Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP100100056
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Optimisation of nutrient removal, membrane fouling and sludge dewatering in hybrid coagulation/submerged membrane bioreactor treatment of wastewaters. Submerged membrane bioreactor technology for the treatment of wastewaters is now a competitive technology with small footprint and generally high quality of treated effluent. Despite this, challenges remain in ensuring low effluent nutrient concentrations, minimal membrane fouling and acceptable excess sludge dewaterability. Addition of iron or aluminium-based coagulant chemicals can assist but many uncertainties with regard to choice of chemical, optimal dosing arrangements and membrane bioreactor operating conditions remain. Experimental and computational studies targeted at improving understanding and optimising performance will be undertaken through collaborative studies by the UNSW and Tsinghua University (Beijing) research team.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2010
End Date: 03-2014
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $548,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Chemical Engineering | Wastewater Treatment Processes | Membrane and Separation Technologies
