Abstract
A new system combining photosynthetic bacteria (PSB) treatment with membrane bioreactor (MBR) separation, PSB-MBR, was constructed in this work to treat wastewater and cultivate biomass. PSB were used to remove pollutants and membrane was used to separate biomass from the effluent. The optimal light and oxygen condition for PSB treatment section was natural light–micro aerobic, and the optimal ratio of food to microbe (F/M) was 2.0. The optimal membrane operation pressure and flow rate for membrane separation was 0.1/0.2MPa and 27.5L/h, respectively. Under the optimal conditions, COD removal reached 99.3% and the biomass recovery efficiency was 99.5%. The backwash cycle of PSB-MBR system lasted for 48h, while the backwash cycle for conventional MBR systems is usually 0.5–3.0h. The prolonged backwash interval means simple operation, little backwash water consumption, and long service life of membrane. That could be caused by the low extracellular polymeric substance contain of PSB (9–11mg/g-VSS).
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