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A mobile-organic biofilm process for wastewater treatment
dc.contributor.authorBoltz, Joshua P.
dc.contributor.authorDaigger, Glen T.
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T15:51:28Z
dc.date.available2023-10-05 11:51:27en
dc.date.available2022-10-05T15:51:28Z
dc.date.issued2022-09
dc.identifier.citationBoltz, Joshua P.; Daigger, Glen T. (2022). "A mobile-organic biofilm process for wastewater treatment." Water Environment Research 94(9): n/a-n/a.
dc.identifier.issn1061-4303
dc.identifier.issn1554-7531
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/174915
dc.description.abstractThe mobile-organic biofilm (MOB) process includes mobile biofilms and their retention screens with a bioreactor and liquid and solid separation. The MOB process is inexpensive and easy to integrate with wastewater treatment (WWT) processes, and it provides for high-rate WWT in biofilm or hybrid bioreactors. This paper describes three modes of MOB process operation. The first mode of operation, Mode I, has a mobile-biofilm reactor and a mobile-biofilm retention screen that is downstream of and external to a bioreactor and upstream of liquid and solid separation. Modes II and III have a hybrid (i.e., mobile biofilms and accumulated suspended biomass) bioreactor and liquid and solid separation. Mode II includes a mobile-biofilm retention screen that is downstream of and external to a hybrid bioreactor and upstream of liquid and solid separation. Mode III includes mobile-biofilm retention screening that is external to a hybrid bioreactor and liquid and solid separation, receives waste solids, and relies on environmental conditions and wastewater characteristics that are favorable for aerobic-granular sludge formation. This paper presents a mechanistic approach to design and evaluate MOB processes and describes MOB process: (1) modes of operation, (2) design and analysis methodology, (3) process and mechanical design criteria, (4) mathematical modeling, (5) design equations, and (6) mobile-biofilm settling characteristics and return. A mathematical model was applied to describe a fixed bioreactor volume and secondary-clarifier area with Modes I, II, and III. The mathematical modeling identified key differences between MOB process modes of operation, which are described in this paper.Practitioner PointsMOB is a municipal and industrial wastewater treatment (WWT) process that reduces bioreactor and liquid and solids separation process volumes. It may operate with a mobile-biofilm reactor or a hybrid (mobile biofilms and suspended biomass) bioreactor.This paper provides a mechanistic basis for the selection and design of a MOB process mode of operation, and it describes MOB process modes of operation, design criteria, design equations, mathematical modeling, and mobile-biofilm settling characteristics.MOB integrated WWT plants exist at full scale and reliably meet their treatment objectives. The MOB process is an emerging environmental biotechnology for cost-effective WWT.The mobile-organic biofilm (MOB) process includes mobile biofilms and retention screens with a bioreactor and liquid and solid separation. This paper describes MOB process modes of operation, design and analysis methods, design criteria, mathematical modeling, design equations, and mobile-biofilm settling characteristics.
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.publisherCRC Press and IWA Publishing
dc.subject.otherintensification
dc.subject.otherhybrid bioreactor
dc.subject.othermobile biofilm
dc.subject.othermodel
dc.subject.otherwastewater treatment
dc.titleA mobile-organic biofilm process for wastewater treatment
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelNatural Resources and Environment
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScience
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/174915/1/wer10792_am.pdf
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/174915/2/wer10792.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/wer.10792
dc.identifier.sourceWater Environment Research
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