This paper evaluates the results from a 12-month study of a single-household wastewater treatment plant with submerged membrane module (household MBR plant) that was monitored from winter to winter season. The samples were collected at least twice a week (an intensive research study at real conditions). The household MBR (membrane bioreactor) plant was linked to a family house with 4 residents. In this study the treatment plant was fed by real domestic wastewater. In contrast to most other experiments with small-scale WWTPs (wastewater treatment plants) carried out in laboratories and facilities of large municipal WWTPs (polygons) which guarantee stable and flexible operation but the characteristics of wastewater and activated sludge in these studies usually differ from those that occur in real small-scale/single-household WWTPs. One of the main goals of this research was to test the response of membrane and activated sludge to different conditions during real operation of the household MBR plant, such as a long period of zero influent/load, or vice versa the presence of a large amount of concentrated wastewater (e.g. during the weekend), very low winter temperatures (water temperature below 5–6°C), high pH values, and the presence of domestic detergents.
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January 01 2010
One-year operation of single household membrane bioreactor plant
Z. Matulova;
1Institute of Municipal Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Zizkova 17, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic E-mail: zuz.matulova@gmail.com; hlavinek.p@fce.vutbr.cz
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P. Hlavinek;
P. Hlavinek
1Institute of Municipal Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Zizkova 17, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic E-mail: zuz.matulova@gmail.com; hlavinek.p@fce.vutbr.cz
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M. Drtil
M. Drtil
2Department of Environmental Engineering, Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinskeho 9, 812 37, Bratislava, Slovakia E-mail: miloslav.drtil@stuba.sk
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Water Sci Technol (2010) 61 (1): 217–226.
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Z. Matulova, P. Hlavinek, M. Drtil; One-year operation of single household membrane bioreactor plant. Water Sci Technol 1 January 2010; 61 (1): 217–226. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2010.785
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