li,
  • Yangyang Yang,
  • Yuxuan Li and
  • Siyuan Ma
Water2024, 16(2), 361;https://doi.org/10.3390/w16020361

22 January 2024

To reduce the operating costs of conventional membrane bioreactors (MBRs) and improve the stability and quality of the dynamic membrane bioreactor (DMBR) effluent, a homemade inexpensive filter cloth assembly was connected to an up-flow ultra-lightwe...

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