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Anammox Cultivation in a Submerged Membrane Bioreactor

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A submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) was seeded with digester sludge and operated aiming at demonstrating a practical rapid anammox start-up and enrichment process. The study has aimed at the anammox start-up and enrichment process in a submerged bioreactor and discussed about the performance of anammox bacteria for treating industrial wastewater with relevant references. Several reports showed that anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) were operated for a period of 100–500 days under a completely anaerobic environment and fed with synthetic media. The maximum ammonium nitrogen removal rate was achieved to be 3.12 kg-N/m3/day under anaerobic nitrogen loading rate of 4.1 kg-N/m3/day in a granular anammox reactor. Mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) were 1.5 g/L after 90 days, and regular membrane backwashing maintained transmembrane pressure (TMP) below 30 kPa. This work demonstrated that anammox cultures can be enriched from sludges conveniently sourced from anaerobic digesters in a reasonable time frame using the AnMBR, thus enabling the next stage of utilising the biomass for treatment of industrial wastewaters.

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The author would like to thank Prof. Mikel Duke and Dr. Thomas Yeager at the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation, College of Engineering and Science, Victoria University, for their discussions and suggestions that contributed to this work. The author also sincerely acknowledges the Australia Endeavour Research Award 2011 for partially supporting this work at the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.

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Mostafa, M.G. (2019). Anammox Cultivation in a Submerged Membrane Bioreactor. In: Bharagava, R., Chowdhary, P. (eds) Emerging and Eco-Friendly Approaches for Waste Management . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8669-4_4

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