@misc{10481/78177,
year = {2022},
month = {10},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/78177},
abstract = {The increase in industry and population, together with the need for wastewater reuse,
makes it necessary to implement new technologies in the circular economy framework. The aim of
this research was to evaluate the quality of the effluent of an algae membrane photobioreactor for the
treatment of the effluent of an urban wastewater treatment plant, to characterise the ultrafiltration
membranes, to study the effectiveness of a proposed cleaning protocol, and to analyse the performance
of the photobioreactor. The photobioreactor operated under two days of hydraulic retention
times feed with the effluent from the Los Vados wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) (Granada, Spain).
The microalgae community in the photobioreactor grew according to the pseudo-second-order model.
The effluent obtained could be reused for different uses of diverse quality with the removal of total
nitrogen and phosphorus of 56.3% and 64.27%, respectively. The fouling of the polyvinylidene difluoride
ultrafiltration membrane after 80 days of operation was slight, increasing the total membrane
resistance by approximately 22%. Moreover, the higher temperature of the medium was, the lower
intrinsic resistance of the membrane. A total of 100% recovery of the membrane was obtained in the
two-phase cleaning protocol, with 42% and 58%, respectively.},
organization = {Junta de Andalucia		
European Commission	P18-TP-4732},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Fouling},
keywords = {Ultrafiltration membrane},
keywords = {Microalgae},
keywords = {Photobioreactor},
keywords = {Wastewater reuse},
title = {Nutrient Removal and Membrane Performance of an Algae Membrane Photobioreactor in Urban Wastewater Regeneration},
doi = {10.3390/membranes12100982},
author = {Díaz Mendoza, Verónica and Antiñolo Bermúdez, Laura and Poyatos Capilla, José Manuel and Almecija Rodríguez, María Carmen and Muñio Martínez, María Del Mar and Martín Pascual, Jaime},
}