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Low-Cost Ceramic Membranes Manufacture for MBR: Comparison of Pilot and Industrial Scale

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Frontiers in Wastewater Treatment and Modelling (FICWTM 2017)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering ((LNCE,volume 4))

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The objective of this study is to manufacture ceramic membranes with lower cost than the commercial ceramic ones, more sustainable and competitive. Tewari et al. (2010) evaluated the efficiency of low cost ceramic membranes at laboratory scale. The membranes developed are made from agricultural and industrial wastes, such as olive stones (from olive oil production) used as a pore former, marble powder and chamotte (from fired tile scrap). Different formulations have been compared to achieve the adequate plasticity of the mixture and permeability of the membrane. The properties of the ceramic membrane are mainly determined by their composition, particle size of the pore former and sintering temperature. The membranes are being validated at pilot scale in the university and at industrial scale in an MBR located in Aledo WWTP (Murcia, Spain).

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This work has received funding from the European Union´s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 641998.

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  1. Sociedad de Fomento Agrícola Castellonense S.A. (FACSA), Castellón, Spain

    E. Zuriaga, I. Pastor, B. Hernández & L. Basiero

  2. Departamento Ingenieria Química, Instituto Universitario Tecnología Cerámica, University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain

    M.-M. Lorente-Ayza, M. C. Bordes & E. Sanchez

  3. Enstidad de Saneamiento y Depuración de la Región de Murcia (ESAMUR), Murcia, Spain

    M. Abellán

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Correspondence to E. Zuriaga .

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    Giorgio Mannina

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Zuriaga, E. et al. (2017). Low-Cost Ceramic Membranes Manufacture for MBR: Comparison of Pilot and Industrial Scale. In: Mannina, G. (eds) Frontiers in Wastewater Treatment and Modelling. FICWTM 2017. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 4. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58421-8_30

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