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Study Status of Anaerobic Membrane Reactorfor Wastewater Treatment and Future Development
Authors： Xu Ying, Xia Junlin, Huang Xia
Units： State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, THU-Beijing Origin Water Joint Research Center for Environmental Membrane Technology, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
KeyWords： Anaerobic membrane bioreactor; wastewater treatment; operation performance; membrane fouling
ClassificationCode：X703
year,volume(issue):pagination： 2016, 36(4):139-149

Abstract：

 Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) technology is currently being considered as an attractive option for wastewater treatment due to the significant advantages over conventional anaerobic treatment and aerobic membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology, including net energy producer, good effluent quality and low sludge production. The number of research literatures regarding AnMBR rapidly increased since 2006, especially within recent five years, which mainly focused on municipal wastewater treatment (~68%).The review summarized the various types of AnMBR processes for municipal wastewater and industrial wastewater treatment. The study status related to operation performance of typical AnMBR processes, the impact factors on membrane fouling and the relative membrane fouling control methods, and the economic feasibility were critically discussed. In addition, the several challenges for the further development of AnMBR technology were also pointed. Finally, the prospects regarding to its widespread both on municipal and industrial wastewater treatment were presented. 

Funds：
本项目受科技部国际合作项目（No. 2013DFG92240）资助。

AuthorIntro：
第一作者简介：许颖（1985-），女，山东青岛人，博士，目前在清华大学环境学院博士后流动站进行研究工作，主要从事膜技术污水处理中的应用领域的研究。Email：xuying.qd@163.com

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