Integrated membrane bioreactors modelling: A review on new comprehensive modelling framework

Giorgio Mannina; Marion Alliet; Christoph Brepols; Joaquim Comas; Jerome Harmand; Marc Heran; Nesrine Kalboussi; Jacek Makinia; Ángel Robles; Taise Ferreira Rebouças; Bing-Jie Ni; Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda; María Victoria Ruano; Giorgio Bertanza; Ilse Smets

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124828

Integrated membrane bioreactors modelling: A review on new comprehensive modelling framework

Bioresour Technol. 2021 Jun:329:124828. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124828. Epub 2021 Feb 17.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Engineering Department, Palermo University, Viale delle Scienze, Ed.8, 90128 Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: giorgio.mannina@unipa.it.
² Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Toulouse, France.
³ Erftverband, Am Erftverband 6, 50126 Bergheim, Germany.
⁴ Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Emili Grahit 101, 17003 Girona, Spain; LEQUiA, Laboratory of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain.
⁵ LBE, Univ. Montpellier, INRAE, Narbonne, France.
⁶ IEM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France.
⁷ Université de Carthage, Institut National ds Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie & Université de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, Laboratoire de Modélisation Mathématique et Numérique dans les sciences d'ingénieur, Tunis, Tunisia.
⁸ Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland.
⁹ Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria (ETSE-UV), Universitat de València, Avinguda de la Universitat s/n, 46100 Burjassot, València, Spain.
¹⁰ Engineering Department, Palermo University, Viale delle Scienze, Ed.8, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
¹¹ Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia.
¹² Departament of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics, Brescia University, via Branze 43, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
¹³ Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2424, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium.

PMID: 33621928
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124828

Abstract

Integrated Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) models, combination of biological and physical models, have been representing powerful tools for the accomplishment of high environmental sustainability. This paper, produced by the International Water Association (IWA) Task Group on Membrane Modelling and Control, reviews the state-of-the-art, identifying gaps for future researches, and proposes a new integrated MBR modelling framework. In particular, the framework aims to guide researchers and managers in pursuing good performances of MBRs in terms of effluent quality, operating costs (such as membrane fouling, energy consumption due to aeration) and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions.

Keywords: Biological processes; High environmental sustainability; Modelling framework; Performance indicators.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bioreactors
Greenhouse Gases*
Membranes, Artificial
Models, Theoretical
Waste Disposal, Fluid*
Wastewater

Substances

Greenhouse Gases
Membranes, Artificial
Waste Water