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A system coupling hybrid biological method with UV/O3 oxidation and membrane separation for treatment and reuse of industrial laundry wastewater

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The possibilities of application of a three-step system combining hybrid biological treatment followed by advanced UV/O3 oxidation with in situ generated O3 and membrane separation (ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF)) to treat and reuse the wastewater from an industrial laundry are presented. By the application of a hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor (HMBBR), the total organic carbon concentration was reduced for about 90 %. However, since the HMBBR effluent still contained organic contaminants as well as high concentrations of inorganic ions and exhibited significant turbidity (8.2 NTU), its further treatment before a possible reuse in the laundry was necessary. The UV/O3 pretreatment prior to UF was found to be an efficient method of the membrane fouling alleviation. During UF, the turbidity of wastewater was reduced below 0.3 NTU. To remove the inorganic salts, the UF permeate was further treated during NF. The NF permeate exhibited very low conductivity (27–75 μS/cm) and contained only small amounts of Ca2+ and Mg2+; thus ,it could be reused at any stage of the laundry process.

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Abbreviations

AOP:

Advanced oxidation process

BOD:

Biological oxygen demand

BSA:

Bovine serum albumin

COD:

Chemical oxygen demand

DAF:

Dissolved air flotation

DOC:

Dissolved organic carbon

GAC:

Granular activated carbon

HA:

Humic acid

HMBBR:

Hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor

IC:

Ion chromatography

MBR:

Membrane bioreactor

MF:

Microfiltration

MLSS:

Mixed liquor suspended solids

NF:

Nanofiltration

NOM:

Natural organic matter

NTU:

Nephelometric turbidity unit

PMR:

Photocatalytic membrane reactor

PWF:

Pure water flux

RO:

Reverse osmosis

SA:

Sodium alginate

TC:

Total carbon

TDS:

Total dissolved solids

TIC:

Total inorganic carbon

TMP:

Transmembrane pressure

TOC:

Total organic carbon

UF:

Ultrafiltration

UV/O3 :

AOP system utilizing ultraviolet light and ozonation

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The research was financed by The National Centre for Research and Development in Poland within the Applied Research Programme (project no. PBS2/B9/23/2013).

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    Sylwia Mozia, Piotr Brożek & Antoni W. Morawski

  2. West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, al. Piastów 50, 70-311, Szczecin, Poland

    Magdalena Janus, Sławomira Bering, Krzysztof Tarnowski & Jacek Mazur

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Mozia, S., Janus, M., Brożek, P. et al. A system coupling hybrid biological method with UV/O3 oxidation and membrane separation for treatment and reuse of industrial laundry wastewater. Environ Sci Pollut Res 23, 19145–19155 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7111-5

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