A review on anaerobic membrane bioreactors for enhanced valorization of urban organic wastes: Achievements, limitations, energy balance and future perspectives

Y Hu, X Cai, R Du, Y Yang, C Rong, Y Qin… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable urban development is threatened by an impending energy crisis and large
amounts of organic wastes generated from the municipal sector among others. Conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Fluidized-bed bioreactor applications for biological wastewater treatment: a review of research and developments

MJ Nelson, G Nakhla, J Zhu - Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment is a process that is vital to protecting both the environment and human
health. At present, the most cost-effective way of treating wastewater is with biological …

Thermophilic anaerobic digestion of coffee grounds with and without waste activated sludge as co-substrate using a submerged AnMBR: System amendments and …

W Qiao, K Takayanagi, M Shofie, Q Niu, HQ Yu… - Bioresource …, 2013 - Elsevier
Coffee grounds are deemed to be difficult for degradation by thermophilic anaerobic
process. In this research, a 7 L AnMBR accepting coffee grounds was operated for 82 days …

Anaerobic membrane bioreactors for sludge digestion: Current status and future perspectives

AM Abdelrahman, H Ozgun, RK Dereli… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Excess sewage sludge in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is regarded the key energy
source for achieving energy neutral WWTPs. The anaerobic digestion process transforms …

Anaerobic membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment, sewage sludge digestion and biogas upgrading: A review

Y Li, Y Ren, J Ji, YY Li, T Kobayashi - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) are formed through the combination of
anaerobic digestion and membrane technology. The upgraded technology separates SRT …

Mitigation of salinity buildup in hybrid flow-electrode capacitive deionization-osmotic membrane bioreactor for sludge anaerobic digestion

Y Qu, Y Pan, L Wu, H Zhu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Osmotic membrane bioreactors (OMBRs) for anaerobic digestion of waste sludge have
many advantages, but salt accumulation in the feed solution is a major problem. In this …

Anaerobic membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment: Challenges and opportunities

HS Lee, B Liao - Water Environment Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) have become a new mature technology and
entered into the wastewater market, but there are several challenges to be addressed for …

Mesophilic versus thermophilic digestion of sludge in anaerobic membrane bioreactors

AM Abdelrahman, SA Tabar, B Cicekalan, S Basa… - Bioresource …, 2025 - Elsevier
Energy-efficient wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) utilize systems like high-rate
activated sludge (A-stage) system to redirect organics from wastewater are redirected into …

Swine manure treatment by anaerobic membrane bioreactor with carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus recovery

F Bu, S Du, L Xie, R Cao, Q Zhou - Water Science and Technology, 2017 - iwaponline.com
Swine manure wastewater was treated in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) that
combined a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and a hollow-fiber ultrafiltration …

Anaerobic digestion of municipal wastewater sludges using anaerobic fluidized bed bioreactor

N Mustafa, E Elbeshbishy, G Nakhla, J Zhu - Bioresource technology, 2014 - Elsevier
The anaerobic digestion of primary sludge (PS) and thickened waste activated sludge
(TWAS) using an anaerobic fluidized bed bioreactor (AnFBR) employing zeolite particles as …