Abstract
In this study, the removal efficiencies of phosphorus from synthetic wastewater using laboratory-scale membrane bioreactors (MBRs) with the addition of different iron salts were investigated. The distributions of phosphorus in the effluent, suspension, and sludge of the MBR systems after the addition of iron salts were analyzed. The removal efficiency of phosphorus in actual domestic sewage via the combination of MBR and Fe(II) was also investigated. The results indicated that after the MBR system effluent stabilized, the added Fe(II) was more efficient than Fe(III) was in removing phosphorus. Among the suspensions present in different zones of the MBR systems, the phosphorus concentrations varied significantly. Namely, the concentration of phosphorus in the first anoxic zone was the highest, for which the concentration of phosphorus in the MBR with added Fe(II) was higher than that in the MBR with added Fe(III). In addition, the percentage of the dissociable phosphorus in the sludge was relatively low. For the treatment of actual domestic sewage using the combination of MBR and Fe(II), a specific concentration of Fe(II) resulted in greater than 99% phosphorus removal efficiency as well as a stable effluent concentration. Furthermore, microbes present in the sludge exhibited better tolerance to Fe(II).
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