Membrane bioreactors and constructed wetlands for treatment of rendering plant wastewater

O’Brien, C, Scholz, M and McConnachie, G 2005, 'Membrane bioreactors and constructed wetlands for treatment of rendering plant wastewater' , Water and Environment Journal, 19 (3) , pp. 189-198.

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Abstract

The performance of a novel industrial membrane bioreactor (MBR) comprising denitrification, nitrification and ultrafiltration for the secondary treatment of primary treated animal rendering wastewater has been compared with an experimental, low-cost and novel vertical-flow constructed wetland planted with Typha latifolia L. (Reedmace or Broad-leaved Cattail). The process wastewater followed pre-treatment by dissolved air flotation (DAF). The mean DAF effluent gave highly variable chemical oxygen demand (COD) and ammonia concentrations of 5816 (standard deviation (SD): 3005.0) and 614 (SD: 268.7) mg/l, respectively. The mean MBR effluent for COD and ammonia was 37 and 86 mg/l, respectively. The mean treatment performance of the constructed wetland for COD, ammonia and suspended solids was 205, 67 and 57 mg/l, respectively.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Constructed wetland, data variability, denitrification, dissolved air flotation, nitrification, rendering plant effluent, ultrafiltration, water quality
Themes:	Built and Human Environment
Schools:	Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering > Salford Innovation Research Centre (SIRC)
Journal or Publication Title:	Water and Environment Journal
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	1747-6593
Depositing User:	Users 47901 not found.
Date Deposited:	18 Jul 2011 11:49
Last Modified:	08 Aug 2017 21:15
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/16795

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