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Chapter 1IntroductionSummaryIn this chapter are detailed the scope <strong>and</strong> the motivations of this thesis <strong>and</strong> a broadbackground regarding <strong>submerged</strong> <strong>membrane</strong> filtration <strong>technology</strong> is provided. Membrane<strong>technology</strong> has exp<strong>and</strong>ed at a remarkable rate over the pass twenty years, <strong>and</strong> nowadaysenhances a multi-billion dollar industry. This work has been focused on the treatment ofboth urban <strong>and</strong> industrial wastewaters <strong>with</strong> different technologies, all of them combined<strong>with</strong> <strong>submerged</strong> <strong>membrane</strong>s.The two main applications for low-pressure <strong>membrane</strong>s in the field of wastewatertreatment are: tertiary <strong>membrane</strong> filtration (TMF) of a secondary effluent <strong>and</strong> directtreatment in a <strong>membrane</strong> bioreactor (MBR). Although there are many similarities betweenboth treatment processes, it is of a core importance the knowledge of their differences inorder to determine the best alternative for a given application.A general background of low-pressure <strong>membrane</strong> <strong>technology</strong> <strong>and</strong> their two mainapplications: MBR <strong>and</strong> TMF, is given in this chapter as an introduction of the presentthesis.29

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