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The MBR Book: Principles and Applications of Membrane

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158 <strong>The</strong> <strong>MBR</strong> <strong>Book</strong><br />

Cost, $/m 3 permeate<br />

0.14<br />

0.12<br />

0.1<br />

0.08<br />

0.06<br />

0.04<br />

0.02<br />

0<br />

16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34<br />

Flux, LMH<br />

Cost, FS<br />

Cost, HF<br />

Figure 3.5 Specific cost vs. flux for HS <strong>and</strong> FS technologies, flux to be related to aeration dem<strong>and</strong> according<br />

to Equations (3.18) <strong>and</strong> (3.19)<br />

Cost, £/m 3<br />

0.12<br />

0.1<br />

0.08<br />

0.06<br />

0.04<br />

0.02<br />

0<br />

Cost, HF<br />

Cost, FS<br />

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4<br />

Aeration dem<strong>and</strong>, Nm 3 /(m 2 h)<br />

Figure 3.6 Specific cost vs. aeration dem<strong>and</strong> over the ranges <strong>of</strong> aeration dem<strong>and</strong> observed in practice for<br />

HF <strong>and</strong> FS technologies<br />

(c) Many <strong>of</strong> the FS <strong>MBR</strong>s listed are operated without supplementary fine bubble<br />

aeration, such that the membrane aeration also provides air for biotreatment.<br />

This means that threes membranes may be over-aerated, which could also<br />

explain the higher permeabilities recorded compared with those <strong>of</strong> the HF<br />

<strong>MBR</strong>s. <strong>The</strong> one FS <strong>MBR</strong> operated with segregated membrane aeration yielded<br />

the lowest SAD m value, the second lowest being that recorded for the doubledeck<br />

FS <strong>MBR</strong> (Fig. 3.4).

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