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Global population growth, urbanization, and industrialization have increased water demand and the need of treatment and reuse of wastewater. Conventional processes such as activated sludge and trickling filters are used for the treatment of domestic wastewater. These processes can be combined with membrane technology to generate water for reuse. Membrane technologies that are implemented in biological treatment processes typically include membrane bioreactors (MBR) and anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) systems. Although MBR/AnMBR systems can produce high-quality effluents, their practical use may be limited due to disadvantages such as the condensation of the cake layer and potential clogs in the MBR/AnMBR system. As a result, capital investment as well as operation and maintenance of MBR systems tends to be costly for municipalities worldwide. As an alternative, dynamic membrane (DM) technology has been developed to offer economical and operational advantages over MBR/AnMBR. Dynamic membrane (cake) is a layer made of using a low-cost and porous support material (e.g., mesh, woven, and nonwoven fabric) that serves as a primary filter of biological granules. Thus, DM technology offers a cost-effective operation that can be combined with various anaerobic processes such as up-flow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) or conventional anaerobic digesters. In this review, important factors affecting the performance of anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor processes are examined with respect to applicability of this technology in domestic wastewater treatment and reuse.
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Debik, E., Manav-Demir, N., Celik, E., Ihtiyaroglu, A. (2023). Anaerobic Dynamic Membrane Bioreactors for the Domestic Wastewater Treatment. In: Debik, E., Bahadir, M., Haarstrick, A. (eds) Wastewater Management and Technologies. Water and Wastewater Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36298-9_3
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