Abstract
The research compares four types of different designs of membrane bioreactors: (1) with 295-mm draft tube and without plastic carriers; (2) plastic carriers and 295-mm draft tube; (3) plastic carriers and 235-mm draft tube with two meshes around the bottom and top of a draft tube; and (4) plastic carriers without a draft tube. The feed for the reactors was artificial wastewater made from domestic wastewater and chicken manure, and membrane test data were based on a hollow fiber membrane module under ambient desert conditions. Process operation type D is the optimal choice. Mathematical analysis using total ranking methods, multi-indicator decision-making, and Hasse diagram support this choice. Concerning analysis by the different tools, inconsistencies between the rankings are noticed. Partial order ranking, as a method without any pre-assumptions concerning the possible relation between the single parameters, proves to be an elegant ranking method.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1152-1169 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | 7-8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 14 Sep 2017 |
Keywords
- Fouling
- Hasse diagram
- MBR
- hybrid growth
- ranking
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Chemistry
- Pollution
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
