Publications by authors named "Ren Luotong"

Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) are employed for solid-liquid separation in wastewater treatment, enhancing process efficiency of digestion systems treating digestate. However, membrane fouling remains a primary challenge. This study operated a pilot-scale AnMBR (P-AnMBR) to treat high-concentration organic digestate, investigating system performance and fouling mechanisms.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study focused on the performance of anaerobic granular sludge (AGS) in a specially designed bioreactor, the Pilot Spiral Symmetry Stream Anaerobic Bioreactor (P-SSSAB), over 216 days, identifying three distinct zones with varying characteristics.
  • Zone I at the bottom showed the best metabolic activity and settling performance, with higher porosity and settling velocity, while the elemental content of iron and sulfur decreased moving up through the zones.
  • Despite zone I’s strengths in concentration, its microbial activity was notably lower than in zones II and III, highlighting the importance of temperature and concentration disparities in optimizing sewage treatment processes in engineering applications.
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Owing to its profound pollution-inducing properties and resistance to biodegradation, saline organic wastewater (SOW) has unavoidably emerged as a predominant focal point within the wastewater treatment domain. Substantial quantities of SOW are discharged by diverse industries encompassing food processing, pharmaceuticals, leather manufacturing, petrochemicals, and textiles. Within this review, the inhibitory repercussions of elevated salinity upon biological water treatment systems are subject to methodical scrutiny spanning from sludge characteristics, microbial consortia to the physiological functionality of microorganisms have been investigated.

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A 300m/d demonstration project of soybean-process wastewater has been established recently with a Spiral Symmetric Stream Anaerobic Bioreactor (SSSAB) as the core. In order to obtain the optimal operation strategy for a full-scale SSSAB and to make it run efficiently and stably in a demonstration project, a Pilot-scale SSSAB (P-SSSAB, effective volume 100 L) was performed for the treatment of soybean-process wastewater over 216 days. The volumetric load rate (VLR) range of the P-SSSAB was 0.

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