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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2013, Volume 7, Issue 2 doi: 10.1007/s11783-013-0486-3

Bisphenol A removal from synthetic municipal wastewater by a bioreactor coupled with either a forward osmotic membrane or a microfiltration membrane unit

1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; 2. Tianjin Guangyao Dongfang Property & Investment Co. Ltd., Tianjin 300450, China

Available online: 2013-04-01
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Forward osmotic membrane bioreactor is an emerging technology that combines the advantages of forward osmosis and conventional membrane bioreactor. In this paper, bisphenol A removal by using a forward osmotic membrane bioreactor and a conventional membrane bioreactor that shared one biologic reactor was studied. The total removal rate of bisphenol A by the conventional membrane bioreactor and forward osmotic membrane bioreactor was as high as 93.9% and 98%, respectively. Biodegradation plays a dominant role in the total removal of bisphenol A in both processes. In comparison of membrane rejection, the forward osmosis membrane can remove approximately 70% bisphenol A from the feed, much higher than that of the microfiltration membrane (below 10%). Forward osmosis membrane bioreactor should be operated with its BPA loading rate under 0.08 mg·g ·d to guarantee the effluent bisphenol A concentration less than10 μg·L .

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